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Yahoo! News: Movie News Sun, 11 May 2008 21:54:01 GMT
  • Real-life skull worship inspires new 'Indy' film (AP)   - AP - There is a legend that the ancient Maya possessed 13 crystal skulls which, when united, hold the power of saving the Earth ? a tale so strange and fantastic that it inspired the latest Indiana Jones movie.
  • Actor Farina arrested after gun found in luggage at LAX (AP)   - 

    In this April 27, 2007 file photo, actor Dennis Farina arrives to the world premiere of his film 'The Grand', at the Tribeca Film Festival in New York.  Farina was arrested at LAX Sunday, May 11, 2008, after trying to get through security with a loaded gun. AP Photo/Stuart Ramson, file)AP - Dennis Farina has been arrested at Los Angeles International Airport after a loaded gun was found in his carry-on luggage.


  • Person close to talks: NBC installing Fallon on 'Late Night' (AP)   - AP - Jimmy Fallon will officially be given the keys to NBC's "Late Night" franchise following Conan O'Brien's exit.
  • Michael Jackson says ranch foreclosure averted (Reuters)   - 

    Michael Jackson fans sit near a banner outside Jackson's Neverland Ranch near Los Olivos, California on June 16, 2005. (Lucas Jackson/Reuters)Reuters - Entertainer Michael Jackson said on Sunday that a foreclosure sale on his Neverland Ranch property in California has been canceled by Colony Capital LLC, which acquired the loan on the ranch from Fortress Investment Group and is negotiating a deal.


  • 'Speed Racer' gets passed in its debut (AP)   - 

    Actor Emile Hirsch and actress Christina Ricci appear onstage during a taping of MTV's 'Total Request Live' at the MTV Times Square Studios Monday, May 5, 2008 in New York.  Hirsch and Ricci star in the new film 'Speed Racer' which opens nationwide Friday.  (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow)AP - "Speed Racer" was lapped in its opening weekend at the box office as "Iron Man" continued to fire its jets with $50.5 million in ticket sales, according to studio estimates Sunday.


  • "Iron Man" pounds rivals at box offices (Reuters)   - 

    Actor Robert Downey Jr. is shown in this undated publicity photo released to Reuters April 23, 2008 in a scene from Paramount Pictures film 'Iron Man'. (Zade Rosenthal/Paramount Pictures/Handout/Reuters)Reuters - Superhero movie "Iron Man" pounded the competition at North American box offices for the second straight weekend, landing at No. 1 with $50.5 million in ticket sales, according to studio estimates on Sunday.


  • Gaza cartoon commemorates Palestinian "Nakba" (Reuters)   - 

    Arabs stand outside a church in Iqrit, northern Israel, May 10, 2008, as part of an annual pilgrimage to a village whose residents were ordered out by Jewish fighters during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war. The villagers, Arab citizens of Israel, have long demanded a right to return to the site to live. (Ammar Awad/Reuters)Reuters - Jewish fighters are shown shooting Palestinians and bombing their villages in an animated film by Gaza-based women marking 60 years since Israel was founded and hundreds of thousands of Palestinians were displaced.


  • Speed Racer Lapped (E! Online)   - 

    Speed Racer Lapped(E! Online)E! Online - The summer box-office season has seen its first crash.


  • Cannes pits Hollywood against obscure arthouse (Reuters)   - 

    Gilles Jacob (L), president of the 61st Cannes Film Festival and Thierry Fremaux (R), general delegate of the festival, pose in front of the official poster after a news conference to announce the selection of competing films in Paris April 23, 2008. The festival runs through May 14 - 25. (Benoit Tessier/Reuters)Reuters - Hollywood legends and obscure arthouse directors descend on Cannes from Wednesday for the world's biggest film festival that combines edgy cinema with A-list celebrities, glitzy parties and frenetic deal-making.


  • Miley Cyrus' New Singing Partner (E! Online)   - 

    Miley Cyrus' New Singing Partner(E! Online)E! Online - Miley Cyrus is teaming up with—ready for this?—John Travolta.


  • Hollywood Kryptonite? (E! Online)   - 

    Hollywood Kryptonite?(E! Online)E! Online - So, if you're Superman, and you heard this week that Thor—Thor!—got a release date for his movie, do you wonder what on your adopted planet you have to do to get on the calendar?


  • Oliver Stone movie on Bush set for October release (Reuters)   - 

    Film-maker Oliver Stone is interviewed at a news conference in Santa Monica, California May 3, 2007. (Phil McCarten/Reuters)Reuters - Director Oliver Stone has landed a distribution deal with independent studio Lionsgate to get an upcoming film about President George W. Bush into U.S. theaters in October, shortly before the presidential election.


  • Natalie Portman Avoids Heights (E! Online)   - 

    Natalie Portman Avoids Heights(E! Online)E! Online - Natalie Portman can't make time for another torturous period romance after all.


  • "Pirates" maker to turn "BioShock" game into film (Reuters)   - 

    A screenshot from the hit video game 'BioShock' about an underwater utopia gone disastrously wrong. (Take-Two Interactive Software/Handout/Reuters)Reuters - Take-Two Interactive Software Inc said on Friday that "Pirates of the Caribbean" director Gore Verbinski will make a movie version of "BioShock," its hit video game about an underwater utopia gone disastrously wrong.


  • Lindsay's Big-Screen Comeback Off Track (E! Online)   - 

    Lindsay's Big-Screen Comeback Off Track(E! Online)E! Online - Good thing she has that Ugly Betty gig to fall back on, because Lindsay Lohan's movie prospects are rapidly going the way of the dodo.


  • Lindsay Lohan walks away from Manson movie (Reuters)   - 

    Actress Lindsay Lohan poses for photographers at the premiere of the film 'Cloverfield' in Los Angeles January 16, 2008. (Phil McCarten/Reuters)Reuters - Lindsay Lohan passed up a role in a movie about convicted killer Charles Manson in order to accept two other offers, including a guest star turn on the TV comedy "Ugly Betty," her publicist said on Friday.


  • Child 'Forrest Gump' actor leaving Army (AP)   - 

    Army Spc. Michael Conner Humphreys stands at attention for the camera in Fort Riley, Kan., Friday, May, 9, 2008. Humphreys, who played 'Young Forrest Gump' in the movie 'Forrest Gump' served a year in Iraq and is now stationed at Ft. Riley. Humphreys' enlistment ends June 4 and he has landed a role in the upcoming film 'Pathfinders.'  (AP Photo/Chuck France)AP - As a boy, Michael Conner Humphreys made a splash on the silver screen as "Young Forrest Gump." As an adult, he somewhat mirrored the life of his movie character: He joined the Army and fought in an unpopular war.


  • Sneak Pics: Sienna, Dennis Suit up for G.I. Joe (E! Online)   - 

    Sneak Pics: Sienna, Dennis Suit up for G.I. Joe(E! Online)E! Online - She's not exactly a real American hero, but Brit Sienna Miller's still pretty hot as the villain Baroness in new pics from the far-off G.I. Joe flick.


  • Marital warfare strains for laughs in "Vegas" (Reuters)   - 

    Cast members Cameron Diaz (L) and Ashton Kutcher attend the premiere of 'What Happens in Vegas...' at the Mann Village Theatre in Westwood, California May 1, 2008. (Mario Anzuoni/Reuters)Reuters - A mean-spirited streak is creeping into studio-manufactured rom-coms these days -- you know, where someone wants to sabotage his best friend's wedding. This escalates in Fox's "What Happens in Vegas," a film that views marriage as a combat sport.


  • Uma Thurman sues Lancome in advertising dispute (AP)   - 

    In this july 10, 2006 file photo actress Uma Thurman is photographed at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel in New York. French cosmetics giant Lancome has sued Thurman in a contract dispute over the use of her name and image in an advertising campaign. (AP Photo/Jim Cooper,File)AP - NEW YORK (AP) ? Uma Thurman responded to French cosmetics giant Lancome's lawsuit against her with one of her own Friday, taking their contract dispute over the use of her name and face in an advertising campaign to federal court.


 
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