Sex in a new city: Carrie & pals go to Abu Dhabi 
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    LAS VEGAS – Sarah Jessica Parker and her Manhattan gal pals are taking their sexy ways to a new city. “Sex and the City 2,” due in theaters May 27, sends Parker, Kim Cattrall, Kristin Davis and Cynthia Nixon on a trip to the Middle East as they visit Abu Dhabi. While the Read More..

     

    "Greenberg" actress Temple lands three indie roles 
    (Reuters)

    LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) – Juno Temple, who appears opposite Ben Stiller in “Greenberg,” has booked three roles that position her as an indie actress to watch. First, the 21-year-old Temple joins the ensemble cast of “Dirty Girl,” the drama from Killer Read More..

     

    Tang premieres new film after reported China ban 
    (AP)

    HONG KONG – Chinese actress Tang Wei returned to the red carpet on Sunday, promoting her first movie since the 2007 Ang Lee spy thriller “Lust, Caution,” a politically sensitive production that reportedly prompted officials to ban her in her home country. Lee catapulted the Read More..

     

    Theater owners say thanks to hitmaker Bruckheimer 
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    LAS VEGAS – Like most people who receive lifetime-achievement awards, Jerry Bruckheimer wants everyone to know he’s not finished yet. “Hopefully, there’s more to come,” said Bruckheimer, the producer of such franchises as “Pirates of the Caribbean,” Read More..

     

    "Repo Men" an aggressively ridiculous thriller 
    (Reuters)

    LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) – The future looks awfully predictable (underscore “awfully”) in “Repo Men,” a blood-soaked, derivative and increasingly ridiculous sci-fi thriller in which Jude Law and Forest Whitaker play a pair of hotshot repossession agents Read More..

     

    Wife of Panahi says unable to meet him in Iran jail 
    (AFP)

    TEHRAN (AFP) – The wife of top Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi told AFP on Tuesday that she has been unable to see her husband in Tehran’s notorious Evin prison since his arrest earlier this month. Fifty Iranian filmmakers and artists, in a signed letter released on Tuesday, Read More..

     

    Review: Stewart, Fanning glam it up in `Runaways' 
    (AP)

    “The Runaways,” chronicling the rise and fall of Joan Jett’s first band, easily could have degenerated into a movie-length music video, with Kristen Stewart and Dakota Fanning merely glam-rock poseurs. Yet music-video veteran Floria Sigismondi makes an impressive Read More..

     

    British actress Kate Winslet splits from husband 
    (AP)

    LONDON – British movie star Kate Winslet has separated from her film director husband Sam Mendes after nearly seven years of marriage, their law firm said Monday. The surprise split puts an end to a golden couple of Britain’s show business world, buttressed by matching Oscars and Read More..

     

    Fawcett omission from Oscar segment no accident 
    (AP)

    LOS ANGELES – 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. It was a difficult decision for the committee that assembles the segment Read More..