Hollywood Stories
All Hollywood studios now lined up behind Blu-Ray
All six major Hollywood studios are now in the Blu-ray DVD camp, a day after Toshiba pulled the plug on HD DVD and Blu-ray became effectively the only next-generation game in town. Paramount Home Entertainment quietly came onboard via a statement issued Wednesday to The Hollywood Reporter: We are pleased that the industry is moving to a single high-definition format, as we believe it is in the best interest of the consumer, the statement read. As we look to (begin) releasing our titles on ...
China state newspaper lambastes Spielberg on Darfur
A top Chinese state newspaper has lambasted Hollywood director Steven Spielberg for quitting the Beijing Olympic Games over Darfur, saying childish vanity politics lies behind Western criticism of Beijing policy.
Hollywood Quartet Urge SAG to Negotiate
Oscar-winning quartet George Clooney, Meryl Streep, Reobert De Niro and Tom Hanks are urging the
Screen Actors Guild to quickly start its contract negotiations with Hollywood producers in order to avoid another strike.
Hollywood engine on idle as strike winds down
Labor peace returned to Hollywood on Monday, but the town's production machine remained at a low idle ahead of a vote by striking film and TV writers on whether to return to work after a three-month clash with major studios.
Oscars saved as Hollywood writers' and Producers Reach Tentative Deal
The Writers Guild of America and studio chiefs have reached a tentative deal for a new three-year contract to end the Hollywood writer's strike.
Ledger Funeral to be Held Saturday in Perth, Confirms Father
A private funeral for Hollywood actor Heath Ledger will be held in Perth today his family says, according to reports.
In glitz-starved awards season, all eyes on SAG fete
Sunday's Screen Actors Guild Awards will be the industry's first red-carpet event in this strike-fractured awards season, and even the prospect of heavy rain hasn't dampened the enthusiasm.
Golden Globes is Picket Free
Hollywood striking writers said Friday they will not picket the Golden Globe Awards after the organizers of the event announced it will take control from TV network NBC and will instead, have the live event broadcast to all media.
Golden Globes a bust for everyone in Hollywood
Here is the cold, hard reality of the 65th annual Golden Globe Awards that will be handed out Sunday at the Beverly Hilton: A lot of people are going to lose a lot of money.
Hollywood moguls show their unity in strike
The heads of Hollywood's film and TV studios signed a statement of unity on Sunday, a day after striking screenwriters signaled they would try a divide and conquer strategy in an increasingly bitter strike that is paralyzing the industry.
Prolonged writers strike a nightmare for TV biz
Television executives' nightmare scenarios for 2008 are coming closer to reality as the Hollywood writers strike enters its sixth week Monday.
Screenwriters Contract Details Released
Striking Hollywood writers represented by the Writers Guild of America (WGA) rejected a new royalty payments proposal offer from the industry's executives.
Hollywood Strikers hit massive rollback
Striking Hollywood writers represented by the Writers Guild of America (WGA) rejected a new royalty payments proposal offer from the industry's executives.
Screenwriters disparage new studio offer
Labor negotiators for the major Hollywood studios presented striking screenwriters on Thursday with a new set of proposed pay formulas for digital media, but the writers' union immediately rebuffed the offer as far too stingy.
Hollywood giants sue Chinese Internet site: report
Five Hollywood studios have sued a Chinese online service and internet cafe they accuse of offering pirated downloads of Pirates of the Caribbean and other hit films, state media reported on Thursday.
George Clooney donates $25,000 for strike relief
George Clooney has donated $25,000 to the show business charity the Actors Fund to provide emergency relief for workers facing financial hardship due to the strike by Hollywood screenwriters.
Screenwriters, studios to renew talks
With the worst Hollywood labor crisis in 20 years headed for its third week, striking screenwriters and major studios have agreed to renew contract talks, offering the first glimmer of hope their deadlock can be broken.
Epic Beowulf gets high-tech, Hollywood makeover
Dusty Old English poem Beowulf, long required reading in schools, goes Hollywood this coming Friday in a bit of high-tech animated movie trickery that its makers are loath to call animation.
Hollywood workers fret as strike enters Week 2
There is the realization that some will be forced to leave the business, and it's unlikely they will return.
Schwarzenegger seeks to end writers strike
California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, best known in Hollywood for playing the Terminator, said on Thursday he has assumed an unspecified backstage role to bring an end to the screenwriters strike.
Public face key as writers' strike goes forward
The Writers Guild of America'smedia strategy has both shied away from and desperately needed a public face.
Hollywood writers begin strike after talks collapse
U.S. film and television writers went on strike on Monday, after last-minute talks aimed at averting the Writers Guild of America's first strike in almost two decades collapsed.
Hollywood writers call Monday strike
The union representing U.S. screenwriters called for a strike against film and TV studios starting on Monday in a move giving negotiators one last weekend to reach a contract deal or shatter 20 years of Hollywood labor peace.
Hollywood writers edge closer to strike
Negotiators representing Hollywood's screenwriters have recommended the union go on strike for the first time in two decades, a move that could fill U.S. television screens with reruns and reality shows.
Hollywood writers rush to finish scripts
Given the Writers Guild of America contract expiration of midnight Wednesday, scribes are feverishly putting finishing touches on their projects and having them biked or messenger-pouched over to the studios.
Hollywood studios go after two piracy sites
The Motion Picture Assn. of America has filed suit against two Web sites that it claims are allowing Internet users to view pirated films, many of which are still in theaters.
Division over next-generation DVDs deepening
Hollywood studios are becoming deeply divided over which high-definition technology will replace the DVD, increasing prospects that it will be years before next-generation players become standard equipment in U.S. households.
Cheadle uses fame to promote social causes
Fame can be used to 'take the focus, when it's put on you, and throw it onto other things,' he says.
Cyworld Signs Hollywood Agent to Recruit Partners
Korean social networking Cyworld's recently launched U.S. unit said on Thursday it signed with a Hollywood talent agency to help it win licensing deals with media properties that appeal to young Web users.
Hollywood Studios to Allow DVD Burning
Hollywood movie studios are set to allow secure transfer of downloadable movies to DVDs for the first time by using new software to facilitate the process.