Academy Award winners Robert De Niro, a long-time member of the Montauk community, and Al Pacino star as a pair of veteran New York City police detectives on the trail of a vigilante serial killer in the adrenaline-fueled psychological thriller “Righteous Kill.” This is only the second time they have appeared on screen together, but [...]

Tyler Perry fans were already pumped as they arrived at a local theater for a free preview screening of “Tyler Perry’s The Family That Preys.” They didn’t expect to also get Tyler Perry himself.
The tall author, playwright and director, relaxed in a Yankees baseball cap, joked and took questions from the audience. 
“The critics have never [...]

The stars are here but the Oscar hype is on low volume at the Toronto film festival this year as major studios hold their promotional fire for movies looking to win awards until later in the year.
Brad Pitt turned out on the first weekend to launch the comedy “Burn After Reading” by the Oscar-winning Coen [...]

An estimated 200 demonstrators, some in wheelchairs, picketed Monday night’s premiere of Tropic Thunder to protest the movie’s use of the word “retard” and what they consider its offensive portrayal of people with intellectual disabilities. By the time the movie started the crowd was down to about 50 people.
(USA Today)

Hollywood is all about bragging rights: who has the biggest box-office returns, the largest market share, the most Oscar nominations. Talent agents love the glory as much as anyone but generally prefer to keep the spotlight on their clients.
So we’ve decided to do the back-slapping for them.
As much as they say they dislike reading about themselves, [...]

Like a lot of 12-year-olds, Abigail Breslin might want to be a veterinarian when she grows up.
“I love animals, and I’ve had dogs, cats, a turtle,” she says. “And it’s weird, but I collect elephants. All kinds. Not the living kind. Not yet.”
She just joined Girl Scouts, and she says “Oh my gosh!” a lot. [...]

Agent 007 still has all of his digits. Daniel Craig was sent to the hospital after suffering a minor hand injury while filming the latest James Bond movie Quantum of Solace at Pinewood Studios near London.
“There was a minor incident on set,” Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group spokesman Steve Elzer told The Associated Press on [...]

The MPAA has offered a deal to the Federal Communications Commission that could bring movies to cable and satellite viewers more quickly after their original release. The trade-off, though, is that the movies couldn’t be viewed by some high-definition TVs, nor could they be recorded by stand-alone TiVos. The FCC moved quickly to invite public [...]

OK, so his TV production of The Andromeda Strain didn’t turn out that great — Ridley Scott’s moving on. When the director finishes Nottingham in England, Scott (pictured) will probably be taking on Brave New World.
The man who brought us Alien and Blade Runner didn’t come right out and say it, but when Eclipse [...]

YouTube–that’s the first name in Internet video. Apple’s iTunes might turn up second.
For start-ups in Internet video, it can be a tough sell to prove a new market. But a handful of upstarts tried their hand at an elevator pitch here Tuesday at the Under the Radar Conference, a one-day confab for Web start-ups. Four [...]