by Eric Kohn (September 10, 2008)For certain movies, placement in the Discovery section of the Toronto International Film Festival almost seems like a plea. The festival catalogue calls the program "your introduction to gifted and innovative directors who are certain

by Michael Koresky (September 10, 2008)[An indieWIRE review from Reverse Shot.]Not far into his feature directorial debut, "Towelhead," Alan Ball offers us the sight of a thirteen-year-old girl having her first period in a bathroom stall; this is shot from

This generation's ' Lawrence of Arabia '" is how IFC Films and those involved with Steven Soderbergh 's " Che ," are talking about the epic film(s) about Argentine-born revolutionary Ernesto "Che" Guevara that IFC acquired here at the Toronto

Unifrance hosted their annual lunch spotlighting French film at the Toronto International Film Festival this week, which always brings out a large cross-section of French and non-Gaul. TIFF's new co-director Cameron Bailey (right) joined in on the fun along with

Actors Geoffrey Rush and Christian McKay having a bit of a chat at the party for Richard Linklater 's " Me and Orson Welles " at a party early-on during the Toronto International Film Festival . In his critics notebook

Who is the best running back in the NFL? Is it L.T. or Adrian Peterson or Reggie Bush? Kidzworld weighs in and ranks our five fave running backs!

Is there anyone more spectacular than Spider-Man? Heck no! We've got the lowdown on the first DVD release from this awesome cartoon series: Attack of the Lizard!

Rihanna and Kanye gave stellar performances, and Britney won her first VMA ever! Check out our picks for the best and worst dressed at this year's VMAs!

Specifically, I noticed a lot of yellow. This is probably because of all bright colors, yellow is the hue most likely to send me into a rage. Of course, some psychologists might claim that's just because I can't wear it

Perhaps, to counteract this state, I should start wearing some calming blue. That's probably good advice in any high-traffic crowd situation.

Primary colors are supposed to have their own healing properties. So maybe I need to give yellow another chance.

As soon as people began to reflect on stars, fantastic dreams of space exploration occurred. For a long time people have been dreaming of conquering the whole universe. Now we can do it! We can set a complete monopoly in

Two men from Long Beach, Calif. have been charged with the murder of an actor who was gunned down two years ago shortly after he ended filming for "Freedom Writers." Eighteen-year-old Armand Jones walked into a robbery at a Denny's

This year’s Formula 1 season has already been ramped up to fever pitch by jaw-dropping performances from Lewis Hamilton. But the star of the Vodafone McLaren Mercedes Teamcast isn’t ready to kick back and relax just yet. He’s determined to

Presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., appeared on "Late Show with David Letterman" in New York on Wednesday after a day of heated debate by media and political pundits over comments some took as a slam against Republican vice-presidential candidate

Movies about Richard Nixon, George W. Bush and Che Guevara join James Bond's latest adventure in the lineup announced Wednesday for this year's London Film Festival.

Carrie Underwood, Kenny Chesney and Alan Jackson were each nominatedfor two or more Country Music Association Awards on Wednesday,including album of the year. Other CMA nominees included Taylor Swift and Rascal Flatts, who were onhand to reveal the some of

A smooth-talking Italian businessman who once dated actress Anne Hathaway and claimed to have friends in high places at the Vatican pleaded guilty Wednesday in a multimillion-dollar real estate fraud case.

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