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Posted: 3/19/2013 1:28:28 PM EST
In this photo taken on Monday, March 18, 2013, Xu Zheng, Chinese actor and director of the Chinese movie "Lost in Thailand" listens during an interview in Hong Kong. Wacky road comedy "Lost in Thailand" found surprising box-office records in China, outpacing even global leader "Avatar," but the paltry $57,000 it earned in the U.S. is the latest sign of the country's struggles to meet its goal of rivaling Hollywood. One reason for the difficulty may lie behind its own success: Movies do so well at home, filmmakers don't worry about their potential abroad. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)
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Posted: 3/19/2013 2:38:31 AM EST
In this Monday, March 18, 2013 photo, Xu Zheng, Chinese actor and director of the Chinese movie "Lost in Thailand" listens during an interview in Hong Kong. Wacky road comedy "Lost in Thailand" found surprising box-office records in China, outpacing even global leader "Avatar," but the paltry $57,000 it earned in the U.S. is the latest sign of the country's struggles to meet its goal of rivaling Hollywood. One reason for the difficulty may lie behind its own success: Movies do so well at home, filmmakers don't worry about their potential abroad. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)
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Posted: 3/3/2013 10:10:22 AM EST
Actors John Goodman (R) and Alan Arkin from "Argo" embrace at the 19th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards in Los Angeles, California in this January 27, 2013 file photograph. A new show called "Alpha House," whose pilot filmed in New York late February 2013, has many of the ingredients necessary for television success. Goodman, coming off notable roles in Oscar-winning movies "Argo" and "The Artist," is the star. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni/Files
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Posted: 3/3/2013 10:10:22 AM EST
Actor John Goodman of the film "Argo" arrives at the 19th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards in Los Angeles, California in this January 27, 2013 file photograph. A new show called "Alpha House," whose pilot filmed in New York late February 2013, has many of the ingredients necessary for television success. Goodman, coming off notable roles in Oscar-winning movies "Argo" and "The Artist," is the star. REUTERS/Adrees Latif/Files
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Posted: 3/3/2013 10:10:22 AM EST
Actors John Goodman (R) and Alan Arkin from "Argo" embrace at the 19th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards in Los Angeles, California in this January 27, 2013 file photograph. A new show called "Alpha House," whose pilot filmed in New York late February 2013, has many of the ingredients necessary for television success. Goodman, coming off notable roles in Oscar-winning movies "Argo" and "The Artist," is the star. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni/Files
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Posted: 3/3/2013 10:10:22 AM EST
Actor John Goodman of the film "Argo" arrives at the 19th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards in Los Angeles, California in this January 27, 2013 file photograph. A new show called "Alpha House," whose pilot filmed in New York late February 2013, has many of the ingredients necessary for television success. Goodman, coming off notable roles in Oscar-winning movies "Argo" and "The Artist," is the star. REUTERS/Adrees Latif/Files
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Posted: 3/3/2013 10:10:22 AM EST
Actors John Goodman (R) and Alan Arkin from "Argo" embrace at the 19th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards in Los Angeles, California in this January 27, 2013 file photograph. A new show called "Alpha House," whose pilot filmed in New York late February 2013, has many of the ingredients necessary for television success. Goodman, coming off notable roles in Oscar-winning movies "Argo" and "The Artist," is the star. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni/Files
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Posted: 3/3/2013 10:10:22 AM EST
Actor John Goodman of the film "Argo" arrives at the 19th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards in Los Angeles, California in this January 27, 2013 file photograph. A new show called "Alpha House," whose pilot filmed in New York late February 2013, has many of the ingredients necessary for television success. Goodman, coming off notable roles in Oscar-winning movies "Argo" and "The Artist," is the star. REUTERS/Adrees Latif/Files
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Posted: 3/2/2013 11:18:26 AM EST
FILE -- In this file photo taken at the Sanremo song festival on March 2, 2007, Italian composer Armando Trovajoli waves during a photo call. Trovajoli, who composed music for some 300 films and wrote a serenade to Rome popular with tourists, has died in Rome at age 95. Among Trovajoli's hits was "Roma nun fa' la stupida stasera," a romantic melody played for visitors to Rome. He composed scores for Italian hit movies including "A Special Day" and "Two Women," starring Sophia Loren, and the neorealism classic "Riso Amaro." A pianist, he played alongside such jazz greats as Miles Davis, Duke Ellington and Chet Baker. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
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Posted: 2/21/2013 10:38:26 AM EST
FILE - This publicity image released by Warner Bros. Pictures shows John Goodman, left, Alan Arkin, center, and actor-director Ben Affleck in a scene from "Argo." The film has dominated the awards picture with wins at the Golden Globes and ceremonies held by the Directors Guild of America, the Screen Actors Guild and the Producers Guild of America. "Argo" now is poised to do what only four movies have managed before at the Oscars: win best picture without a nomination for its director. (AP Photo/Warner Bros. Pictures, Claire Folger, File)
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Posted: 2/5/2013 6:48:28 PM EST
FILE - In this Nov. 5, 2011 file photo, LACMA trustee Bob Iger arrives at LACMA's Art And Film Gala Honoring Clint Eastwood And John Baldessari at LACMA, in Los Angeles, Calif. Walt Disney Co. CEO Iger says screenwriters Larry Kasdan and Simon Kinberg are both working on standalone “Star Wars” movies not part of a new planned trilogy. Iger told CNBC on Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2013, that the standalone movies will be based on “great 'Star Wars' characters that are not part of the overall saga." (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP Images, File)
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Posted: 2/5/2013 6:48:28 PM EST
FILE - In this publicity photo released by Lucasfilm Ltd., actor Jake Lloyd portrays Anakin Skywalker, a young Darth Vader, in "Star Wars: Episode I, The Phantom Menace." Walt Disney Co. CEO Bob Iger says screenwriters Larry Kasdan and Simon Kinberg are both working on standalone “Star Wars” movies not part of a new planned trilogy. Iger told CNBC on Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2013, that the standalone movies will be based on “great 'Star Wars' characters that are not part of the overall saga." (AP Photo/Lucasfilm Ltd., file)
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Posted: 1/28/2013 7:53:35 PM EST
This undated photo provided by Warner Bros. on Monday, Jan. 28, 2013 shows Kevin Tsujihara. Tsujihara was named the next chief executive of the Warner Bros. studio, one of the largest producers of TV shows and movies in Hollywood. He'll take over from Barry Meyer on March 1. Tsujihara, 48, has been president of the studio's home entertainment division since 2005. (AP Photo/Warner Bros.)
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Posted: 1/16/2013 3:48:35 AM EST
FILE - In a Monday, Jan. 17, 2011 file photo, gun violence protesters participate in a lie-in during an anti-gun rally at the Capitol in Richmond, Va. Nearly six in 10 Americans want stricter gun laws in the aftermath of last month's deadly school shooting in Connecticut, with majorities favoring a nationwide ban on military-style, rapid-fire weapons and limits on gun violence depicted in video games and movies and on TV, according to a new Associated Press-GfK poll. A lopsided 84 percent of adults would like to see the establishment of a federal standard for background checks for people buying guns at gun shows, the poll showed. President Barack Obama was set Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2013 to unveil a wide-ranging package of steps for reducing gun violence expected to include a proposed ban on assault weapons, limits on the capacity of ammunition magazines and universal background checks for gun sales. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, File)
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Posted: 1/16/2013 3:18:23 AM EST
FILE - In a Friday, Jan. 4, 2013 file photo, a sign is posted for an upcoming gun show, in Leesport, Pa. Nearly six in 10 Americans want stricter gun laws in the aftermath of last month's deadly school shooting in Connecticut, with majorities favoring a nationwide ban on military-style, rapid-fire weapons and limits on gun violence depicted in video games and movies and on TV, according to a new Associated Press-GfK poll. A lopsided 84 percent of adults would like to see the establishment of a federal standard for background checks for people buying guns at gun shows, the poll showed. President Barack Obama was set Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2013 to unveil a wide-ranging package of steps for reducing gun violence expected to include a proposed ban on assault weapons, limits on the capacity of ammunition magazines and universal background checks for gun sales. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
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Posted: 1/16/2013 3:18:23 AM EST
FILE - In a Saturday, Jan. 5, 2013 file photo, gun owners discuss a potential sale of an AR-15, during the 2013 Rocky Mountain Gun Show at the South Towne Expo Center in Sandy, Utah. Nearly six in 10 Americans want stricter gun laws in the aftermath of last month's deadly school shooting in Connecticut, with majorities favoring a nationwide ban on military-style, rapid-fire weapons and limits on gun violence depicted in video games and movies and on TV, according to a new Associated Press-GfK poll. A lopsided 84 percent of adults would like to see the establishment of a federal standard for background checks for people buying guns at gun shows, the poll showed. President Barack Obama was set Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2013 to unveil a wide-ranging package of steps for reducing gun violence expected to include a proposed ban on assault weapons, limits on the capacity of ammunition magazines and universal background checks for gun sales.(AP Photo/The Deseret News, Ben Brewer, File) NO SALES; MAGS OUT; SALT LAKE TRIBINE OUT; PROVO DAILY HERALD OUT
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Posted: 1/15/2013 5:08:27 PM EST
FILE - This Jan. 22, 2010, file photo, Sundance Film Festival audience members wait in line in the snow for the premiere of the film "Hesher" during the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, Friday, Jan. 22, 2010. A conservative Utah group believes the Sundance Film Festival's lineup featuring 'obscene' movies is at odds with Utah's culture of family values, and wants the state to pull its financial backing.(AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, File)
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Posted: 1/15/2013 5:08:27 PM EST
FILE - This Jan. 22, 2010, file photo, shows festivalgoers walking past a poster of Robert Redford, far left, and Paul Newman in the film "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" during the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah. A conservative Utah group believes the Sundance Film Festival's lineup featuring 'obscene' movies is at odds with Utah's culture of family values, and wants the state to pull its financial backing. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, File)
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Posted: 1/15/2013 7:08:42 AM EST
Movies are seen on sale in a branch of British retail music chain HMV on Oxford Street in London January 14, 2013. Music and DVD retailer HMV may announce as soon as Monday that it will call in the administrators, according to a source close to the company and media reports, bringing the curtain down on one of Britain's best-known high street stores. REUTERS/Chris Helgren
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Posted: 1/7/2013 2:38:32 PM EST
In this Jan. 4, 2013 photo, a woman selling reggeaton music, right, and movies sits at the store run out of a home in Havana, Cuba. Cuban authorities have recently announced restrictions reportedly declaring state-run recording studios and broadcasts off-limits to songs with questionable lyrics. They also prohibit such music in performance spaces subject to government control. The rules would theoretically apply to all genres, but it’s reggaeton that leading cultural lights have singled out for criticism in official media while warning of new rules governing "public uses of music." (AP Photo/Franklin Reyes)
