Movie NewsNews on Movies continually updated from thousands of sources around the net.No contest plea in LA celeb embezzlement case- June 24, 2008 A woman accused of embezzling more than $700,000 from Charlton Heston and television writer and producer Stephen J. Cannell pleaded no contest and was sentenced to more than five years in prison Friday.http://www.topix.net/movies/2008/06/no-contest-plea-in-la-celeb-embezzlement-case?fromrss=... India's Reliance talking with DreamWorks- June 24, 2008 India's Reliance Entertainment and other investors are in talks with Hollywood's DreamWorks SKG to raise up to $2 billion to create a movie venture, two people familiar with negotiations said Tuesday.DreamWorks, the movie studio founded in 1994 by Hollywood moguls Steven Spielberg, David Geffen and Jeffrey Katzenberg, is looking to raise a total of $2 billion from investors _ $1 billion in equity and another $1 billion for new movie projects, the two people with knowledge of the talks told The..http://www.topix.net/movies/2008/06/indias-reliance-talking-with-dreamworks?fromrss=1 Stars, relatives honor special-effects wizard- June 24, 2008 Friends, relatives and show-business colleagues gathered Sunday to remember Oscar-winning special-effects maestro Stan Winston, the man responsible for bringing the dinosaurs of "Jurassic Park" and other ...http://www.topix.net/movies/2008/06/stars-relatives-honor-special-effects-wizard?fromrss=1 Cohen, Cotillard, Dee asked into Oscar ranks- June 24, 2008 Sacha Baron Cohen, Marion Cotillard , Ruby Dee and Jet Li have been invited to join Hollywood's most exclusive club -- the group that hands out the Academy Awards .http://www.topix.net/movies/2008/06/cohen-cotillard-dee-asked-into-oscar-ranks?fromrss=1 'Get Smart' 86s box-office rivals- June 23, 2008 Would you believe . . . $39.2 million The old espionage spoof trick worked to push Steve Carell's "Get Smart," the big screen update of the 1960s spy sitcom, to the top of the box office over the weekend.http://www.topix.net/movies/2008/06/get-smart-86s-box-office-rivals?fromrss=1 Stars rock up for Premiere- June 23, 2008 The Stone of Destiny premieres at the Edinburgh Film Festival.http://www.topix.net/movies/2008/06/stars-rock-up-for-premiere?fromrss=1 Carlin, counterculture comedians' dean, dies at 71- June 23, 2008 George Carlin, the dean of counterculture comedians whose biting insights on life and language were immortalized in his "Seven Words You Can Never Say On TV" routine, died of heart failure Sunday.http://www.topix.net/movies/2008/06/carlin-counterculture-comedians-dean-dies-at-71?fromrs... McConaughey photog claims assault by surfers- June 23, 2008 A paparazzo trying to photograph Matthew McConaughey at the beach told police he was attacked by a mob of surfers who threw his camera in the ocean.http://www.topix.net/movies/2008/06/mcconaughey-photog-claims-assault-by-surfers?fromrss=1 'Get Smart' whips Mike Myers' 'Love Guru'- June 23, 2008 Audiences still get Maxwell Smart. Steve Carell and Ann Hathaway star in Warner Bros.http://www.topix.net/movies/2008/06/get-smart-whips-mike-myers-love-guru?fromrss=1 New Indian film festival debuts with 100 works- June 23, 2008 In some American Indian tribes, when important matters are being discussed a "talking stick" is handed around.http://www.topix.net/movies/2008/06/new-indian-film-festival-debuts-with-100-works?fromrss... |