Tag: Hollywood

Anil Kapoor ‘more alive’ in Hollywood

Bollywood superstar Anil Kapoor “feels more alive” after starting fresh in Hollywood, he told Canada’s public broadcaster Friday. Best known in the West for...

Beloved ‘Talking Tom’ smartphone cat eyes Hollywood

Smartphone character "Talking Tom" has signed with a top Hollywood talent agency in a sign that "apps" are out to break the bonds of...

US First Lady urges Hollywood to back military

First Lady Michelle Obama urged Hollywood on Monday to showcase the strength of US service families, as she used a trip to Tinsel Town...

Singer Shania Twain gets Hollywood star

Canadian country pop diva Shania Twain has been honored with a star on Hollywood's storied Walk of Fame, and voiced surprise that she had...

Happy Birthday, Bombshell: Reliving the Monroe Magic

The goddess Aphrodite had no need for makeup. But it's hard to imagine Marilyn Monroe, the Venus of Hollywood, without loads of mascara, lipstick...

Hollywood deal for OBL film

US film giant Columbia Pictures has won the US distribution rights for a film about the killing of Osama bin Laden, to be directed...

‘Idol’ creator Simon Fuller gets Hollywood star

Simon Fuller, the British creator of hit TV show "American Idol," received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Monday surrounded by...

YouTube adds Hollywood movies for rental

YouTube is adding more than 3,000 mainstream movies for users to rent starting on Monday, along with the millions of free user-created videos the...

Hollywood mulls film version of Laden killing

It is only a matter of time before Osama bin Laden's killing by crack US forces is made into a Hollywood film - and...

Penelope Cruz gets Hollywood star

Oscar-winning actress Penelope Cruz paid tribute to family and supporters Friday -including her newborn baby son - as she was given a star on Hollywood's storied Walk of Fame. In return, Johny Depp described Cruz, who stars in the latest installment of the 'Pirates of the Caribbean' franchise, as an "inconceivably phenomenal mommy" and a magical woman.
"Today is a very special day that I will always remember," said Cruz, showing off her post-pregnancy figure as she received the

Reese Witherspoon marries Hollywood agent Jim Toth

LOS ANGELES - Oscar-winning actress Reese Witherspoon and her talent agent fiance Jim Toth tied the knot over the weekend in Southern California, her spokeswoman said. The 35-year-old actress, who scored box office hits with her "Legally Blonde" movies, and Toth, 40, were married on Saturday at her ranch in Ojai, California, northwest of Los Angeles.
Several Hollywood stars attended, including Sean Penn and Scarlett Johansson, as well as Robert Downey, Jr., Tobey Maguire and

Bryan Adams gets Hollywood star

LOS ANGELES - Bryan Adams is now enshrined in concrete. The Canadian singer, songwriter, guitarist, bassist and producer got his Hollywood Walk of Fame star Monday in front of the Musicians Institute. His hits include 'Cut Like a Knife,' 'Summer of '69,' 'Run to You,' and '(Everything I Do) I Do It For You.' Adam recalled visiting Hollywood Boulevard at 16 and marveling at the stars. He said he was humbled by seeing his own star.
Retired hockey star Wayne Gretzky was on hand for

Japanese quake shakes up Hollywood

TOKYO - Early estimates indicate a steep drop-off in box office revenue outside the U.S. immediately following the earthquake and tsunami in Japan. The country is one of Hollywood's biggest international markets, although industry analysts say the disaster's long-term financial impact on movie studios should be limited.
Box office revenue in Japan plunged about 41 percent last weekend, compared with the prior weekend, according to data from Rentrak Corp. In the U.S., the decline

Hollywood studios sue Hotfile over copyright

NEW YORK - Five Hollywood studios are suing a website that streams movies, accusing it of copyright infringement on a "massive scale". Disney Enterprises Inc, Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp, Universal City Studios Productions, Columbia Pictures Industries and Warner Bros Entertainment Inc on Tuesday filed suit against Hotfile Corp and Hotfile manager Anton Titov, according to documents filed with the United States District Court, Southern District of Florida Miami Division.
The

‘Legend of Holy Thorn in Glastonbury’ set for Hollywood treatment

LONDON - Hollywood producers are set to make a film on the Glastonbury legend of Joseph of Arimathea and the Holy Thorn. 'Glastonbury: Isle of Light'- the 50-mllion-pound budget film- is set for release in 2012 and has been written and produced by Daniel McNicholl with Galatia Films.
The legend relates to Joseph who planted Jesus' staff into the ground on Wearyall Hill 2,000 years ago. A tree grew, and it is believed the hawthorn sprouted from a cutting of the tree. It is one of

Dev Anand gets Hollywood help

Barry Sandrew, the founder of Legend films that specializes in coloring few of the best Hollywood black and white films is very impressed by Dev Anand's classic 'Hum Dono'.
Legend films has colored the black and white version of film 'Hum Dono' with the most advanced technology in US. The film has been colored using 65,000 colors while 'Mughal-e-Azam' and 'Naya Daur' had used the color scheme of 16 and 32 colors respectively. Legend films have colorized films like 'Holiday Inn',

Bipasha Basu bags her first Hollywood project

NEW DELHI: After sizzling on Bollywood screen for almost a decade, dusky beauty Bipasha Basu has signed her first international project -- English-French director Roland Joffe's 'Singularity'. The 31-year-old is extremely excited and admits she does have butterflies in her stomach.
"I am very excited...but have to admit that I am also a little nervous. Everything happened really fast," Bipasha told reporters. Bipasha met Joffe in a chance encounter at the Taj Land's End Hotel in