Forrest Gump (movie)

The Palmetto State has stars in its eyes. Film industry professionals Thursday celebrated a new law they think will expand their industry in South Carolina. Richard Futch, former casting director for the TV show "Army Wives," said the Film Rebates...

Renowned sleight-of-hand magician, actor, author and historian Ricky Jay learned his craft from the best in the field, including Al Fosso, Slydini, Cardini, Dai Vernon and Charlie Miller. These men never made a lot of money during their long careers,...

In a world of increasing segmentation, allow me to add a couple of segments. As I see it, the world can be divided into two distinct groups _ people who were alive on June 20, 1975, and people who don't know what it was like. What they don't know is...

It will be a weekend filled with "Lincoln" events related to both the Steven Spielberg movie and the real-life visits of the 16th president in the final weeks of his life and the Civil War. In a weekend that combines Hollywood and history, and...

Producer and former studio chief Sherry Lansing will receive the 2013 Israel Film Festival Lifetime Achievement Award at the opening-night gala April 18 at the Writers Guild Theater in Beverly Hills. Named president of 20th Century Fox in 1980, Lansing,...

BACinema Beverly Arts Center 2407 W. 111th St. 773-445-3838 beverlyartcenter.org *"The Waiting Room" (U.S.; Peter Nicks, 2012) Shot over five months in an Oakland public hospital, "The Waiting Room" explores the state of medical care for the nation's...

Mumford & Sons wrapped up a completely unpredictable Grammy Awards with perhaps the most surprising win of the night, taking home album of the year for "Babel." It was an event that even shocked the London folk-rockers. "We figured we weren't going to...

Two-time Oscar winner Denzel Washington is no stranger to acting challenges, and he has one of his biggest yet in this compelling drama from director Robert Zemeckis ("Forrest Gump"). Inspired by experiences of screenwriter John Gatins, the film casts...

Anne Hathaway, in her much-talked about role as Fantine in Tom Hooper's adaptation of "Les Misérables," will compete for a Screen Actors Guild award against Helen Hunt ("The Sessions"), Sally Field ("Lincoln"), Nicole Kidman ("The Paperboy") and Maggie...

"Poetic" is the way British costume designer Joanna Johnston describes her journey creating the costumes for Steven Spielberg's newest film, the intimate epic "Lincoln," starring Daniel Day-Lewis and Sally Field. Having collaborated with Spielberg on many...

Robert Zemeckis, who won the best director Oscar for 1994's "Forrest Gump," is the recipient of the Palm Springs International Film Festival's Director of the Year award for his latest film, "Flight," starring Denzel Washington  as a pilot who is...

With its founder Michael Kutza nearing his half-century mark as leader, the Chicago International Film Festival announced its 48th edition slate Thursday. Heavily concentrated, as it has been in recent years, at the downtown AMC River East 21 multiplex,...