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Antonio Banderas to play pirate in 'SpongeBob' movie
SAVANNAH, Ga., Sept. 23 (UPI) -- Spanish actor Antonio Banderas is to play a pirate in the movie "SpongeBob SquarePants 2," The Christian Science Monitor reported.
'Star Trek: Into Darkness' tops U.S. video-on-demand list
PORTLAND, Ore., Sept. 23 (UPI) -- "Star Trek: Into Darkness" is the No. 1 video-on-demand title in the United States, Rentrak announced Monday.
LOS ANGELES, Sept. 22 (UPI) -- "Prisoners," a thriller starring Hugh Jackman and Jake Gyllenhaal, was No. 1 at the weekend box office with $21.43 million.
MOSCOW, Sept. 21 (UPI) -- Russia's Oscars nomination commission said it chose Fyodor Bondarchuk's World War II drama "Stalingrad" as its entry for the foreign-language Academy Award.
Jerry Bruckheimer is leaving Disney
LOS ANGELES, Sept. 20 (UPI) -- Walt Disney Studios has announced plans to end its partnership with the U.S. film and TV producer Jerry Bruckheimer next year.
Cate Blanchett, Oscar-winning actress, to direct first film
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.
Sandra Bullock to be honored at Hollywood Film Awards
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.
Patrick Swayze's mother Patsy dead at 86
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 praises co-star James Gandolfini
By KAREN BUTLER, United Press International
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."
Zac Efron went to rehab five months ago, Tuesday report says
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.
'Now You See Me' tops video-on-demand chart
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.
Leonardo DiCaprio may play Woodrow Wilson in film
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.
Theroux's strange collectibles banned from Aniston home
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.
Mireille Enos was drawn to the family at the center of 'World War Z'
By KAREN BUTLER, United Press International
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.
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Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-OH) speaks to the press after Congress failed to agree to a continuing resolution to fund the government, causing the first government shutdown in 17 years, in Washington, D.C. on October 1, 2013. Boehner was joined by House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) (L), House Majority Whip Kevin MCCarthy (R-CA) and Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA). UPI/Kevin Dietsch