LOS ANGELES - "Captain EO" is moonwalking back to Disneyland.
The theme park announced plans Friday to bring back the 3-D sci-fi film starring Michael Jackson next February, over 23 years after the attraction debuted in Anaheim, Calif. The 17-minute film starred the late King of Pop as a singing-and-dancing intergalactic commander. It was directed by Francis Ford Coppola and executive produced by George Lucas.
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Dan O'Bannon, the unassuming sci-fi screenwriter and quirky horror specialist behind the "Alien" film franchise, died Thursday in Los Angeles after a short illness. He was 63.
O'Bannon adapted the Philip K. Dick tales "We Can Remember It for You Wholesale" and "Second Variety" into "Total Recall" (1990) and "Screamers" (1995), respectively. He wrote 1985 space vampire tale "Lifeforce," wrote and directed the zombie parody "The Return of the Living Dead" (1985) and helmed "The Resurrected" (1992), an HP Lovecraft adaptation.
LOS ANGELES - Hollywood picked the right decade to go over the rainbow.
In an era that brought harsh reality home with the war on terror and an economy gone bust, Hollywood became more of a dream factory than ever, embracing fantastic escapism at a time when audiences needed it most.
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The Producers Guild of America will honor Joss Whedon with its 2010 Vanguard Award at the 21st Annual PGA Awards ceremony January 24 at the Hollywood Palladium.
The creative force behind the TV series "Buffy the Vampire Slayer," "Angel," "Firefly" and "Dollhouse," Whedon has also written screenplays for the features "Buffy the Vampire Slayer," "Toy Story," "Atlantis: the Lost Empire," "Alien: Resurrection," "Titan A.E." and "Serenity."
Adding the final names to its guest list for its awards gala, the Palm Springs International Film Festival announced it will present Marion Cotillard with its Desert Palm Achievement Award and will honor Quentin Tarantino with its Sonny Bono Visionary Award... More »
Harry Potter's broom was turbo-charged this year, as the schoolboy wizard's latest film adventure helped Warner Bros. fly well north of $2 billion to repeat atop the annual domestic boxoffice rankings... More »
The "Twilight" vampire franchise topped a survey of 2009 moviegoers' favorites, but film fans were divided over whether they loved or hated this year's "Transformers" sequel... More »
