DALLAS, March 8, 2010 - Among the flashing lights, the glitz and the glamour, Hollywood paid homage to the "best of the best" movies for 2009.

LONDON, February 22, 2010 - The Hurt Locker was named Best Film at tonight’s Orange British Academy Film Awards, held at London’s Royal Opera House. The film also won five other awards

CHARLOTTESVILLE VA., February 20, 2010 - John Hunter wants his students to change the world.One short chat with the elementary school teacher about his World Peace Game and you start to believe it may be possible.

LOS  ANGELES - Based on journalist Mark Boal's real experiences following bomb disposal experts in Iraq, The Hurt Locker isn't just a welcome return to big-screen action from director Kathryn Bigelow (who has wrung both fame and infamy from her art with Near Dark, Strange Days and Point Break).

LOS ANGELES - The actress, found dead on Sunday, kept a busy schedule even as she acknowledged health issues. Film companies are weighing how to market her latest projects, including 'Something Wicked.'

Clyde Shelton (Gerard Butler) is an upstanding family man whose wife and daughter are brutally murdered during a home invasion. When the killers are caught, Nick Rice (Jamie Foxx), a hotshot young Philadelphia prosecutor, is assigned to the case. Over his objections, Nick is forced by his boss to offer one of the suspects a light sentence in exchange for testifying against his accomplice.

SAVANNAH, Ga. — The 2009 annual Savannah Film Festival, hosted by the Savannah College of Art and Design opened tonight with the university’s President Paula Wallace presenting the Outstanding Achievement in Cinema Award to Woody Harrelson and Ben Foster for recognition of their work in the acclaimed drama, “The Messenger.” Also, on hand to share the tribute was the film’s director and co-writer, Oren Moverman. Following the tribute to both actors festival goers were treated to a special screening of the film.

LOS ANGELES - Academy Award-nominated actor Chazz Palminteri has signed a deal to write and co-produce "Wall Street Mafia" with California-based Fiore Films.

The film is expected to be in pre-production by December with filming to begin on-location in New York in February and a nationwide theatrical release towards the end of 2010.

Warner Bros. Digital Distribution (WBDD) today announced it has expanded its digital film offerings through new and existing agreements with Oscilloscope Laboratories, Gravitas Ventures, Wolfe Video, First Look Studios, Full Moon Features, MarVista Entertainment, Image Entertainment and Lantern Lane Entertainment, Ltd.

NEW YORK - New York, I Love You is a collective work of eleven short films, with each segment running around 10 minutes long. The shorts don't exactly relate but they all have something in common, love. Every short is about finding love...

Jewish communities around the world are surrendering to the lure of assimilation. In an effort to reverse this trend, Jewish mega-philanthropists are bringing tens of thousands of young Jews on free visits to Israel in a project called Taglit Birthright Israel.

The film follows Ann Arbor Daily Telegram reporter Bob Wilton (Ewan McGregor), who one day interviews Gus Lacey, a man who claims to have psychic abilities. Bob shrugs Lacey off as crazy. Soon after, Bob's wife leaves him for his one-armed editor.

International Lineup to Feature Breakthrough Installations and Performances from Nao Bustamante, Gina Czarnecki, Petko Dourmana, Jens Franke and Thomas Gläser,Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Eric Gradman, Michael Joaquin Grey, Ragnar Kjartansson, Kalup Linzy, Matthew Moore, Pipilotti Rist and Tracey Snelling
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PARK CITY, UT - Sundance Institute announced today the selection of 13 artists from six countries whose works will be presented as part of the 2010 edition of New Frontier at Sundance Film Festival. A collection of digital art, film screenings, multimedia performances, site-specific installations and video presentations will be presented in a fully immersive media lounge environment for Festival goers to experience throughout the Festival.

Ten year-old Sandra is distinctly African looking. Her parents, Abraham and Sannie, are white Afrikaners, unaware of their black ancestry. They are shopkeepers in a remote area of the Eastern Transvaal and, despite Sandra’s mixed-race appearance, have lovingly brought her up as their ‘white’ little girl.

Sandra is sent to a boarding school in the neighbouring town of Piet Retief, where her (white) brother Leon is also studying, but parents and teachers complain that she doesn’t belong.

Actor Patrick Swayze died today at the age of 57, it has been sadly repor ted.  Swayze’s publicist said the actor - who had been publicly battling pancreatic cancer for the past two years - passed away with his family at his side.

Active in the industry for thirty years, Swayze’s onscreen debut came in the role of as “Ace” in 1979’s “Skatetown, U.S.A..

Imagine having a dream, writing a screenplay based on your night’s slumber, then turning that story into an award-winning screenplay that takes you to the Sundance Labs. After a chance meeting with an actor at a festival party, the established, name talent expresses interest in this story.