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Ian McKellen will again take up the robes of Gandalf the Wizard in the cinematic adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien’s fantasy classic “The Hobbit,” a British film magazine reported Wednesday.

Major Hollywood studios said Wednesday they were not willing to accept demands for what they called huge pay raises sought by the Screen Actors Guild in contract talks.

Vin Diesel has stopped chasing bad guys long enough to endorse the president of the Dominican Republic for re-election.

Ian McKellen will again take up the robes of Gandalf the Wizard in the cinematic adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien’s fantasy classic “The Hobbit,” a British film magazine reported Wednesday.

Like “Be Kind Rewind” from earlier this year, the small comedy “Son of Rambow” has a love of movies and is bursting with unbridled imagination.

Indicted Hollywood private eye Anthony Pellicano said Wednesday he acted as a “lone ranger” while gathering information for his A-list clients.

EDITORS NOTE: This is part of a series of interviews, conducted via email, profiling directors who have films screening at the 2008 Tribeca Film Festival.

Cruise has been in talks with Paramount over a fourth installment to the “Mission: Impossible” franchise, sources confirmed to Access Hollywood.

Professionalism and raw talent helped Robert Downey Jr., who stars in “Iron Man,” rebound from drug and legal problems in the tough business that is Hollywood.

The classic superhero is polished, brave and morally righteous. Strong and unerring, he is perfection personified — a superhuman ideal. Not this summer.