Spielberg to make mini-series about Napoleon Hollywood legend Steven Spielberg is to make a television mini-series about Napoleon, based on a screenplay by Stanley Kubrick, he told a French broadcaster.
'Argo' wins best picture on shared Oscars night Ben Affleck's Iran hostage drama "Argo" won the coveted best film Oscar on Sunday, as other key prizes were shared among several films at the 85th Academy Awards, Hollywood's biggest night.
25 февраля 2013
'Argo' vs 'Lincoln' in knife-edge Oscars race Ben Affleck's Iran hostage drama "Argo" goes into Oscars weekend a whisker ahead of Steven Spielberg's presidential "Lincoln," but the race is one of the most unpredictable in recent memory.
22 февраля 2013
Oscar hopeful Haneke directs Mozart in Madrid Although he is nursing hopes of an Oscar, Austrian filmmaker Michael Haneke says he feels doomed to failure with his latest project -- a staging of a Mozart opera in Spain.
21 февраля 2013
Snubbed 'Argo' director Affleck to present at Oscars Ben Affleck will join the presenting cast for next week's Oscars, organizers said Thursday, despite the perceived snub that saw him miss the best director nominees' shortlist.
15 февраля 2013
Ben Affleck's 'Argo' named best film at British BAFTAs Iran hostage crisis drama "Argo" won the best film prize at Britain's BAFTA awards on Sunday in a further boost for US actor-director Ben Affleck's movie at the Oscars later this month.
11 февраля 2013
Wong Kar Wai martial arts epic opens 63rd Berlinale The 63rd Berlin film festival opens Thursday with a gala screening of Chinese director Wong Kar Wai's martial arts epic about the mentor of kung fu superstar Bruce Lee.
07 февраля 2013
'Argo' wins top SAG award, in latest pre-Oscar boost Iran hostage crisis drama "Argo" won the best film drama prize at the Screen Actors Guild awards Sunday, in yet another boost for its prospects at next month's all-important Oscars.
'Django' wins early Globes, but Spielberg eyes gold Quentin Tarantino's blood-soaked "Django Unchained" won two key Golden Globes on Sunday, but Steven Spielberg's "Lincoln" was still hoping for awards glory in the show's final straight.
14 января 2013
'Cirque du Soleil' makes 3D leap to the big screen Oscar-winning director James Cameron, who broke new ground with 3D technology with "Avatar," is bringing that knowhow to Cirque du Soleil, producing a 3D film featuring the high-flying acrobatic troupe.
21 декабря 2012
Peter Jackson defends 'Hobbit' trilogy "The Hobbit" may be a shortish book about diminutive heroes, but Peter Jackson on Wednesday said he was right to elongate the children's story into no less than three epic movies.
06 декабря 2012
Hobbit was almost filmed in Britain, director reveals "The Hobbit" director Peter Jackson on Tuesday said the low point making his Tolkien epic was when the production almost moved from his native New Zealand to Britain because of a union dispute.
27 ноября 2012
Denzel Washington pilots 'Flight' through storm After a detour into animation, "Forrest Gump" director Robert Zemeckis returns to live-action film with "Flight," which starts with a plane crash but centers more on personal rather than airborne crises.
03 ноября 2012
First bin Laden film premieres just in time for US vote Timing is everything in show business, but the director of the first movie about the commando raid that killed Osama bin Laden doubts its television premiere Sunday will swing the US election.
02 ноября 2012
Obama banks on Hollywood friends, whatever Clint says Film legend Clint Eastwood claims that Hollywood's image as a Democratic bastion is exaggerated -- but the evidence says otherwise, with stars like George Clooney leading an A-list Obama cast.