Paramount Pictures has taken U.S. rights to 'Paranormal Activity' director Oren Peli's follow-up, 'Area 51,' in what is said to be a high-seven-figures deal.

Michael Jackson's posthumous concert-rehearsal documentary, 'This Is It,' will be released on DVD and Blu-ray Jan. 26.

Roman Polanski's family has thanked French President Nicolas Sarkozy for his efforts in securing the director's freedom.

Helen Mirren is reportedly set to reprise her role as British monarch Queen Elizabeth II in an upcoming film about Indira Gandhi.

Natural, untrained talent Lucas Black starred in "American Gothic" (CBS), one of the most highly regarded series of the 1995-96 TV season. The twelve-year-old Black commanded the small screen as a orphaned North Carolina youngster who finds himself thrust

This engaging, stage-trained Black actor spent several years making guest appearances on TV dramas ("Hill Street Blues", "China Beach") and sitcoms ("Night Court", "Fresh Prince of Bel-Air") before landing a berth as the fastidious hotel manager of "The G

Pretty auburn-haired performer Lauren German started her career with a series of memorably sinister roles, from her portrayal of a manipulative and self-absorbed college student MTV's "Undressed" (2000) to her turn as a mean-spirited high school peer of M

Blandly handsome, intense young lead of stage and screen. McCarthy made a name for himself appearing in a number of coming-of-age films during the 1980s, most notably "Class" (1983), his debut film; "Heaven Help Us", a funny evocation of Catholic

Stage-trained character actress, probably best known as the waitress Flo in Martin Scorsese's "Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore" (1975). Formerly married to actor Bruce Dern, with whom she had daughter Laura Dern, Ladd co-starred with her daughter in David

With producer and co-writer Ethan, Joel Coen has been part of the most celebrated brother act in recent entertainment memory. He has helmed a series of stylish, irreverent and cinema-savvy movies that have charmed critics while thrilling an initially smal

A bright, inventive sketch player and comic actor whose portrayals of such characters as Zoraida, the in-your-face NBC page, and Queen Shaniqua, the Afrocentric critic, on four seasons of "Saturday Night Live" (1991-95) put her on the upward career tract.

After an auspicious, Oscar-nominated debut as Jake La Motta's blonde wife Vicki in Martin Scorsese's "Raging Bull" (1980)--a role she played while still a senior in high school--Cathy Moriarty followed up with disappointing features like "Neighbors" (1981

Willowy yet strong, seemingly more delicate than her 5'7" height, Kim Delaney has seen her small screen career go from her debut in 1981 as virginal Jenny Gardner on ABC's sudser "All My Children" to joining the cast of ABC's

Ruggedly handsome leading man who has proven adept in a variety of leading and supporting roles on the big and small screen. Following high school graduation, Fahey spent a number of years trekking around the world doing odd jobs to

Low-key stand-up comedian and comic actor. Shandling started off in Hollywood as a sitcom writer for such shows as "Sanford and Son" and "Welcome Back, Kotter". He started his standup comedy career in 1978, writing and performing his own material

This Canadian comic, long in the US, possesses a comic persona often is punctuated with a "What?" as if he is not understanding where the audience's laughter is coming from. In fact, Mandel often offers a cross between childlike innocence