Alex Rodriguez and the New York Yankees have agreed to the outline of a $275 million, 10-year contract, a deal that potentially would allow him to earn millions more if he sets the career home-run record.
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The cast of Robert Zemeckis’ upcoming animated Beowulf film told reporters that it was unusual to see themselves depicted in various states of undress as photorealistic computer-generated characters that resemble them.
Frank Darabont, writer-director of the upcoming SF horror film The Mist, told SCI FI Wire that he had two very important and helpful collaborators in star Thomas Jane and author Stephen King, on whose novella the movie is based.
Dustin Hoffman, the famously perfectionist actor who stars in the upcoming family fantasy film Mr. Magorium’s Wonder Emporium, said he actually didn’t worry too much about finding the right look and tone for his latest role.
NBC’s Bionic Woman shut down production in Vancouver, Canada, on Nov. 9, well ahead of its scheduled Dec. 12 close, because of the ongoing writers’ strike, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Casting has been completed on the upcoming sixth Harry Potter movie, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Warner Brothers announced. David Yates, who directed this year’s Order of the Phoenix, returns to helm the next installment, based on J.K. Rowling’s book.
Director Tim Burton has signed a two-picture deal with his longtime studio, Disney , that will see him direct and produce 3-D movies of Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and a remake of his short Frankenweenie, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
The State Department is dropping plans to force diplomats to serve in Iraq because volunteers have filled all 48 vacant positions at the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad and in outlying provinces, The Associated Press has learned.
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