In a story Oct. 20 about Halloween party ideas, The Associated Press misidentified the horror-movie franchise that featured the hockey-mask-wearing character Jason.
Orange is the New Black star Laverne Cox is set to become the latest actor to tackle Frank-N-Furter in The Rocky Horror Picture Show. The transgender actress will take on the role of the "sweet transvestite from transsexual Transylvania" in a new TV production of Richard O'Brien's cult movie musical.
PHOTOGRAPHS, film memorabilia and artwork from one of the most glittering careers in film have netted almost A 780,000 at auction. More than 460 items from the family archive of legendary film actor and director Lord Richard Attenborough have been sold at auction at Bonhams this week.
" A stolen totem pole that went from the garden decor of two golden age Hollywood actors to the basement of a Hawaii museum will be returned Thursday to Alaska tribal members. Screen legend John Barrymore was traveling the Alaska coast by yacht and directed crew members to take the totem pole from an unoccupied village in 1931, said University of Alaska Anchorage professor Steve Langdon, who has long researched the object.
Fox chose the "Orange Is the New Black" actress to play the role made famous by Tim Curry in the 1975 original, which still plays at midnight showings all over the country. The new version will be a two-hour TV special, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
He's starred in several blockbuster movies including "The Big Chill," "Jurassic Park" and "Independence Day." Jeff Goldblum is 63 today.
Eli Roth was strolling past gore-covered zombie soldiers on a recent evening, the sound of terrified shrieking in his ears, a look of pure joy on his face. "Dead soldiers - wow, they sure crossed the boundaries of taste with that one," he said appreciatively as he walked through one of the "scare zones" at Universal Studios' Halloween Horror Nights.
At "Rocky Horror Picture Show" live show: "We're encouraging our audience to shout out and have a good time." When Northampton Community College theater had the rights for its planned production of "The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee" pulled, director Bill Mutimer looked for another contemporary show for the Bethlehem Township college to perform.
Next month marks the 40th anniversary of the death of Italian film director Pier Paolo Pasolini, who was found murdered on a beach near Rome on November 2 1975. A 17-year-old rent boy was jailed for the killing though there are other theories involving a Mafia hit and an extortion plan gone wrong.