Filed under: Scandals, Recession Actor Kevin Bacon famous for the six degrees of separation theory -- that is, Kevin Bacon is connected by film role to every actor through at most six other actors. For instance, Bacon was a guest on NBC's Will and Grace when Will said to Bacon, "You did a movie with...

Filed under: Drama, Awards, 20th Century Fox, Oscar Watch, Cinematical Indie, War, Nicole Kidman I guess we won't be seeing the first female President of the United States in 2009, but we could at least see the first female cinematographer nominated for an Academy Award (in the cinematography catego...

Filed under: Consumer experience, General Electric (GE), Time Warner (TWX), Walt Disney (DIS), Viacom (VIA), Sony Corp ADR (SNE), News Corp'B' (NWS) So here's the deal -- home theater systems are so popular these days that some perceive them as a threat to the movie business. But DreamWorks Animatio...

Filed under: Animation, Casting, Family Films, Images The best family films aren't only for the kids; they look like a kiddie package but pack enough of an adult punch to make everyone happy. It looks like Monsters vs. Aliens might be just that. It is, and I quote from the new goodie extravaganza ov...

Filed under: HD DVD We don't know if Jeffrey Katzenberg got a text message, fax, e-mail or smoke signal indicating the format war was over, but Video Business has confirmed Paramount and Dreamworks Animation will (rather abruptly) to stop releasing HD DVDs after next week. If you were looking forwar...