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Hollywood updates Facebook in lineup of fall movies Posted September 3, 2010

Actors Eisenberg and Timberlake are shown in a scene from the film "The Social Network" in this unda

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - "Social media" is among today's most popular catch phrases thanks to the success of, among other things, networking website Facebook -- the favored way for today's youth to communicate on a global level. Now Facebook is the subject of what's expected to be the fall ...More

Sofia Coppola takes insider's look at Hollywood A-lister Posted September 3, 2010

Coppola, director of the in-competition film "Somewhere", poses for photographers during a photocall

By Mike Collett-White VENICE (Reuters) - Sofia Coppola's latest movie is a Hollywood insider's look at the life of an A-list actor -- five star hotels and Ferraris, adoration and sexual advances, but also loneliness, tiresome media attention and boredom. "Somewhere" is part comedy and part examination of a man ...More

Discovery Channel takeover ends, eco-warrior shot dead Posted September 3, 2010

James Jae Lee, 43, walked into the company's headquarters in Silver Spring armed with a shotgun, handgun and possible explosives as part of a protest about the network's programming. Network bosses claimed the Hawaii native targeted them for not airing enough shows about global warming and endangered species ...More

Harvey Keitel to Be Next Head of Dunder Mifflin? Posted September 3, 2010

Harvey Keitel to Dunder Mifflin? The Office executive producer Paul Lieberstein has told E! that he thinks the Oscar winner is ""Probably the only guy who can do it, and he's doing TV now."" No talks have commenced but he is seriously being considered for the part, according to ...More

Lee Curtis: 'Lohan deserves another chance in Hollywood' Posted September 3, 2010

Jamie Lee Curtis, who teamed up with Lohan in 2003 film Freaky Friday, insists she has nothing but love for the actress, who has spent much of this summer (10) behind bars in prison and at a court-sanctioned rehab after she was convicted of violating probation on a 2007 DUI ...More

Iranian filmmaker banned from Venice Posted September 3, 2010

Jafar Panahi's acclaimed short film The Accordion is screening at the event, which kicked off on Wednesday (01Sep10), but he won't be there to see it. In a statement issued to festival bosses, the director, who was released from jail earlier this year (10), has revealed he was ...More

I Spy a New Spy Posted September 3, 2010

When it comes to recurring on-screen protagonists, I don't think there's any archetype more enviable than the globe-trotting superspy. They engage in all of the larger-than-life, world-saving heroics that superheroes and cops do, but aren't emasculated by colorful spandex or hampered by the limitations of the law ...More

Gabor released from hospital Posted September 3, 2010

The 93 year old was admitted to the UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles after her husband, Prince Frederic von Anhalt, found her ""unresponsive"" at home. She was stabilised in the facility and a family spokeswoman revealed Gabor was ""not in a life-threatening situation"". The star was released from the ...More

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