Film News: Pic wins five kudos including best feature prize -- "Precious" dominated the Independent Spirit Awards, copping five trophies including best feature, director, actress, supporting actress and first screenplay.

Film News: Tom Cruise-Cameron Diaz starrer will hit theaters on June 25 -- Twentieth Century Fox is moving up the release of Tom Cruise-Cameron Diaz starrer "Knight & Day."

Film News: Disney pic increases 57% for over four million views -- Online auds increased their views through the looking glass as "Alice in Wonderland" trailer grew 57%.

Film News: Oscar favorite blows away competition again -- The "Avatar" trailer rolls into Oscar weekend with a sizeable lead on the Visible Measures best pic trailer rankings.

Film News: Story follows middle-school kids transformed into adults -- Peter Chernin's production company and alma mater 20th Century Fox are looking for some laughs.

Film News: Tim Burton's 3D remake on track for big opening -- Disney's "Alice in Wonderland" is more than liking her reflection in the looking glass.

Film News: 'Shutter Island' makes strong showing in second week overseas -- Twentieth Century Fox's "Avatar" held on to the top spot at the international B.O. over the Feb. 26-28 weekend in what may be the 3D giant's last weekend to dominate overseas as Disney unleashed "Alice in Wonderland" day-and-date March 5.

Film News: Tentpole films rule while indies struggle to hang on -- Each week brings us new signals that there is no such thing as a movie industry anymore. That entity loosely known as Hollywood has deftly divided itself into two separate industries that (fortunately) have little to do with each other.

Film News: Success of pics like 'Shutter Island' open window of opportunity -- No one loves a good mystery more than mystery authors, but the suspense is killing some of the them: When will Hollywood finally make a movie out of their books?

Film News: Academy Award-winning pic gets Paramount makeover -- "The African Queen" paired screen legends Humphrey Bogart and Katharine Hepburn, earned Bogey his only Oscar and lives on (in legend, at least) for everything director John Huston put his actors through -- from malaria and dysentery to elephant stampedes and attacks by swarms of soldier ants.

Film News: Collectors look for treasure in movie property -- Ten years ago, Dorothy's iconic ruby-red slippers sold for almost $700,000. In 2008, Luke Skywalker's lightsaber from "Star Wars" was purchased for a healthy $240,000.

Film News: Home-grown hits dominate the local box office -- Korean films beat foreign films at the box office in February for the first time since October 2009.

Film News: Warner Bros. pic wins Maxwell Weinberg prize -- Hollywood union publicists have tapped Warner Bros.' "The Hangover" as winner of the Maxwell Weinberg award for top feature publicity campaign.

Film News: Medavoy's long experience informs eclectic slate -- For Phoenix Pictures, the 15-year-old indie production banner headed by Mike Medavoy, "Shutter Island" is emblematic of the company's long-view approach.

Film News: English-language pics add to company's slate -- Leading Italo production shingle Cattleya is thinking bigger one year after U's Focus Features Intl. took a 20% stake. The Rome-based shingle is now looking to expand its reach into the international arena, while also striving for a bigger chunk of the crucial local market.

Film News: University mulls Star Wars character for new mascot -- When the U. of Mississippi decided to ditch its Col. Reb mascot a few years back, the search began for a replacement, with some nontraditional contenders offered up.

Film News: Kimura nabs director prize with 'Mt. Tsurugidake' -- "The Unbroken," Setsuro Wakamatsu's corporate meller about intrigue in a major airline, modeled on recently bankrupted Japan Airlines, was named best picture at the 33rd Japan Academy Awards ceremony on Friday.

Film News: Benegal film to be released on VOD, in theaters -- On the back of its selection for the Tribeca Film Festival, helmer Dev Benegal's Hindi-language "Road, Movie" has been picked up for U.S. distribution by Tribeca Film.

Film News: Site is based at Singapore's World Sentosa -- Universal Studios will open its largest theme park in Asia at Resorts World Sentosa, Singapore's freshly minted casino/leisure complex, to the public on March 18.

Film News: Conservatives need to lighten up - and get glitzier stars -- New Rule: Conservatives have to stop complaining about Hollywood values.