BOSTON (AP) - This could make for one odd family reunion: Barack Obama is a distant cousin of Brad Pitt, and Hillary Rodham Clinton is related to Pitt’s girlfriend, Angelina Jolie.
Researchers at the New England Historic Genealogical Society found some remarkable family connections for the three presidential candidates - Democratic rivals Obama and Clinton, and […]
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Shia LaBeouf has pleaded not guilty to an unlawful smoking charge.
Attorney Michael Norris entered the plea on behalf of the 21-year-old actor Wednesday, a day after a judge issued a $1,000 bench warrant for LaBeouf’s arrest.
The bench warrant, which didn’t contain details on the circumstances or the location of the offense, […]
HONG KONG (AP) - Organizers of the 11th Shanghai International Film Festival are looking for a new jury chairman following the death of Anthony Minghella.
“This (Minghella’s death) happened so suddenly. We’re in the process of looking for a replacement,” festival spokeswoman Crystal Yu told The Associated Press in a phone interview Friday.
The British filmmaker, who […]
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - For one night, Maysville will be Hollywood along the Ohio River, thanks to George Clooney.
The 46-year-old actor-director will visit the northern Kentucky town Monday night for a special screening of his new movie, “Leatherheads,” his father, Nick Clooney, said Tuesday.
“The whole town is abuzz,” said Maysville Mayor David Cartmell.
Clooney, who won […]
Halle Berry doesn’t just play a mom in movies anymore.
The 41-year-old actress had a baby girl Sunday, and “is doing great,” her publicist Meredith O’Sullivan told People.com, the Web site of People magazine. It is her first child.
The father is 32-year-old model Gabriel Aubry. The two met while shooting a Versace ad in Los Angeles […]
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - David Lynch says his nonprofit foundation will donate $1 million to fund scholarships for students who want to learn a meditation technique taught at the Maharishi University of Management.
Lynch, who directed “The Elephant Man,” “Blue Velvet” and “Mulholland Dr.” movies and the “Twin Peaks” TV series, is a longtime practitioner […]
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Moviegoers around the world pushed global box office revenues to a record $26.7 billion in 2007, but rising ticket prices and a weakening dollar accounted for much of the increase, the Motion Picture Association of America said Wednesday.
The group’s annual report said box office revenue outside North America climbed 4.9 percent […]
Madonna, pop music’s quick-change artist, was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on Monday and paid tribute to people who encouraged her and even critics who panned her for helping drive her career.
Heartland hitmaker John Mellencamp, with his son Speck playing guitar and his parents watching from a balcony above the Waldorf […]
TOKYO (AP) - Entertainment giant Walt Disney Co. will team up with several Japanese companies to produce animated features in Japan, a leading market for such films, a Disney official said Thursday.
Disney will work with Toei Animation Co., Madhouse Co. and Jinni’s Animation Studios, the official said, speaking on condition of anonymity because she was […]