Since the dawn of the American cinematic blockbuster in the late 1970s and early 1980s, moviegoers have eagerly waited for May - the unofficial beginning of summertime. This summer is no different.

Ray star Kerry Washington has topped a new online list of 2007 femme fatales.

Actor-director John Turturro will distribute his movie Romance & Cigarettes with his own money, after a studio takeover left it on the scrap-heap. The musical was made in 2004 with an ensemble cast including James Gandolfini, Kate Winslet, Susan Sarandon, Steve Buscemi and Christopher Walken.

John Turturro begged Kate Winslet not to slim for her role in Romance And Cigarettes because her post-pregnancy curves were perfect for the part. Turturro was initially concerned Winslet was too lean to play sexy Tula, as she lacked the sensuality he wanted for the character. But once the British beauty and her director husband Sam Mendes had baby Joe in 2003, her curves returned and Turturro was delighted.

Kate Winslet once hired a "random driver" to ferry her breast milk home to her hungry infant son. The stunning actress had just given birth to baby Joe when she went back to work, to film 'Romance and Cigarettes', but she was determined to still feed him naturally. So she expressed her milk in between takes so that when she got home she could give it to him.

James Gandolfini uses his art to stand up for the working class because he feels they are badly treated. The star, 44, particularly enjoyed researching for his role as Nick Murder in new romantic comedy Romance And Cigarettes because his character is a normal man affected by every day issues.

James Gandolfini was shocked by his latest co-star Kate Winslet's foul's mouth because it contradicted her image as an English rose. The New Jersey actor, famous for his role as mob father Tony Soprano, insists the actress soon became his swearing rival on the set of musical comedy Romance And Cigarettes.

A study released today in the journal Pediatrics shows a direct link between viewing smoking in movies and adolescents who then choose to start smoking. Conducted by Dr. James Sargent at the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in Hanover, New Hampshire, and funded by the National Cancer Institute, the study, Exposure to Movie Smoking: Its Relation to Smoking Initiation Among U.S. Adolescents, is the first national study to indicate that young people have a higher risk of lighting up as their exposure to movie smoking increases.