Ethan Hawke

It was the stuff of novels: For years, a con artist plagued the publishing industry, impersonating editors and agents to pull off hundreds of literary heists. But the manuscripts obtained from high-profile authors were never resold or leaked, rendering the thefts all the more perplexing.

Baz Luhrmann's rock'n'roll biopic "Elvis" hip-swiveled to the top of the box office on its opening weekend in North America, taking in an estimated $30.5 million in a rare tie with "Top Gun: Maverick," industry watcher Exhibitor Relations reported on June 26.

Three new releases helped fuel the North American box office this weekend, with Universal's animated action-comedy "The Bad Guys" on top with an estimated $24 million take, industry watcher Exhibitor Relations reported on April 24.

"As Far As I Can Walk," a film by Serbian director Stefan Arsenjevic, won the Crystal Globe award at the Karlovy Vary Film Festival in the Czech Republic ending late on Aug. 28, organizers said.

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The film co-produced by Serbia, France, Luxembourg, Bulgaria and Lithuania tells the story of two African migrants in Serbia.

Director Radu Ciorniciuc's debut documentary film, "Acasa, My Home", which tells the story of the family that lived for 20 years in the wilderness of the Vacaresti Delta (ed.n. - a natural delta in District 4 of Bucharest), until the place received protected area status, won the Grand Prize at DOK.fest Munich, according to a release sent to AGERPRES.

The oldest film festival in the world is going big on nail-biters this year, with thrillers dominating the race for Venice's coveted Golden Lion award, organizers said on July 28. 

Costi is a thin but talkative five-year-old boy who is proud that he can count up to 20. He says he learned this only because he attended kindergarten in Potlogi, a poor and dilapidated village in southern Romania.

His family, including other four siblings, lives on social benefits, like many other people in the village. None of the parents have a steady job.

A Greek Reporter video clip shows that Hollywood stars believe that despite the debt crisis, Greece’s beauty and culture is as dazzling as ever.

Couples strutted down the red carpet at the 87th Academy Awards…

1. Justin Theroux – Jennifer Aniston
2. Faith Hill – Tim McGraw

3. Keith Urban – Nicole Kidman

4. Benedict Cumberbatch – Sophie Hunter

5. Sunrise Coigney – Mark Ruffalo

6. Director Wes Anderson

7.Alejandro G. Inarritu – Maria Eladia Hagerman

The American coming-of-age tale "Boyhood", filmed over 12 years, won a BAFTA for best film on Sunday but the British awards ceremony was dominated by the Stephen Hawking biopic "The Theory of Everything".