LOS ANGELES, Jan. 11 (UPI) -- Clint Eastwood drove his "Gran Torino" to the top of the U.S. theater chart this weekend, Box Office Mojo said Sunday.

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WILMINGTON, Del., Jan. 6 (UPI) -- Employees at a Delaware cinema said Vice President-elect Joe Biden and his wife Jill couldn't see a Brad Pitt movie because it was sold out.

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif., Jan. 6 (UPI) -- Two action films starring Hollywood actor Brendan Fraser are among the seven movies in the running for the Visual Effects Oscar, it was announced Tuesday.

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 5 (UPI) -- Producers of "The Dark Knight," "Frost/Nixon" and "Milk" are among the nominees announced Monday for the Producers Guild of America's top film prize.

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 4 (UPI) -- In a rarity, the top seven movies in U.S. theaters, led by "Marley and Me," remained the same this weekend, Box Office Mojo said Sunday.

PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 1 (UPI) -- An Iraq war veteran charged with shooting another man in a Philadelphia movie theater in a fight about talking during a movie claims he acted in self-defense.

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 28 (UPI) -- The emotionally charged family-and-their-puppy comedy "Marley and Me" was top dog among five holiday releases in U.S. theaters, Box Office Mojo said Sunday.

PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 27 (UPI) -- A South Philadelphia man became so furious over a talkative family's interference with his movie-watching that he shot the father in the arm, police allege.