Kino, Film, "Mamma Mia!" seeks audience participation (Reuters)

"Mamma Mia!" seeks audience participation (Reuters)

Reuters - Moviegoers who can't resist singing along to "Dancing Queen" are in luck.

Court tells disgraced nuke scientist to shut up

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"RocknRolla" finds Ritchie back with a vengeance (Reuters)

Reuters - First the good news: Guy Ritchie is back. Then the even better news: Guy Ritchie is back with his most accessible and enjoyable film yet in "RocknRolla."

Dems say Palin mimics Bush divisiveness

Democrats accused Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin of mirroring previous "divisive" attacks by President Bush in her speech to the convention Wednesday.

Lohan fires back at police 'gay' remark (AP)

AP - Lindsay Lohan said Friday that police have no business getting involved in her personal life, a day after the police chief explained that the paparazzi were no longer an issue in part because the 22-year-old actress had evidently "gone gay."

Swank swoops in for "Borrowed" rights (Reuters)

Reuters - Hilary Swank's 2S Films production company has picked up the screen rights to Emily Giffin's 2005 debut novel, "Something Borrowed," as well as its sequel, "Something Blue."

Police: Paparazzi, guards, fight at Jolie chateau (AP)

AP - PARIS (AP) It sounds like a scene from "Fight Club." French police say camouflaged paparazzi who got on to the grounds of Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt's chateau in southern France fought with the Hollywood couple's guards.

Jet crash witness: 'Nothing anyone could do'

A man who came across a fiery jet crash saw former Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker and disc jockey Adam "DJ AM" Goldstein trying to extinguish the flames on their bodies by ripping off their clothing. "We turned to the jet to try and see if there was anything we could do, but immediately, there was nothing anyone could do," William Owens told CNN affiliate WIS.

Video viewers chart winning course for "Island" (Reuters)

Reuters - Confirming that there's no time like the summer to release a family film, "Nim's Island," the adventure comedy starring Abigail Breslin, Jodie Foster and Gerard Butler, captured the top spot on the national home video sales and rental charts for the week ending August 10.

Kate Hudson has choice words for new movie (Reuters)

Reuters - Kate Hudson rose to movie stardom playing sweet All-American girls, but in her newest part in "My Best Friend's Girl," she relished doing two things she rarely does on film -- curse a lot and portray a sexually aggressive woman.

Documentary to explore BASE jumpers' leap of faith (Reuters)

Reuters - Oscar winner Alex Gibney is taking off with "Gravity," a documentary about the extreme sport of BASE jumping.

China OKs film on sensitive Taiwan-Japan relations (Reuters)

Reuters - Taiwan's biggest local box office hit, a love story involving its former colonizer Japan, has been approved for screening in China despite Beijing's skittish view of Tokyo-Taipei relations, the director said on Wednesday.

Comedian George Carlin dies of heart failure

Groundbreaking comedian George Carlin, known for his raunchy but insightful humor, died Sunday in Los Angeles, his publicist said. He was 71. Carlin was best known for his routine "Seven Words You Can Never Say On Television," which appeared on 1972's "Class Clown" album.

New DVD releases: `Step Up 2 the Streets' (AP)

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Shiloh's "Debut" Debunked (E! Online)

E! Online - Shiloh Jolie-Pitt makes her "acting debut" in the trailer for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. Or so we're told. (Watch the trailer below.)

Hair in trunk is Caylee's, report confirms

A bounty hunter said Thursday that he will revoke the bond of a Florida woman suspected in the disappearance of her toddler daughter and that the woman would be returned to jail Saturday.

Judge's widow testifies at death penalty hearing

Relatives and friends of a judge and court reporter killed in a 2005 shooting at Atlanta's Fulton County Courthouse took the stand Thursday in the penalty phase of the gunman's trial.

Deadly Utah mine collapse results in record fine

The U.S. government today announced its highest penalty for coal mine safety violations, $1.85 million, for a collapse that killed six miners in Utah last year. The mine's owner had insisted that earth movement detected at the time had caused the collapse. But federal investigators found instead that the collapse caused the earth movement.

An ode to IMDb.com, Internet Movie Database (AP)

AP - There are things that make modern life truly special: Tivo, Charles Barkley, SpongeBob SquarePants, etc.

Popular arch collapses at Arches National Park