AP - Meryl Streep wins best actress prize at British Academy Film Awards for 'The Iron Lady'.
12 Feb 2012 , 4:16 pm ESTAP - Silent movie "The Artist" has won a handful of prizes at the British Academy Film awards, Britain's equivalent of the Oscars.
12 Feb 2012 , 4:16 pm ESTReuters - Love story "The Vow" won the hearts of moviegoers with $51.4 million in global ticket sales over a pre-Valentine's Day weekend that featured stronger-than-expected performances from three new releases.
12 Feb 2012 , 4:04 pm ESTReuters - * Silent movie The Artist nominated for 12 BAFTAs
12 Feb 2012 , 3:49 pm EST
AP - Love triumphed over action at the weekend box office with a No. 1 debut for the romantic drama "The Vow."
Reuters - Boundaries between kidnappers and hostages are blurred in Philippine drama "Captive," which stars French actress Isabelle Huppert and premiered at the Berlin film festival on Sunday.
12 Feb 2012 , 1:48 pm EST
AP - A documentary premiering at the Berlin International Film Festival aims to offer new insight into the life of reggae legend Bob Marley, against a backdrop of dozens of his songs.
AP - Whitney Houston, who ruled as pop music's queen until her majestic voice was ravaged by drug use and her regal image was ruined by erratic behavior and a tumultuous marriage to singer Bobby Brown, has died. She was 48.
AP - The first Oscars of the year have been presented at the Scientific and Technical Awards, the motion picture academy's annual celebration of the geeks and gizmos that make movie magic.
Reuters - Hosting Oscar organizers' Scientific and Technical Awards on Saturday night, actress Milla Jovovich, a veteran of effects-driven movies like the "Resident Evil" franchise, confessed she knew little about what actually goes on behind the cameras.
12 Feb 2012 , 5:20 am ESTReuters - Spanish psychological thriller "Dictado" (Childish Games), depicting a man spooked by a little girl who revives a dark secret from his childhood, had viewers also on edge at its premiere at the Berlin Film Festival on Saturday.
11 Feb 2012 , 3:08 pm ESTReuters - Finnish sci-fi spoof "Iron Sky" takes viewers on a wild ride to the dark side of the moon, where Nazis who survived World War Two have built a military base and are planning a "Meteorblitzkrieg" on planet Earth.
11 Feb 2012 , 12:21 pm ESTReuters - The oppressive world of Communist East Germany was brought back to life in a haunting new film called "Barbara" at the Berlin Film Festival on Saturday, the first of three German productions in the main competition.
11 Feb 2012 , 12:03 pm EST
AP - Marin County's planning commission will hear arguments for and against allowing filmmaker George Lucas to expand his movie-making empire in the quiet hills just north of San Francisco.
AP - Angelina Jolie says she's nervous and excited about the upcoming premiere in Sarajevo of her Bosnian war movie "In the Land of Blood and Honey."
Reuters - Drug dealers, a Mafioso and a murderer are cast in the roles of Caesar, Brutus, Cassius and others in "Caesar Must Die," a docu-drama about inmates at a tough Italian prison who take on a Shakespeare tragedy.
11 Feb 2012 , 7:30 am EST
AP - Bollywood's biggest star Amitabh Bachchan underwent abdominal surgery on Saturday and was recovering well in a Mumbai hospital, his son said.
Arguably the biggest news of the day was Lionsgate's announcement that the studio would be premiering the "Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn — Part 2" trailer in front of "The Hunger Games" in theaters on March 23. Though this is definitely a match made in young-adult heaven, it's far from the first time trailers for highly [...]
10 Feb 2012 , 5:35 pm ESTReuters - Stephen Daldry, whose "Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close" retells the deadly events of Sept 11, 2001 through the eyes of a New York boy, believes there should be more films about the attacks and their consequences.
10 Feb 2012 , 3:08 pm ESTHoly Westeros, that's a lot of "Game of Thrones" goodness! HBO has released 17 new stills ahead of the second season premiere of "Thrones," airing on April 1. In the new batch of photos, you'll get acquainted with newcomers Stannis Baratheon, Melisandre of Asshai, Davos Seaworth and more. You'll also see familiar faces like Jon [...]
10 Feb 2012 , 2:55 pm EST