LOS ANGELES, June 18 (UPI) -- The American Film Institute has named "Vertigo" the best movie in the mystery genre and "The Godfather" the best gangster picture in a new television special.

LOS ANGELES, April 14 (UPI) -- The voices of U.S. actors Sean Astin, Giovanni Ribisi and Anjelica Huston will be featured in the animated fairy tale "Spirit of the Forest," producers say.

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 21 (UPI) -- The cast for the upcoming season of Fox TV's "24" will include two of Broadway's biggest stars. Two-time Tony Award winner Stephen Spinella and two-time Tony nominee Jayne Atkinson, who is currently in the film "Syriana," will join the growing list of new

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 18 (UPI) -- Actors JoBeth Williams, Julian Sands and Peter Weller will appear during the fifth season of Fox TV's "24," it was announced Friday.

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 26 (UPI) -- "Lord of the Rings" star Sean Astin has joined the cast of FOX TV's "24," it was announced Friday. The new season of "24" kicks off with a two-part episode.

LOS ANGELES, July 26 (UPI) -- Hollywood actor Sean Astin and his wife, Christine, are parents for the third time, People magazine reported Tuesday.

COUER D''''ALENE, Idaho, Nov. 3 (UPI) -- Actress Patty Duke Pearce was scheduled for heart surgery Wednesday at a hospital in her Idaho hometown.

WEST AUCKLAND, New Zealand, Oct. 29 (UPI) -- Another version of "Hercules" is being filmed in New Zealand, this one a mini-series described as a serious look at the hero's passage to adulthood.

LOS ANGELES, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- Actress Denise Richards has signed a deal with UPN to star in an upcoming TV series, The Hollywood Reporter said Wednesday.