Another “wholesome” teen icon gone bad? Or was U.S. television star Miley Cyrus’ blunder in allowing herself to be photographed wrapped only in a bed sheet simply a mistake that will be forgiven by her young fans?
The 15-year-old star of the Disney Channel hit TV show “Hannah Montana” laid low on Tuesday as the furor […]

 
Vadim Perelman had the sort of feature film debut most filmmakers dream about but rarely are able to realize. An acclaimed director of commercials, he optioned the novel House of Sand and Fog by Andre Dubus III, adapted it for the screen with Shawn Lawrence Otto and co-produced the film with Michael London.
The tale of […]

 
It’s not that John Cusack isn’t trying.
In his latest film, “War, Inc.,” the 41-year-old actor plays a corporation-hired hit man charged with assassinating the CEO of a competitor. In his career, he’s also played a beleaguered playwright (”Bullets Over Broadway”), a lonelyhearted record store owner (”High Fidelity”), a U.S. marshal (”Con Air”) and Nelson Rockefeller […]

 
Film festivals can be a rollercoaster of highs and lows.
A premiere can be an ecstatic experience, but there’s a bit of a hangover the next day. Now what? Will the movie get in more festivals or is this it? Is this movie going to sell? Will we make our money back?
Similarly a documentary film festival […]

 
In the four years since Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle was released, the movie’s fans have all asked themselves the question at least once: What would NPH do? Neil Patrick Harris, the one-time child-star from television’s Doogie Howser, M.D., drifted from the spotlight after it was canceled in 1993 after more than four […]

Long-maned actor Jeff Bridges got into a little method acting to play Obadiah Stane, the flinty elder warmonger of Iron Man.
He happily shaved his head bald for this character of highly questionable ethics, who stands opposite Robert Downey Jr. in the latest Marvel Comics superhero movie, opening Thursday.
“It was wonderful,” Bridges says on the wire […]

 
The Coen brothers’ “Burn After Reading” will open the 65th Venice Film Festival.
World preem of the dark spy comedy, starring George Clooney, Brad Pitt, John Malkovich, Frances McDormand and Tilda Swinton, will launch from the Venice Lido Aug. 27, ahead of its U.K. release Sept. 5 via Universal Pictures.
Pic goes out Stateside via […]

Time Warner Inc.’s (TWX)
Warner Brothers television studio announced plans Monday for a group of Web sites that will air its shows, including those from the now-defunct WB television network.
The plans, announced at a press event in New York, will bring back the WB as WB.com, aiming TV shows like “Smallville” and new series made for […]

Forget the battle of the box office. This summer will mark a showdown of movie toys.
More than 2,000 toys and 6,000 other merchandising tie-ins — from fast-food trinkets to life-size, limited-edition busts — are flooding stores to coincide with summer’s biggest movies, including Iron Man, Speed Racer, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal […]

For years, the soundtrack business was a sleepy corner of the industry.
Apart from the occasional standout hit — think “Titanic” — most compilation soundtracks seemed irrelevant. But of late, a reawakening has occurred, and Robert Kraft, as president of Fox Music, has been on the front lines. Three of Fox’s soundtracks reside in the top […]