LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Charles Martin Smith has been hired to write and direct "A Dolphin's Tale," inspired by the true story of a dolphin called Winter who was rescued off the Florida coast and taken in by the Clearwater Marine Aquarium. Full Story »
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LOS ANGELES - Nicolas Cage's ex-girlfriend is suing the actor and his former business manager, claiming she is owed more than $13 million and a house the actor promised her. Full Story »
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Joe Penhall, the screenwriter who adapted Cormac McCarthy's novel "The Road," has been hired to adapt John Williams' 1960 Western novel "Butcher's Crossing" for Focus Features. The project is part of a two-year, first-look deal that Focus cut with filmmaker Sam Mendes, who might direct. Full Story »
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MADISON, Miss. — Elizabeth Dampier doesn't get the royal treatment at home, even though the 5th grader plays a princess-to-be on the big screen. Full Story »
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - For more than 20 years, Colin Firth has been the movie industry's go-to, buttoned-up English man. Full Story »
LOS ANGELES - Nelson Mandela made it clear that Morgan Freeman was the man he would want to play him in a film. Full Story »
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Adam Shankman has a Twitter habit, and it's making Academy officials nervous. Full Story »
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JOHANNESBURG - South Africans say a new Hollywood film about sport, race and Nelson Mandela will tell the world about the country's history of struggle and triumph despite some criticism that the lead roles are played by American actors. Full Story »
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - U.S. actor and director Tyler Perry on Wednesday announced the death of his mother, who he has previously credited as helping inspire the iconic Madea character in a string of hit movies. Full Story »
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - The Sundance Institute announced the short-film program for its 2010 film festival Monday. Full Story »
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LONDON - The black cocktail dress worn by Audrey Hepburn in "How to Steal a Million" has sold for nearly $100,000 at auction. Full Story »
LONDON (Reuters) - Horror thriller "Paranormal Activity" reached the top of the British box office on its second weekend of release, according to Screen International on Tuesday. Full Story »
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LOS ANGELES - Ricky Gervais said he plans to play it loose and off-the-cuff as host of next month's Golden Globes, with Frank Sinatra and his pals as role models. Full Story »
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Patricia Clarkson, Devon Graye, Madeleine Martin, Danny Glover and wrestling champ John Cena have been cast in "Brother's Keeper," a PG-rated family drama from WWE Films. Full Story »
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TOKYO - Actor Johnny Depp highly recommends his latest movie — though he said he hadn't personally gone out to see it yet. Full Story »
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NEW YORK - A funny thing has happened to Noel Coward's "Still Life," a one-act play that is much better known from its classic 1940s screen adaptation "Brief Encounter." Full Story »
NEW YORK (Hollywood Reporter) - Screen-to-stage adaptations have become a theatrical staple in recent years, and leave it to the Brits to do it with far more imagination than we. Full Story »
Odd as it sounds, Peter Jackson needed to come down to Earth a bit more in "The Lovely Bones," his adaptation of Alice Sebold's best-seller about a murdered girl looking back on her life from beyond. Full Story »
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