The Directors Guild of America wants its new contract with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers to include a ban on colorizing black-and-white films, Daily Variety reported Tuesday.
More than 400 people answered an unusual casting call in San Jose to play extras in a Civil War motion picture.
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts Sunday named "Room With a View" best picture of 1986 and Bob Hoskins best actor for his performance in "Mona Lisa."
Bette Midler will portray Lotte Lenya in a musical drama of the flamboyant recording, stage and film star's life.
The American Society of Cinematographers has chosen Jordan Cronenweth to receive the organization's first Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography award for his work on "Peggy Sue Got Married."
The Depression-era look for the set of "Ironweed," starring Jack Nicholson and Meryl Streep and currently filming in Albany, N.Y., was perfect Monday--too perfect, as the film crew had removed all street signs and traffic lights.
Pat Morita, star of ABC's "Ohara" series and the two "Karate Kid" films, received the lifetime achievement award given by the Assn. of Asian-Pacific American Artists.
North America's only uncut version of "Angel Heart" has Montreal moviegoers queued to see the 10 X-rated seconds of sex excised from American prints.
With Robert Redford in Tokyo promoting "humanistic cinema," Japanese audiences are packing theaters to see "Legal Eagles," his most recent film.
Film star and director Robert Redford will be given an honorary doctorate at the University of Colorado's commencement in Boulder next month, even though he flunked out of the school 30 years ago.
Actor Judd Nelson, star of "The Breakfast Club" and "St.
Cambodian actor Dr.
Screen Actors Guild President Patty Duke says she was a confused young girl who was manipulated, abused and given drugs by the couple who managed her career.
The Thai government has decided to allow Cambodian actor Dr.
"Platoon" director Oliver Stone says he's confronting "enormous paranoia" from many New York brokerage firms as he seeks locations for "Wall St.," which he starts filming next month.
Quebec police used a small tattoo to identify a body pulled from the St.
A Milpitas, Calif., movie theater pulled "River's Edge"--loosely based on a 14-year-old local girl's rape and murder--after the town mayor said no one wanted to be reminded of the crime.
After several tries, Orion Pictures has won an "R" rating on "Robocop" from the Motion Picture Assn. of America's ratings board.
Bob Hope and his wife Delores were honored over the weekend with "Hollywood's Citizens of the Century" awards presented at a USO canteen that symbolized the comedian's five decades of performing for American GI's around the world.
British actor Ben Kingsley, who won an Oscar for his portrayal of Mahatma Gandhi in the film "Gandhi," will play Russian revolutionary Vladimir Lenin in an Italian television series, Italian newspapers reported Wednesday.