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Beverly Hills, CA—Voting members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences must return their completed Oscar nomination ballots to PricewaterhouseCoopers by 5 p.m. on Saturday, January 15. Ballots received after the 5 p.m. deadline are ineligible.

January 11, 2005—New York, NY—Chris Blackwell's Palm Pictures today announced that it plans to appeal the Motion Picture Association of America's (MPAA) "R" rating for its upcoming release about American soldiers in Iraq, Gunner Palace. Ziyi ZhangGuillermo del Toro

Electric Voice Phenomena (EVP) may not be the topic that everybody's talking about, as the ads for White Noise assert, but it proved a creepy enough subject to help Universal's supernatural thriller resonate with audiences. Keanu ReevesWes CravenMichael KeatonBen StillerRobert De NiroDustin HoffmanDennis Quaid

A PERFECT CIRCLE'S NEXT SINGLE "PASSIVE" SLATED TO BE THE FEATURED SONG IN THE UPCOMING FILM "CONSTANTINE" STARRING KEANU REEVES AND RACHEL WEISZ AND DIRECTED BY FRANCIS LAWRENCE; SINGLE TO HIT RADIO ON JANUARY 18 Keanu Reeves

Michael Keaton is not to blame for the scratchy White Noise, the latest witch doctor shocker to creep into theaters. This movie is mostly static, but its glossy take on supernaturalism is less fuzzy than most of these pictures, and horror types are not looking for logic anyway. Dark, moody emotionalism drives this genre; the less coherent the plot, the more scary it's supposed to be.

DTS Now Positioned to Lead Transition to High Definition Audio & Image Delivery for Digital Cinema, Broadcast & Next Generation Discs

Beverly Hills, CA—The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will present a special Award of Commendation to Arthur Widmer at the Scientific and Technical Awards dinner on Saturday, February 12.

Film Based on Groundbreaking Graphic Novel of Same Name by Alan Moore Natalie Portman

Riding on holdovers alone, The Incredibles was No. 1 overseas again with a $23.2 million weekend from 6,809 screens. With a smashing $286.8 million total, it's already surpassed domestic's $251.7 million. Jerry BruckheimerJim CarreyOliver Stone

Beverly Hills, CA — The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced the seven films being considered for Achievement in Sound Editing for the 77th Academy Awards®.

Holdovers, expansions and other new movies were downright modest compared to Meet the Fockers' dominating performance. Jim CarreyMartin ScorseseLeonardo DiCaprioNicolas CageBill MurrayWes Anderson

Over the holidays, moviegoers gathered around Meet the Fockers in record numbers. Jay RoachBen StillerRobert De NiroDustin Hoffman

BENEFITING VICTORY JUNCTION SATURDAY, JANUARY 8TH Dustin HoffmanMandy MooreSnoop Dogg

Fahrenheit 9/11 and The Passion of the Christ may have dominated movie headlines this year, but Fox Searchlight's Kinsey is probably the movie most likely to offend fans of both blockbusters—and possibly everyone else. With explicit sexuality, politics and religion, it was predictable that writer and director Bill Condon's biographically-themed picture about bow-tied biology professor Alfred Kinsey, regarded as a pervert by conservatives, would set talk radio tongues wagging with smears and rumors.

Universal's glossy In Good Company, written and directed by Paul Weitz (About a Boy), fails to sell its Baby Boomer sentiments. Featuring Dennis Quaid and Topher Grace as falling and rising advertising executives, respectively, Weitz spreads the already superficial script too thin.

Beverly Hills , CA—The Academy Award® for Best Picture of 2004 will be chosen from a list of 267 feature-length films.

Beverly Hills, CA—Takuo Miyagishima, one of the most notable design engineers in the motion picture industry, has been voted the Gordon E. Sawyer Award by the Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

Fat Albert is one of those amiable Christmas releases that is neither challenging nor offensive.

Delivering on its promise to capture composer Andrew Lloyd Webber's stage hit on screen, Joel Schumacher's movie version of The Phantom of the Opera is a lush spectacle with romantic moments—provided one likes the music. This delight is like listening to Andrea Bocelli; opera snobs would never approve—they never liked anything Mr. Lloyd Webber created for the stage—and the rest of this attention-deficit society isn't likely to sit still for what is admittedly a flawed two and a half hours of pop opera.

Ocean's Twelve had terrific starts in 22 new markets, which led to $28.9 million last weekend from 3,891 screens in 27 countries overall for a $35.2 million total. Robert ZemeckisTom HanksSteven SpielbergNicolas Cage