Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds and movie musical Nine are leading the awards season charge with 10 nominations apiece from the Broadcast Film Critics Association.

Last week I had a chance to catch "Invictus," director Clint Eastwood's latest effort. A lot of early buzz suggests the film should be a Best Picture contender at the Academy Awards,

Pop star Fergie studied Italian cinema and its leading ladies to perfect her performance as a prostitute in much-anticipated movie musical Nine.

Pop star Fergie has joined the all-star cast of movie musical Nine, according to reports.

The role Kate Hudson will play in her movie musical debut was written especially for her. Her Nine character - a Vogue magazine writer called Stephanie - didn't feature in the original Broadway show.

On April 22's episode of American Idol, renowned composer and lyricist Andrew Lloyd Weber stood patiently trying to teach a blank-eyed Jason Castro the song, "Memory" from one of history's most popular musicals, "Cats."

Penelope Cruz has been ordered to quit smoking so she can sing in her next movie. The Spanish actress needs to show off her singing voice in Nine - which is directed by Rob Marshall and Cruz' boyfriend Javier Bardem and Italian screen legend Sophia Loren.

Two movies starring Johnny Depp and Penelope Cruz have become the latest casualties of the Hollywood writers' strike. Depp was due to have started filming director Mira Nair's Shantaram in February, but the production start date has now been called off.

Catherine Zeta-Jones has reportedly pulled out of director Rob Marshall's film adaptation of the musical Nine after falling out with the filmmaker.