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May 23--"Philomena," the latest film from Academy Award-nominated director Stephen Frears , has been acquired by Weinstein Co.

In case you hadn't heard, comedian Bill Hader is leaving "Saturday Night Live" after eight years on the staple late night sketch comedy series.

Comedian Bill Hader says he is leaving the U.S. sketch comedy series "Saturday Night Live" after eight seasons.

Here's confirmation about an urgent and horrifying news story: Kanye West appears in "Anchorman 2." Set photos of West filming a scene in "Anchorman: The Legend Continues" arrived online on Friday.

Vince Vaughn has signed up to star alongside Will Ferrell in Daddy's Gone . The pair will team-up together in the new Paramount Pictures comedy directed by first-time feature film director Etan Cohen, the writer behind Tropic Thunder , Madagascar 2 and Men In Black 3 , reports Deadline .

Comedian Ben Stiller is in talks to take over from Tim Burton and direct pal Robert Downey, Jr.

With the film a day away from release, perhaps I should clarify that comparison with the epic comedy: He might be the actor-producer, but I'm not drawing a parallel between him and Ben Stiller's [ ] Tugg Speedman; he might be putting on an outrageous look and accent to assume another cultural identity, like Robert Downey Jr [ ] did in his ... (more)

Born in Manhattan on April 4, 1965, Robert Downey, Jr. has had a career that has spanned over forty years.

Friends for 20 years, Gwyneth Paltrow and Robert Downey Jr., who costar in the Marvel Studios superhero sequel "Iron Man 3," are in enviable places among their fortysomething Hollywood peers.

Comedian Ben Stiller is in talks to take over from Tim Burton and direct pal Robert Downey , Jr .

Today in show business news: the story of the late sniper Chris Kyle could be Bradley Cooper's key to Oscar gold, Reese Witherspoon heads to space, and Justin Timberlake continues to attempt acting.

This image provided by Warner Bros., shows actors Jake Gyllenhaal, left, and Robert Downey Jr., as news reporters searching for a serial killer in Paramount Pictures' "Zodiac." "Zodiac" and other recent epic-length movies reflect an age-old Hollywood balancing act between satisfying filmmakers' artistic desires without causing audiences to squirm ... (more)

There's something of the old married couple about Gwyneth Paltrow and Robert Downey Jr., though they're married to other people.

The universe has really been bending to Robert Downey Jr.'s will as of late. After making a ridiculous amount of money overseas, Iron Man 3 is set to debut in the United States this weekend where it's predicted to make a lot more, and now we're learning that the star has found his ideal director for his next project.

Montreal actor Jay Baruchel will play the title role in the Segal Centre's original adaptation of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's classic tales of Sherlock Holmes.

Matthew McConaughey, right, with Tye Sheridan, left, and Jacob Lofland in a scene from Mud, opening Friday at Triplex Cinema in Great Barrington.

Marvel's "Avengers" was one of 2012's biggest blockbuster films, breaking a billion dollars in ticket sales in its first week.

There's something of the old married couple about Gwyneth Paltrow and Robert Downey Jr., though they're married to other people.

There is very little originality in Hollywood, most likely due to the studios and their cynical attempt to make the maximum amount of money by regurgitating safe, tested product.

In Hollywood, they call it "on the nose" casting. And if ever you doubted that Matthew McConaughey was the perfect pick to play the yarn-and-myth spinning rural romantic title character in Jeff Nichols' Southern Gothic melodrama, "Mud," he puts your mind at ease the way Mud himself would -- with a tale.