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Exclusives: Writer-director options fiction biz satire to adapt -- Writer-director John August has optioned Steve Hely's novel 'How I Became a Famous Novelist.'

Film News: 'Watchmen' actress reunites with director -- Carla Gugino has reunited with 'Watchmen' director Zack Snyder on 'Sucker Punch,' the Warner Bros./Legendary drama about a girl who's institutionalized by her wicked stepfather and retreats into an alternative reality as a coping strategy.

Animal control officials are trying to find out how two dead 4-foot-long leopard sharks ended up in a trash can in Norwalk. Southeast Area Animal Control Authority Director Aaron Reyes said Monday that the dead sharks were discovered after a resident noticed...

Exclusives: Director to tackle Russia-Georgia conflict -- Renny Harlin has been set to direct an untitled drama based on actual events that took place during the five-day Russia-Georgia conflict.

American actress Linsay Lohan posted a note on Twitter today hinting that she landed a role in a movie from director Robert Rodriguez.

Victoria Bailey, the executive director of the Theater Development Fund, responds to readers' questions about how to get the most out of the TKTS experience.

Where else have the actors performed? How does ELTC's artistic director choose a production season? How does an 11-year old boy feel about being onstage four nights a week? And who is O. Henry?

Tisa Chang, Artistic Producing Director of Pan Asian Repertory Theatre announces its 33rd season with the East Coast premiere of IMELDA, A New Musical. The limited engagement plays September 22nd - October 18th, 2009 at The Julia Miles Theatre, 424 West 55th Street. Opening night is Wednesday, September 30, 2009 at 7:00 p.m.

Nowhere Boy, a portrait of John Lennon's early years that stars Kristin Scott Thomas and Anne-Marie Duff, will bring the curtain down on this year's jamboreeNowhere Boy, the debut feature film from artist Sam Taylor-Wood, has been chosen as the closing night film at this year's London film festival. A portrait of John Lennon's early years, Nowhere Boy was described by LFF artistic director Sandra Hebron as 'less a biopic and more a love-story . as accomplished as it is moving, and will ensure the festival ends on a high note'.The film is written by Matt Greenhalgh, whose script for Control, the study of Joy Division frontman Ian Curtis, won much praise two years ago. Nowhere Boy stars Aaron Johnson as the young Lennon and Thomas Sangster as a teenage Paul McCartney. Kristin Scott Thomas plays Lennon's Aunt Mimi, while Anne-Marie Duff is his mother, Julia.Taylor-Wood today called the making of the film 'one of the most transforming experiences of my life'. However, the production has n

Steven Spielberg has a new imaginary friend. The A-list director has signed on for his next project, and it's a remake of 'Harvey,' about a grown man's friendship with a 6-foot-3-inch invisible white rabbit who goes by that name.