• Japan's fading 'Pink' movies get festival show

  AFP – Fri May 6, 5:22 am ET  
  

  UDINE, Italy (AFP) - For the past 50 years, the world of Japanese "Pink Eiga" has taken movie fans on a wild ride through crime, drama and violence -- with liberal doses of sex thrown in for good measure.

• Nathan Lane to serve in Snow White film

  Reuters – Thu May 5, 6:04 pm ET  
  LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Nathan Lane is in final negotiations to play a servant in one of the three rival Snow White movies in development.

• Can `The Beaver' help mend Mel Gibson's career?

  AP – Thu May 5, 1:32 pm ET  
  

  LOS ANGELES - His name has been more synonymous in recent years with volatility and vitriol than Hollywood glitz and glamour. He's been one of the most powerful people in this town, but a series of rants and scandals has prompted some of the industry's top players to say they won't work with him.

• Mel Gibson seeks new voice in glove-puppet movie

  AFP – Thu May 5, 10:23 pm ET  
  

  LOS ANGELES (AFP) - It's sounds an unlikely basis for a Hollywood movie: a depressed husband takes to communicating through a beaver glove puppet, as he struggles to rebuild his life.

• Arnold Schwarzenegger picks drama for comeback

  Reuters – Fri May 6, 8:43 am ET  
  LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Arnold Schwarzenegger has zeroed in on the film that will mark his return to the big screen: "Cry Macho," a drama about a down-on-his-luck horse trainer who is hired to kidnap a 9-year-old boy.

• War filmmaker rethinks plans after friend's death

  AP – Thu May 5, 12:35 pm ET  
  TOLEDO, Ohio - One of the makers of an Oscar-nominated war documentary says the death in Libya of his friend and co-director is making him rethink his future plans.

• Top 20 Concert Tours from Pollstar

  AP – Thu May 5, 8:41 pm ET  
  The Top 20 Concert Tours ranks artists by average box office gross per city and includes the average ticket price for shows in North America. The previous week's ranking is in parentheses. The list is based on data provided to the trade publication Pollstar by concert promoters and venue managers.

• Film trailer fuels buzz about Sarkozy's foibles

  Reuters – Thu May 5, 8:39 am ET  
  PARIS (Reuters) - A film chronicling French President Nicolas Sarkozy's 2007 election and the subsequent collapse of his marriage is creating a buzz -- and plenty of controversy -- ahead of its showing at Cannes this year.

• Kelly Preston cast with Travolta in Gotti film

  AP – Thu May 5, 12:18 pm ET  
  NEW YORK - Kelly Preston will co-star alongside her husband, John Travolta, in a planned film on John Gotti.

• "Godfather" prequel novel in works for 2012

  Reuters – Thu May 5, 9:19 am ET  
  NEW YORK (Reuters) - Call it an offer you can't refuse?