From underworld figures and political activists to famous artists and star athletes, Bollywood is going biographical with a series of films based on, or inspired by, real lives. The first to hit screens is "Once Upon A Time in Mumbai", a thriller set in the 1970s about a power struggle between two gangsters, complete with big hair, even bigger moustaches ...

Leading British film-makers have reacted with horror to the announcement of plans to abolish the UK Film Council, a body responsible for funding 900 British films over the past decade. Director Mike Leigh, whose films include Oscar-winning movie Happy-Go-Lucky and the Oscar-nominated Vera Drake, said the unexpected axing of the body, set up in 2000 with 75 staff, was "extremely ...

Quentin Tarantino shot his movie about wartime France in Germany to save money but now directors like Woody Allen and Martin Scorsese are returning to glamorous Paris thanks to generous tax breaks. The city has just got a major cinematic outing with the worldwide release of the partly Paris-set sci-fi blockbuster "Inception" and is now set for more celluloid exposure ...

In July 22 story about a panel discussion of a planned Disney film, "Haunted Mansion," The Associated Press, quoting the moderator, reported erroneously that Guillermo del Toro is set to direct the film. Del Toro is writing and producing the movie, but hasn't yet signed on to direct, the Walt Disney Studios said.

A musical based on Pedro Almodovar's 1988 farce "Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown" is coming to Broadway. Lincoln Center Theater announced casting for the production Monday. It will begin previews Oct. 2 and open Nov. 4 at the Belasco ...

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Angelina Jolie whipped up Soviet-era nostalgia and patriotism for Mother Russia at the Moscow premiere of her spy thriller "Salt." Clad in a floor-length Versace gown she described as "Russian Red," Jolie blew kisses to thousands of fans who came to watch her play a suspected Russian double agent in the blockbuster, which opened at No. 2 in ...

Light cycles, wizards, vampires and superheroes made for another colorful Comic-Con. San Diego's annual pop-culture convention wrapped up Sunday after four days of comic books, costumes, celebrity appearances and TV and movie previews. A new take on "Tron," the latest "Harry Potter" film, HBO's "True Blood ...

SAN DIEGO (Hollywood Reporter) - The stakes are high at Comic-Con, the pop-culture marathon that took over the San Diego Convention Center -- and much of the surrounding town -- for the past five days. On one side are the Hollywood studios, looking to win over the hearts and minds of geek tastemakers. On the other side are the self-proclaimed geeks, eagerly inhaling ...

Hollywood star Angelina Jolie delighted Russians as she arrived in Moscow to promote her thriller movie where she plays a "big hero" Russian spy two weeks after a real-life espionage swap fascinated the world. In Moscow on the heels of the biggest spy exchange between Russia and the United States since the end of the Cold War, Jolie said Sunday ...

Hollywood star Angelina Jolie delighted Russians as she arrived in Moscow to promote her thriller movie where she plays a "big hero" Russian spy two weeks after a real-life espionage swap fascinated the world. In Moscow on the heels of the biggest spy exchange between Russia and the United States since the end of the Cold War, Jolie said Sunday ...