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Filmmaker Alex Gibney took the wraps off his work-in-progress documentary about former New York Governor Eliot Spitzer at the Tribeca Film Festival Saturday night.

Jennifer Lopez's new romantic comedy "The Back-Up Plan" claimed a modest No. 1 slot in the Friday rankings, but it will probably cede that spot to DreamWorks Animation's indefatigable dragons as the weekend proceeds.

As the countdown to the 63rd Festival de Cannes continues, organizers announced a special screening of Lucy Walker's "Countdown to Zero" on Friday, among other late additions to the lineup.

Lionsgate has opened its poison pill defense ballot in Toronto next month to a new voter: Carl Icahn.

The Daytime Emmys will air on CBS after spending last year downshifted to The CW. The Daytime Emmys will air from Las Vegas for the first time.

Rocker-turned-reality star Bret Michaels has suffered a brain hemorrhage and is in critical condition at an undisclosed hospital, People magazine reported on Friday.

Michael Haneke's "The White Ribbon" crowned a phenomenal year with a near-sweep of the 60th German Film Awards.

Simon Cowell increased his personal fortune by £45 million ($69 million) in the past year, according to the Sunday Times' annual rich list.

Paramount Pictures has begun production on its first German-language feature -- the post-apocalyptic thriller "2016: Das Ende Der Nacht" ("2016: The End of Night"), which Roland Emmerich is executive producing.

"Crazy Heart," Fox Searchlight's tale of a booze-addled country singer, was among the movies honored Thursday by the Prism Awards.

Syfy has added two familiar names to its Saturday night movie lineup.

Commentary: It's a brave task to take on an unauthorized biography of Oprah Winfrey, and Kitty Kelley put a lot of work into it, writes Elizabeth Guider.

Top executives of the two firms under attack by most major movie studios and others in Hollywood over plans to create futures commodity markets based on boxoffice returned fire Thursday during a House subcommittee hearing in Washington.

Pixar tentpole "Brave" has been given a release date of June 15, 2012, and there will be another "Monsters, Inc.," scheduled for the 2012 holiday season, precisely Nov. 16.

Featuring a 2D version of the theatrical blockbuster for now, DVDs and Blu-ray discs of James Cameron's "Avatar" were flying off store shelves Thursday, its first day in stores.

Those who have doubted Netflix's stature as a new-media powerhouse have taken their lumps lately, especially on Thursday, when the stock soared past $100 a share for the first time since the company went public eight years ago.

Universal, the first DVD supplier to go to war with Redbox over $1 rentals, and Fox, which joined that fight, announced deals Thursday in which the chain agreed to wait 28 days for the studios' new-release discs.

VIDEO: Jennifer Lopez picked a good weekend to get back on the big screen. Whether "The Back-Up Plan" star picked the right film remains to be seen.

Woody Allen has taken the uncharacteristic step of actually telling people what his next movie is about.

CBS will share broadcast rights to the NCAA men's basketball tournament with Time Warner cable networks for 14 years under a $10.8 billion TV, Internet and wireless rights deal unveiled Thursday.