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It's the 20th anniversary of that thought provoking Spike Lee movie, "Do The Right Thing," and the Atlanta Film Festival prepares to pay tribute.

Miss Beckinsale was never in discussions about the film role and there was never a possibility she would be part of the project Photo: PA The 35-year-old star of films such as Pearl Harbor, Underworld and Van Helsing was not at London's High Court for the settlement of her action against Express Newspapers.

In 1937, John Hovan volunteered to travel to Spain and fight on the side of democracy against Gen.

Gary Ross, who directed Tobey Maguire in Seabiscuit and Pleasantville , has come aboard to rewrite the script for Spider-Man 4 , reports Variety .

Tracy Letts' new play, "Superior Donuts," has found its Broadway leading man - Michael McKean.

For moviemakers, there is a line between giving the people what they want, and giving people the exact same thing you've given them before.

Oh, to have teenage kids just so I could forbid them to see "I Love You, Beth Cooper." A miscast and misjudged graduation-night comedy, "Cooper" occasionally - only occasionally - wanders into "harmless." Much of the time it's sending bad messages about, oh, driving without your lights on after dark, using sex to score beer and letting peer ...

"Heterosexuals can't understand camp because everything they do is camp," opined an associate of the old Playhouse of the Ridiculous, a New York theater known for its good-natured, anarchic sexual farce.

Richard Gere stars in a Hollywood remake of Japan's long-cherished story of Hachiko, a faithful dog that died at a train station waiting for its master.

Homophobia claims... Sacha Baron Cohen as Bruno at the State Theatre premiere. Photo: Sasha Woolley FIRST he cut a scene before the Los Angeles premiere in which LaToya Jackson spoke about her brother Michael.

Tom Hanks is rejoining the board that oversees the Academy Awards. After a one-year hiatus, Hanks was elected Tuesday to a new three-year term on the board of governors representing the actors branch of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

The woman seeking a DNA sample from actor Keanu Reeves said Monday that her family deserves compensation if he fathered of any of her children - an untested paternity claim that the star's lawyer flatly denied.

The second trial of a black Pittsfield man charged with fatally stabbing a white teen during a racially charged fight has started.

The late 1990s saw a glut of mostly forgettable teen movies come and go at the multiplex, but 1999's "10 Things I Hate About You" managed to stand out.

Rupert Grint has more money than he knows "what to do with". The 20-year-old actor - who plays Ron Weasley in the 'Harry Potter' film franchise - only realised how rich he was when he was featured in Forbes' list of top earning young superstars in 2007.

Sacha Baron Cohen brings another one of his alter-egos to the big screen on July 10 with the release of "Bruno." The "Borat" star will play a gay Austrian fashion writer this time around and his antics are surely going to shock the crowds who turn out to see his new movie.

Caption: Katie Holmes and Tom Cruise Cameron Diaz is honoured with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame Los Angeles, California .... HOLMES LAUNCHES DANCE SCHOLARSHIP KATIE HOLMES has teamed up with HAIRSPRAY director ADAM SHANKMAN and reality TV guru NIGEL LYTHGOE to launch a dance scholarship fund.

Caption: Sandra Bullock greets Radio Man outside the Ed Sullivan Theatre for the 'Late Show With David Letterman' New York City, USA .... SANDRA BULLOCK is grateful her mother pushed her into playing sports when she was younger - because it gave a toned body.

Monty Python stars are to stage a major reunion for the first time in more than a decade to mark the show's 40th anniversary.

Robin Wright Penn thinks modelling "f**ked" her up. The 43-year-old 'Private Lives of Pippa Lee' star hated her experiences of attending casting calls in her late teens and early 20s, and says getting her first acting job in a commercial "saved" her life.