Movies - Page 9

Reuters - Hollywood witnessed the emergence of a potential new box office draw this weekend as the teen thriller "Disturbia" exceeded expectations to jump to the front of a crowded pack.

Reuters - The wedding celebrations of India's hottest Bollywood couple, Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai, kick off on Wednesday with a pre-marriage party featuring songs, dances and skits performed by close friends and relatives.

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AP - Forest Whitaker snagged Oscar, Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild trophies this year for his role as Ugandan dictator Idi Amin in "The Last King of Scotland." On Monday he cemented his winning streak with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Reuters - "Talladega Nights" actress Leslie Bibb is attached to star in "The Bachelorette Party," a romantic comedy in the vein of "Wedding Crashers." More Info...  

Reuters - Although a "Spider-Man 4" movie is not yet on Hollywood's drawing board, series star Kirsten Dunst says a sequel without her, co-star Tobey Maguire and director Sam Raimi would be a box office flop. More Info...  

AP - Lawyers in Phil Spector's murder trial are seeking to uncover hidden biases about celebrity defendants as they question prospective jurors individually.

AP - With "Hot Fuzz," Edgar Wright and Simon Pegg do for buddy-cop action tales what they did for zombie flicks on "Shaun of the Dead": Present a nice homage while tweaking the conventions and making jolly good fun of the genre's cliches.

Reuters - "Spider-Man 3," the latest and possibly last film in one of the world's most successful movie franchises, premiered on Monday with thousands of screaming fans cheering stars Tobey Maguire and Kirsten Dunst.

AP - The superstitious believe bad things happen in threes. Hollywood is counting on the opposite this summer, with the industry's hopes resting on the third installments of some mammoth movie franchises.

AP - Highlights of Hollywood's summer film slate. Release dates are tentative, and some films play in limited release. More Info...  

Reuters - Two-time Academy Award nominee Edward Norton will play scientist-turned-superhero Bruce Banner in a new movie version of "The Incredible Hulk," Marvel Entertainment said on Monday.

E! Online - Jenny's attorney is taking a block of European courts by storm.

E! Online - How are things going? Pretty good? Better than Shia LaBeouf?

E! Online - Edward Norton is bulking up. Make that, hulking up.

Reuters - U.S. box office sales ought to tip the scales at slightly less than $10 billion this year, an all-time record, followed by a couple years of anemic growth as higher ticket prices offset declining attendance.

Reuters - Ted Danson has joined the cast of "Mad Money," a comedic caper that "Thelma and Louise" writer Callie Khouri is directing from her own script.

Reuters - "Lost" star Evangeline Lilly will make her feature debut opposite John Malkovich in the supernatural thriller "Afterwards," which will start shooting in New York and Montreal in June.

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AP - Movie-goers put the Peeping Tom thriller "Disturbia" under strong surveillance as the film took in $23 million to debut at the top of the weekend box office, according to studio estimates Sunday.

Reuters - Spying on the neighbors paid off handsomely at the North American box office for Shia LaBeouf, the former Disney child star being groomed by Steven Spielberg as the next big thing.

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AP - Emerson Spartz remembers the good old days. It was Fall 1999, Spartz was 12 and he decided to create a little Web site about a hot new series of fantasy books.