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Hollywood film recreates Russia-Georgia war

Tens of thousands of cheering people filled the streets in front of Georgia's parliament, but they came to make a movie, not stage one of the capital's frequent mass demonstrations. Tuesday night's crowd gathered for a scene in a new Hollywood film abo...

Dolphin-hunting film gets mixed reaction in Tokyo

Viewers expressed mixed reactions Wednesday to "The Cove," a covertly filmed movie about a Japanese dolphin-hunting village that was shown to the Japanese public for the first time at the Tokyo International Film Festival. Some were shocked but also de...

New managers vow to resurrect storied HK studio

The new management of a famed Hong Kong film studio that worked with Bruce Lee, Jackie Chan and John Woo promised Wednesday to revive the company into a Chinese powerhouse in movie production and multiplexes. Hong Kong-listed Golden Harvest Entertainme...

Wiseman, who played villain in 1962 'Dr. No,' dies

Joseph Wiseman, an actor who played the sinister scientist and title character of Dr. No in the first James Bond feature film, has died. He was 91. Wiseman, who had been in declining health, died Monday at his home in Manhattan, his daughter, Martha Gr...

Chow signs on as bad guy in Chinese film

After taking on the ancient sage Confucius, Chow Yun-fat has signed on to play an early 20th century bad guy in a $19 million Chinese frontier film. The "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" star will appear in Chinese director Jiang Wen's upcoming movie "L...

Review: Chaos reigns in pointless `Antichrist'

To say that "Antichrist" is shocking would suggest that it's effective. Certainly shocking us is Lars von Trier's point _ or we can assume it is. Doing so at least gives us something to hold onto when most of the movie seems so maddeningly pointless. T...

Review: Earhart tale `Amelia' circles, never lands

Considering the risks Amelia Earhart took, losing her life in the call of aviation, Hilary Swank and director Mira Nair don't put much on the line in their film biography "Amelia." Swank and Nair play it safe to the point of benumbing this woman's life...

Julie Andrews wows fellow actresses at Elle honors

Even stars get star-struck. It happened Monday to Zoe Saldana, Katie Holmes and Renee Zellweger at Elle magazine's Women in Hollywood tribute, where they were honored alongside legendary actress Julie Andrews. Saldana burst into song _ "A Spoonful of S...

Hollywood gushes bloodsuckers in vampire boom

Vampires have been an eternal force in Hollywood horror since silent-movie days, yet they have risen to new heights as the "Twilight" franchise, TV's "True Blood" and other incarnations put the bite on viewers. In studio flicks, independent and foreign...

Director to donate to Japanese dolphin hunt town

The director of a secretly filmed documentary that shows the annual dolphin hunt of a Japanese town said Tuesday he'll give the town the profits from screenings in Japan _ if they end the hunt. Louie Psihoyos, who could face arrest on trespassing charg...

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