ROME (Reuters) - World premieres by directors Sofia Coppola and Darren Aronofsky as well as the hotly anticipated adaptation of cult novel "Barney's Version" will be among the highlights of this year's Venice film festival. Twenty-three movies, including a surprise title yet to be ...

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - After four years playing an exuberant young office worker on TV comedy "Ugly Betty," actress America Ferrera is all grown up and taking a decidedly more serious turn in a movie she worked tirelessly to make. The actress, who won an Emmy and a Golden Globe award ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) - Australian director Phillip Noyce returned to directing Angelina Jolie in the new Russian spy action thriller "Salt," more than ten years after he worked with her in "The Bone Collector." The newest film, which was released in the United States last ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - With fist pumps and perfect tans, "Jersey Shore" returns to TV on Thursday for a new season of shows that has audiences wondering if the cast that put some reality back into reality TV is still really real after its brush with Hollywood stardom. For the new season, ...

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Out with the singing, dancing, goofy Zac Efron of old. At 22, the tween heart-throb of Disney's bubbly "High School Musical" franchise says he wants to get serious, slow down and find out just what he's made of.

TORONTO (Reuters) - World premieres by directors Robert Redford and Emilio Estevez are among the highlights of this year's Toronto International Film Festival, which will feature a slimmer lineup of movies than in years past. The 35th edition will screen about 290 films, below the typical roster ...

Currently a self-guided audio tour at the caves in the Blue Mountains is offered in eight languages, but staff came up with the idea of adding the fictional language Klingon as the caves did once feature in the popular TV series. "In the Star Trek universe, Jenolan Caves was first ...

In a case that sparked widespread media publicity in the United States, Holloway disappeared from Aruba during a high school graduation trip. Her body has never been found. The key suspect is Joran van der Sloot, a Dutch national. He was arrested twice in the case but never charged after giving ...

According to studio estimates issued on Sunday, "Inception" earned $43.5 million during the three days beginning on Friday, with "Salt" at No. 2 with $36.5 million. Internationally, "Inception" was No. 2 with $56.7 million from 38 markets, behind "Toy Story ...

SAN DIEGO (Reuters) - Comic book movie fans who are mad at Hollywood in a summer season bereft of many superheroes, fear not. Help is on the way. As the giant Comic Con pop culture convention neared its end on Sunday, it was clear that the major movie studios have plenty of costumed crime fighters ...