'Quantum of Solace' Banks Bond $67 Million Opening Weekend

After setting a new box office record for its opening weekend in the UK, the latest James Bond film 'Quantum of Solace' earned a more than respectable $67 million during its opening weekend in North...

JT Phone Home: Timberlake to Produce Reality Show

Pop superhero Justin Timberlake is producing a new reality show, on which contestants (or victims) find themselves taking orders via mysterious mobile phones found in the street. The show is a remake of a Dutch...

The Oscar Winners Are...

"Did your favorite star take home a golden statuette? Read our complete winners list to find out -- winners are listed in red and bold. BEST MOTION PICTURE OF THE YEAR "Atonement" "Juno" "Michael Clayton" "No Country For Old Men" "There Will Be Blood" PERFORMANCE BY AN...

The 'People's Choice Awards' Winners

"The "People's Choice Awards" took on a new format this year as a result of the writers strike. Instead of the normal set-up with an audience and the winners taking to the stage, the nominees were presented through the use of clips and filmed acceptances. Among the fan...

Angelina Jolie lined up for intelligence thriller: report

"Jolie, recently seen in "A Mighty Heart" and "Beowulf," will play a character based on real-life spy Kathi Lynn Austin, who has undertaken field missions in Africa, Europe, Southeast Asia and Central...

Foster revenge film tops US chart

"Jodie Foster's crime thriller The Brave One has taken $14m (£7m) to top the US and Canada box office. The film, about a radio host who seeks revenge after losing her boyfriend in an attack, pushed western 3:10...

Matt Damon dismisses 'dated' Bond

"Hollywood star Matt Damon has dismissed James Bond as being stuck in the past.The actor, who appears in the Bourne thrillers, said: "The Bond character will always be anchored in the 1960s and in the values of...

Is Bourne the new Bond?

Bourne blows Bond out of the water  Jason Bourne is hard as nails, and he is back in another gritty installment that does not disappoint.  In fact, you may find yourself gritting your own teeth and balling your fists as Bourne fights tooth and fingernails, again...

Bizet's Carmen Changes Sex, Seville Moves Stateside in London

" Georges Bizet's``Carmen'' has rarely had such a complete makeover. The heroine is transformed into a car mechanic, and 19th-century Seville is replaced with a 1960s Midwest town called Harmony. It has a population of 375 and sometimes it seems as though they're all on stage...

Economic War

"As I said here the war in Lebanon was as much about economic competition as it was about Hezbollah. Business Owners, Workers Charge Israel Deliberately Targeted Lebanon's Economy"

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