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Jane Fonda– Two Time Oscar Winner–Wants to Take Acting Classes Again

Jane Fonda--winner of two Academy Awards for Best Actress--wants to go back to acting classes. She told the audience at the Film Society of...

Miramax May Finally Return to Its Rightful Owners

Miramax–the name and the catalog–may finally be returned to its rightful owners, the Weinstein brothers. I was the first to write several months ago that...

Cannes As Predicted: Robin Hood, Wall Street, Woody, Godard

The 2010 Cannes Film Festival movies have been revealed, and –drum roll–it’s a great list. As I predicted, Oliver Stone’s “Wall Street 2,” Ridley Scott‘s...

Girls School: “Tanner Hall,” Toronto Film Fest Hit, Set for Fall Release

“Tanner Hall” the movie everyone loved last fall in Toronto. It was directed by Tatiana von Furstenberg and Francesca Gregorini. Yes, their moms are...

Have Mercy: Sonny Corleone’s Kid Makes Good

Sonny Corleone’s kid has finally done it: Scott Caan, son of “Godfather” actor James Caan, has made his own movie. And it’s pretty good. Caan...

Dixie Carter: One Degree to Sean Penn

Sad, sad news on Saturday night that Dixie Carter has passed away. The 70 year old actress, famous for starring in “Designing Women,” was...

Date Night A Hit: People Will Watch TV at the Movies

People will watch TV in movie theaters. That’s what we learn today as “Date Night,” featuring TV stars Steve Carell and Tina Fey, had a...

Madonna Film: God Save the Queen for Real

My colleague Baz Bamgiboye reported from London in Friday’s UK Daily Mail: “Madonna’s film “W.E.,” a fantasy based on the Abdication Crisis and what...

New Spike Lee Joint: “Brooklyn Loves Michael Jackson”

Spike Lee is right now finishing up shooting “Inside Man 2″ with Denzel Washington and Clive Owen. But come this summer, residents of...

Precious Writer Fletcher Will Direct Mulligan, Ronan

It does look like Oscar winning screenwriter Geoffrey Fletcher of “Precious” will be directing a film from his own original script. “Violet and...