Movies
Venice remembers steel factory deaths in two films (Reuters)
Reuters - "Is my face burnt? I don't want to die!" shouts a steel worker engulfed in a fire last December at a ThyssenKrupp plant in northern Italy, shortly before dying with six of his colleagues. More »
Olmi wins lifetime award at Venice film festival (AP)
AP - Italian director Ermanno Olmi received the Venice Film Festival's Golden Lion for lifetime achievement on Friday. More »
Mayhem reigns in Toronto's "Midnight Madness" films (Reuters)
Reuters - Forget red carpets and polite Hollywood stars. Mayhem reigns at the Toronto film festival's "Midnight Madness" movies that kicked off, literally, with an early Friday morning screening of "JCVD" in which aging action hero Jean-Claude Van Damme pokes fun at his own career. More »
LaBeouf, Efron: Legends of the Fall? (E! Online)
E! Online - If all goes well for Hollywood, Shia LaBeouf and Zac Efron will be the new Reese Witherspoon. More »
Rogen shows some skin in Smith's `Zack and Miri' (AP)
AP - All Seth Rogen really wanted when he came to Hollywood was to make a movie with Kevin Smith. More »
Rourke, Hathaway lead in Venice as U.S. films shine (Reuters)
Reuters - A late flurry of independent U.S. pictures at the Venice film festival has blown the competition wide open ahead of the awards ceremony on Saturday. More »
Rourke seals comeback in "iconic" wrestler role (Reuters)
Reuters - Mickey Rourke seals his comeback with a critically acclaimed performance as a lonely, washed out wrestler whose life painfully echoes that of the troubled Hollywood outsider. More »
Michael Moore to release new film online for free (AP)
AP - Inspired by Neil Young and Radiohead, Michael Moore will release his new film online and for free. More »
Man gets prison for crime at Dunst's NYC hotel (AP)
AP - A drug addict who was arrested on charges of burglarizing Kirsten Dunst's New York City hotel penthouse suite has been sentenced to 4 1/2 years in prison. More »