LOS ANGELES Batman is angling for top honors from the American Society of Cinematographers.

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. Beyonce Knowles, Alicia Keys and Jennifer Hudson are all multitasking for the NAACP Image Awards, earning nominations Wednesday in both music and film categories.

LONDON Animated films set in Israel and Iran are among five competitors for best foreign-language film at the British Academy Film Awards.

HONG KONG The Hong Kong government has agreed to preserve a former home of late martial arts legend Bruce Lee and turn it into a tourist attraction, an official said Wednesday.

PALM SPRINGS, Calif. The world economy is in dire straits, but you sure wouldn't know it from the red carpet at the 20th-annual Palm Springs International Film Festival Awards Gala.

LOS ANGELES Lisa Marie Presley is expressing her condolences over Jett Travolta's death and defending Scientology, the religion that Presley, John Travolta and Kelly Preston follow.

LOS ANGELES It's another girl for Jennifer Garner and Ben Affleck.

LOS ANGELES One of the digital wizards behind such cartoon smashes as "WALL-E," "Ratatouille" and "Finding Nemo" is getting an Academy Award.

OCALA, Fla. This small central Florida town is about as far from Hollywood as you can get. Maybe that's why actor John Travolta moved his family here.

NEW YORK When the father of a victim of the Mumbai terror attacks wrote Eddie Izzard asking the comedian to send a note to his injured, bedridden son, Izzard came up with a better idea.

LOS ANGELES Superheroes Batman, Iron Man and Hellboy are mixing it up with Brad Pitt, Nicole Kidman and an ancient mummy for the visual-effects Academy Award.

LOS ANGELES It's not exactly a presidential pardon, but prosecutors have agreed to drop charges filed against "W." actors Josh Brolin and Jeffrey Wright after an incident a Louisiana bar last year.

HONG KONG John Woo is preparing to introduce his first Chinese-language film in 16 years to foreign audiences after the historical epic proved a massive success in Asia.

LOS ANGELES Lindsay Lohan says she hasn't split with DJ Samantha Ronson, despite media reports they had publicly sparred several times over the holidays.

FREEPORT, Bahamas Jett Travolta's body shows no sign of head trauma and his death certificate says he was killed by a seizure, an undertaker said Monday, after doctors performed an autopsy on the 16-year-old son of the U.S actor.

LOS ANGELES Want to hear Cameron Crowe's thoughts on winning an Oscar or see how king-sized movie posters are assembled? How about a sneak peek at some of the exclusive exhibitions held at the film academy's Beverly Hills headquarters?

LOS ANGELES Fugitive director Roman Polanski received a message from prosecutors in a sexually explicit court motion Tuesday that all is not forgiven and they will fight dismissal of a three-decade-old conviction for raping a 13-year-old.

LOS ANGELES Jennifer Aniston and Owen Wilson's family dog tale "Marley & Me" nuzzled its way to another top finish at the box office, pulling in $24.3 million over its second weekend.

LOS ANGELES The Batman blockbuster "The Dark Knight," slighted in earlier Hollywood honors, was among best-picture nominees Monday for the Producers Guild of America Awards.

NEW YORK - "Waltz With Bashir," an Israeli's memoir of his nation's 1982 invasion of Lebanon, and "Happy-Go-Lucky," a British feature about a cockeyed optimist, were named top movies of 2008 by the National Society of Film Critics (NSFC) Saturday. At the group's 43rd annual meeting at Sardi's in New York, the critics preferred films of international rather than domestic provenance.