Published on Tuesday, November 17, 2009 by admin   The Leonid Meteor Shower can be viewed from November 13-20, 2009 but the peak will be early tomorrow morning, November 17, 2009. The most activity will occur and best hours to view the Leonid Meteor Shower will be after 1:30 am EST and before sunrise. This year, the view may be even better because the moon will not be visible from Earth (it will be darker...

Published on Tuesday, November 17, 2009 by admin HONG KONG – The story of a Chinese Communist Party official who moves to a community of boat people after his revolutionary lineage is refuted has won the Man Asian Literary Prize, organizers said. Su Tong was awarded $10,000 for his novel "The Boat to Redemption" at an announcement ceremony late Monday, organizers said in a statement. Su's novel is about a Ch...

Published on Tuesday, November 17, 2009 by admin DETROIT (Billboard) – Brian Setzer's new album, "Songs From Lonely Avenue," was inspired by film noir themes from the '40s and '50s. Now he'd love to see someone make a movie based on the record. "I'd love Quentin Tarantino to take a crack at it," Setzer tells Billboard.com, noting that the album's 13 songs are "a loose storyline to a movie. It is thought-out, t...

Published on Tuesday, November 17, 2009 by admin LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) – Lionsgate has pre-emptively picked up the action thriller spec "Last Stand" from writer Andrew Knauer. The story, described as having shades of "Gone in 60 Seconds" and "High Noon," features a Gumpert Apollo, a race car used by drug smugglers, and it centers on a cartel leader that uses it to break out of a courthouse. As he sp...

Published on Tuesday, November 17, 2009 by admin LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) – "Atonement" director Joe Wright is in talks to shoot the thriller "Hanna," his first foray into the action realm. The film, described as having shades of "La Femme Nikita" and the "Bourne" movies, centers on a 14-year-old Eastern European girl who has been raised by her father to be a cold-blooded killing machine. She connects ...

Published on Tuesday, November 17, 2009 by admin LOS ANGELES – "Twilight" fans have taken over the Westwood neighborhood of Los Angeles. Thousands of fans filled the streets near UCLA on Monday, hoping to catch a glimpse of their favorite undead stars attending the evening premiere of "New Moon" — the second film in the "Twilight" vampire saga. Some "Twi-hards" — as they call themselves — arrived a...

Published on Tuesday, November 17, 2009 by admin LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) – Stephen Root, currently in theaters with "The Men Who Stare at Goats," has lined up roles in the ensemble comedy "Cedar Rapids" and the Robert Redford historical drama "The Conspirator." In "Rapids," Root joins Ed Helms, Anne Heche and John C. Reilly. He will play the proud owner of an insurance company and Helms' boss. Miguel ...

Published on Tuesday, November 17, 2009 by admin LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) – What does a movie producer actually do? To find out, The Hollywood Reporter gathered the men behind six of the season's most buzz-worthy films -- Lawrence Bender ("Inglourious Basterds"), Jon Landau ("Avatar"), Laurence Mark ("Julie & Julia"), Bill Mechanic ("Coraline"), Mace Neufeld ("Invictus") and Ivan Reitman ("Up in t...