Hollywood actor Tom Hanks is in London for the world premiere of his new movie "Larry Crowne."
Hollywood actor Tom Hanks is in London for the world premiere of his new movie "Larry Crowne."

Coming-of-age novels can be simultaneously enticing and boringly ho-hum. They entice because most readers already have come of age and can be charmed by reliving or reviewing the experience.
Hollywood actor Jude Law is among the stars of "360" _ a new movie partly set in the Austrian capital in which the British heartthrob plays a man whose marriage has hit a lull.

Brace for impact. A new MSNBC promotional campaign is now under way, and it has been fomenting since last fall.

Big-name Hollywood action-flick directors including James Cameron and Michael Bay have come out guns blazing against a plan by studios to allow people to rent new movies at home just two months after they debut in theaters, a move that cuts the wait in half for home film buffs.
Reese Witherspoon has walked down the aisle. A spokeswoman for the actress says the "Walk the Line" star wed her fiance, Hollywood agent Jim Toth, Saturday in Ojai, Calif., about 90 miles north of Los Angeles. Publicist Nicole Perna did not reveal details about the ceremony.
Reese Witherspoon has walked down the aisle. A spokeswoman for the actress says the "Walk the Line" star wed her fiance, Hollywood agent Jim Toth, in Ojai, Calif., about 90 miles north of Los Angeles. Publicist Nicole Perna did not reveal details about the Saturday ceremony.

In a time of major spending cuts, two Republican governors have said they'll spare film-industry tax credits from the budget knife, unlike Republican Gov. Rick Snyder of Michigan, whose proposal to ax them scared the film industry away from his state.