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Polanski lawyer claims LA Superior Court biased - 01/05/2009

An attorney for fugitive movie director Roman Polanski is seeking to have the Los Angeles County Superior Court removed from his notorious sex case, accusing the court on Monday of bias and prejudice against Polanski. Polanski has been a fugitive in France for 30 years after pleading guilty to having sex with a 13-year-old girl in Los

Death certificate: Travolta son killed by seizure - 01/05/2009

Jett Travolta's body shows no sign of head trauma and his death certificate says he was killed by a "seizure," an undertaker said Monday, as the 16-year-old's celebrity parents prepared for a Florida funeral. Glen Campbell, assistant director of the Bahamian funeral home handling the remains of John Travolta's son, told The

`Marley' digs in at No. 1 spot with $24M weekend - 01/05/2009

Jennifer Aniston and Owen Wilson's family dog tale "Marley & Me" nuzzled its way to another top finish at the box office, pulling in $24.3 million over its second weekend. The top 20 movies at U.S. and Canadian theaters Friday through Sunday, followed by distribution studio, gross, number of theater locations, average re

`Dark Knight' vies for Producers Guild best pic - 01/05/2009

The Batman blockbuster "The Dark Knight" is among the films competing for best-picture honors from the Producers Guild of America. Other best-picture nominees Monday: "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button," "Frost/Nixon," "Milk" and "Slumdog Millionaire." The nominees for bes

• Universal sells Rogue to financing partner

• 'Monsters vs. Aliens' gets 3D Super Bowl promo

• Veteran actor Pat Hingle dies at 84 in NC home

• Critics pick 'Waltz With Bashir' as best '08 film

• John Travolta's 16-year-old son dies in Bahamas

• Report: Overseas box office record broken

• Will Smith voted 2008's top moneymaking movie star

• Actor Matt Dillon charged with speeding in Vermont

• Brother accused of embezzling from Dane Cook

• France's Isabelle Huppert to head Cannes film jury

• Woody Harrelson weds longtime love in Maui

• Man charged in Hudson killings appears in court

• Actors Bacon, Sedgwick among Madoff victims

• Lark Previn, daughter of Mia Farrow, dies at 35

• Fox says it will try to stop 'Watchmen'

• 'Terminator' to be preserved in US film registry