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NEW YORK (AP) — The Directors Guild of America will pay tribute to Francis Ford Coppola at its 25th DGA Honors in October. Coppola will be honored Oct. 17 at a ceremony at the DGA Theater in New York, the guild was set to announce Monday.

“ Alien: Romulus ,” the latest installment in the 45-year-old franchise, opened in first place at the North American box office. The 20th Century Studios release earned an estimated $41.

“The Union,” an action comedy with Mark Wahlberg and Halle Berry, should have been more fun. Or more exciting. It certainly had a lot working in its favor, including big stars and a budget for globetrotting.

“The Union,” an action comedy with Mark Wahlberg and Halle Berry , should have been more fun. Or more exciting. It certainly had a lot working in its favor, including big stars and a budget for globetrotting.

Finally, a movie for everyone who read Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery” and wished it had been a comedy.

“In space, no one can hear you scream,” went the tagline for the original “Alien” in 1979, a terrifying thought on multiple levels.

Mark Wahlberg's documentary production house is ringing up "the real BlackBerry story." Wahlberg's Unrealistic Ideas says it is moving ahead with a feature-length documentary centred around the history of the Waterloo, Ont.-based smartphone maker.

J.K. Simmons has no regrets about playing the long game in work and love. The Oscar-winning actor was 42 when he appeared in his first major screen role on HBO’s “Oz” as white supremacist prisoner Vern Schillinger in 1997.

A group of incarcerated fathers are warned in the documentary “Daughters” that they’re about to go on “emotional rollercoasters.” A truer prediction has never been uttered.

TORONTO — Jason Reitman's chronicle of the early days of "Saturday Night Live" is headed to the Toronto International Film Festival.