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Hollywood Prays for Laughs from the Faithful

Jun 20, 2007 4:54 AM CDT

Hollywood Prays for Laughs from the Faithful

With 'Evan Almighty,' Universal skews pious in comedy division

(Newser) - God is returning to the big screen this Friday in Universal's Evan Almighty, a big-budget comedy aimed at the churchgoing. The LA TImes recalls that Hollywood used to balk at religiously-inflected films, but saw the light when Mel Gibson's spiritual blockbuster The Passion of the Christ raked in $370M in...

Blockbuster Bets on Blu-Ray

Jun 18, 2007 6:36 PM CDT

Blockbuster Bets on Blu-Ray

It's Betamax all over again as rental giant abandons rival HD DVD format

(Newser) - Movie rental giant Blockbuster picked sides today in the hotly contested battle over high-definition DVDs. Starting in July, Blockbuster will buy all of its new high-def DVDs in Sony's Blu-ray format, a damaging blow to rival Toshiba's HD DVD, which the rental company had stocked jointly until now.

Ex-'Grey's' Star Speaks Out

Jun 14, 2007 10:54 PM CDT

Ex-'Grey's' Star Speaks Out

'Saddened' by firing, Washington won't rule out returning to ABC hit—for a cameo

(Newser) - Isaiah Washington "can only apologize so many times" for the behavior that prompted his dismissal from ABC's hit series "Grey's Anatomy," the actor tells Entertainment Weekly in his first post-firing interview. But contrition evidently wasn't enough to save his job: The network couldn't justify the risk of...

Gore Makes Bloody Mess
of Studios' Bottom Lines

Jun 9, 2007 2:09 PM CDT

Gore Makes Bloody Mess of Studios' Bottom Lines

Bored, oversaturated audiences flee horror flicks

(Newser) - Hollywood horror flicks are failing to rake in the cash at the box office, the LA Times reports, and some execs are starting to fear a spreading gore-phobia. Hollywood upped its horror output this year, banking on the films' relatively inexpensive production costs and traditionally stellar box-office performances to translate...

Lohan Bender Spurs Underage Drinking Probe

May 31, 2007 4:02 PM CDT

Lohan Bender Spurs Underage Drinking Probe

ABC wants to close the club down for 15 days to make the point

(Newser) - Lindsay Lohan's recent DUI arrest has prompted talk about cracking down on underage boozing in Hollywood.The state Alcoholic Beverage Control Board is preparing to investigate the Mean Girls starlet's case—the ABC has to wait for police to release evidence that the 20-year-old did, indeed, test positive for alcohol.

Spielberg and Jackson to Direct Tintin

May 14, 2007 6:28 PM CDT

Spielberg and Jackson to Direct Tintin

Duo will begin 3-D trilogy as early as the end of the year

(Newser) - The men behind Jurassic Park's ferocious dinosaurs and King Kong's gargantuan ape will soon be the men behind a tiny white dog named Snowy. Steven Spielberg and Peter Jackson are teaming up to produce and direct a trilogy of movies based on The Adventures of Tintin, George Remi's popular French...

Longtime Movie Lobbyist Valenti Dead at 85

Apr 27, 2007 7:39 AM CDT

Longtime Movie Lobbyist Valenti Dead at 85

Hollywood's man in Washington pioneered ratings system

(Newser) - Despite being neither movie star nor studio exec, Jack Valenti was one of Hollywood's most influential figures. An era ended Thursday when the longtime president of the film industry's trade association died at his home in Washington. The veteran lobbyist, who also served in the Johnson administration, was 85 and...

Alec Baldwin Loses It On Voicemail

Apr 20, 2007 8:23 AM CDT

Alec Baldwin Loses It On Voicemail

Furious attack on daughter causes judge to suspend visitation rights

(Newser) - A savage voicemail from Alec Baldwin to his 11-year-old daughter Ireland is burning up the Web, thanks to the bitter battle between the "30 Rock" star and his ex-wife Kim Basinger. The recording, in which the furious actor calls his daughter a "thoughtless little pig," was leaked...

Hollywood Shapes China's Darfur Policy

Apr 13, 2007 9:08 AM CDT

Hollywood Shapes China's Darfur Policy

Stars use Olympics as leverage to get China to protest genocide

(Newser) - China is finally joining the international outcry over genocide in Darfur—and it’s down to Hollywood clout, not Washington’s. Long one of Sudan’s closest protectors, China is suddenly calling on the government to accept UN peacekeepers. The reason, reports the Times: Mia Farrow and Steven Spielberg are...

Spielberg
Anoints a Star

Mar 23, 2007 3:20 PM CDT

Spielberg Anoints a Star

Shia LaBeouf has two big roles in the can, and could soon be Indiana Jones's son

(Newser) - Wide-eyed child star Shia LaBeouf is making his debut as Hollywood''s next it boy, thanks to Steven Spielberg. The former Disney Channel star has already been cast in Spielberg's upcoming Disturbia and Transformers, and is on the short list to play Harrison Ford's son in the upcoming Indiana Jones revival....

The Super-Rich
Are Rewriting Hollywood Rules

Mar 12, 2007 1:49 PM CDT

The Super-Rich Are Rewriting Hollywood Rules

So rich, that is, that they don't need the studios to distribute their films

(Newser) - A new breed of Hollywood players—so rich they don't need studio money—are financing and releasing slates of small-budget films on their own. Producers like Sam Nazarian, a 31-year-old scion of a wealthy Persian family, and self-made billionaire Sidney Kimmel, 78, are shouldering the costs of a full...