Archive : entertainment

Rap star Kanye West has been arrested on suspicion of vandalism after a row with a photographer at Los Angeles International Airport. The incident happened before he cleared security screening at the airport before boarding a flight to Hawaii. The rapper and his bodyguard were later released on bail, while prosecutors are still considering whether to press charges against the two men. His bodyguard [...]

Organisers have announced the world’s first public screening of new Bond film Quantum of Solace is to take place at this year’s London Film Festival. This will take place on 29th October at the Odeon West End, same night as the film’s world premiere. Based on interviews given by the disgraced former US president to Sir David Frost this festival will open with director Ron Howard’s [...]

According to trade newspaper Variety, two writers from the US version of The Office have been recruited to write a third instalment of Ghostbusters. Lee Eisenberg and Gene Stupnitsky’s hiring is seen as a sure sign the long-mooted comedy will finally be made. It is hoped that this new film will reunite the original cast. This Ghostbusters and its 1989 sequel with Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd and [...]

The action spoof Tropic Thunder starring Ben Stiller, has held off competition from a number of new films to stay top of the North American box office for a second weekend. The movie tells the story of a group of actors who end up fighting in a real war. It took $16.1m (£8.7m) in its second weekend beating campus comedy The House Bunny which opened with $15.1m (£8.2m). 3rd in line is futuristic [...]

The studio film Twentieth Century Fox has applied to a Los Angeles court to block the release of Watchmen, based on the comic books written by Alan Moore. Fox says that it bought film rights to the series in the 1980s, has been given the go-ahead to launch an injunction against rival Warner Bros. Warner Bros spokesman said that they respectfully disagree with Fox’s position and do not believe [...]