Release date: May 19, 1999
U.S. box office: $474.5 million (including the recent 3D re-release)
Why it's bad: Has there ever been a worse movie that more people desperately wanted to believe was good? Now that we ha...
The director: Lee Daniels (American, 52 years old)
The talent: Thought Robert Pattinson was the unlikeliest name you'd see leading a Competition title at Cannes? Try Zac Efron out for size. The "High School Musi...
With today's announcement of the Directors' Fortnight selections, this year's Cannes lineup is effectively complete -- bar some late additions that festival director Thierry Frémaux has told us to expect. As it...
What do Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart, Zac Efron and Shia LaBeouf all have in common? Speak up, I can't hear you above all that high-pitched screaming. If what you're trying to say is that they're all set to walk ...
Just say yes to this bit of casting news: Two-time Oscar winner Jane Fonda has signed on to play former first lady Nancy Reagan in the drama "The Butler," from "Precious" director Lee Daniels.
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Last month, we presented 22 Hollywood players whose once-great careers need saving. While it may be be too late for some of them, other stars are on the bubble and can turn things around before they end up on future r...
Trends may be an inevitable fact of life in Hollywood, but that doesn't mean we have to like them. And yet the problem is that a lot of people do like them, at least for awhile, and as a result they keep buying ticket...
As In Contention's Kristopher Tapley would say, "Pencils down." Yes, it's time for the HitFix awards crew to give our final, final, "no we won't change it Saturday night" predictions for the ...
Hollywood fame is a fickle beast, and it's the rare star who's able to keep his/her career viable for any length of time. The 22 actors and directors we've highlighted here are among those whose careers have stumbled ...
We all knew that Marvel was planning a sequel to the summer 2011 hit "Captain America," but we weren't quite sure when they were planning to do it, what with "The Avengers" coming up in May, and &q...
