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Caption: Alec Baldwin , Jeff Zucker and Jason Kilar UJA-Federation of New York's Leadership awards dinner at Pier Sixty at Chelsea Piers New York City, USA .... Movie star ALEC BALDWIN has been given the opportunity to launch his political career in Ohio by a local law firm keen to back a bid to make him the state's next Governor.

Sara and Brian Fitzgerald's life with their young son and their two-year-old daughter, Kate, is forever altered when they learn that Kate has leukemia.

Because it's so difficult to tell stories about America with so many disparate cultures and perspectives in seeming barely controlled chaos, what does play out in movies is more often than not far too hermetic, or not feeling genuine at all.

Caption: Alec Baldwin , Jeff Zucker and Jason Kilar UJA-Federation of New York's Leadership awards dinner at Pier Sixty at Chelsea Piers New York City, USA .... Movie star ALEC BALDWIN has set the date he'll retire from acting - March 2012.

In its first year, the Flyover Film Festival is highlighting three feature films, five documentaries and six shorts.

Tickets to see a Special Advance Screening of "My Sister's Keeper"! "My Sister's Keeper" Starring: Cameron Diaz , Academy Award nominee Abigail Breslin , Academy Award nominee Alec Baldwin , Jason Patric and Academy Award nominee Joan Cusack .

Film.com's FREE movie of the week "Exploring Love" follows the life of a very materialistic man searching to find a deeper meaning in life.

Every day thousands of people illegally cross out borders. Only one thing stands in their way: America.

Maria Bello arrives for the screening of "The Yellow Handkerchief "on September 11, 2008.

Maria Bello's world-weary seriousness and plainly-bared sexuality have been put to excellent use in movies like The Cooler and A History of Violence , exploring relationships fraught with wounded desperation and suspicion.

Kim Basinger faces contempt charges after ex-husband Alec Baldwin accused her of violating their custody agreement.

The only place youa ll see the bullish Baldwin losing his cool these days is in his new movie, Lymelife Susan G. Cole I'm on the phone with Alec Baldwin.

Dallas' USA Film Festival kicks off its 39th annual event series this evening , and naturally - as film guys - Alex and I have been studying the schedule to pick out things that we simply HAVE to see.

An old Saturday Night Live sketch once envisioned a TV series called The Self-Righteous! in which strident professionals did nothing but get up in each other's grills: "I'm a doctor, damn it!" "Well, I'm a lawyer, damn it!" I flashed on The Self-Righteous! within a few minutes of Crossing Over , a sprawling immigration-themed drama.

"Pushing Daisies" star Ellen Greene, the celebrated singing actress known for her work on stage and on the silver screen in Little Shop of Horrors , will play the long-suffering Miss Adelaide in the the Hollywood Bowl's upcoming summer presentation of the classic Frank Loesser musical Guys and Dolls .

Crossing Over is what happens when you try to tell a story from all sides in the debate over illegal immigration.

OPENING: The Cross: The Arthur Blessitt Story Matthew Crouch's documentary about a Christian missionary who has walked 38,000 miles around the world with a 12-foot cross on his back.

After a decade of commitment to exploring smart, tough, interesting characters, actress Maria Bello gained widespread acclaim with Golden Globe-nominated roles in "The Cooler" and "A History of Violence" . Never looking to be the next one-dimensional blonde, her reputation for intense drama made Bello a favorite among artful directors like John ...

"Pushing Daisies" star Ellen Greene, the celebrated singing actress known for her work on stage and on the silver screen in Little Shop of Horrors , will make another guest appearance on the acclaimed NBC series "Heroes." The Tony-nominated actress will reprise her role as Virginia Gray, Gabriel Gray's mother in an episode titled "I Am Sylar." The ...

"Lymelife" resides in a suburban netherworld with "American Beauty," "The Ice Storm" and "Snow Angels," where the American Dream staggers out of bed every morning to coffee and ennui.