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Rosanne Cash certain she'll write second memoir Posted September 3, 2010

Rosanne Cash performs at the annual Newport Folk Festival in Newport, Rhode Island

NEW YORK (Billboard) - Rosanne Cash has worn many hats through the years -- country music star, acclaimed singer-songwriter, mother of five and firstborn child of the legendary Johnny Cash. Now, with her long-awaited memoir "Composed," Cash is a best-selling author as well. For the week ended August 14, "Composed" debuted at ...More

Man pleads not guilty to Paris Hilton home burglary Posted September 3, 2010

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A man accused of breaking into the home of celebrity socialite Paris Hilton armed with knives pleaded not guilty on Friday to a charge of attempted burglary, officials said. Nathan Lee Parada, 31, of Redlands, California, could face up to six years in prison if convicted. Police ...More

Chris Klein pleads no contest to drunken driving Posted September 3, 2010

Ginnifer Goodwin and Chris Klein pose at the Women in Film 2008 Crystal and Lucy Awards in Beverly H

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Actor Chris Klein, who starred in the "American Pie" movies, pleaded no contest to drunken driving and will serve four years probation stemming from his arrest in June, court officials said on Friday. Klein, 31, also was sentenced to the four days he had already served in ...More

Top directors headlining Telluride film fest Posted September 3, 2010

Director Boyle arrives at the 62nd Annual Directors Guild of America Awards in Los Angeles

By Jay A. Fernandez LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Directors Peter Weir, Danny Boyle, Mark Romanek and Errol Morris will headline the Telluride Film Festival, the annual Labor Day holiday weekend event that kicks off Friday in the Colorado mountain resort. Romanek's "Never Let Me Go," based on the Kazuo ...More

Venice festival honors Chinese director John Woo Posted September 3, 2010

Director Woo poses during a photocall at the 67th Venice Film Festival

By Mike Collett-White VENICE (Reuters) - The Venice film festival on Friday honored Hong Kong director John Woo, one of the few Asian filmmakers to enjoy box office success in Hollywood as well as at home. The 64-year-old was awarded a lifetime achievement Golden Lion at the world's oldest film ...More

Hollywood updates Facebook in lineup of fall movies Posted September 3, 2010

Actors Eisenberg and Timberlake are shown in a scene from the film "The Social Network" in this unda

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - "Social media" is among today's most popular catch phrases thanks to the success of, among other things, networking website Facebook -- the favored way for today's youth to communicate on a global level. Now Facebook is the subject of what's expected to be the fall ...More

Sofia Coppola takes insider's look at Hollywood A-lister Posted September 3, 2010

Coppola, director of the in-competition film "Somewhere", poses for photographers during a photocall

By Mike Collett-White VENICE (Reuters) - Sofia Coppola's latest movie is a Hollywood insider's look at the life of an A-list actor -- five star hotels and Ferraris, adoration and sexual advances, but also loneliness, tiresome media attention and boredom. "Somewhere" is part comedy and part examination of a man ...More

Iranian filmmaker banned from Venice Posted September 3, 2010

Jafar Panahi's acclaimed short film The Accordion is screening at the event, which kicked off on Wednesday (01Sep10), but he won't be there to see it. In a statement issued to festival bosses, the director, who was released from jail earlier this year (10), has revealed he was ...More

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