Actor Sean Penn has been having some pleasant run-ins with the law, riding in police squad cars in preparation for his tough-guy role as a cop battling Los Angeles street gangs, LAPD's Lt.
Talks begin Thursday between the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers and the Directors Guild of America.
Also on the colorization front: Presidential hopeful Rep.
Joanne Woodward was robbed of her passport and thousands of dollars in travelers checks on her way to the airport from the Cannes Film Festival on Thursday.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced 17 winners of scientific or technical awards, given to those whose inventions or discoveries proved valuable to the film industry.
French actor-singer Yves Montand will head the jury at the 40th international film festival in Cannes May 7 to 19, festival officials announced Monday.
Bette Midler, whose film career was foundering until last year's hit Touchstone comedy, "Down and Out in Beverly Hills," has found a home at Walt Disney Studios, and now she is moving in.
Talking with reporters during a break in his Mineola, N.Y., trial, Eddie Murphy compared his former agent Wednesday to "the guy with the big cigar who turns around and says, 'I'll make you a big star'."
Benji is back and Disney's got him.
"Platoon" may reap an additional $20 million at the box office after its four Oscar wins but the awards meant little on Wall Street.
Frankie and Annette are back and Paramount Pictures has 'em.
Just as they did at the Academy Awards, independent films reined in the six top awards given over the weekend at the ninth annual Houston International Film Festival.
An antitrust suit by actor Paul Newman and director George Roy Hill, claiming they got stung on home-video revenue from their hit movie "The Sting," was rejected Monday by a federal appeals court.
An attorney for Night Stalker defendant Richard Ramirez said a new movie titled "The Night Stalker" will hurt his client's chances for a fair trial.
Special effects became especially affecting Wednesday morning on the Illinois set of "Poltergeist III" when an explosive charge meant to blow up six cars triggered a blaze that caused an estimated $250,000 damage to an office building.
An unemployed actress who is suing Farrah Fawcett was attacked by a man who lured her to an apartment to receive information on her lawsuit, police said.
Eight films took $1,000 cash prizes Sunday night at the close of Anthropos '87: The Barbara Myerhoff Film Festival at USC.
Leave it to a director to make a point visually.
A weeklong salute to America's black film makers in Chicago will feature 15 movies either made by
It appears that the March "Entertainment Summit" that brought together Soviet and American film makers will bear some practical fruit, after all.