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John Williams helped Superman soar on movie screens, but another composer is now giving flight to Krypton's favorite son.

Rating: PG-13 Length: 145 minutes Release date: June 21, 2002 Directed by: Steven Spielberg Genre: Action/Mystery/Sci-Fi/Thriller With the 2002 film "Minority Report," Stephen Spielberg shows moviegoers once again why he's considered one of the masters of filmmaking.

Now that she's officially joined the billion-dollar club , "Rhythm Nation" singer Janet Jackson could probably buy her own, well, nation, if she wanted.

I met Richard Dreyfuss, the engaging actor known for his roles in in the Spielberg films Jaws and Close Encounters of the Third Kind in his suite at the Marriott to discuss his upcoming movie, Cas & Dylan, directed by Jason Priestley, the story of a dying doctor who actually wishes to die, ever since his wife's death then years before.

I'm happy you asked. Robert Shaw, better known as the actor that played Quint in the original Jaws , died in 1978, a distant 35 years before he ever had the chance to reprise the roll in Avalanche Sharks .

Richard Dreyfuss is sitting at a beach table under a canvas tent at the Canadian Pavilion.

MUSIC : Ramblin Jug Stompers @ McGeary's Pub , Albany. Old-timey tunes, jug band gems, country classics, bawdy blues and bit of bluegrass, too.

Continuing in the celebration of Universal's centennial anniversary, Belcourt attendees will hop aboard the Orca this weekend with Brody, Hooper and Quint to go shark hunting, as Steven Spielberg's 1975 game-changer Jaws is set for a two-day run .

ROUGH CUT STORY: The Cannes film festival should be about celebrating cinema, not handing out gongs, its jury members said on Wednesday ahead of the official opening of the world-famous movie showcase.

Steven Benedict's video essay examines how the movie director injects emotion into different frames using a variety of methods.

This is why the makers of Jaws , according to co-writer Carl Gottlieb , kept their shark unglimpsed so long.

The king of Hollywood heads the jury that will decide who wins the Palme d'Or and other prizes at the French Riviera film fest, and artistic director Thierry Fremaux can't wait to find out what takes his fancy.

STEVEN Spielberg's 1975 blockbuster Jaws terrified Chee Yong so much he couldn't bring himself to go swimming until two years ago.

Steven Spielberg will bring a Hollywood veteran's eye to the more art-house Cannes Film Festival next week -- but he insists he has no preconceptions and will be a strictly "democratic" jury head.

Richard D. Zanuck's life is the tale of one man, but it's also a story of fathers and sons, of personal and professional ups and downs, and most certainly of Hollywood then and now.

It was re-released in 3D last week to mark its 20th anniversary, so it seems a good time to share a theory I have about this beautifully crafted monster movie.

Oscari 1 2-Winning Producer Richard D. Zanuck in new original documentary "Don't Say No Until I Finish Talking." WHAT IT'S ABOUT Richard D. Zanuck was a Hollywood prince who became king.

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When Paul Calcari walked into the Greenfield High School's music room at 7:30 a.m. on Tuesday, many of his students were already there - sitting on the floor chatting, eating breakfast or casually leaning on the back of the grand piano as if it were a breakfast bar counter.

"It's all psychological. You yell barracuda , everybody says, 'Huh? What?' You yell shark , we've got a panic on our hands on the Fourth of July." In the summer of 1975, the budding auteur, Steven Spielberg, created a virtual panic at America's beaches with ingeniously crafted screen images of a certain Great White Fish.