Best Actress Oscar winner Marion Cotillard ("La Vie en Rose") caused a stir over the weekend by saying the official account of 9/11 was a sham.

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Say it ain't so, Tim Allen. Variety Magazine reported that the former "Home Improvement" star is making his directorial debut with an indie comedy. At least it isn't another "Santa Clause."

The Statesman and Edwards Boise Downtown Stadium 9 are offering readers free movie tickets during the Flashback Film Festival, an ongoing Wednesday night showcase of classic movies and fan favorites spanning seven decades of film history.

If you're not sick and tired of Will Ferrell's shameless promotion of "Semi-Pro" yet, the movie may be your best bet for this weekend. Read a review of the basketball spoof here.

Or if you prefer a bodice-ripper, check out "The Other Boleyn Girl" and weigh in on this debate. Read a review here.

Several presenters on Oscar night casually referred to the fact that 80 million people would be watching the telecast. Turns out they were slightly off. By about 50 million.

The Oscar telecast on Sunday night was the least watched ceremony in more than three decades.

There weren’t too many surprises from this evening’s Oscar ceremony. Joel and Ethan Coen raked in awards for Best Director, Best Film and Best Adapted Screenplay for “No Country for Old Men” and the equally-bizarre-in-real-life Daniel Day-Lewis ran away with Best Actor as expected.

There were a few interesting awards handed out, however.

Marion Cotillard beat out Julie Christie for Best Actress. It was surprising because subtitled films haven’t always fared well with Academy Award voters. But really ... did anyone even see "Away From Her"?

The Oscars, which a month ago looked about as likely as a best actor nomination for Eddie Murphy for his role in "Norbit," are being announced on Sunday night. (What a difference a year makes - Murphy was nominated for supporting actor for "Dreamgirls" last year).

The show will go on. Jon Stewart will restrain himself from making too many strike jokes, and these movies, actors and actresses will wake up next to a golden statue on Monday morning.

Let's just say you were fortunate enough to be Eric Bana's character in "The Other Boleyn Girl," which comes to theaters Feb. 29. Which Boleyn girl — Anne (Natalie Portman) or Mary (Scarlett Johansson) would you pick?

Both have had hits and misses over their career. Read on for the tale of the tape.

Director J.J. Abrams' big screen take on the classic sci-fi series "Star Trek" was moved from a Christmas Day release this year to May 8, 2009.

While the company said the move didn't have anything to do with the drawn-out Writers Guild of America strike, the film had been in production without its screenwriters available for revisions since they went on strike Nov. 5.

An actor known as the "Justin Timberlake of Asia" just signed on to play the lead in "Ninja Assassin," the next project planned for the Wachowski brothers.

South Korean pop star Rain (his real name is Jung Ji-hoon) will make his Hollywood debut in "Speed Racer," the eagerly anticipated Wachowski brothers-directed film that will be out this May.

There are two big new movies out this week that will likely reel in a load of movie goers — "The Spiderwick Chronicles" and "Jumper."

"Spiderwick," a family-friendly fantasy is centered around three siblings who movie into their great uncle's house and get into a battle with some magical creatures. I've said before that I can't see how people aren't getting tired of fantasy epics yet, but this one has just enough "Jumanji" in it to look appealing.