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“Paranormal Activity 2” rules box-office

Cinema

“Paranormal Activity 2”, released by Paramount Pictures, ruled the box-office this weekend raking in $41.5 million, the biggest opening for a horror movie for a three-day run. It beat last year’s “Friday the 13th” which earned $40.6 million, and the first film “Paranormal Activity” which earned an opening total of $21.1 million. Midnight showings on […]

Randy Quaid and wife seek asylum in Canada

Randy Quaid

American actor Randy Quaid and his wife have applied for asylum with the immigration board of Canada, telling its members that “the murderers of Hollywood” are out to get them. Their application to be accepted as refugees comes after warrants were issued in the U.S. for their arrest on charges of vandalizing their former property. […]

Judge allows probe of computer of Mel Gibson’s girlfriend

Mel Gibson

Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Scott Gordon ruled on Thursday that police investigators can search data stored in a computer used by Oksana Grigorieva, the former girlfriend of Hollywood actor and director Mel Gibson. Grigorieva’s counsel earlier sought to limit how much information the police can get from the computer where she says holds her […]

‘Hobbit’ film greenlit by MGM, Warner Bros.

Tolkien books

MGM Studios and Warner Bros. have finally scheduled to begin the filming of “The Hobbit” in February 2010 after encountering delays related to MGM’s reorganization and financial troubles, according to anonymous sources. Half of the financing was secured by MGM for the two-part prequel to J.R.R. Tolkien’s “Lord of the Rings” trilogy. The cost of […]

Positive HIV test halts adult film production

Adult film shop

A performer in the U.S. adult film industry has tested positive for HIV, forcing at least two adult film companies to halt filming as a precautionary measure. The case, the first in more than a year for the thriving adult film industry in San Fernando Valley, prompted AIDS activists to renew their call for the […]

Lennon monument unveiled in Liverpool

John Lennon monument

A new monument in Liverpool was unveiled on Saturday by the son and first wife of Beatles late singer John Lennon to commemorate his 70th birthday. The 18-foot monument for promoting peace cost $350,000 to make, and its unveiling was one of many activities held around the world for Lennon, one of music history’s greatest […]

Warnes Bros. cancels 3D Harry Potter film

Warner Bros. cancels 3D Harry Potter film

Warner Bros. announced on Friday that it is cancelling its release of the 3D version of “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part I”, citing time constraints. Instead, the studio will now release the film only in 2D, and not both in 2D and 3D as originally planned. “Despite everyone’s best efforts, we were unable […]

MGM proposes bankruptcy plan

MGM proposes bankruptcy plan

Hollywood studio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer submitted on Thursday a pre-packaged bankruptcy plan to lenders that aims to reduce $4 million in debt and let Spyglass Entertainment take it over. The film studio with one of the most well-known logos in Hollywood, has been discussing with investors on how to trim its debt and is now trying to […]

Facebook unveils new features

Facebook New Features

Leading social networking site Facebook rolled out a new grouping feature and another one that allows personal information of its 500 million users to be archived. Facebook said that the new groups feature will be available to all its members “relatively quickly.” “We’re not being hyperbolic when we say (groups) is going to be a […]

Snyder picked to direct new Superman film

Zack Snyder

Zack Snyder, the director of ‘300’ and ‘Watchmen’, has been picked by producer Christopher Nolan and Warner Bros. to helm the new Superman movie slated for showing in 2011. Snyder was chosen over other notable directors like Robert Zemeckis, Tony Scott, Darren Aronofsky, Ben Affleck, and Matt Reeves. The new Superman film is a top […]

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