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Screenwriter Dustin Lance Black has accused Rick Santorum of lying about gay rights. ?Screenwriter Dustin Lance Black has accused Rick Santorum of lying about gay rights. The openly gay Black wrote 8, the play based on the trial over the constitutionality of California's gay marriage ban, Proposition 8. The play has raised more than $3 million for the American Foundation for Equal Rights (AFER), the group formed specifically to challenge the law in court. The play's Los Angeles reading was led by an all-star cast, including George Clooney, Brad Pitt and Kevin Bacon. During an interview on the live Internet show What's Trending, Black told host Shira Lazar that he would like to put Santorum and the remainder of the GOP presidential field on the witness stand. ?I would love to call them into court and get them to raise their right hand. I think each of them, if they said what they've been saying in these debates, they would be purgering themselves. Because there is no proof for what they

Brad Pitt, George Clooney and Kevin Bacon on Saturday led an all-star cast in the Los Angeles reading of '8'. ?Brad Pitt, George Clooney and Kevin Bacon on Saturday led an all-star cast in the Los Angeles reading of a play based on the trial over the constitutionality of California's gay marriage ban, Proposition 8. 8, which was written by Milk scribe Dustin Lance Black, was streamed live on the YouTube channel of the American Foundation for Equal Rights (AFER), the group formed specifically to support the legal challenge. The 2010 trial, which was held in San Francisco, resulted in federal Judge Vaughn Walker, now retired, declaring the 2008 voter-approved amendment unconstitutional. A 3-judge appeals panel last month upheld Walker's ruling. Proponents of the ban have asked the court for a wider review. The Los Angeles reading of the play also starred Jamie Lee Curtis, Matt Bomer, Martin Sheen, Jane Lynch and George Takei, to name a few. The star-studded reading raised funds for AFER

Kevin Bacon, Chris Colfer and John C. Reilly have joined the cast of the Los Angeles premiere of the play '8'. ?Kevin Bacon, Chris Colfer and John C. Reilly have joined the cast of the Los Angeles premiere of the play 8. 8, which was written by Milk screenwriter Dustin Lance Black, is based on the trial over the constitutionality of California's gay marriage ban, Proposition 8. The 13-day trial held last year in San Francisco resulted in federal Judge Vaughn Walker, now retired, declaring the ban unconstitutional. A federal appeals court earlier this month upheld Walker's ruling. ?People need to witness what happened in the Proposition 8 trial, if for no other reason than to see inequality and discrimination unequivocally rejected in a court of law where truth and facts matter,? said Black in a statement. ?I've built my career around exposing and uncovering 'the real story.' The goal of 8 is to show the world that marriage equality is a basic constitutional right and that those who wou

Billy Bob Thornton leads an all-star cast in "Jayne Mansfield's Car," premiering at the Berlin film festival Monday, about the US and British sides of a family of veterans who reunite during the Vietnam War.

BERLIN (Reuters) - When actor-director Billy Bob Thornton was a boy, his father took him to the scene of car crashes to survey the wreckage. Now he has turned his unconventional childhood into a movie.

BERLIN (Reuters) - The 62nd Berlin film festival opens on Thursday February 9. and ends on February 19., with the awards ceremony taking place on February 18.

Hugo An exhilarating tale of magic, machines, memories, and dreams. Martin Scorsese marshals the latest movie technology to create a love letter to the earliest movies of all. Yes, it's a family film - and a great one - but the family Scorsese has really made this for is the 100-year-old tribe of watchers in the dark. With Asa Butterfield, Ben Kingsley, Chloë Grace Moretz, and Sacha Baron Cohen. (127 min., PG) (Ty Burr)

Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon may be the name of the game but it takes less than that to connect any two users on Facebook.

CALGARY, Alberta (Reuters) - The U.S.-imposed delay of TransCanada Corp's Keystone XL oil pipeline shows Canada's energy industry cannot relax efforts to improve its environmental record, a former top minister in Prime Minister Stephen Harper's government said on Monday.

CALGARY, Alberta (Reuters) - The U.S.-imposed delay of TransCanada Corp's Keystone XL oil pipeline shows Canada's energy industry cannot relax efforts to improve its environmental record, a former top minister in Prime Minister Stephen Harper's government said on Monday.

The boxing robots of "Real Steel" punched out the competition from a remake of "Footloose" to retain its top place in the North American box office this weekend, final industry figures showed Monday.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The boxing robots of "Real Steel" had better footwork at the ticket window than the kids in the remake of the 1980s dance classic "Footloose" and held on to the domestic box-office title for a second straight week.

A "Footloose" remake tried to hipgrind its way to the top of the North American box office this weekend, but the boxing robots of "Real Steel" had enough moves to help it retain the title, industry estimates showed Sunday.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - When Paramount Pictures decided the time was right to remake the iconic 1984 hit film "Footloose," the big question was "Who's going be able to fill Kevin Bacon's old dancing shoes?"

Catching up on some stuff left in the reporter's notebook in your Friday Flash:¥ You don't hear this very often: It's relatively unusual for a political operative to come on "Face to Face" and impart the unvarnished truth when it hurts his cause. But this week, Tim Williams, the political director for the Clark County Republican Party, responded thusly when I asked him if he is concerned that the GOP machine remains nonexistent":

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Four classic comedies make their Blu-ray debut in the next two weeks, reminding moviegoers that raunchy comedy was alive and well long before "The Hangover" franchise, and films like "Bridesmaids."

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The fifth movie in the "X-Men" series took the No. 1 spot at the worldwide box office after selling about $120 million worth of tickets, distributor 20th Century Fox said on Sunday.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The "X-Men" franchise is back in theaters worldwide this week after a two year break and set to adapt its superhero themes into box office muscle with a strong story, fresh crop of actors, zippy visuals and broad appeal.

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - The Weinstein Company has officially responded to a lawsuit by two animated filmmakers who claim that Harvey and Bob Weinstein botched the release of computer-animated movie "Escape from Planet Earth" and then paid $500,000 in hush money to keep the dispute quiet on the verge of the Academy Awards.

Barbara Bush, daughter of former President George Bush, has recorded a PSA urging New Yorkers to support gay marriage. Barbara Bush, daughter of former President George Bush, has recorded a PSA urging New Yorkers to support gay marriage. ?New York is about fairness and equality and everyone should have the right to marry the person that they love,? Bush says in the 22-second video. Barbara joins her mother Laura Bush in speaking out in favor of gay marriage. In an interview recorded in May, Laura spoke to CNN's Larry King on the issue. ?There are a lot of people who have trouble coming to terms with that because they see marriage as traditionally between a man and a woman,? she told King. ?But I also know that, you know, when couples are committed to each other, that they ought to have, I think, the same sort of rights that everyone has.? When asked, ?You think [legalization of gay marriage] is coming?? Bush replied, ?Yeah, that will come, I think.? Last week, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. rec