U.S. actor Matt Damon says he consulted Robert De Niro before gaining 30 pounds for his role in the new film The Informant! De Niro famously packed on 60 pounds for Raging Bull. I talked to Robert De Niro before I did it, Damon said at a recent Toronto International Film Festival news conference.

Famed film critic Roger Ebert wrote a letter to his readers in the Chicago Sun-Times saying he is now cancer-free and ready to get back to reviewing movies. I am at last returning to the movie beat, Ebert announced in the letter published Tuesday.

GURNEE, Ill. - A 10-year-old girl with a history of heart trouble collapsed during a family outing at Six Flags Great America amusement park and died, police said. Witnesses said the girl had just gotten off a ride in the Camp Cartoon Network area of the park Wednesday evening.

Actor Robert De Niro has been diagnosed with prostate cancer but is expected to recover fully, a spokesman said Monday.