LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Within 24 hours, Rhythm & Hues Studios went from accepting a BAFTA award for its arresting visual-effects work on "Life of Pi" to filing for Chapter 11 protection. It was a shocking turn of events for a company that is up for two Oscars for its work on the 3D epic "Pi" and for "Snow White & the Huntsman," and a sign that the visual-effects industry may be headed for a reckoning. ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Nancy Zwiers was genuinely psyched to see "Lincoln," but something happened between the ticket purchase and the credits. Off screen, that is.

PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — John Kerr, the stage and film actor whose credits include the movie "South Pacific," the thriller "The Pit and the Pendulum" and a Tony Award-winning turn in "Tea and Sympathy," has died. He was 81.

MADRID (AP) — Penelope Cruz and Javier Bardem are expecting their second child.

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BILIN, West Bank (AP) — An Oscar-nominated documentary about this West Bank hamlet has managed to infuriate people on both sides of the Israeli-Palestinian divide.

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"Star Trek" and "Go On" star John Cho is a dad again! According to People , the actor and his wife Kerri Higuchi recently welcomed a baby girl.

BERLIN (AP) — Jude Law says his biggest challenge in preparing for Steven Soderbergh's new thriller "Side Effects" was psychological: convincing himself that he could play a psychiatrist properly.

BERLIN (Reuters) - Iran's Jafar Panahi has defied a 20-year ban on filmmaking to secretly co-direct "Closed Curtain", a multi-layered portrayal of how restrictions on his work and movement have brought on depression and even thoughts of suicide. The movie, in competition at the Berlin film festival, has its premiere on Tuesday, but Panahi was not expected on the red carpet despite festival organizers saying the German government had requested he be allowed to travel. ...

LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Two Scandinavian directors. Nikolaj Arcel, nominated for his smart Danish costume drama "A Royal Affair," and Espen Sandberg, the co-director with Joachim Roenning of the Norwegian epic "Kon-Tiki," had never met before this awards season - but when both films were nominated for Oscars and Golden Globes, the two men began to find themselves at the same events in Los Angeles, far from where they grew up. Is there a kinship between Scandinavian filmmakers? SANDBERG: Absolutely. It is a small scene, and I think every Scandinavian movie that does well helps me. ...

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LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - "Argo," which seems to have been snatching up every award in sight lately, would be the front-runner in this one, too, if it existed: Best Use of a Sudden Slew of Honors. Ben Affleck's Iran hostage thriller has been in release since October 12, but following the Oscar nominations on January 10 - and subsequent honors from the Producers Guild, Screen Actors Guild, Directors Guild and BAFTA - the box-office grosses have risen in four of the last five weeks. It's domestic total is $123. ...

LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Jennifer Aniston is joining Owen Wilson in Peter Bogdanovich's comedy "She's Funny That Way," Red Granite Pictures announced in Berlin. She will play a therapist with a mother in rehab for alcoholism in the Wes Anderson and Noah Baumbach-produced the film following a married Broadway director (Wilson) who falls for a prostitute-turned-actress, then helps advance her career. Jason Schwartzman, Cybil Shepherd, Eugene Levy, Kathryn Hahn and Brie Larson co-star in the comedy (also known as "Squirrels to Nuts") written by Bogdanovich and Louise Stratten. ...

LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Gerry Hambling, the British film editor whose credits include "Midnight Express," "Pink Floyd: The Wall" and "Mississippi Burning," died February 5 in England. He was 86. Hambling, who entered the film industry at 16 as an editor's apprentice, was a longtime collaborator of director Alan Parker, editing 14 of his films. "He was undoubtedly one of the finest film editors that the British film industry has produced," Parker remembered. ...

(Reuters) - Sony Pictures Entertainment and U.S. pay-TV network Starz extended an agreement that gives Starz exclusive rights to Sony movies through 2021, blocking Netflix Inc from striking a deal with the Hollywood studio. Netflix signed a landmark agreement in December to stream first-run Walt Disney Co movies, and CEO Reed Hastings told analysts in January that his video subscription service was interested in securing the rights to Sony movies as well. Starz shares climbed 7.3 percent to $17.89 in afternoon trading on the Nasdaq. Netflix shares fell 2 percent to $177.23, also on Nasdaq. ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jason Bateman and Melissa McCarthy's "Identity Thief" has made off with the weekend box-office title with a $34.6 million debut.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Academy Awards producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron have run out of rehearsal space. Dressing rooms, too.

NEW YORK (TheWrap.com) - The Weinstein Company has picked up domestic distribution rights to "Blood Sisters," the first film adaption from the popular young adult novels, "Vampire Academy." "Mean Girls" director Mark Waters will direct the film, which should begin shooting this summer. The Weinstein Company wants to release it on Valentine's Day, 2014, which is also a long weekend due to President's Day. It marks the independent distributor's first foray into the lucrative young adult market. The book series, which includes six titles thus far, has registered 8 million sales worldwide. ...

LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Movie-going got more expensive last year with ticket prices hitting record highs in 2012, the National Association of Theatre Owners said Monday. The average ticket price hit $7.96, a three-cent bump from last year, but still the biggest annual number when not adjusted for inflation. For the fourth quarter of 2012, 3D releases, such as "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey" and "Rise of the Guardians," pushed ticket prices to $8.05. That was a 3.4 percent bump from the $7.78 cents audiences shelled out on average over the three months ending in September. ...