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Polish director Roman Polanski has returned to the Cannes Film Festival, where he is to present a new film.

A Chinese conglomerate has announced it will buy U.S. cinema chain AMC Entertainment Holdings for $2.6 billion to create the world's biggest movie theater operator.

After going missing for more than one week, actor Nick Stahl has made good on his promise to enter rehab, according to his wife.

(Reuters) - "Battleship," Universal Picture's big budget science fiction film, is likely to dent the studio's profits after it opened with lower than forecast ticket sales, according to analysts. The film, which Comcast unit Universal has said cost $209 million to produce, generated $23.4 million in ticket sales at theaters in the U.S. and Canada during its opening weekend, according to figures compiled by Hollywood.com. It had been projected by tracking services used by Hollywood studios to have ticket sales of between $35 million and $40 million. ...

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - "Terminator 3" actor Nick Stahl, who had been missing for more than a week, has checked himself into rehab, his estranged wife told media outlets on Sunday. Stahl's wife Rose Murphy told E! Online celebrity news website that the actor, who has a history of substance abuse problems, was "really working hard" at sobriety. The 32-year-old American actor had been reported missing to police earlier this month. He sent an email to friends and family on Friday saying he wanted to check into rehab for 30 days, according to TMZ.com. ...

Shannon Elizabeth has an eye for dancing - the "American Reunion" actress partnered with three-time "Dancing with the Stars" champion Derek Hough for the show's sixth season.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - New action movie "Battleship" collided with Iron Man, The Hulk and the rest of "The Avengers" this weekend at movie theater box offices, and the super heroes came out on top. "Avengers" from Walt Disney Co's Marvel Studios added an estimated $55.1 million to its U.S. and Canadian ticket sales and held the No. 1 box office spot for the third straight weekend, according to studio forecasts on Sunday. The strong performance left big-budget "Battleship," which launched in theaters on Friday, drifting in second place with $25.3 million. ...

A French feminist group upset about the lack of female directors at this year's Cannes Film Festival is protesting on the red carpet.