'Bigfoot' a big fake in rubber suit, expert says
The Bigfoot in the freezer is made of rubber, a Web posting asserted Tuesday. The initial promoter of two hikers' claim that they found the body of Bigfoot in Georgia said he has determined that the discovery was a hoax.
Crime still pays for director Guy Ritchie (Reuters)
Reuters - Guy Ritchie is returning to
form. The British filmmaker first made waves in the late 1990s
with a pair of London-set crime capers -- "Lock, Stock and Two
Smoking Barrels" and "Snatch" -- and made even more when he
married Madonna in 2000.
"Curb" veteran ponders "How to Lose Friends" (Reuters)
Reuters - Bob Weide isn't a guy who shies away from challenges. He logged five years as an executive producer and director on the mostly improvisational HBO comedy "Curb Your Enthusiasm," which means he not only provided direction on a series that eschewed that intangible little element known as a script, but he also worked day after day alongside "Curb" creator-producer-star Larry David and lived to tell the tale.
Berlusconi brings down the house -- and podium
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"Towelhead" title draws objections (Reuters)
Reuters - An Islamic civil rights advocacy group has asked Warner Bros. to change the title of its upcoming film "Towelhead" because, it says, "the word is commonly used in a derogatory manner against people of the Muslim faith or Arab origin."
Dems' plan could include equity in automakers
A standoff between Congressional Democrats and President Bush continued to brew Wednesday, as lawmakers pressed a skeptical administration to help ailing U.S. automakers.
Anderson: Reprising Scully character was 'odd' (AP)
AP - NEW YORK (AP) Gillian Anderson says getting back into Dana Scully's character for "The X-Files: I Want to Believe" was harder than she expected.
Reeves takes stand, says he didn't run into pap (AP)
AP - Keanu Reeves and the paparazzo who's suing him took turns on the witness stand Tuesday, offering different accounts of an incident the photographer said left him seriously injured.
Photographer to blame in Spears hit-run
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Doctor: Jolie chatted, laughed in delivery room
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Obama: 'The buck stops with me'
Sen. Barack Obama today downplayed the impact of a New Yorker cover illustration that depicts him in Muslim attire in the Oval Office, with his wife carrying a machine gun. "I've seen and heard worse," he told CNN's Larry King. The magazine's editors "probably fueled some misconceptions about me," Obama said, "but that was their editorial judgment."
Pope: 'Spiritual desert' growing across world
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Preston on Politics: Barr says he's no Nader
Bob Barr was once a loyal solider in the Republican Party -- a lawmaker GOP leaders could count on to return home each weekend and echo their talking points at local political events, town hall meetings and civic lunches.
Rogen shows some skin in Smith's `Zack and Miri' (AP)
AP - All Seth Rogen really wanted when he came to Hollywood was to make a movie with Kevin Smith.
Indy Digging DVD and Blu-ray (E! Online)
E! Online - Dr. Jones' latest quest is getting the Blu-ray treatment.
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.
7 U.S. soldiers die in Iraq copter crash
Bombs in two parked cars detonated in western Baghdad on Wednesday in quick succession, killing eight people and wounding 25 others, an Interior Ministry official said.
12 trampled to death in Mexico City
Twelve people were fatally trampled Friday night during a raid on a nightclub in northern Mexico City, police said.
`Jumanji' director Johnston does `Captain America' (AP)
AP - Captain America has a new boss.
"Nights In Rodanthe" tells of love's second chances (Reuters)
Reuters - When romantic thriller "Unfaithful" debuted in theaters in May 2002, odds were that it would be quickly forgotten because it opened in the summer season against action-filled competitors such as "Spider-Man"
Tina Fey reprises SNL role as Palin
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