Legendary Comic Phyllis Diller Dies at 95

Chris Buck The actress and comedian was famous for her eccentric stage persona of a wild-haired, raspy-voiced housewife. Phyllis Diller, the pioneering comedian whose wisecracks about her looks and whose crackling laugh was identifiable to millions, died Monday in Los…
‘Easy Money II’ Tops Swedish Box Office

The Stockholm crime noir knocks “The Dark Knight Rises” to number two in the Swedish charts. COLOGNE, Germany – Easy Money II, the sequel to Daniel Espinosa‘s Stockholm crime thriller, has followed in its predecessor’s footsteps, entering the Swedish box office at…
Schweiger, Petzold and Von Trotta on German Oscar Short List

Action film “Guardian Angels,” Berlinale winner “Barbara” and biopic “Hannah Arendt” among Best Foreign Film contenders. COLOGNE, Germany – New films from Til Schweiger, Margarette von Trotta, Christian Petzold and Leander Haussmann are among the short list candidates for Germany’s entry for the 2013 Oscar for…
The Richard Dreyfuss and Tatiana Maslany-starring drama, marking the “Beverly Hills, 90210” star’s narrative feature debut, starts shooting this week in Cana

Noel Vasquez/Getty Images The Richard Dreyfuss and Tatiana Maslany-starring drama, marking the “Beverly Hills, 90210” star’s narrative feature debut, starts shooting this week in Canada. TORONTO – Breakthrough Entertainment has picked up the U.S. and international distribution rights, excluding Canada,…
Hit and Run: Film Review

  Dax Shepard, left, and Bradley Cooper in “Hit and Run” Dax Shepard, left, and Bradley Cooper in “Hit and Run” The Bottom Line On-the-run love story delivers charm despite some unwise detour srilathaMore Posts - Website
Bullet to the Head’ Trailer: Sylvester Stallone Shoots Bad Guys, Pokes Fun at Age (Video) The movie, an adaptation of the graphic novel, stars the “Expendable 2” actor as a New Orleans hitman who forms an alliance with a N.Y. cop to bring down the killers of their respective partners.

Sylvester Stallone, whose The Expendables 2 opened at No. 1 this weekend, will hit theaters again next year in the action movie Bullet to the Head. OUR EDITOR RECOMMENDS Box Office Report: ‘Expendables 2’ No. 1 With $28.8 Mil, Less Than First Joel Silver’s Dark…
Chuck Lorre, WBTV Near Deal That Includes Film Component The prolific producer behind CBS’ “Big Bang Theory,” “Two and a Half Men” and “Mike & Molly” is close to signing a four-year deal with the studio.

David Strick Chuck Lorre Chuck Lorre is near a new mega-deal with Warner Bros. Television. OUR EDITOR RECOMMENDS Chuck Lorre’s Vanity Cards to Get the Book Treatment TCA: Chuck Lorre on the Future of ‘Two and a Half Men,’ Doing ‘Poop’…