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Tom Hanks is rejoining the board that oversees the Academy Awards, Associated Press reports.

Local actor Colin Moss will be starring in Surviving Evil , a joint British/South African production, which will be opening at Ster-Kinekor Theatres nationally from this Friday, 10 July 2009, the company has just announced.

Slim as lightning, Kathryn Bigelow makes movies charged with adrenaline and electricity, action thrillers like "Blue Steel" and "Point Break." The 6-footer with the radiant presence of a Redgrave and the steel nerves of a high-wire artist is drawn to stories about daredevils addicted to the rush.

It's hard to believe that Ferris Bueller's uptight best friend just turned 53. Viewers have been fooled into thinking they've seen the actor who looks like a guy from their suburban neighborhood grow up onscreen, from the nervous teen to the annoying tourist in "Speed"; from Mr.

While I remain in disbelief that they're even making a "Spider-Man 4" , it's not slowing down with Variety reporting that writer/director Gary Ross is coming on board to re-write the script.A The script was first handled by James Vanderbilt and then David Lindsay-Abaire .A The addition of Ross, who wrote "Dave", "Pleasantville", and "Seabiscuit", ...

Whenever I see Tobey Maguire playing a character that's not Peter Parker, it's always seems a bit odd to me, like in Seabiscuit and The Good German .

Horror movie fans are in for a scare with the launch of Surviving Evil in cinemas from 10th July.

Tom Hanks is rejoining the board that oversees the Academy Awards. After a one-year hiatus, Hanks was elected Tuesday to a new three-year term on the board of governors representing the actors branch of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

The woman seeking a DNA sample from actor Keanu Reeves said yesterday that her family deserves compensation if he fathered any of her children -- an untested paternity claim that the star's lawyer flatly denied.

How would our world be today if our history actually reflected that portrayed in 25 of the funniest movies ever made on the subject? It's hard to say, but I'd imagine it would be a lot like living in a world ruled by Mel Brooks and Monty Python characters.

A very special contribution from our friends at Mr. Skin . Twenty-five summers ago, the PG-rated blockbusters " Gremlins " and " Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom " proved to be so violent and scary that parents demanded a new movie rating.

BARGAINS SARAH & MATT PLUS 3 - FOR FREE A week after the birth of their twin daughters, Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick debuted the babies in an official family photo.

Caption: Sandra Bullock greets Radio Man outside the Ed Sullivan Theatre for the 'Late Show With David Letterman' New York City, USA .... BULLOCK'S FEARS OVER NUDE SCENE SANDRA BULLOCK feared her close friendship with Hollywood pal RYAN REYNOLDS would be destroyed - after they stripped naked together for a scene in THE PROPOSAL.

Caption: Keanu Reeves signing autographs The Toyota Pro/Celeb Race Day at the Long Beach Grand Prix course Long Beach, California .... REEVES LOVES HIS CRITICS KEANU REEVES can't wait to see what the critics make of his new movie - because he loves finding out how his performances are rated.

We have stepped into another dimension of light and shadow, of order and chaos, of fate and uncertainty, into a twilight zone filled with anxiety and dread.

A woman accused of slashing movie star Leonardo DiCaprio at a Hollywood party in 2005 has been arrested in Canada.

George Clooney has lined up a new home for his production company. According to Sony Pictures, Clooney and producing partner Grant Heslov's Smoke House Pictures is in final negotiations on a two-year development and production deal with the studio.

1. Select a co-star that won't steal the movie. Johnny Depp in Public Enemies? Bad move.

The Associated Press 17 comments Karl Malden is shown as Lt. Mike Stone in "Death and the Favored Few," in this 1974 file photo.

The intentions of America's Founding Fathers are again front and center in our national dialogue, so this an excellent time for a fresh look at the seven-part biographical drama "John Adams." The 2008 HBO mini-series garnered 13 Emmys and has won countless hearts on DVD in past months; last week it became available in amazing high-definition on ...