Schwarzenegger revamps his image once again
2011-05-22 11:56:36
For 35 years, Arnold Schwarzenegger has been carefully crafting his public image, from Austrian bodybuilder and international action star to family man and Republican politician.
Lohan wins restraining order against phone texter
2011-05-23 10:13:44
Lindsay Lohan has won a temporary restraining order against a man she says sent her delusional phone text messages and believes he has a romantic relationship with her, a court spokeswoman said.
Popular Cannes film reflects 'Arab Spring' spirit
2011-05-23 10:08:39
A film about a woman taking a stand against men in a North African village won cheers in Cannes Saturday, with some viewers moved by its expression of the spirit of the "Arab Spring" uprisings.
Von Trier actress wins in Cannes after director ban
2011-05-23 09:56:15
Kirsten Dunst won best actress in Cannes on Sunday for her role in "Melancholia," directed by Denmark's Lars Von Trier who was thrown out of the film festival for joking he was a Nazi and Hitler sympathiser.
'Pirates' sails with overseas box office record
2011-05-23 09:54:20
"Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides" weighed anchor with $346.4 million in ticket sales from its first week in worldwide release and set a record as the biggest film debut ever outside North America.
Terrence Malick epic wins Palme d'Or in Cannes
2011-05-23 09:51:48
U.S. director Terrence Malick won the Palme d'Or for best picture at the Cannes film festival Sunday for "The Tree of Life," a meditative, metaphysical epic starring Brad Pitt and Sean Penn.
Israeli university awards $1 million to filmmaker duo
2011-05-16 09:38:14
An Israeli university awarded Oscar-winning filmmaker brothers Joel and Ethan Coen a million-dollar prize Sunday, as the duo made their first visit to a country their mother had long urged them to see.
Idol finalist Suddeth is a 'country girl' at heart
2011-05-22 13:54:17
Every Wednesday night since she was 12, Lauren Alaina Suddeth belted out a two-hour set at a restaurant just across the Tennessee border from her hometown of Rossville, Ga.
Janet Jackson, Bill Clinton at Austrian AIDS bash
2011-05-22 11:45:56
Janet Jackson, former U.S. President Bill Clinton and Brooke Shields joined thousands of revelers in risque attire Saturday at the Life Ball, a flamboyant Austrian fundraiser for people with HIV and AIDS.
"Point Break" stage parody subject of lawsuit
2011-05-22 11:43:05
If you're staging a theatrical adaptation of the 1991 film "Point Break" and can't get Keanu Reeves to play a federal agent who goes undercover as a surfer, what do you do? The answer is partly the subject of a lawsuit.
Buy! Sell! Crowd-funding helps boost Cannes films
2011-05-22 11:41:29
Stocks, bonds ... and now movies? Investors in France are stumping up cash online to help produce, promote and distribute feature films -- two of which have made it into the running for best picture at Cannes.
Gender revolution hits Arab world in 'The Source'
2011-05-22 11:40:46
In a remote village in North Africa, women use the only weapon they have — sex — and go on a "love strike" that challenges traditional gender roles.