Movie News
Guy Ritchie's London pub license challenged by neighbors angry over noise and crowds
RAPHAEL G. SATTER - December 17, 2009
LONDON (AP) Officials in a London neighborhood have a message for the celebrity patrons who flock to Guy Ritchie's watering hole: Take it inside. Residents of west London's wealthy Mayfair neighborhood complained that the 41-year-old filmmaker had transformed The Punch Bowl from a...
Jennifer Jones, Oscar winner for 'Song of Bernadette' and philanthropist, dies at 90
BOB THOMAS - December 17, 2009
LOS ANGELES (AP) A publicist says Jennifer Jones, who was nominated for Academy Awards five times and won for her portrayal of a saintly nun in "The Song of Bernadette," has died at age 90. Leslie Denk, spokeswoman for the Norton Simon Museum, says Jones died Thursday at her home in...
Movie, television nominees for the 16th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards
The Associated Press - December 17, 2009
Nominees for the 16th annual Screen Actors Guild awards: MOVIES: Actor: Jeff Bridges, "Crazy Heart"; George Clooney, "Up in the Air"; Colin Firth, "A Single Man"; Morgan Freeman, "Invictus"; Jeremy Renner, "The Hurt Locker." Actress: Sandra Bullock, "The Blind...
'Basterds,' 'Precious,' 'Up in the Air' lead SAG Awards honors with 3 nominations each
DAVID GERMAIN - December 18, 2009
LOS ANGELES (AP) "Up in the Air," ''Precious" and "Inglourious Basterds" led the Screen Actors Guild Awards with three nominations each Thursday, among them honors for George Clooney, Diane Kruger and Mo'Nique. The World War II rewrite "Inglourious Basterds" and the Harlem story "...
Hugh Grant returns to films after 2-year absence in 'Did You Hear About the Morgans?'
ADAM EGAN - December 18, 2009
LONDON (AP) It's been two years since Hugh Grant's last film, but he's returned to the big screen opposite Sarah Jessica Parker in "Did You Hear About the Morgans?" "On the last film I did, 'Music and Lyrics,' although I really enjoyed it and I liked the film, I did get terrible...
AP writer and Disney family biographer recalls personal moments with Roy E. Disney
BOB THOMAS - December 17, 2009
LOS ANGELES (AP) The scene was Van Nuys Airport in the San Fernando Valley. Patty and Roy E. Disney were preparing for a flight to New York to help promote a book about Roy's father who found the money to realize the dreams of his brother, Walt Disney. Patty and Roy were seated in the right front...
Movie review: Emily Blunt takes the throne with zest and authority as 'Young Victoria'
DAVID GERMAIN - December 16, 2009
The first Queen Elizabeth has been the It Girl of the British monarchy in recent times in Hollywood. Queen Victoria now gets royal treatment with a fresh film biography starring Emily Blunt as the empire's longest-reigning ruler in her early years. "The Young Victoria" is good,...
Roy E. Disney, nephew of Walt Disney who was a strong behind-the-scenes influence, dies at 79
SANDY COHEN - December 16, 2009
LOS ANGELES (AP) Roy E. Disney, the nephew of Walt Disney whose powerful behind-the-scenes influence on The Walt Disney Co. led to the departure of former chief Michael Eisner, has died. He was 79. The company announced that Disney died Wednesday in Newport Beach, Calif., after a...
Friend: Roman Polanski finishing movie edit, has support during house arrest
ALEXANDER G. HIGGINS - December 20, 2009
GENEVA (AP) Roman Polanski is finishing the edit of his latest movie "Ghost" from his house arrest in Switzerland, surrounded by family and bombarded by telephone calls of support, French philosopher Bernard-Henri Levy said in an interview Sunday. Levy, a friend of the 76-year-old director, told...
Sherlock Holmes movie reinvigorates world's largest Holmes collection in Minnesota
JEFF BAENEN - December 16, 2009
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) Anyone searching for clues about the enduring popularity of Sherlock Holmes need not look only to his headquarters on London's Baker Street. Deep in an underground cavern at the University of Minnesota lies the world's largest collection of Holmes memorabilia a cache...
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