Indian filmmaker accused of raping actress—police

An Indian film producer was due to appear in court on Wednesday after his arrest for allegedly raping an aspiring actress whom he had promised a role in his next movie, police said.

An Indian film producer was due to appear in court on Wednesday after his arrest for allegedly raping an aspiring actress whom he had promised a role in his next movie, police said.

Bloody interrogations like those depicted in Hollywood’s take on the hunt for Osama bin Laden “Zero Dark Thirty” never really happened, according to the former CIA official who ran such programs.
The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority along with the organizers of the 38th Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF) on Friday announced the route of the traditional Parade of Stars which features floats representing the entries to the annual competition.
The last few weeks saw a series of film festivals here in Cebu. It started in August 7-12 with the Japanese film festival held Ayala Center Cinema 4 followed by the first Cebu International Documentary Film Festival held August 15-18 in Ayala Center Onstage Theater and the University of San Carlos College of Architecture and Fine Arts Theater.

Prosecutors in northern Mexico say a man wearing a ski mask and carrying a gun robbed two theaters showing the Batman movie “The Dark Knight Rises.”
Makati City Assistant Prosecutor Emmanuel D. Medina’s car, which was driven by his 24-year-old son Evan Ephraim, figured in a minor traffic accident with another car along Alabang-Zapote Road in Muntinlupa City two months ago.

Senator Panfilo Lacson revealed he has received P7 million for the movie rights to his life in exile while avoiding an arrest warrant for the murder of a publicist in 2000.

For the six friends, the movie was to be the kickoff to a day of celebration. Megan Saunders was turning 20, and her best buds were home from college for the summer. She had one particular birthday wish: that they all hit the midnight premiere of the new Batman flick, “The Dark Knight Rises.”

The names of the 12 people gunned down at a Colorado screening of the new Batman movie were released Saturday, with a six-year-old girl, a teenager and two US servicemen among the victims.

At least 12 people were killed and around 40 wounded when a gunman opened fire Friday at a movie theater showing the latest Batman film, police said.
An Australian billionaire has announced plans to build a replica of the Titanic that will make its maiden voyage from England to New York in 2016.
The city that built the Titanic was to unveil a memorial garden to its victims on Sunday, 100 years to the day since the doomed ocean liner sank beneath the waves.
The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) has advised motorists to stay away from Ramon Magsaysay Boulevard starting today until Monday as a portion of the busy thoroughfare will be closed to traffic to make way for the shooting of the Hollywood movie, “Bourne Legacy.”