TARRAGONA, Spain, April 7 (UPI) -- "Jamon, Jamon" director Juan Jose Bigas Luna, known for featuring sexual excess in his films, died near Tarragona, Spain, Variety reported. He was 67.
BALTIMORE, April 7 (UPI) -- Baltimore Ravens quarterback Joe Flacco will play Johnny Unitas in an upcoming movie about the 1958 NFL championship game, Unitas' son said.
LOS ANGELES, April 6 (UPI) -- U.S. actress Drew Barrymore said "it sucks" to give up film directing to be a mom, but she feels more focused on the career she still has.
LOS ANGELES, April 6 (UPI) -- Actress Lindsay Lohan helped plan an intervention for a friend but he was arrested for drugs in Florida before it could take place, TMZ.com reported Saturday.
LAFAYETTE, Pa., April 5 (UPI) -- Film star Wesley Snipes has been released from the McKean Federal Correctional Institution in Pennsylvania, officials said.
LOS ANGELES, April 5 (UPI) -- Forty-six-year-old Hollywood actress Halle Berry is three months pregnant with her second child, a son, TMZ reported Friday.
MALIBU, Calif., April 4 (UPI) -- John Clark Gable says he lost consciousness, but not from drinking alcohol before his Malibu, Calif., arrest this week for driving under the influence.
NEW YORK, April 3 (UPI) -- Booker Prize-winning novelist and Oscar-winning screenwriter Ruth Prawer Jhabvala has died of pulmonary disorder at her home in New York, her family said.
MALIBU, Calif., April 3 (UPI) -- John Clark Gable, the 52-year-old son of the late screen icon Clark Gable, was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence, Malibu, Calif., police say.
BASINGSTOKE, England, April 3 (UPI) -- A large gold Roman ring found in central England in the 18th century that may have inspired J.R.R. Tolkien's "Lord of the Rings" is now on display.
LOS ANGELES, April 2 (UPI) -- U.S. television talk-show host Ellen DeGeneres confirmed via Twitter Tuesday she is on board for a sequel to the animated fish flick "Finding Nemo."
LOS ANGELES, April 1 (UPI) -- The fantasy flick "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey" is the top-selling DVD and Blu-ray in the United States, Rentrak announced Monday.
LOS ANGELES, March 31 (UPI) -- "G.I. Joe: Retaliation" was the No. 1 movie at the U.S. box office, grossing an estimated $41.2 million in its opening weekend.
HOLLYWOOD, March 30 (UPI) -- Prana Studios has acquired California's Rhythm & Hues, the company behind the visual effects for Oscar-winning "Life of Pi," Prana executives said.
LOS ANGELES, March 30 (UPI) -- Marvel Studios announced footage will be added to the Chinese release of "Iron Man 3," a departure from the country's usual practice of censoring U.S. films.
TORONTO, March 29 (UPI) -- U.S. singer-actress Selena Gomez says she is proud of her new R-rated thriller "Spring Breakers," but hopes her young fans don't go to see it.
NEW YORK, March 28 (UPI) -- American author Stephenie Meyer says penning her book "The Host" was a freeing experience after her "Twilight" vampire novels became first a literary phenomenon, then a series of blockbuster movies.
NEW YORK, March 28 (UPI) -- The Tribeca Film Festival's closing film will be Martin Scorsese's 30-year-old classic "The King of Comedy," organizers said Thursday.
LOS ANGELES, March 28 (UPI) -- Hollywood actress Kirsten Dunst admits she thought the kiss she shared with Brad Pitt when she was 11 in the film "Interview with the Vampire" was "disgusting."
LOS ANGELES, March 28 (UPI) -- Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie, who is engaged to actor Brad Pitt, says the gold band she has been sporting lately isn't a wedding ring.
LOS ANGELES, March 27 (UPI) -- Director Roland Emmerich says he doesn't want Will Smith to headline his two "Independence Day" film sequels because Smith is "too big a star" now.
LAS VEGAS, March 27 (UPI) -- Chesapeake Films says it plans to start filming a documentary about controversial SiriusXM Radio personality Dino Costa in Wyoming next month.
HAMBURG, Germany, March 26 (UPI) -- Detractors of the film "Schutzengel" have thrown paint on the Hamburg, Germany, home of the film's star, Til Schweiger, police said.
Sarah Jessica Parker arrives on the red carpet at the Costume Institute Benefit for the "PUNK: Chaos to Couture" exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City on May 6, 2013. UPI/John Angelillo
