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AP - LONDON (AP) — British Airways cut a cameo by Richard Branson from its in-flight version of the latest James Bond film and blurred out the tail fin of a Virgin Atlantic plane seen in the movie.

AP - Australian actor Eric Bana crashed his painstakingly restored 1974 Ford XB Coupe into some trees during an around-the-state rally Saturday but emerged uninjured along with his co-driver.

AP - Australian actor Eric Bana and his co-driver were uninjured Saturday after they crashed their car during an around-the-state rally in Tasmania. More Info...  

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Reuters - He enjoys a reputation as an all-around good guy in Hollywood, but "Spider-Man" Tobey Maguire says it's more fun being bad in the latest sequel of the smash hit film series.

Reuters - He enjoys a reputation as an all-around good guy in Hollywood, but "Spider-Man" Tobey Maguire says it's more fun being bad in the latest sequel of the smash hit film series.

AP - As Alec Baldwin's angry words to his daughter were being broadcast around the world, the 49-year-old actor explained himself Friday on his Web site.

Reuters - Wilmer Valderrama and Laurence Fishburne star in first-time feature director Celia Fox's gang thriller "Days of Wrath."

AP - Forest Whitaker met Nelson Mandela on Friday and received a rapturous welcome from university students at the start of his visit to the country.

Reuters - Brad Pitt has signed on to join his "Ocean's Thirteen" co-star George Clooney in the Coen brothers' black comedy "Burn After Reading." The project, which also stars Frances McDormand, centers on a CIA agent who loses the disc of the book he is writing.

Reuters - Another weekend, another couple of thrillers. As the domestic box office catches its breath before plunging into the summer tentpole season, the Anthony Hopkins whodunit "Fracture" and the hotel horror "Vacancy" will attempt to scare up some ticket sales. Industry experts expect them to open in the $10 million-$15 million range.

AP - Film-crazy India held its breath Friday as two of its biggest stars, the emerald-eyed former Miss World Aishwarya Rai and Abhishek Bachchan, a romantic hero and son of an Indian cinema legend, celebrated their wedding.

E! Online - Forget Angelina Jolie, the person Brad Pitt can't seem to live without is George Clooney.

AP - Tom Cruise's latest effort isn't for the big screen. It's for the New York police, firefighters and paramedics of Sept. 11.

AP - Spider-Man is swinging his way to the Great White Way.

E! Online - Oliver Stone's already done JFK. Now he's ready to tackle G.

Reuters - Meryl Streep and Philip Seymour Hoffman will star in writer-director John Patrick Shanley's feature adaptation of his Broadway hit "Doubt."

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AP - The festering bad blood between movie-star exes Alec Baldwin and Kim Basinger erupted Thursday when an angry phone message from Baldwin to his daughter was made public.

Reuters - Singapore has censored two art films at its annual film festival because of their explicit sexual content and religious symbols. More Info...  

AP - The American Black Film Festival is switching coasts. After five years in Miami, the festival is moving to Los Angeles, founder Jeff Friday announced Thursday. More Info...  

AP - One of the photographs in the Virginia Tech killer's "multimedia manifesto" may have been inspired by a bloody South Korean movie, adding to the debate over the influence of pop culture on heinous crimes.