Jackson ruled out of Hobbit film


The Lord of the Rings director Peter Jackson has been ruled out of making The Hobbit, the head of film studio New Line has told the Sci-Fi Channel.

Jackson is locked in a legal battle with New Line over money from The Lord of the Rings trilogy.

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Indiana Jones 'to return in 2008'


Director George Lucas says the fourth instalment in the Indiana Jones film series will start next year.

Lucas said he and Steven Spielberg had recently finalised the script, and promised it was "the best one yet".

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For sale: the secrets of Hollywood's golden age stars


It may not be Hollywood's most enduring mystery, but the truth can finally be revealed over why Elvis Presley's trademark quiff turned from near-blond to jet black in the 1956 classic Love Me Tender - he was allowed to do his own hair.

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Paris defends Britney's ‘partying ethics’ - Plus: Does Richard Gere blame Sly Stallone for gerbil rumor?


Paris Hilton is defending her new best friend Britney Spears on her MySpace site.

“Lately, you’ve been seeing pics of me and Britney partying (blah blah) [sic] and she knows that some of her fans are very upset about what they call her ‘behavior’ and sadly they’re blaming the issue on her being friends with me,” Hilton wrote. “For people to call out her parenting skills on behalf of her partying ethics is appalling. Britney loves her kids to death, and I know for a fact that it truly hurts her when she sees these cruel things being written about her. She goes home every night to her babies and partying has not come in the way of her parenting.

Gere and the gerbil Did Sylvester Stallone start that bizarre urban myth about Richard Gere and a gerbil?

The “Rocky” star says Gere thinks he does. As Stallone tells it, he and Gere had a falling-out on the set of the 1974 flick “The Lords of Flatbush.”

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Britney’s new hobby: Pole dancing


Now Britney Spears is stripping.

The panty-eschewing singer has been pole-dancing with her new best friend, Paris Hilton, who has been giving her private striptease lessons, according to U.K. reports. The two have reportedly been practicing on a stripper pole in Hilton’s Hollywood house.

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The world's 40 best directors


The Hollywood blockbuster may be in crisis, but the art of the cinema is as healthy as ever. Our panel of critics picks out the film-makers who are leading the way

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Download -- Here's Casino Royal


hurry up before it gets taken down

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10 films the US Government would rather you not see


These are 10 films that I believe if watched by the majority of US citizens there would be demands of impeachment, a push to pull out of Iraq and a complete shift in thought or at the very least some questioning of the government.

It’s also amazing to me how few people have seen most of these these films even the “popular” ones.

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Director Robert Altman dies at 81


Robert Altman, the caustic and irreverent satirist behind “M-A-S-H,” “Nashville” and “The Player” who made a career out of bucking Hollywood management and story conventions, died at a Los Angeles Hospital, his Sandcastle 5 Productions Company said Tuesday. He was 81.

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"Kramer's" Racist Tirade -- Caught on Tape


WARNING: WHAT YOU ARE ABOUT TO SEE IS PROFANE AND RACIAL

Michael Richards exploded in anger as he performed at a famous L.A. comedy club last Friday, hurling racial epithets that left the crowd gasping, and TMZ has obtained exclusive video of the ugly incident.

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Sophia shows she's still sexy at 71


SCREEN legend Sophia Loren shows she still has what it takes to make men go weak at the knees – as she poses for the Pirelli calender at the ripe old age of 71.

The Italian stunner flashes her luscious curves alongside younger beauties including film stars Penelope Cruz and Naomi Watts in next year’s edition of the famous calendar.

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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy


The Official Movie Website

Wow, Wow and thrice Wow!

More info on Film & TV: Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy The official website for The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy has been launched.

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