The Movie Blog

Among the tales of depravity and violence that dominate this year’s Academy Awards race sits the bright and shining “Ratatouille.” A rat never seemed so sanitized.

In his new role as U.N. messenger of peace, George Clooney was playing himself.

They banter constantly, the cerebral, soft-spoken Evan (Wes Bentley) and his high-energy, somewhat needy girlfriend Charlotte (Winona Ryder). Quiet or subtlety has no place in their relationship or in writer/director Geoff Haley’s oddball romantic comedy “The Last Word.” But constant chatter is not the same as fully developed storytelling. “Last Word,” Haley’s debut feature after his 2002 short film “The Parlor,” claims a clever idea but never develops into fully drawn storytelling. Evan Merck…

Paul McCartney says recent media reports that he had heart surgery last year are “entirely untrue.”

Paul McCartney says recent media reports that he had heart procedure last year are “entirely untrue.”

“Entertainment Tonight” says it won’t air a video it has acquired that shows the late Heath Ledger at a Hollywood party where drugs were apparently being taken.

The jury in actor Wesley Snipes’ tax case passed its first full day of deliberation Wednesday without a verdict.

“Entertainment Tonight” says it won’t air a video it has acquired that shows the late Heath Ledger at a Hollywood party where drugs were apparently being taken.

A real estate investment firm has purchased the original Warner Bros. studio for $125 million from the Tribune Co., according to a newspaper.

Troubled singer Britney Spears was taken by ambulance to a hospital early Thursday morning. Authorities said Spears was placed on a “mental health evaluation hold.”