LOS ANGELES, Sept. 20 (UPI) -- Australian actress Cate Blanchett is to make her big-screen directorial debut on a film adaptation of Herman Koch's novel "The Dinner," EW.com reported.
HOLLYWOOD, Sept. 19 (UPI) -- Sandra Bullock is to be honored at the 17th annual Hollywood Film Awards ceremony in Beverly Hills, Calif., next month, organizers announced Thursday.
LOS ANGELES, Sept. 19 (UPI) -- Patsy Swayze's publicist says the choreographer and dance instructor has died at her home in California's Simi Valley. She was 86.
Julia Louis-Dreyfus, an Emmy Award-winning actress widely regarded as one of the funniest women in the world, says she was thrilled to demonstrate her more serious side in writer-director Nicole Holofcener's big-screen relationship dramedy, "Enough Said."
LOS ANGELES, Sept. 17 (UPI) -- U.S. actor Zac Efron completed a stint in rehab about five months ago and has been staying away from the nightclub scene since, People.com said Tuesday.
PORTLAND, Ore., Sept. 17 (UPI) -- Morgan Freeman and Jesse Eisenberg's magic-themed heist flick "Now You See Me" is the No. 1 video-on-demand in the United States, Rentrak announced Tuesday.
LOS ANGELES, Sept. 17 (UPI) -- Leonardo DiCaprio is to produce and possibly star in the film adaptation of "Wilson," A. Scott Berg's biography of U.S. President Woodrow Wilson, Variety said.
LOS ANGELES, Sept. 17 (UPI) -- Production of adult films will resume at the end of the week for performers who have tested negative for HIV, a trade industry group announced.
LOS ANGELES, Sept. 17 (UPI) -- Hollywood actor and writer Justin Theroux says fiancee Jennifer Aniston won't let him keep his wax replicas of medical oddities in their home.
NEW YORK, Sept. 16 (UPI) -- U.S. actress Mireille Enos says she was eager to star in the zombie-apocalypse movie "World War Z" because it is an intelligent action flick that never loses sight of the humans at the center of its story.
LOS ANGELES, Sept. 16 (UPI) -- The magic-themed heist flick "Now You See Me" is the top-selling DVD and Blu-ray in the United States, Rentrak announced Monday.
Australian actor Hugh Jackman, a married father of two, says he felt a tremendous responsibility to the real-life families of kidnapped children as he made his new thriller "Prisoners."
LONDON, Sept. 16 (UPI) -- Principal photography has begun in Britain on the film "The Imitation Game," starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Keira Knightley, producers said.
LONDON, Sept. 16 (UPI) -- Billy Connolly's publicist says the Scottish comedian and actor has undergone surgery for prostate cancer, and has been diagnosed with Parkinson's disease.
TORONTO, Sept. 16 (UPI) -- Director Steve McQueen's 19th century-set drama "12 Years a Slave" won the Toronto International Film Festival's highest honor -- the People's Choice Award.
PARK CITY, Utah, Sept. 15 (UPI) -- The Park City, Utah, Council and Sundance Film Festival organizers said they agreed on a deal to keep the 11-day event in the city until at least 2026.
LOS ANGELES, Sept. 15 (UPI) -- "Insidious Chapter 2," starring Rose Byrne and Patrick Wilson, was No. 1 at the box office during the weekend with $41.05 million.
CAPRAROLA, Italy, Sept. 14 (UPI) -- British director Guy Ritchie is filming scenes for "The Man from U.N.C.L.E." at the Palazzo Farnese in Caprarola, Italy, Italian news agency ANSA reported.
LOS ANGELES, Sept. 13 (UPI) -- Filmmaker Woody Allen is to be presented with this year's Cecil B. De Mille Award at the Golden Globe Awards in Los Angeles, organizers said.
LOS ANGELES, Sept. 13 (UPI) -- Director Vlad Yudin says it "made perfect sense" to hire Hollywood actor Mickey Rourke to narrate his bodybuilding documentary "Generation Iron."
NEW YORK, Sept. 13 (UPI) -- Irish actor Pierce Brosnan says his own personal history made it easy for him to connect to the story and characters in his latest romantic comedy "Love is All You Need."
LOS ANGELES, Sept. 13 (UPI) -- British actor Benedict Cumberbatch told The Hollywood Reporter he was kidnapped nearly a decade ago and held at gunpoint in South Africa.
LOS ANGELES, Sept. 13 (UPI) -- Production has begun in Los Angeles on "The Wedding Ringer," a big-screen comedy starring Kevin Hart, Josh Gad and Kaley Cuoco, Screen Gems and Miramax said.
LONDON, Sept. 13 (UPI) -- British film star Colin Firth is to lend his voice to the animated character of Paddington Bear in an upcoming live-action family film, the BBC reported.
LOS ANGELES, Sept. 13 (UPI) -- Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson announced via Twitter he will star in Hollywood's big-screen version of the 1980s TV action drama "The Fall Guy."
Former U.S. President George W. Bush (C) points to the crowd as he stands on the first tee box at the 2013 Presidents Cup at Muirfield Village Golf Club in Dublin, Ohio on October 3, 2013. UPI/Brian Kersey
