Movies

05 November 2007, Washsington (By Ray McDonald) -- A potent combination of bullets and bees propelled last weekend's U.S. box office chart. Denzel Washington and Russell Crowe's bloody crime saga American Gangster took in $46.3 million to lead the list, while Jerry Seinfeld's animated comedy Bee Movie placed second at $39.1 million.    » read more »

- VH1.com in Conjunction With the Broadcast Film Critics Association's 'Critics' Choice Awards' Launches 'VH1's eCritic' - An Online Search for the Best Amateur Film Critic
- Winner To Become An Honorary Vote-Casting Critic For The 13th Annual 'Critics' Choice Awards' And Will Attend This Year's Ceremony

- SpongeBob Squarepants Goes Where No Sea-Fearing Creature Has Gone Before... to the Lost City of Atlantis In The World Premiere of "Atlantis SquarePantis" - Monday, November 12 on Nickelodeon
- Rock Legend and SpongeBob SquarePants fan David Bowie Guest Stars as Lord Royal Highness in SpongeBob's First Ever TV Movie, Available on DVD November 13

October 26, 2007 - In the new fantasy adventure film "The Golden Compass," polar bears protect themselves with suits of armor. In the real world, threats to polar bears are not so easily abated. This majestic species is one of many in danger of extinction due to harsh changes in climate, which is why New Line Cinema has launched a unique partnership today with the World Wildlife Fund to help educate the public about the impact global warming is having on animals throughout the world.    » read more »

Hollywood, California, October 25, 2007 – Apple Corps Ltd.’s eagerly anticipated DVD release of The Beatles’ second feature film Help! on November 6 (November 5 ROW) will be accompanied by several high-profile television, radio and online promotions. AOL Music, Yahoo! Music, MSN.com, Clear Channel Online, Amazon.com, Sundance Channel, QVC, and public television affiliates are among the DVD’s major promotional partners.

Saturday, October 27: Sundance Channel exclusively premieres Help! at 10pm ET/PT, with repeated airings scheduled through November.    » read more »

Time Warner Cable Teams with Warner Bros. Pictures on Fred Claus

October 25, 2007 -- Time Warner Cable (TWC) is teaming with sister company Warner Bros. Pictures to launch an integrated marketing campaign in support of the new holiday comedy Fred Claus, starring Vince Vaughn and Paul Giamatti, opening in theatres nationwide on Friday, November 9.    » read more »

October 24, 2007 -- At 12:01 AM PDT, the morning of Wednesday, October 24, Warner Bros. Pictures and Village Roadshow Pictures will debut the final theatrical trailer for the forthcoming epic action thriller I Am Legend, marking the first-ever truly simultaneous internet launch of a trailer exclusively across all four Fox Interactive Media sites: MySpace, IGN, RottenTomatoes and AskMen.    » read more »

- DreamWorks Pictures and Paramount Pictures' Megahit TRANSFORMERS Invades Stores to Become This Year's Top-Selling DVD and the Best-Selling High Definition Title Day One and Week One for Either Format
- From Director Michael Bay and Executive Producer Steven Spielberg,
In Association With Hasbro, Record-Setting DVD and HD DVD Sales
Underscore TRANSFORMERS' Status As Franchise Of Inter-Galactic
Proportions

22 October 2007, Washington (By Ray McDonald) -- The vampire movie 30 Days of Night sank its teeth into last weekend's U.S. box office tally, besting a downbeat trio of Academy Award hopefuls.    » read more »

16 October 2007, Washington (By Ray McDonald) -- Matrimonial moviegoers walked down the aisle in droves last weekend, propelling Tyler Perry's Why Did I Get Married to the top of the U.S. box office list. Lionsgate's ensemble release pulled in $21.5 million, according to October 14 studio estimates.

Perry's comedy-drama outdrew such big-ticket entries as George Clooney's Michael Clayton; Cate Blanchett's Elizabeth: The Golden Age, and the Joaquin Phoenix-Mark Wahlberg crime drama We Own The Night.    » read more »

October 09, 2007 -- HBO has entered into an exclusive overall development deal with Charles S. Dutton, a multiple Emmy® winner for his work as both an actor and a director, it was announced today by Michael Lombardo, president, Programming Group and West Coast Operations, HBO. The agreement covers series, movies and miniseries.

"HBO has enjoyed a long and fruitful partnership with 'Roc' Dutton, and we are looking forward to teaming up with him on other exciting ventures," said Lombardo.    » read more »

Governor Pushes for “More Movies Filmed in Our State”

October 05, 2007 -- DES MOINES — This Sunday, Iowa Governor Chet Culver and First Lady Mari Culver will attend the Iowa premiere of “The Final Season” starring Iowa native Tom Arnold and Sean Austin.

The “Final Season” is a movie based on the real-life story of the 1991 Norway High School baseball team. The movie is scheduled to open on more than 1,000 screens on October 12.    » read more »

San Diego, October 2, 2007 – Do young adults learn behaviors from movies? In a paper published in the November issue of the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, researchers from the University of California, San Francisco, examined the relationship between young adults (age 18-25) observing smoking in movies and the likelihood of starting to smoke. They found that more exposure to smoking in movies was significantly associated with young adults beginning to smoke or becoming established smokers.    » read more »

Dave Koechner, Carl Weathers, Andy Dick and Bradley Cooper Star In 'The Comebacks' Which Opens In Theaters Nationwide October 19

NEW YORK, Oct. 1 -- COMEDY CENTRAL(R) plays a mean game of football in "Reel Comedy: The Comebacks." This half-hour special premieres on Tuesday, October 16 at Midnight.*    » read more »

- 'Rooters: The Birth of Red Sox Nation' tells rich, remarkable history of Red Sox fans
- Feature film to be available for purchase on DVD beginning in October

BOSTON (Sept. 30, 2007) -- They see themselves as more loyal and more knowledgeable than any other fan base. Critics have called them "manic-depressive" and "the most obnoxious fans in sports." But as a new film makes clear, there's another way to describe the mercurial group commonly known as Red Sox Nation.

The originals.    » read more »