Mila Kunis

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Thanks to the racy red band trailer for the forthcoming Justin Timberlake-Mila Kunis rom-com "Friends with Benefits" - where a mid-coitus Kunis implores Timberlake to distract her with, what she calls, a Third Eye Blind song - Semisonic's 1998 hit "Closing Time" is experiencing a renaissance of sorts.

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - The weekend went swimmingly for Fox Searchlight's Natalie Portman stars in "Black Swan" and other adult-targeting art films and prestige pictures.

Rodarte designers, the sisters Mulleavy, dance onto film with `Black Swan' ballet costumes. Film critics are abuzz over actress Natalie Portman's work in the new big-screen "Black Swan," but fashionistas are flipping over something else: the film's forward-thinking ballet costumes by Rodarte, the insider-favorite label by sisters Laura and Kate Mulleavy.

Critical acclaim and box office success have not helped filmmaker Darren Aronofsky secure financing for new movies, and it has become doubly hard since the 2008 economic downturn, he said Tuesday.

US director Sofia Coppola won the Golden Lion at the Venice film festival for "Somewhere", a father-daughter drama set in the lonely world of Hollywood moviemaking.

US director Sofia Coppola on Saturday won the Golden Lion at the Venice film festival for "Somewhere", a father-daughter drama set in the lonely world of Hollywood moviemaking.

Winners of the 67th Venice Film Festival. Here is a list of winners at the 67th Venice Film Festival which ended Saturday:

VENICE (Reuters) - Critics are queuing up to praise Natalie Portman in her latest movie "Black Swan," the opening picture at this year's Venice film festival, with one review saying the performance "elevates her ... to a major star."

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - First there was the Phantom of the Opera. Now, in Darren Aronofsky's "Black Swan," you get the Terror of the Ballet.

VENICE (Reuters) - The Venice film festival opened on Wednesday with "Black Swan," a dark psychological drama starring Natalie Portman as a ballerina who finally lands the lead role but loses her grip on reality as the pressure builds.

Venice: Sofia Coppola's 'Somewhere' and Aronofsky's 'Black Swan' to vie for Golden Lion. Sofia Coppola's comic drama "Somewhere," and Darren Aronofsky's "Black Swan" will make their world premieres at the Venice Film Festival, among 22 titles that organizers announced Thursday will vie for the prestigious Golden Lion.

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - As post-apocalyptic movie fiction goes, "The Book of Eli" is not a crowd-pleaser like the "Mad Max" series nor silly like any of the "Planet of the Apes" films.

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Fox Searchlight is going to the ballet.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Reigning champ "The Final Destination" fended off a challenge from Sandra Bullock's latest romantic comedy to lead the U.S. Labor Day holiday box office in North America for a second weekend, according to studio estimates issued on Sunday.

GLENDALE, California (Reuters) - Michael Jackson was buried on Thursday, more than two months after he died of a drug overdose, marking the last stop for a superstar who spent most of his 50 years in the public gaze.

GLENDALE, California (Reuters) - Michael Jackson was buried on Thursday, more than two months after he died of a drug overdose, marking the last stop for a superstar who spent most of his 50 years in the public gaze.

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - For a comedy, "Extract" is kinda depressing. Understand that wildly dysfunctional characters have become the norm in American comedies, but the characters in "Extract" give dysfunction a bad name. Not a single person in this ensemble comedy doesn't suffer from colossal stupidity. Nor does anyone possess a moral compass. From this contrived situation, writer-director Mike Judge, the creator of "Beavis and Butt-Head" and "King of the Hill," wrings all the yuks he can. "Extract" might be live action, but it still plays like a cartoon.

'Family Guy' cast performs never-to-be-aired abortion episode for Emmy voters. "Family Guy" was uncensored for Emmy voters.

Celebrity birthdays for the week of Aug. 9-15. Celebrity birthdays for the week of Aug. 9-15:

Louisiana musicians tapped to work with composer George Clinton on score for new film. About a dozen Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra musicians are going from the stage to the silver screen.