Movies
Playboy shedding DVDs in favor of online (Reuters)
Reuters - Playboy Enterprises Inc, which publishes the world's most widely read adult entertainment magazine, will stop making DVDs to save about $12 million a year, and focus on distributing its content online, the company said in a regulatory filing. More »
Cromwell plays derisive dad as elder Bush in `W.' (AP)
AP - James Cromwell approached the role of President George H.W. Bush in Oliver Stone's "W." with one certainty: He would avoid the sort of caricature Dana Carvey embodied years ago when he did Bush on NBC's "Saturday Night Live." More »
London Film fest kicks off with 'Frost/Nixon' (AP)
AP - The London Film Festival, an underdog among global movie showcases, was opening Wednesday with the world premiere of "Frost/Nixon," a film about a British contender taking on an American heavyweight. More »
London Film Festival opens, boasts Bond premiere (Reuters)
Reuters - The London Film Festival kicks off on Wednesday with the world premiere of "Frost/Nixon," a movie based on a play about the dramatic series of television interviews with Richard Nixon in 1977. More »
Mark Wahlberg unleashes "Payne" in new film (Reuters)
Reuters - When Mark Wahlberg first read the script for his new film "Max Payne," which debuts in U.S. theaters on Friday, he didn't need much persuading to take on the title role. More »
"Gomorra" author to flee Italy after death threat (Reuters)
Reuters - The author of the best-selling book "Gomorra" about the mafia in Naples, which has been made into a hit movie, wants to leave Italy to try to have a more normal life after reports that the mob wants him dead by Christmas. More »
`Porno' proves a five-letter word for movie's ads (AP)
AP - Kevin Smith made a movie with such a bothersome title he cannot even place ads for it in some places. More »
John Paul was wounded in 1982 stabbing, aide reveals (Reuters)
Reuters - The late Pope John Paul was wounded by a knife-wielding priest in 1982, a year after he was shot in St Peter's Square, but the injury was kept secret, his former top aide says in a documentary film. More »
London Film Festival opens, boasts Bond premiere (Reuters)
Reuters - The London Film Festival kicks off on Wednesday with the world premiere of "Frost/Nixon," a movie based on a play about the dramatic series of television interviews with Richard Nixon in 1977. More »
James Marsden: Leading man, quirky character actor (AP)
AP - Hollywood's leading men are usually perfect physical specimens. Those who aren't become character actors. More »