Amazon to offer independent films in HD format online Web retailer Amazon.com will be selling HD independent films through an on-demand DVD service. Edward Yang, who won best director in 2000 at the Cannes Film Festival and was known for his realistic portrayals of modern Taiwan, has died at age 59 from colon cancer.
German military says it won't stop Valkyrie shoot The German Defence Ministry is backing away from reports that it would oppose the shooting of the film Valkyrie, starring Tom Cruise, on German military sites. Asian audiences get first peek at Transformers, Harry Potter Blockbuster movie fans in Asia scored another coup on Thursday, getting a first look at two more big-budget Hollywood films just days before western audiences in the new Harry Potter and Transformers films. American opera star Sills dies at 78 Beverly Sills, the Brooklyn-born opera diva known for her dazzling voice and bubbly personality, died Monday of cancer, her manager said.
She was 78. Last Harry Potter becomes most pre-ordered item for Amazon Rowling's Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows has become the most pre-ordered book on Amazon.com, topping 1.
6 million copies before its July 23 release. Christie's has pulled one of the last letters written by Mahatma Gandhi from a London auction so it can be sold directly to the Indian government. Prince William praises 'perfect' Concert for Diana The Concert for Diana, a tribute to the late Princess of Wales, has finished at London's Wembley Stadium.
It included a host of music stars such as Nelly Furtado, Tom Jones and Lily Allen. Bollywood song-and-dance fails to attract audiences Revenues for Bollywood, India's prolific film industry, have fallen 40 per cent in the first half of 2007 compared to the same period last year.
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