Thandie Newton has shocked Hollywood by insisting racism is still prevalent within the movie industry.

NEW YORK (AP) - "Crash" director Paul Haggis has severed his ties with the Church of Scientology in part because of the organization's stance against gay marriage.

Thandie Newton has credited her mother with shielding her from racism while she was growing up in England - although her efforts strained their relationship at times.

From the visionary imagination of filmmaker Henry Selick, director of The Nightmare Before Christmas, and based on the award-winning novel by Newbery Medal winner Neil Gaiman

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Actors Cuba Gooding Jr. and Terrence Howard will star in Lucasfilm's upcoming World War II saga "Red Tails," a drama is based on the Tuskegee Airmen.

The best we can say is that writer-director Wayne Kramer means well with "Crossing Over" - he means to put a human face on the unwieldy and divisive topic of illegal immigration.

Actor Matt Dillon has been offered a plea deal in relation to his December arrest for speeding.

Sunday, February 22, 2009, will mark the 81st Annual Academy Awards, but does anyone really care? Last year's telecast was one of the lowest rated in history, pulling in only 31.76 million viewers

Special guest Will Leitch, Deadspin founder and current contributing editor at New York Magazine, and our own Mike Ryan have taken their Oscar disagreements public in a series of open letters

Saying a Best Picture winner is overrated is quite simple. If you think a movie is terrible and it won Best Picture ipso facto it is overrated. But what about an underrated Best Picture winner?