TORONTO (Reuters) - World premieres by directors Robert Redford and Emilio Estevez are among the highlights of this year's Toronto International Film Festival, which will feature a slimmer lineup of movies than in years past. The 35th edition will screen about 290 films, below the typical roster of around 350 titles, the festival's CEO and director, Piers Handling, said ...

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The "Saw" horror movie franchise is getting a place in the Guiness World Records as the "Most Successful Horror Movie Series," one of the film's producers, Mark Burg, said on Thursday. "I'm still in shock," Burg told Reuters. "The fact that we beat out (such horror franchises as) 'Friday the 13th,' 'Nightmare on Elm Street ...

SAN DIEGO (Reuters) - Hollywood took over downtown San Diego on Thursday as the giant annual Comic Con convention kicked off a four day celebration of pop culture. Angelina Jolie flew in to promote her new spy movie "Salt", Johnny Depp greeted fans by video from the set of the fourth "Pirates of the Caribbean" movie, and Jeff Bridges and Olivia ...

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Hoping to take a page from its wildly successful "Pirates of the Caribbean" franchise, Walt Disney said on Thursday it was developing a film based on its popular Haunted Mansion theme park attraction. Filmmaker Guillermo del Toro will write and produce the film based on the landmark Disney ride that features a plantation-style mansion with ghosts, creepy ...

LONDON (Reuters) - Hollywood couple Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie accepted an undisclosed amount of damages on Thursday after suing a British tabloid newspaper which had claimed they were separating. In January, the News of the World reported the couple planned to part and had agreed on custody of their six children and the division of their assets estimated by the ...

LONDON (Reuters Life!) - Hollywood couple Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie accepted an undisclosed amount of damages on Thursday after suing a British tabloid newspaper which had claimed they were separating. In January, the News of the World reported the couple planned to part and had agreed on custody of their six children and the division of their assets estimated by ...

PARIS (Reuters Life!) - Prince Albert of Monaco, son of late Hollywood star Grace Kelly, will marry South African Olympic swimmer Charlene Wittstock in July next year, the palace of the principality said Thursday. The religious marriage will be on July 9 and a civil ceremony will be held the day before at the Prince's palace. Albert, 52, who had ...

SYDNEY (Reuters Life!) - Romantic comedies might provide 90 minutes of light-hearted fun but the happy-ever-after movies are also impacting people's real love lives, according to an Australian survey. A poll of 1,000 Australians found almost half said rom-coms with their inevitable happy endings have ruined their view of an ideal relationship. One in four Australians said they were ...

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - When animated movie "Despicable Me" debuted last weekend at the No. 1 spot atop box offices with roughly $56 million in ticket sales, it surprised many industry watchers, but perhaps it shouldn't have. The voice of one character, a Margo, is that of teen star Miranda Cosgrove, whose Nickelodeon TV series "iCarly" is currently the network ...

TORONTO (Reuters) - The Toronto International Film Festival will kick off its 35th edition with "Score: A Hockey Musical," a sports-themed comedy that returns the festival to its tradition of opening with a Canadian-made film. The film, announced on Wednesday as the opening night gala screening for a festival that serves as the unofficial launch of Oscar awards season, is one ...