Brett Ratner has resigned as a producer of this year's Academy Awards show for an anti-gay remark he made over the weekend, the movie director said Tuesday in an open letter to his colleagues.
"Justin is beyond sweet and attentive," a source says
Watch Natalie Portman, Nicole Kidman and Mark Ruffalo on streaming video starting at 2:30 p.m. ET
The visual effects wizards behind "Benjamin Button" work their magic on Oscar winner Jeff Bridges in "TRON: Legacy."
The funnyman and wife Christine Taylor encourage their children to help those in need
Holding hands and wearing their wedding bands, the couple launch a campaign against child sex slavery
On Feb. 11, 2009, when Joaquin Phoenix made his infamous monosyllabic, grunged-out appearance on "Late Show With David Letterman," it inspired an orgy of media gossip fueled by a basic question: Was Phoenix having some sort of mental breakdown -- or was his whole shambling, beatnik-derelict routine an elaborate hoax?
We all fantasize of one day quitting our jobs in a storm of profanities, middle fingers and toppled computers.
The actor is in talks to portray Tropic Thunder's Les Grossman for an upcoming untitled film
Still talks talent in "young Hollywood"
Precious star Gabourey Sidibe and The Hangover's Zach Galifianakas will face off June 6
Lock up your children! Not forever, but tonight, certainly, and through the weekend -- until the fever passes. We both know they're wanting a piece of "Kick-Ass," Matthew Vaughn's hyper-violent, R-rated film of Mark Millar's hot-off-the-presses comic book, and that would just be oh-so-wrong.
CNN's Errol Barnett talks to the executive director of the Webby Awards about what makes a good nominee.
Noah Baumbach is emerging as an emotionally acute, not to say eviscerating, observer of the middle-class intelligentsia, the kind of people who write letters to "The New York Times" and might plausibly pop up in a Woody Allen movie.
Acceptance speech interruptions and historical wins could boost sales for some of this year's best films
Bravo Neil Patrick Harris and Lauren Bacall, but why a salute to horror?
Ben Stiller and Jason Bateman will also be part of the lineup to hand out awards next month
This year's March 5 ceremony marks the group's 25th anniversary
Remember "You're money, baby"? Vince Vaughn and Jon Favreau making the L.A. bar scene in "Swingers" back in 1996?
Vince Vaughn, Jason Bateman, Kristen Bell and Malin Akerman talk about their new comedy.
"That was Taylor's moment and I had no right in any way to take it from her," he says on his blog. "I am truly sorry"
More than 33,000 items of old denim -- jeans, hats and jackets -- were sent to Washington in a recycling effort that will benefit disaster-struck homes, officials said.
Spongy red balls wait in a queue, separating two teams wired to smack their opponent. Within seconds, the players dip and dive like dolphins until one player stands alone, relishing in victory.
Give Robert Downey Jr. a glass of scotch and a suit made of metal, and lines will form around the block. But cast him as a newspaper columnist who befriends a cello-playing homeless man, and these days the only crowds gathering will be for the movie playing next door.
Ben Stiller had no problem handling Christian Bale and an army of robots this Memorial Day weekend. "Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian" cruised to an easy first-place finish of $70 million over the four-day weekend, according to early estimates by Hollywood.com Box Office.
When a film cast includes names like Ben Stiller, Robin Williams and Owen Wilson, a bit of improvisation on set is to be expected.
It's another "Night At The Museum." Take a look as cast members talk about their adventure.
The young star will present the funnyman with MTV's Generation Award
Usually, when characters in a movie are one-dimensional, that's not a good thing. But in "Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian," the waxworks figures who come to life after sundown aren't crassly sketchy or dramatically lacking. They're one-dimensional, all right, but knowingly, delightfully so.
The Night at the Museum star says she wants to keep it low key when she marries
Gwyneth Paltrow, Chris Martin, Reese Witherspoon and Jake Gyllenhaal are just a few who came out Saturday
The Saturday Night Live funnyman says he "grew up watching the show"
Graham Flanagan's Top 5 Oscar Moments of 2009
The couple throw a star-studded party at their Beverly Hills home
The Shrek screen star says she'd "absolutely not" join the Broadway version
Ben Stiller is reportedly ready to replace the actor, whose brother died tragically this week
The SNL star and wife Amy Poehler embrace the funny side of parenting
The Tropic Thunder star says he's too rotund for the posh department store. Bring on the Big and Tall!
If you're a collection of animals trying to travel the many thousands of miles from the island of Madagascar to the island of Manhattan, it's fastest to fly -- but then you risk crashing on the continent of Africa, as happens in "Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa."
Something feels strangely familiar about Alex the lion in "Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa," and it's not just because we moviegoing humans met that animated animal, voiced by Ben Stiller, just three years ago in the original "Madagascar."
The comedian credits his kids for keeping him sane and silly
"Say hi to him," she tells crowd before dad's cameo in There's Something About Mary
The trio aren't attracted to those who whine, nag or are mean to their moms
It is hard to imagine that DreamWorks and Paramount, the companies behind "Tropic Thunder," did not foresee some sort of reaction from activist groups.
I am so proud of everyone who turned out to Monday's premiere of the film "Tropic Thunder" to protest its unfortunate and humiliating portrayal of people with intellectual disabilities.
Representatives for the developmentally disabled protest at the premiere of "Tropic Thunder." Kareen Wynter reports.
Truly, it's been a summer for jokers -- and I'm not just talking about "The Dark Knight."
Tropic Thunder premiere brings out Tom & Katie, Ben & Christine and the rest of the star-studded cast
Tropic Thunder is pushing the envelope too far for groups representing the mentally disabled
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Actor Brandon T. Jackson talks about his new movie, also starring Ben Stiller, Jack Black and Robert Downey Jr.
There's no question "Tropic Thunder" takes chances.
Cruise steals the show with his dance skills, says the movie's director
"Hugely influential," says Stiller, while Leno adds, "He never lost that fire"
CNN's Veronica De La Cruz joined Kyra Philips on American Morning to talk about what makes this violent game so popular.
• Reese Witherspoon and Jake
Gyllenhaal, sharing an early breakfast at Le Pain Quotidien in Brentwood,
Calif. Walking in with their arms around each other, the casually dressed
pair shared a table for two in the back, ordering coffee, an omelette and fruit. The pair talked and traded sections of the Los Angeles Times at the table. Later that night, the couple was spotted again – this time at West Hollywood's Chateau Marmont where they celebrated Robert Downey Jr.'s 43rd birthday with Cameron Diaz, Gerard Butler, Ben Stiller and more.
Oscars are one thing, but Charlize Theron and Christopher Walken will soon have something equally golden for their mantles: Hasty Pudding pots.
Tom Cruise has been taking a beating in the press lately, but several of the star's pals are standing up for him.
Ben Stiller says things are looking up for his longtime pal and frequent costar Owen Wilson.
Matthew McConaughey will replace Owen Wilson in the film comedy Tropic Thunder, Variety reports.
Less than a week after his suicide attempt, Owen Wilson is back at home - and being watched around the clock.
Hollywood may not have a Harry Potter, Spider-Man, Shrek or Capt. Jack Sparrow on its upcoming lineup. Yet the fall and holiday schedule does offer filmgoers a chance to catch up with some familiar characters, stories and movie-making teams.
Owen Wilson has placed his acting career on hold as he recovers from his suicide attempt.
Eric Dane, Rachel Bilson and other scorching celebs tell us what they think is sexy.
DECONSTRUCTING THE DOW: Nice second quarter, right? S&P up 5.8 percent, best tally since Q4 of '06. Naz up 7.5 percent, best since Q4 '04. And as for the Dow, it truly rocked! Up 8.5 percent, best since way back in '03. Why did the big daddy index rule? You would think the answer would be one simple phrase: Sheer energy! (I love energy - tee hee.)
After spending two months ensconced quietly in an Oregon rehab program, Robin Williams is back making laughs onscreen.
As Woody Allen said, sex is dirty only if you do it right. If you do it wrong, however, it's pretty funny.
An American Airlines flight from Fort Lauderdale to San Juan, Puerto Rico has been diverted after a passenger found a suspicious note written on a napkin behind her tray table, an FBI spokeswoman told CNN.
The movie-going masses on Friday will learn at last the dark story behind Bruce Wayne's transformation into a masked crusader battling evil in Gotham. Hollywood is hoping "Batman Begins" is more about an end -- to what could soon be the longest box office slump in twenty years.
If you thought Dustin Hoffman was a riot in "Meet the Fockers," the inevitable sequel to "Meet the Parents," wait till you see him acting even less restrained in the outtakes.
Now would be a good time to stop and take a look at the state of comedy in film.
The TV cop show "Starsky & Hutch," which aired from 1975 through 1979, was a goofy mixture of gritty street crime and tongue-in-cheek humor. Now, Ben Stiller (Starsky) and Owen Wilson (Hutch) try to follow in the footsteps of Paul Michael Glaser and David Soul.
Will somebody please save the '70s?
The yoga backlash has officially begun. It seems that trendsetting sports aficionados have taken to a significantly more violent pastime: dodgeball. The sport started gaining popularity in Los Ange...
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