His Cedar Rapids costar Sigourney Weaver held his, er, hand for their love scene
"Enjoy [life] and stop worrying about your thighs being too big," the actress says
Angelina Jolie looks so femme fatale-tastic staring out from the poster for "Salt," with her black wig and heavily lined eyes, that it's hard to imagine that the title role in the movie was actually written for a guy. But, yes, it's true -- Evelyn Salt was originally scripted as Edwin Salt. And lame name aside, the role was intended for Tom Cruise. It was only when Cruise backed out that the movie's makers rethought the part and decided to cast Angelina instead, which was a seriously good move.
Actress Sigourney Weaver explains why she is trying to help save the planet.
The two treat Brooklyn high school students to important environmental lessons
Rob Lowe and Snow White did a duet, the Old Guard shuddered - and Disney wanted to sue
Other newly announced presenters include Sigourney Weaver and Kyra Sedgwick
The veteran Golden Girl will receive the Life Achievement Award Jan. 23
Humans and aliens co-star in the sci-fi blockbuster "Avatar," which premiered in London. CNN's Morgan Neill reports.
James Cameron's feverishly-awaited sci-fi blockbuster "Avatar" has enjoyed its world premiere to strong reviews.
Hundreds of millions of dollars is a lot to spend on a film featuring a bunch of blue aliens -- but that's exactly what Fox Features has done with new 3D sci-fi "Avatar," which the movie studio says is the most expensive production it has ever made.
Showbiz Tonight's A.J. Hammer reports on Roman Polanski and lawsuits surrounding the Jackson estate.
When filmmaker Roman Polanski was arrested Saturday in Switzerland, he was on his way to accept an award for Lifetime Achievement at the Zurich Film Festival.
The actress offers to drink fans under the table – for a good cause
Hollywood's dean of monster makeup, who created creatures in films such as Jurassic Park and Terminator, is dead at 62
Deer season, rabbit season, duck season: these have their places on the hunters' calendar. But in movie melodrama, shooting-the-President season knows no limits
An homage to both the spirit of filmmaking and the resilience of antiquated technology lift Michel Gondry's latest movie.
A model who ran a crack team of sexy female Russian bodyguards is killed in a carjacking. CNN's Matthew Chance reports.
Russian authorities are investigating the recent killing of a model-turned-bodyguard.
"Happily N'Ever After" is to Pixar what color-by-numbers is to traditional Disney animation.
Space tourism is being packaged as the ultimate trip -- almost as an extension of a normal flight but with incredible views, the experience of weightlessness and supersonic speeds.
I MUST SAY THAT I'M A LITTLE DISAPPOINTED IN RICHARD Branson. After all this time as one of the world's highest-profile entrepreneurs, he's only now beginning to deal in the world's two most precio...
Fortune: ROBOT ENGINEERupdated: Mon Nov 15 2004 00:01:00
FROM THE MOMENT I SAW SIGOURNEY WEAVER put on her yellow forklift exoskeleton in Aliens, I thought they were pretty cool. My dad, Scott (above right), and I are both engineers, and four or five yea...
Fortune: SEXISM IN CINEMAupdated: Mon Sep 10 1990 00:01:00
Is Sylvester Stallone really worth four times as much as Meryl Streep? The average moviegoer may not think so, but Hollywood does. Salaries for top movie actors have exploded in recent years, with ...
Does steel remind you of blast furnaces, hard hats, and grime? Nippon Steel, the world's biggest steelmaker, would much rather you envision Sigourney Weaver, the American actress best known in Japa...
While your correspondent has never scored high on tests of motion-picture plot comprehension, he feels he may have done almost average on Working Girl, as he came out of this boffo Mike Nichols pro...