John Krasinski joins “Something” romantic comedies (Reuters)

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Reuters - John Krasinski is in negotiations to join Ginnifer Goodwin in "Something Borrowed," a romantic comedy from the company behind "The Blind Side."

Review: `Green Zone’ is a failure of intelligence (AP)

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In this publicity image released by Universal Pictures,Matt Damon is shown in a scene from, 'Green Zone.' (AP Photo/Universal Pictures, Jonathan Olley)AP - All the war-zone authenticity in the Arab world cannot salvage the silly Hollywood plot at the heart of "Green Zone," Matt Damon and Paul Greengrass' first collaboration outside the Jason Bourne realm.


De Niro signs up to play football icon Lombardi (Reuters)

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Actor Robert DeNiro poses backstage at the 10th Hollywood Film Festival Awards Gala in Beverly Hills in this October 23, 2006 file photo. REUTERS/Fred ProuserReuters - He has played killers and cops in the movies, and two-time Oscar winner Robert De Niro may soon take on the role of iconic U.S. football coach Vince Lombardi in a film backed by sports television network ESPN.


Mexico targets Hollywood with tax incentives (Reuters)

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Reuters - Mexico has launched a $20-million tax-incentive program in an ambitious move to lure film production from Hollywood and other locales.

Man stabbed with meat thermometer at movie in CA (AP)

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AP - Authorities say a man was stabbed in the neck with a meat thermometer after asking a woman to silence her cell phone during a screening of the film "Shutter Island" at a Southern California movie theater.

MGM expected to draw six bids by March 19: source (Reuters)

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Reuters - Six companies are expected to make binding offers for storied Hollywood studio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer by a newly set March 19 deadline, a source familiar with the situation said on Tuesday.

Bigelow’s Oscars will change Hollywood, slowly (Reuters)

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Reuters - "Hurt Locker" director Kathryn Bigelow wrapped her fingers around that little golden man called Oscar on Sunday and cracked one of Hollywood's glass ceilings, but truly shattering it may take more time.

Fawcett omission from Oscar segment no accident (AP)

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El comité encargado del segmento 'In Memorian' dentro de la ceremonia del Oscar dijo que se omitió a la actriz Farrah Fawcett porque era más conocida como estrella de televisión, que de cine.  (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara, ARCHIVO)AP - The executive director of the film academy said Tuesday that Farrah Fawcett wasn't included in the Academy Awards' In Memoriam segment because the actress was better known as a TV star.


“Girl With the Dragon Tattoo” a cold-case chiller (Reuters)

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Reuters - Revolving around an investigative reporter and his unlikely crime-solving partner, Swedish journalist Stieg Larsson's posthumous Millennium trilogy of novels were not so much best-sellers as international publishing phenomena.

Review: `Our Family Wedding’ surpasses stereotype (AP)

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In this publicity image released by Fox Searchlight Films, Lance Gross, left, and America Ferrera are shown in a scene from 'Our Family Wedding.' (AP Photo/Fox searchlight, Scott Garfield)AP - One enters a movie like "Our Family Wedding" bracing for cheesiness.