‘Lost Boys’ actor Corey Haim dead in Burbank at 38 (AP)
AP – The Los Angeles coroner’s office says “The Lost Boys” actor Corey Haim is dead at 38.
Animal activists target Calif. sushi restaurant (AP)
AP – Federal agents are investigating a high-end Santa Monica, Calif., sushi restaurant, following a video sting orchestrated by the producers of the Oscar-winning documentary “The Cove.”
Review: `Green Zone’ is a failure of intelligence (AP)
AP – All the war-zone authenticity in the Arab world cannot salvage the silly Hollywood plot at the heart of “Green Zone,” Matt Damon and Paul Greengrass’ first collaboration outside the Jason Bourne realm.
Robert De Niro set to play Vince Lombardi in movie (AP)
AP – Robert De Niro is set to play Vince Lombardi in an upcoming movie.
John Krasinski joins "Something" romantic comedies (Reuters)
Reuters – John Krasinski is in negotiations to join Ginnifer Goodwin in “Something Borrowed,” a romantic comedy from the company behind “The Blind Side.”
De Niro signs up to play football icon Lombardi (Reuters)
Reuters – He has played killers and cops in the movies, and two-time Oscar winner Robert De Niro may soon take on the role of iconic U.S. football coach Vince Lombardi in a film backed by sports television network ESPN.
Mexico targets Hollywood with tax incentives (Reuters)
Reuters – Mexico has launched a $20-million tax-incentive program in an ambitious move to lure film production from Hollywood and other locales.
Man stabbed with meat thermometer at movie in CA (AP)
AP – Authorities say a man was stabbed in the neck with a meat thermometer after asking a woman to silence her cell phone during a screening of the film “Shutter Island” at a Southern California movie theater.
MGM expected to draw six bids by March 19: source (Reuters)
Reuters – Six companies are expected to make binding offers for storied Hollywood studio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer by a newly set March 19 deadline, a source familiar with the situation said on Tuesday.
Bigelow’s Oscars will change Hollywood, slowly (Reuters)
Reuters – “Hurt Locker” director Kathryn Bigelow wrapped her fingers around that little golden man called Oscar on Sunday and cracked one of Hollywood’s glass ceilings, but truly shattering it may take more time.