Fess Parker, TV's `Davy Crockett,' dies at 85 (AP)
AP - Fess Parker, a baby-boomer idol in the 1950s who launched a craze for coonskin caps as television's Davy Crockett, died Thursday of natural causes. He was 85.
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Private drama plagues Oscar winner Sandra Bullock (AP)
AP - Sandra Bullock is on a career high. America's Sweetheart and "Miss Congeniality" was repeatedly anointed as Hollywood royalty this year, sweeping awards season and capping it off with an Oscar for her role as a devoted mom in "The Blind Side."
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Jamie Foxx to star in "Kane & Lynch" (Reuters)
Reuters - Jamie Foxx is in negotiations to star opposite Bruce Willis in "Kane & Lynch," a video-game adaptation that veteran stunt coordinator and second unit director Simon Crane is helming.more
Polanski lawyers seek inquiry into misconduct (AP)
AP - Roman Polanski's attorneys filed an appeal Thursday asking that a special counsel be appointed to investigate alleged judicial and prosecutorial misconduct in the fugitive director's 32-year-old sex case.
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"Alice" eyeing box-office three-peat (Reuters)
Reuters - Get ready for a 3D three-peat at the weekend domestic box office.more
Christoph Waltz to direct first feature (Reuters)
Reuters - Austrian actor Christoph Waltz, whose career is red-hot since he won the best supporting actor Oscar as a Nazi officer in "Inglourious Basterds," will make his feature directing debut on the German-language movie "Auf und Davon" ("Up and Away"), based on a script he wrote.more
The "Oscar curse," real or Hollywood invention? (Reuters)
Reuters - They turn heads on the red carpet, are besieged by the world's top designers, give tearful acceptance speeches, and go home with a little gold man called Oscar.more
Ex-porn star releases purported Tiger Woods texts (AP)
AP - A former porn actress has released sexually graphic text messages that she says prove her affair with Tiger Woods, and she says she has more potentially embarrassing information about the golfer that she may reveal later.more
Calif. board to study requiring condoms in porn (AP)
AP - California's worker safety board voted Thursday to further study a proposal that would require porn actors to wear condoms during sex scenes.more
Atty: Ex-NY art dealer to admit nearly $100M fraud (AP)
AP - A once-high-flying art dealer plans to admit swindling nearly $100 million from a star-studded clientele that included tennis great John McEnroe and the estate of actor Robert De Niro's father, the dealer's lawyer said Thursday.more
50-year-old ballet gets street-smart treatment (Reuters)
Reuters - A piece of the past is beautifully revived in "NY Export: Opus Jazz," a note-perfect adaptation of Jerome Robbins' 1958 "ballet in sneakers" that updates the street-cool vibe of a piece reminiscent of his "West Side Story."more
"Red Baron"casts war hero in romantic light (Reuters)
Reuters - This hagiographic movie portrait of Germany's World War I flying ace Manfred von Richthofen, better known to posterity and followers of Charles Schulz's "Peanuts" comic strip as the "Red Baron," is most impressive while bi- and tri-planes dodge and shoot at each other in the sky. On the ground, the film falls pretty flat.more
Docu paints intimate portrait of late comedian (Reuters)
Reuters - A groundbreaking comedian gets a step closer to immortality with "American: The Bill Hicks Story," a portrait of the short-lived performer that will move fans while letting the uninitiated witness enough onstage highlights to leave them wanting more.more
"Diary" no wimp when it comes to wit (Reuters)
Reuters - "Diary of a Wimpy Kid" is a likable movie for kids that will make adults chuckle as well because of the movie's key ingredient -- wit. This usually gets left off the To Do list by most filmmakers who aim at young audiences.more
Sandra Bullock's husband seeks forgiveness (Reuters)
Reuters - The husband of actress Sandra Bullock apologized on Thursday for causing her "pain and embarrassment beyond comprehension" after recent claims he cheated on her while she was filming her Oscar-winning role in "The Blind Side."more
Former "Sunshine" star Breslin yearns for horror (Reuters)
Reuters - Former "Little Miss Sunshine" star Abigail Breslin, currently bringing tears to the eyes of Broadway theater audiences as the blind and deaf Helen Keller, has a grown-up message for movie scouts. She's ready for much darker roles.more
McKellen Says "The Hobbit" Will Start Filming This Summer (Playbill)
Playbill - Stage and screen star Ian McKellen reports on his website that "The Hobbit," the two-film adventure based on the novel by J.R.R. Tolkien, will begin filming this summer.more
"Bounty Hunter" tracks down no laughs or thrills (Reuters)
Reuters - "The Bounty Hunter" tries to lasso an action thriller into a marital comedy about battling former spouses to the detriment of both story lines. The mishmash ends up as a thoroughly unfunny adult cartoon where neither the heroes' lives nor their love lives are in any serious jeopardy.more
MGM studio relives past as binding offers are due (AP)
AP - In Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc.'s newest movie, "Hot Tub Time Machine," a main character looks around a leg-warmer-dotted ski slope and asks "Is there some kind of retro thing going on this weekend?"
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Fess Parker, 1950s TV Davy Crockett, dead at 85 (AFP)
AFP - Fess Parker, who brought Davy Crockett and Daniel Boone to life in 1950s and 1960s TV series, died Thursday at his home and vineyard in California, his family said in a statement. He was 85.
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