March 10 2010
Robert De Niro set to play Vince Lombardi in movie (AP)
March 10 2010
Animal activists target Calif. sushi restaurant (AP)
AP - Federal agents are investigating a high-end Santa Monica, Calif., sushi restaurant, following a video sting orchestrated by the producers of the Oscar-winning documentary "The Cove."
March 10 2010
R&B star Akon goes to Bollywood (AFP)
Reuters - John Krasinski is in negotiations to join Ginnifer Goodwin in "Something Borrowed," a romantic comedy from the company behind "The Blind Side."
March 10 2010
Mexico targets Hollywood with tax incentives (Reuters)
Reuters - Mexico has launched a $20-million tax-incentive program in an ambitious move to lure film production from Hollywood and other locales.
March 10 2010
Man stabbed with meat thermometer at movie in CA (AP)
AP - Authorities say a man was stabbed in the neck with a meat thermometer after asking a woman to silence her cell phone during a screening of the film "Shutter Island" at a Southern California movie theater.
Reuters - Six companies are expected to make binding offers for storied Hollywood studio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer by a newly set March 19 deadline, a source familiar with the situation said on Tuesday.
March 10 2010
Bigelow’s Oscars will change Hollywood, slowly (Reuters)
Reuters - "Hurt Locker" director Kathryn Bigelow wrapped her fingers around that little golden man called Oscar on Sunday and cracked one of Hollywood's glass ceilings, but truly shattering it may take more time.





