"In retrospect, it's all sort of hilarious," says Annette Bening of the media circus in which her current life as star, mother, and wife of Warren Beatty began. Here she opens up about why she dislikes feminist complaints about Hollywood, what actors intimidate her, and just how unlikely it is her husband would approve of her doing a nude scene like the one she did in The Grifters.

Also in this morning's Hollywood Ink: Danny McBride and Aziz Ansari to battle an Olympic-Size A**hole... Keanu Reeves starts a Generation... Harry Potter finds some help for The Woman in Black... and more ahead.

Many things can ruin your trip to the cinema - stale popcorn, uncomfortable seats, the Twilight saga - but not many people get so incensed by their local multiplex that they get the law involved. Well that's what one woman in China is doing as she ... Read more Filed under: Movie News, Weird WorldPermalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments

Oh how the world of cinema could have been so different. It has emerged that Clint Eastwood was approached in the 70s to become James Bond after Sean Connery vacated the role. He also turned down the chance to become Superman. In an interview with ... Read more Filed under: Movie NewsPermalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments

Overture has released another clip for Let Me In, the remake of the artful Swedish vampire film Let the Right One In. Here, it looks like they're trying to win over fans of the original (who are understandably skeptical), while a previously released clip catered to the larger group of Americans who care more about vampire action than foreign films. But can Overture really please everyone?

Film News: 'Generation Um...' follows characters on N.Y. fringe -- Keanu Reeves, Bojana Novakovic and Adelaide Clemens will star in indie drama "Generation Um..." with shooting starting Thursday in New York City.

Film News: Disney hopes sneak will boost 3D pic's box office -- TOKYO -- The Tokyo Intl. Film Festival will screen footage from the 3D sci-fi epic "Tron: Legacy" in advance of its worldwide Dec. 17 bow. The nearly 30 minutes of footage will unspool on Oct. 23.

Film News: Soriano Barrantes feted with int'l achievement award -- Exhibitors confab ShowEast has tapped Jose Fernando Soriano Barrantes, general manager of CinePlanet, to receive the international achievement award in exhibition at this year's conference held Oct. 10-14 in Orlando.

Film News: BAFTA/LA prizes given Nov. 4 -- Even the Brits are climbing aboard the Betty White bandwagon.

Film News: New headquarters, plenty of available pics light up fest -- From its shiny new downtown home, the Toronto Film Festival launches what may be its most ambitious edition tonight with a rousing chorus of "O Canada" ("Score: A Hockey Musical" on the Gala stage and Canuck cult pic "Fubar II" at midnight), which it hopes will mute the grousing and grumbling that preceded the event.

Film News: Studio will look to cable under Barber, Birnbaum -- MGM will enter into a pre-packaged bankruptcy and re-emerge between now and the end of October as a debt-free operation that will put much greater emphasis on developing programming -- scripted and reality -- for cable TV, according to a source familiar with planning for the Lion.