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Anne Hathaway's ex to be released from Pa. prison

An Italian ex-boyfriend of actress Anne Hathaway is about to be released from a Pennsylvania federal prison following a real-estate scam. Federal Bureau of Prisons spokesman Chris Burke says Raffaello Follieri is scheduled to be released Friday from a prison in Loretto, 80 miles east of Pittsburgh. Follieri pleaded guilty ...

Rep. King: CIA, Pentagon, too close to filmmakers

A House committee chairman charged Wednesday that the CIA and Defense Department jeopardized national security by cooperating too closely with filmmakers producing a movie on the raid that killed Osama bin Laden. Homeland Security Committee Chairman Peter King. R-N.Y., first raised questions about the bin Laden movie last summer, but ...

Director Walter Salles, left, actors Kristen Stewart and Sam Riley pose during a photo call for On the Road at the 65th international film festival, in Cannes, southern France, Wednesday, May 23, 2012. (AP Photo/Lionel Cironneau)

55 years later, 'On the Road' is finally a movie

Fifty-five years after its publication, Jack Kerouac's "On the Road" is finally burning on the big screen. Everyone from Marlon Brando to Jean-Luc Godard to Brad Pitt has circled the classic 1957 novel over the last six decades, but Walter Salles' adaptation is the first to actually get made. The ...

FILE - In this May 18, 2012 file photo, actress Naomi Watts wears a dress by Marchesa as she arrives for the screening of Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted, at the 65th international film festival, in Cannes, southern France. (AP Photo/Loic Venance, file)

AP Photos: Cannes red carpet gets Bond girl flair

Berenice Marlohe, the newest Bond girl, has been making the red carpet at the 65th annual Cannes Film Festival look like a day at the beach. One day it was a gold lame gown by Emilio Pucci with a black lace insert on the halter top; on another it was ...

Actress Kylie Minogue listens during a press conference for Holy Motors at the 65th international film festival, in Cannes, southern France, Wednesday, May 23, 2012. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)

Kylie Minogue at Cannes in bizarre 'Holy Motors'

Holy cow. The most rapturous audience reception at the Cannes Film Festival has gone to "Holy Motors," a disorienting, whirling dream of a movie by French director Leos Carax. Starring Denis Lavant as a man who adopts a dozen wildly different personas during the course of a long Paris day, ...

Actors Shia LaBeouf, left, and Jessica Chastain arrive for the screening of Lawless at the 65th international film festival, in Cannes, southern France, Saturday, May 19, 2012. (AP Photo/Joel Ryan)

Young Hollywood stars strike out on own at Cannes

Vampires, Transformers, singing high-schoolers: They can all be tough to outrun. But at the 65th annual Cannes Film Festival, a number of young Hollywood stars are attempting to do just that. By striking out on their own, they hope to move their careers beyond mega franchises and toward more mature ...

This photo provided by Americans for Indian Opportunity shows LaDonna Harris, left, president of Americans for Indian Opportunity, poses with actor Johnny Depp at her Albuquerque, N.M., home on May 16, 2012. Harris invited Depp to become an adopted member of the Comanche Indian tribe in a private ceremony. Depp is currently filming the role of Tonto in “The Long Ranger” in New Mexico. (AP Photo/Courtesy of Americans for Indian Opportunity)

Comanche tribe makes Johnny Depp honorary member

Johnny Depp has been made an honorary member of the Comanche tribe. Depp is in New Mexico, shooting the film adaptation of "The Lone Ranger." He plays "Ranger" sidekick Tonto in the film. Comanche Nation tribal member LaDonna Harris said Tuesday that the tribal chairman presented Depp with a proclamation ...

British singer Cheryl Cole, left, and U.S. actress Cameron Diaz pose for photographers as they arrive for the European premiere of the movie 'What to Expect When You're Expecting' at a cinema in London, Tuesday, May 22, 2012.  (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)

'What to Expect..' stars in London for UK premiere

The stars of the romantic comedy "What to Expect When You're Expecting" had plenty of praise for each other — and a warning about making out on the hood of a car — during the film's British premiere in London on Tuesday. Cameron Diaz, Chace Crawford and Matthew Morrison, Anna ...

From left, actors William Ruane, Gary Maitland and Paul Brannigan pose for photographs at the reception for the film Angels' Share at the 65th international film festival, in Cannes, southern France, Tuesday, May 22, 2012. (AP Photo/Jonathan Short)

Loach breaks out the kilts at Cannes

British director Ken Loach's new movie "The Angels' Share" is set in Scotland — the perfect excuse to bring out the kilts in Cannes. With a Scottish cast, it tells the tale of a young unemployed trouble-maker who finds redemption through whisky — a result of his fine palate, not ...

Actor Paul Brannigan attends a press conference for The Angel's Share at the 65th international film festival, in Cannes, southern France, Tuesday, May 22, 2012. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)

Loach in Cannes with spirited 'The Angels' Share'

Paul Brannigan, the untrained actor who stars in Ken Loach's latest movie, has gone from being unemployed in a rough Glasgow neighborhood to nude scenes with Scarlett Johansson. But he still doesn't have a job. That says something for the veracity of "The Angels' Share," a rare dram of comedy ...

Actors Jean-Louis Trintignant, third left, Isabelle Huppert and director Michael Haneke arrive for the screening of Love at the 65th international film festival, in Cannes, southern France, Sunday, May 20, 2012. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)

Haneke, Loach among Cannes highlights thus far

The first half of the 65th annual Cannes Film Festival has completed a life cycle in films that range from the motivating spark of child birth to the despair of slow death in old age. The latter came by way of Michael Haneke's "Amour," which is by wide consensus the ...

Director Brandon Cronenberg poses for a photograph prior to an interview with The Associated Press at the 65th international film festival, in Cannes, southern France, Monday, May 21, 2012. (AP Photo/Joel Ryan)

Brandon Cronenberg is a chip off the bloody block

You wait years for a new Cronenberg movie at Cannes, and then two come along at once. Macabre master David Cronenberg's "Cosmopolis" screens at the film festival on Friday — but first off the bat was "Antiviral," the debut feature by his son, Brandon Cronenberg. A horror-meets-satire take on celebrity ...

Actor Brad Pitt poses during a photo call for Killing Them Softly at the 65th international film festival, in Cannes, southern France, Tuesday, May 22, 2012. (AP Photo/Lionel Cironneau)

Brad Pitt brings 'Killing Them Softly' to Cannes

The Cannes Film Festival got its biggest shot of celebrity adrenaline yet on Tuesday, even if it was only half the dose some were expecting. Brad Pitt arrived at the festival with the stylish, hardboiled film "Killing Them Softly," which he produced and stars in. The film, an adaptation of ...

In this film image released by Focus Features, from left, Kara Hayward, Jared Gilman and Jason Schwartzman are shown in a scene from "Moonrise Kingdom." (AP Photo/Focus Features, Niko Tavernise)

Review: Anderson rediscovers balance in 'Kingdom'

The contradiction inherent to all Wes Anderson films — the juxtaposition of the meticulous artificiality of the settings and the passionately wistful emotions that are longing to burst free — is at its most effective in a while in "Moonrise Kingdom." The director and co-writer's tale of first love, filled ...

'Avengers' swamps competition with $55.6M weekend

"The Avengers" torpedoed "Battleship" and Hollywood's other newcomers to remain the No. 1 film for the third-straight weekend with a domestic haul of $55.6 million. That lifted the film's domestic total to $457.7 million, while its worldwide ticket sales have climbed to nearly $1.2 billion. "Battleship" opened a distant No. ...

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