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LOS ANGELES, Aug. 14, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- With the 8(th) Annual Eurasia International Film Festival slated to open the week of Sept. 17 to 22 in Almaty, Kazakhstan, stars like Dennis Haysbert will fly into the Central Asian Republic to discover first-hand the filmmaking opportunities in the area's largest emerging economy. Oscar-nominated producer Wolfgang Petersen, who helmed the classic "Das Boot" and brought "Troy" and "Perfect Storm" to the screen among other films,...

CULVER CITY, Calif., May 22, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Madison Gate Records, a division of Sony Pictures Entertainment, is proud to announce today's release of "Famous For Killing Each Other: Music From and Inspired by Hatfields & McCoys," available today on the iTunes store and other retailers. The album, written and produced by Kevin Costner and his band Modern West, serves as a companion piece to the original miniseries HATFIELDS & McCOYS and features the single and...

"Hero Dog" Host Carson Kressley Exits Competition but Takes on New Dance Partner Kevin Costner in Hilarious Sendup of "Dances with Wolves" on funnyordie.com WASHINGTON, Oct. 20, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Carson Kressley may not be Dancing with the Stars after his elimination on Tuesday's show, but fans can still check out his moves as he takes on a brand new dance partner, Kevin Costner, in a riotously funny video sendup of "Dances With Wolves" that just premiered on hit comedy site,...

Best known as the star and director of several Hollywood blockbusters, actor Kevin Costner found himself in a different role on Wednesday--testifying in front of Congress as the head of a company he claims can provide a "no-nonsense approach" to cleaning up oil spills.According to MSNBC.com, Costner, the founder of Blue Planet Solutions, told the House of Representatives committee on homeland security, "We can choose to enlist a fleet of 6,000 vessels that are hampered by their...

ZION, Ill., April 9 /PRNewswire/ -- The City of Zion has announced that its construction of a planned multi-million dollar minor league baseball stadium is scheduled to begin next week. The stadium project is now worthy of a blockbuster major league trade announcement beginning with its new location on a 23-acre site at the NE corner of the Rt. 173 and Green Bay Road, gateway to Trumpet Park and the City of Zion. The "ballpark village" will include a year round multi-use development...

A minor league baseball team, partly owned by actor-director Kevin Costner, is set to move into a new stadium in Lake County, Ill., in the summer of 2010. Costner, who is known for his roles in the baseball-themed movies Field of Dreams and Bull Durham, is part of a baseball team ownership group that has been working with Zion, Ill., and one of the largest real estate developers in the world to bring a Northern League team to a new stadium, near Gurnee's Six Flags Great America and the...

By Guy Adams The election campaign's final weeks bring a slew of new films from both sides of the political divide Regardless of who wakes up on the morning of 5 November with a "to do" list that involves shifting their personal belongings into the White House, next month's election may at least help to answer one of the oldest questions in showbusiness: can politics ever be box office? The presidential race has inspired Hollywood to produce a string of films that pander to both sides of...

By Vicki Walker Nick Nolte escaped a fire that caused an estimated $1.5 million damage to his Malibu home Tuesday, authorities said. The 67-year-old actor scraped his arm and inhaled some smoke, but was not hospitalized, Los Angeles County fire inspector Sam Padilla said. "He is seeing his private physician" for the injuries, he said. The fire was reported at 11:34 a.m. at Nolte's secluded home. The electrical fire started in the living room, and Nolte apparently tried to put it out...

By Ellie Genower HIS star may have fallen off the movie chart of late, but Kevin Costner still shines in many hearts and minds as the swashbuckling hero of Robin Hood: Prince Of Thieves. His most famous screen characters - the saviour of Whitney Houston in The Bodyguard or the cowboy in epic Oscar-winner Dances With Wolves - are remembered fondly as all-out winners. How times have changed. Yes, Kevin is still a movie star, although he may be a little less famous these days, but his...

By * DAMON SMITH Face Addict (12, 102 mins) Debbie Harry, John Lurie, Victor Bockris Think celebrity culture was just invented by Heat magazine and Big Brother? Think again. Former Rolling Stone snapper Edo Bertoglio's fascinating documentary trawls the detritus of Sixties and Seventies New York, catching up with all the erstwhile Beautiful People ... where they are now? Are they still beautiful (were they ever, in the true sense of the word?) Has age, bad living and the dark underbelly...