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Sydney Pollack dies of cancer at 73

An agent for actor and director Sydney Pollack says the Academy Award winner has died. He was 73.

Oscar: the best moment of the night

Once was never going to win best film, but the win for best song seemed like the most genuine moment of the night. I like to think that a lot of the people in that crowd realized what I did - that as big and bold and lavish and exciting as their industry is, it s mostly lost touch with the most important quality of all, honesty.

Heath Ledger Dead

Actor Heath Ledger was found dead today in a Broome Street apartment, apparently from a drug overdose.

Film and television celebrities express support for striking writers

A mass picket outside Universal Studios in Universal City, California Tuesday brought out scores of film and television personalities to support striking writers in the second week of their walk-out.

US film and television writers launch their struggle

Twelve thousand members of the Writers Guild of America (WGA) walked off the job Monday morning, as negotiators for the union and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) broke off talks Sunday night at 9:30 West Coast time, without reaching an agreement. The Writers Guild in New York had officially declared a strike at 12:01 Eastern time, 9 p.m. in Hollywood. This is the first writers strike in nearly 20 years. No talks are currently scheduled between the two sides.

Off The Lot: One Filmmaker's Best Revenge

Just because he's standing next to a cow, doesn't mean he's a farmer. Jeremy Corray is a filmmaker from the American Midwest. He says that while most filmmakers just fly over the red states en route between Los Angeles and New York, there's actually some great filmmaking happening down there in the cornfields of Southern Illinois. But Jeremy's lucky because he has a toe both in Hollywood and Middle America.

Software Exploited by Pirates Goes to Work for Hollywood

BitTorrent will commingle free downloads of users own video uploads with sales of professional fare. And while it will sell digital copies of shows like 24 and Bones for $1.99 an episode, it will only rent movies. Once the films are on the PC, they expire within 30 days of their purchase or 24 hours after the buyer begins to watch...

Torrents of Interest - Yahoo! Buzz Log

Via Waxy: Yahoo reports on increased torrent search activity leading up to Oscars.

The Stars Have Gotten Small

Orlando Bloom as a case study on the failure of Hollywood to develop its stars.