Tom Cruise rang in the New Year smiling, as "Mission: Impossible -- Ghost Protocol" led the box office with an estimated $31.3 million over the three-day (Friday to Sunday) weekend. That represents a 6 percent jump from Christmas weekend.
Sex surrogates, happy drunks, not-so-happy drunks, teenagers in love, a little boy on a gangland odyssey, and a trio of time-travel investigators are just a few of the movies in the competition lineup for the Sundance Film Festival this year.
At its best, driving in Los Angeles is like driving backward into a parade. So, when my lady and I set out for the airport during rush hour, getting choked in traffic was inevitable. Yet, a quarter-mile later, we were still moving at a brisk clip.
When "GasLand," a documentary which details the environmental impact of a process called "fracking," came out, it created a public relations nightmare for the natural gas industry.
Firth, meanwhile, celebrates his Oscar nomination by imbibing champagne
• Demi Moore, celebrating her new movie Another Happy Day with a cast dinner at Silver Restaurant in Park City, Utah, while in town for the Sundance Film Festival. The actress was joined by costars Ellen Barkin and Kate Bosworth but got a surprise later in the evening by hubby Ashton Kutcher, who originally planned to meet her in town the next day. The two danced up a storm, while Moore sipped orange juice and club soda during their night out.
Elizabeth Olsen is set to premiere two dark and gritty indie movies at film festival
The E! talk-show host and hotelier enjoy a party night on Saturday and dinner together on Sunday
The actor channels Suzanne Sommers for his doc Three's Company: The Drama
Yesterday independent film's glitterati bundled up in their sweaters and ear muffs for the start of the Sundance Film Festival. And since we all know that today's Sundance movies are tomorrow's breakout hits and the movies we'll all be betting on come next year's award season, here are eight movies on the lineup that have me salivating. Here's hoping they'll be in theaters soon.
Working in the garden. Caught in traffic. Having fun on vacation. Caring for a loved one. Whatever people are doing around the world on Saturday, YouTube wants to see it.
Two Hollywood giants team up with YouTube for a film about a single day of life on earth from user-submitted videos.
A federal appeals judge in New York will hear arguments today in what's shaping up to be a key First Amendment case. Joe Berlinger, the filmmaker behind the documentary Crude, is fighting Chevron, which successfully demanded all 600 hours of Berlinger's footage in federal court in May. Berlinger, supported by many media companies and members of the filmmaking community, hopes the appeals court will reverse the ruling and protect the footage under journalist's privilege. For more on this case, see The Media vs. Chevron: Bring It On. Among those most notable in support of Berlinger is Robert Redford, founder of the Sundance Institute and its corresponding Sundance Film Festival and Sundance Channel. He is an outspoken advocate of independent film and environmental issues, and Fortune asked him for his take on the Berlinger case.
Sometimes Google takes a break from its mission of organizing all the world's information and decides to embark upon an artsy project that encapsulates ... organizing all the world's information.
When director Ivan Dixon and writer Sam Greenlee were trying to get the politically charged African-American film "The Spook Who Sat by the Door" made in the early 1970s, they faced major challenges in securing funding.
She might have won Africa's best director award in 2009, but back in her homeland Kenya Wanuri Kahiu is still struggling to win recognition -- even within her close family.
See the actress in character in her upcoming film, The Runaways
The 3-year-old braves the inclement weather for a fun day out with mom, Katie Holmes
The actor and his costars feasted on a three-course East-meet-West meal after screening their movie Sympathy for Delicious
The Hangover star paid $4.7 million for the home which Zellweger also loves
Jessica Jerome is exhausted. The Park City, Utah, resident wakes up early to teach ski lessons to youngsters. She's working 5 p.m. to 2 a.m. shifts at events at the Sundance Film Festival to earn some cash
In town without Tom Cruise to premiere her two movies, the star looks cozy and cute
The couple make a surprise appearance at the Utah film fest to support Cooper's pals
Plus, Orlando Bloom, Adrian Grenier and Naomi Watts are expected in Park City
The stars of The Runaways get a shout-out at Sundance
"Jon was in a great mood," says a source of the ex-reality star's festival visit with Morgan Christie
A new category at this year's Sundance Film Festival pays homage to a style of filmmaking that's grown even more popular during the recession: creativity sans cash. Dubbed "Next," the section spotlights six features cobbled together on low or no budgets.
Google Inc.'s YouTube said Wednesday it plans to introduce a movie rental service on Friday.
One movie, more than any other, has planted its flag in the sand as the movie industry gears up for the awards season.
"The Cove" is a controversial documentary about dolphin slaughter that reveals the distressing secrets behind the multi-billion dollar industry in captive dolphins.
Former AOL executive Ted Leonsis was frustrated: He'd produced a critically acclaimed documentary called Nanking, a film that looked at some Westerners who had protected Chinese civilians during a brutal, six-week attack by the Japanese army in 1937. But he was pretty sure the film, which premiered in 2007 at the Sundance Film Festival, would reach a relatively small audience.
More timely now than when it premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2008, "Sunshine Cleaning," an agreeable, midrange independent film, makes light work of heavy burdens.
She's also "looking to musicians" for her latest crush, but Nick Jonas need not apply!
The February edition of "The Screening Room Xtra" comes from the slopes of Park City, Utah, as we bring you the best highlights from the Sundance Film Festival.
Plus: Cameron Diaz hits the slopes, Paris Hilton is honored – and more from the stars in Park City
CNN's Ted Rowlands showcases at the latest highlights from the Sundance Film Festival.
The same week an African-American family moves into the White House, a movie about a Mississippi high school's first integrated dance debuts at the Sundance Film Festival.
The Sundance Film Festival, celebrating its 25th anniversary in Park City, Utah, is a magnet for film geeks, starry-eyed tourists, journalist suck-ups and celebrity stalkers.
"I want to seize the day and take advantage of this year," the supermodel tells PEOPLE after a tumultuous 2008
This year's fest will bring out Ashton Kutcher, Ben Affleck and Chris Rock, among others
Three of the Culkin brothers were working on Hollywood projects when they heard of the traffic accident
There's a new wave of horror films stalking the box office.
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