Movies - Page 21

AP - VALLEY VIEW, Ohio (AP) — Even in the rain, Halle Berry draws a crowd when she returns home to the Cleveland area. About 800 people waited in drizzle Thursday night in this Ohio suburb to catch a glimpse of the Oscar-winning actress before a screening of her new film, "Perfect Stranger."

Reuters - Countering widespread speculation, "Harry Potter" actress Emma Watson has decided to reprise her role as girl wizard Hermione Granger in the final films of the hit series, Warner Bros. said on Friday.

E! Online - The friendly skies might be a little friendlier from now on.

E! Online - Mel Gibson apparently went all Apocalypto the other night on a critical college professor after she lobbed a few pointed questions at him regarding his visually compelling yet grotesquely violent Mayan epic.

E! Online - Vivica A. Fox has danced with the stars. And now, she has ridden with the police.

Reuters - Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet, who played ill-fated lovers in the 1997 smash hit "Titanic," are reuniting for a drama about postwar disillusionment, the DreamWorks movie studio said on Friday.

E! Online - It's a dog-eat-dog world out there, particularly for Lucky and Flo, the pooches who are sniffing out DVD pirates in Malaysia for the Motion Picture Association of America .

E! Online - Titanic didn't exactly lend itself to a sequel, but that won't stop Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio from reuniting onscreen.

AP - The inner-city youth swimming program here could have inspired many movies, with its stories of children jumping into the pool as novices and climbing out with college scholarships and foundations for greater success. More Info...  

AP - A federal judge has ruled against Cablevision Systems Corp.'s experiment with network digital video recorders, siding with Hollywood studios who said the devices would have violated copyright law. More Info...  

AP - Representatives of Marlon Brando's estate are suing two furniture companies and a retailer over the sale of a home theater chair called "The Brando." More Info...  

AP - The Los Angeles Times' editorial page editor resigned Thursday after the publisher decided to not publish Sunday's special opinion section, the newspaper reported on its Web site. More Info...  

Reuters - Sony Pictures Classics has acquired North American distribution rights to Francis Ford Coppola's first film in a decade.

Reuters - Jeanne Tripplehorn and Embeth Davidtz have joined Kate Beckinsale and the all-star cast of the indie drama "Winged Creatures."

Reuters - "Lords of Dogtown" star Michael Angarano is in final negotiations to join Jackie Chan and Jet Li in an untitled martial arts action feature.

Movie News

Reuters - Reigning box office champion "300" will face competition from six new films at the weekend box office, but it's likely the grisly epic will manage to log a third session at the top.

Reuters - Reigning box office champion "300" will face competition from six new films at the weekend box office, but it's likely the grisly epic will manage to log a third session at the top.

AP - Iran's U.N. Mission expressed outrage Thursday at the "deliberate distortions" of ancient Persia in the blockbuster movie "300" and said it was part of Western efforts to demonize Iran.

Reuters - A respected Hollywood movie producer and a DVD pioneer said they have formed a company to make and distribute DVDs in the new Blu-ray digital format for independent film and video makers.

Reuters - Don Cheadle says he's never been busier, playing a sleek yuppie in his latest movie "Reign Over Me," which opens this week, and with a list of other projects in the works.