Restless, the film by Gus Van Sant, will open the Un Certain Regard section at the Festival de Cannes.  The director, known for films such as My Own Private Idaho, Good Will Hunting and Milk, is no stranger to the Festival de Cannes. In 2003, he walked away with the Best Director and Palm d’Or [...]

According to police records, an intoxicated Nicolas Cage was arrested at 6:33 a.m. after a fight with his wife, Alice, and later, mouthing off to the cops. The Oscar winning actor, who is filming his new movie Medallion, in New Orleans, caught the police’s attention after getting into a heated argument with his wife over [...]

Penélope Cruz will reunite with Woody Allen on his upcoming project, which is scheduled to start production this summer in Rome. In 2009, Penélope Cruz won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress in Vicky Cristina Barcelona under Woody Allen’s direction. In an exclusive interview with Entertainment Weekly, the actress said, “I know [what I'm [...]

With comedienne-driven Bridesmaids hitting theaters next month, producer Judd Apatow hopes to continue a long career in comedy. We here at the Daily Trojan want to review his career and give you his highlights. Heavy Weights (1995) Executive Producer If you haven’t seen this classic ‘90s comedy that features a juiced Ben Stiller and a [...]

Award-winning director Sidney Lumet, 86, died of lymphoma on Saturday at his home in Manhattan.  Lumet was personally nominated for four Oscars during his lifetime for gritty dramas, such as The Verdict, Network, Dog Day Afternoon and 12 Angry Men.  On being presented an honorary Lifetime Achievement Oscar in 2005, he told New York Times, [...]

Spring fever? No worries, USC – there are plenty of hot trailers to whet your cinematic appetite for upcoming movies. Hangover II That’s right, folks – the highly anticipated sequel to the raunchy-buddy-roofie comedy hits theaters May 26 and puts Bradley Cooper, Ed Helms, Zach Galifianakis, Justin Bartha and Ken Jeong in exotic Thailand. Directed [...]

Will Smith and Jaden Smith will star in an upcoming M. Night Shyamalan science fiction adventure film, reports Deadline. The post apocalyptic film “takes place far in the future where a young boy has to navigate an abandoned planet on a space ship that has crashed.” The father and son duo previously starred alongside each [...]

The Charlie Sheen craze has officially begun to wear off. There was a period during the catastrophic events of Japan that one didn’t often hear about the daily doings and sayings of Charlie Sheen but recently another turn of events has caused him to return to the spotlight. His opening night of “My Violent Torpedo [...]

Arnold Schwarzenegger has finally landed a job. The former Governor of California will star as a cartoon superhero, known as The Governator. Stan Lee, the creator of fictional characters such as Spider-Man, X-Men and Iron Man, will help co-develop the animated television show and comic book. The television show about the semi-fictional character will be [...]

According to industry blog Deadline Hollywood, True Grit teen Hailee Steinfeld has been attached to a Sleeping Beauty script that has yet to find a studio. The blog reports that Lindsay Devlin penned the script from the princess’s point of view. This project is just one of many fairy tales produced by Hollywood lately. This [...]