MoviesReuters - The seventh annual New York Television and Film Festival started Tuesday with screenings of Fox's "Allen Gregory" and comedian Marc Maron's pilot presentation -- as well as Maron's powerful expose of cat-wrangling in the entertainment industry.
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Capsule reviews: `Moneyball,' `Pearl Jam Twenty' (AP)
AP - Capsule reviews of films opening this week:
Rome film festival to honor Richard Gere (Reuters)
Reuters - The International Rome Film Festival will honor American actor Richard Gere with the Marcus Aurelius career award at its next edition, organizers said on Wednesday.
Disney, Cameron to create theme-park "Avatar" (Reuters)
Reuters - Moviegoers pining for a return to the lush moon of Pandora in James Cameron's film "Avatar" will finally get their chance -- first-hand.
Sony's 'Smurfs,' 'Friends' to be UltraViolet-ready (AP)
AP - Sony Corp.'s movie studio said Tuesday that "The Smurfs" and "Friends With Benefits" will be the first movies it releases on home video that will be compatible with the UltraViolet view-anywhere system.
Lawyers want to show Jackson press conference (AP)
AP - Lawyers for the doctor charged in Michael Jackson's death moved Tuesday to show jurors at the upcoming trial footage of a news conference in which the singer spoke of performing in only 10 shows during his "This Is It" concert run.
Carl Freer introduces FilmFunds at leadership conference (Reuters)
Reuters - Aspiring filmmakers have a new tool to help them see their projects through to fruition -- one that harnesses the power of social media.
John Turteltaub to direct "Las Vegas" comedy (Reuters)
Reuters - "National Treasure" director Jon Turteltaub is negotiating to direct "Last Vegas," a comedy for CBS Films and Mandate, TheWrap has confirmed.
'Smurfs,' 'Friends with Benefits' going UltraViolet (Reuters)
Reuters - "The Smurfs" and "Friends With Benefits" will be the first films released by Sony on the UltraViolet platform, John Calkins, the EVP of the studio's digital division announced at TheGrill, TheWrap's second annual media conference.
Review: Nothing special about `Killer Elite' (AP)
AP - Head butts would seem to hurt, right? That's clearly the point of them, but it would seem to be just as painful to be the butter as the buttee.
Actor Tom Sizemore arrested, held briefly in Los Angeles (Reuters)
Reuters - Actor Tom Sizemore spent several hours behind bars in Los Angeles on Tuesday for apparently missing a court date last month, police and judicial officials said.
Film 'Diner' turned into a Broadway-bound musical (AP)
AP - Barry Levinson is returning to the diner.
50 Cent signs on to Alaska serial murderer film (AP)
AP - Rap star 50 Cent has signed on to play a pimp in a movie detailing Alaska's infamous serial killer, Robert Hansen.
Lebanese war film wins top prize at Toronto fest (Reuters)
Reuters - A film about the struggles of a village in war-torn Lebanon took the People's Choice award at the Toronto International Film Festival on Sunday, an audience trophy that has often been a harbinger of Oscar glory.
3-D "Lion King" reigns at top of movie box office (Reuters)
Reuters - "The Lion King" is back on top of the movie jungle seventeen years after the film first hit theaters.
Android App Tablet Review: Movies (Appolicious)
Appolicious - When looking for info on movies on your tablet, Flixster’s Movies app is a great place to start.
Review: Hollywood outdoes itself on superb 'Help' (AP)
AP - A class act such as "The Help" is rare enough in Hollywood. Coming at the tail end of summer blockbuster season, it's almost unheard of.
Alleged Marilyn Monroe sex film gets no buyers (AP)
AP - There were no buyers Sunday at the auction of a 1940s stag film that an events promoter claims shows a young Marilyn Monroe having sex before she became a movie star.
Actor Francesco Quinn, son of Anthony Quinn, dies at 48 (AFP)
AFP - Francesco Quinn, who like his father Anthony Quinn embraced a career in acting, died at his home in Malibu, California on Friday at the age of 48, his agent said Sunday.
"Deathly Hallows 2" climbs to new box-office heights (Reuters)
Reuters - On Sunday, "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2" became the biggest all-time grosser at the global box office ... not directed by filmmaker James Cameron.
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