By Joanne Kaufman New York Evelyne Aronin has appeared in 298 movies. Surely you know her work. There Ms. Aronin was, the picture of carefully tended blond elegance, sitting across a conference-room table from Kevin Spacey and getting a warm handshake pl

AP Photo/John Beale Penn State has won six consecutive games, and 11 of its last 12 contests overall. It might be trite to say Penn State needed this, but it's still true. The school, buried under so much harsh publicity in the last three months, needed

Despite those Winter blues, there were stars hard at work this week. NYC was one busy city: Penn Badgley filmed more Gossip Girl, Justin Long was on the set of his new film A Case of You, and Joaquin Phoenix continued working on an untitled James Gray pr

BERLIN -- Yes, movies got sold at Berlin, especially a brace of star-studded actioners and high-profile art pics. But the most striking sign of vitality in the international independent biz today came from elsewhere: France's banking sector. A trio of pl

Ack! This is one of those very special — and very rare — queries that actually cause my toes to curl, my blood to run cold and my hair follicles to scream out in agony. The very mention of it, razor bumps, puts me on edge. A bit melodramatic, I know, but

Few actresses have done a better job than Reese Witherspoon in making the transition from child actress to adult lead, but the 35-year-old daughter of an Army surgeon and a nurse has already posted a 21-year career. Along with her solid resume, Witherspo

LOS ANGELES (AP) — "This Means War" may not be Reese Witherspoon's finest hour — it's a glossy, noisy, love-triangle-slash-spy-romp — but it's fun and it allows her once again to demonstrate her radiant likability. It also allows us the opportunity to lo

In collaboration with Rotten Tomatoes and its parent company, Flixster, The Chronicle presents the critical consensus of Reese Witherspoon's best-reviewed films. His latest film, "This Means War," is at Bay Area theaters. (The figure listed is the percen

She plays exploited heroine, Sonya Cybulski, a Polish ingenue adrift in Roaring Twenties America in the upcoming James Gray film. Her character is quickly picked up by a pimp played by Joaquin Phoenix, and tricked into a life of burlesque dancing and pro

Chris Brown won a Grammy Award. Afterwards he demonstrated he still has no self restraint when he went on Twitter to attack his haters using some terrible English and grammar, unless you’re reading from the black english or urban dictionary. Read it abov

Substantiating its claim to be Europe's leading lender to its film and TV industries, Paris bank Natixis Coficine has closed financing deals on three of the hottest tickets on the market: the untitled James Gray project, Pablo Trapero's ''The White Eleph

Substantiating its claim to be Europe's leading lender to its film and TV industries, Paris bank Natixis Coficine has closed financing deals on three of the hottest tickets on the market: James Gray's "Low Life," Pablo Trapero's "The White Elephant" and

Square-Enix is not content to pit its gladiators against random charioteers and caged tigers in its coliseum; they leave that to experts like Joaquin Phoenix (who I like to imagine holds gladiatorial matches in his backyard in real life). Final Fantasy X

Shooting for the feature film “Low Life” will take place in Brooklyn Heights Tuesday, February 14, on Montague Street between Clinton and Henry streets. A notice from Jewel Box Productions advises vehicles to make swift haste Monday evening, February 13,

Stars all over the globe were busy this week, but NYC saw a lot of action. In the city that never sleeps, Maggie Gyllenhaal and Ewan McGregor were on set to shoot The Corrections, Marion Cotillard and Joaquin Phoenix worked on a new project, and the set

Marion Cotillard wrapped her son, Marcel, in her coat while walking around NYC yesterday. She got a visit from the little guy on the set of her untitled James Gray project. Marcel has been frequently spotted around the Big Apple, since he and dad Guillau

News has been floating around the internet that Spike Jonze is to direct a new movie about a man who falls in love with Siri. Or, more accurately, a computer voice similar to Siri. It’s untitled, written by Jonze, and could potentially star Samantha Mort

There is a greasy unattractive man, who has a Donald Trump comb over, sitting behind the counter of the Adult Bookstore as teenagers flash their fake ID's to get through the door. The teens rummage their way though tightly packed spaces chuckling at the

Earlier today Jeremy Renner captivated us with his stealthy spy skills in the tantalizing trailer for The Bourne Legacy. And now news is surfacing on another Renner project called Lowlife, which is currently shooting in New York City. Previously known as