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NEW YORK – Sequels are usually more easily found at summer multiplexes than prestigious film festivals, but this year's Tribeca Film Festival abounds in unusual follow-ups and intriguing companion pieces.
VIENNA – Hollywood actor Jude Law is among the stars of "360" - a new movie based in the Austrian capital in which the British heartthrob plays a man whose marriage has hit a lull.
The film is directed by Fernando Meirelles and inspired by Arthur Schnitzler's play "Reigen," or "La Ronde."
LOS ANGELES – The Academy Awards are sticking to the last weekend in February rather than moving to an earlier date.
Tom Sherak, president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, announced Tuesday that next year's ceremony will be held Feb. 26, the same Sunday as most other recent Oscar shows.
LOS ANGELES – Anne Hathaway and Jesse Eisenberg's talking birds have edged out Tyler Perry's sass-talking grandma at the weekend box office.
Hathaway and Eisenberg's animated family adventure "Rio" took in $26.8 million to remain the No. 1 movie for the second-straight weekend, according to studio estimates Sunday.
LOS ANGELES – With the release of Lionsgate’s Madea's Big Happy Family, writer/director/star Tyler Perry offers a testament to the healing power of faith and family, told with his signature blend of laughter and pathos.
LOS ANGELES – Based on the acclaimed number-one bestseller, Water for Elephants presents an epic tale of forbidden love in a magical place filled with adventure, wonder and great danger.
NEW YORK – For fans of TV's "Friday Night Lights," the sight of a groggy Taylor Kitsch is a familiar one. On the acclaimed small-town Texas drama, Kitsch plays the hard-drinking Tim Riggins, who perpetually rolls out of bed bleary-eyed.
LOS ANGELES – Kevin Jarre, who wrote the screenplays for the movies "Glory" and "Tombstone," has died. He was 56.
His aunt, Patty Briley Bean, tells the Los Angeles Times that Jarre died unexpectedly of heart failure on April 3 at his Santa Monica home.
Jarre was a history buff who was entranced by the Civil War since childhood, when he'd received toy soldiers for Christmas. His research on a black regiment led him to write the 1989 movie "Glory," which won three Academy Awards, including one for actor Denzel Washington.
LOS ANGELES – It was a star-studded affair at the "Prom" movie premiere held Thursday night at the El Capitan Theater in Los Angeles.
LOS ANGELES – "American Idol" finalist Casey Abrams ended his song with a smooch.
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