Movie News: Friday, November 10

Oscar-winning actor Jack Palance dies (AP)
   

AP - Jack Palance, the craggy-faced menace in "Shane," "Sudden Fear" and other films who turned successfully to comedy in his 70s with his Oscar-winning self-parody in "City Slickers," died Friday. Palance died of natural causes at his home in Montecito, Calif., surrounded by family, said spokesman Dick Guttman. He was 87.

Jack Palance Dies at 87
   A very few number of guys come to mind when you use the phrase "a mans man". But always, one of those guys on that list was Jack Palance. Jack Palance died today at the great age of 87. A movie star, an icon, and yeah... a man's man. I swear, in the dictionary they should put this guys picture beside the word "gruff". It didn't matter if he was 70 or 80 or even 87... it wouldn't matter if...

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The Abandoned
    ( Release: Nov. 17, 2006   Rated: Rating Pending    Details  ) — When she was a baby, an American movie producer was adopted from Russia and raised in the United States. When her birth mother dies, she returns to her native home to find a supernatural conspiracy involving spirits haunting her ancestral land — including her own ghostly visage.

Fast Track
    ( Release: Dec. 29, 2006   Rated: PG-13 (MPAA)    Details | Photos  ) — A professional slacker (Zach Braff) is forced to get a real job when his pregnant wife (Amanda Peet) exits the workforce. Making matters worse is that the only job he can get is to work for his demanding father-in-law.

Screamers
    ( Release: Dec. 8, 2006   Rated: Rating Pending    Details  ) — Metal band System of a Down, whose members are all grandchildren of genocide survivors, give a guided tour of the worst genocidal sites on the planet — from the 1915 Armenian genocide, to the Holocaust, Bosnia, Rwanda and, most recently, Darfur.

Come Early Morning - Trailer
   Tells the story of Lucy (Judd), a hard-working, Southern woman, whose personal life has been reduced to a spiral of late nights and one- night stands. When Lucy meets Cal (Jeffrey Donovan), a newcomer to town, she is finally forced to confront her fears as he challenges her accept a more meaningful relationship.

Opal Dream
    (  Details  ) — To escape the boredom of living in the Australian Outback, little Kellyanne (Sapphire Boyce) dreams up two imaginary friends to keep her company — despite being ridiculed by everybody in town for having them. But when Kellyanne claims her invisible pals have run away, her friends and neighbors surprisingly band together to help her find them.

Snoop Dogg's Hood of Horror
    ( Release: Nov. 17, 2006   Rated: R (MPAA)    Details  ) — The Hound of Hell presents three spooky stories about urban players and haters who meet a grisly demise.

Humiliated frat boys sue `Borat' (AP)
   AP - Two fraternity boys from a South Carolina university want to make lawsuit against "Borat" over their drunken appearance in the hit movie.

Dreamgirls Hits the Road (E! Online)
   

E! Online - Producers are hoping a Dreamgirls road show will be a dream come true.

Accused Duff Stalker Claims Innocence (E! Online)
   

E! Online - If it looks like a Duff, and walks like a Duff… 

The 18-year-old Russian man arrested Friday for threatening to kill Hilary Duff pleaded not guilty Tuesday to a felony stalking charge.

City Slickers Oscar Winner Palance Dies (E! Online)
   

E! Online - Jack Palance played a lot of heavies. But as Oscar aficionados can attest, he remained pretty light on his feet.

Drunken frat boys sue Borat
   We all say regrettable things when we're drunk, but unless we're Mel Gibson most of the time it doesn't ruin our reputations. That is, of course unless a film crew and Borat happen to be in town. The folks over at yahoonews.com give us this: SANTA MONICA, Calif. - Two fraternity boys want to make lawsuit against "Borat" over their drunken appearance in the hit movie. The legal action filed...

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Borat Gets a New Suit (E! Online)
   

E! Online - It was only a matter of time, wasn't it?

Actor Jack Palance dies in California (AP)
   

AP - Jack Palance, the craggy-faced menace in "Shane," "Sudden Fear" and other films who turned successfully to comedy at 70 with his Oscar-winning self-parody in "City Slickers," died Friday.

Christmas movie to premiere at Vatican (AP)
   AP - A movie about Christmas by the company that produced the Oscar-winning "The Lord of the Rings" will make its world premiere at the Vatican this month.

Humiliated frat boys sue 'Borat' (AP)
   

AP - Two unsuspecting fraternity boys want to make lawsuit against "Borat" over their drunken appearance in the hit movie.

Spider-Man 3 Trailer
   Well it's here. The new Spider-Man 3 trailer went up online tonight... and I've gota to tell ya... I'm not thrilled with it. As a matter of fact, think I liked the teaser that was out a couple of months ago better. Now, don't get me wrong, I don't hate this trailer. But I think perhaps my expectations were a little too high. I still have no doubt whatsoever that Spider-Man 3 is going to be...

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"Borat" stronger than "Fiction" at box office (Reuters)
   Reuters - Poor Will Ferrell. The popular comedic actor and proven box office draw has taken a big risk with "Stranger Than Fiction."

Raising funds for James Dean arts center (AP)
   AP - Mickey Rooney, Pat Boone and Shannen Doherty helped kick off a fundraising campaign Thursday to restore an Indiana high school that will become the James Dean Performing Arts Center and Museum.

Slamdance fest turning horror scripts into movies (Reuters)
   Reuters - The Slamdance Film Festival, which launched 13 years ago as a guerrilla alternative to the increasingly mainstream Sundance event, is jumping into the filmmaking business.

"Bratz" dolls fashion movie deal (Reuters)
   

Reuters - Lionsgate is getting into the "Bratz" business.

Arkin on "Rendition" ballot (Reuters)
   Reuters - Alan Arkin is in final negotiations to join Jake Gyllenhaal and Reese Witherspoon in the cast of the political thriller "Rendition."

Indie movie executive returns to filmmaking (Reuters)
   Reuters - Filmmaker/studio executive Jeff Lipsky, whose second feature film, "Flannel Pajamas," opens Wednesday in New York, insists he always planned to make movies himself. It's just that he stumbled into the world of independent film acquisition and distribution, and that led to a 30-year detour.