UPI Almanac for Sunday, June 8, 2008.

NEW YORK, May 30 (UPI) -- Magnolia Pictures announced Friday that it had acquired the North American rights to the film "The Great Buck Howard," starring John Malkovich and Tom Hanks.

CANNES, France, May 17 (UPI) -- A $100 million film fund has been created thanks to Screen Media International and the William Morris Agency, The Hollywood Reporter said.

LOS ANGELES, April 1 (UPI) -- Actors Eric McCormack and Tom Cavanagh are to star in a new U.S. television drama called "Truth in Advertising," TNT announced Tuesday.

UPI almanac for Friday, June 8, 2007.

WOODSTOCK, N.Y., Oct. 12 (UPI) -- A standing-room-only crowd attended a series of short films opening the independent Woodstock Film Festival in the New York Catskills artists' colony.

Today is Thursday, June 8, the 159th day of 2006 with 206 to follow.

Today is Wednesday, June 8, the 159th day of 2005 with 206 to follow.

Today is Tuesday, June 8, the 160th day of 2004 with 206 to follow.