CANNES, FranceA budding British director is enjoying success on a shoestring at Cannes with “Colin,” a new zombie feature that cost a scarcely believable 70 to make.
“Colin” director Marc Price(…)

LONDON, EnglandWhen a woman dates a much older man, bystanders often speculate that she has only the most superficial of motives.
French actress Ludivine Sagnier stars in veteran New Wave filmmaker Claude(…)

CANNES, FranceQuentin Tarantino didn’t give himself any breaks while making his latest film “Inglourious Basterds,” which premiered at Cannes this week.
Idiosyncratic director, Quentin Tarantino doing the famous dance from his Palme(…)

She’s the antithesis of the typical fashion designer, preferring to step away from the adulation of shows and flashy parties, yet from behind the scenes, Miuccia Prada has a huge impact on(…)

If Daniel Vaughn has his way, he said, his newborn daughter will “teethe on a rib bone.”
Daniel Vaughn tries, and wears on his chin, spicy smoked sausage from Gonzales Food Market(…)

Songwriter White craves stage
By Liam Allen
Entertainment reporter, BBC News
When Eg White was named as songwriter of the year at industry awards the Ivor Novellos it came as little surprise to those at the(…)

Review: Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
By Emma Jones
BBC News, Cannes Film Festival
Heath Ledger’s last ever movie The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus – in which he died during the making of in 2008 – has(…)

Pixar pooch picks Up Cannes prize
A talking dog named Dug from animated Pixar film Up has won the Palm Dog, a comic alternative to the Cannes Film Festival’s main prize, the Palme d’Or.Voted(…)

LOS ANGELES, CaliforniaThirty-eight years ago, Joseph McGinty Nichol was a boy in Kalamazoo, Michigan, playing with toy robots.
Many of the robots in “Terminator Salvation” are real machines, which increased realism,(…)

(Entertainment Weekly)Usually, when characters in a movie are one-dimensional, that’s not a good thing. But in “Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian,” the waxworks figures who come to life after(…)

Jay-Z parts with Def Jam Records
US rapper Jay-Z has confirmed that he has parted ways with Def Jam, the record label where he once served as chief executive officer.The 39-year-old told RapRadar.com that(…)

Ross’s radio show no longer live
Jonathan Ross’s Saturday morning show on BBC Radio 2 is to be pre-recorded 24 hours in advance, the BBC has revealed.Recording the show ahead of broadcast, “enables us(…)

Idol finale viewing figures drop
This year’s American Idol finale drew its lowest ratings in the US since 2004, according to early figures.An estimated 28.8m viewers watched the two-hour show on Wednesday which saw(…)

Penn changes mind about divorce
US actor Sean Penn has withdrawn his petition to separate from wife Robin Wright Penn, for the second time.According to records, the Oscar-winning actor filed a request on Thursday(…)