A Jacksonville, Fla., theater was firebombed after receiving threats about Jean-Luc Godard's "Hail Mary," a film about a modern-day Virgin Mary, the Florida Times-Union reported Monday.
Oscar ballots should hit thousands of mailboxes this weekend, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences President Robert E.
"A bastardization . . . a travesty . . . butchery at its most blatant," are just a few comments from a national survey of movie critics on the process of colorizing black-and-white films.
Police Chief Daryl F.
Movie-going is more popular than ever, judging from the 20% jump in domestic box-office sales this spring break over last year, Daily Variety reported this week.
June is busting out all over a little early in Rome, where Italy's best-known porn star, Ilona Staller, is running for Parliament as a member of the unorthodox Radical party.
Eddie Murphy is the subject of a paternity suit brought by 19-year-old Nicolle Rader, it was learned late last week.
The Little Tokyo Cinemas, 333 South Alameda in downtown Los Angeles, which were to open Friday, failed to pass fire inspection, said a theater official.
Producer Arnold Kopelson said Sunday he would not allow "Platoon" to be released in Singapore because of cuts demanded by censors.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences wants one Academy Award winner from each of its 59 annual ceremonies to give back his or her Oscar--but only for a few weeks.
Jessica Lange has given birth to her first son and third child, a spokeswoman said.
The Richard Pryor comedy "Critical Condition" barely edged out Oliver Stone's Vietnam film "Platoon" in the weekend box office standings, according to figures compiled by Exhibitor Relations Co.
Actor-director Robert Redford will be honored in Hanover, N.H., today with the Dartmouth Film Award for his notable career and for founding the Sundance Institute in Salt Lake City.
Actress Jane Fonda and her husband, California Assemblyman Tom Hayden, declared their support for the outlawed Solidarity labor movement after beginning a visit to Poland on Sunday that is to include a meeting today with its leader, Lech Walesa.
Milos Forman's "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" closes tonight in Stockholm after a record run of 573 straight weeks, the distributor said Wednesday.
Los Angeles' own Cassandra Peterson will co-write and star in the first movie to be made by NBC's new movie-production unit.
Woody Allen says in the April issue of Esquire magazine the Oscar-nominated "Blue Velvet" is his pick for best picture this year.
The South African government banned Oscar-nominated "Witness to Apartheid," a documentary on how political violence has affected South Africans, on Friday.
Indian film star-turned-politician Sunil Dutt ended a 1,200-mile walk for peace Monday, meeting with Sikh high priests in the religion's holiest shrine, the Golden Temple.
Actor Griffin O'Neal began serving 416 hours of community service over the weekend for his part in the 1986 boating death in Maryland of the son of film director Francis Coppola.