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One of the most moving scenes in Roger Waters The Wall finds the former Pink Floyd singer visiting the grave of his grandfather, George Henry Waters, who died while fighting in France during World War I. A clip of the scene, which comes via Ultimate Classic Rock, shows Waters reading the headstone then cuts back to reveal the singer standing with his children, looking down at the grave. "It's been an ambition of mine to come here with you three," he says. "Two great-grandsons, a great-granddaughter and a grandson." Daughter...

20th Century Fox and their animation arm Blu Sky Studios have announced a July 15, 2016 release date for the franchise sequel Ice Age 5. No story details have been released yet. It comes after Ice Age: Continental Drift, which was released in 2012.

Because of this confirmed release date, the studio has now decided to push their upcoming original animated feature Anubis a ways into the future, giving it a confirmed March 23, 2018 release date.

Anubis is loosely based on the Bruce Zick novel 'The Anubis Tapestry: Between Twilights'. The story follows Dr. George Henry, who finds himself condemned to the Egyptian Underworld after succumbing to an ancient Mummy curse. The doctor's son Henry sets off on an adventure to free his father, and must battle various monsters of all shapes and sizes as he plunges through the depths of this fantastical Underworld.

No story details have been released for Ice Age 5. Ice Age: Continental Drift...

Another Ice Age is coming! 20th Century Fox and Blue Sky Studios have set Ice Age 5 for release on July 15, 2016. That pushes their previously-announced Anubis a bit further down the line. It will now hit theaters on March 23, 2018. Started in 2002 with the original Ice Age , the successful franchise also includes 2006's Ice Age: The Meltdown , 2009's Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs and 2012's Ice Age: Continental Drift . Collectively, the four films have grossed more than $2.8 billion worldwide. Anubis , meanwhile, is said to be loosely based on the novel "The Anubis Tapestry: Between Twilights" by Bruce Zick, which kicks off when a mummy's curse condemns Dr. George Henry's spirit to the Egyptian Underworld. While trying to free him, Henry's son Chance...

Chicago – Veteran actor Bruce Dern is now up to bat. That is how he describes what is at stake in his role as Woody in director Alexander Payne’s new film, “Nebraska.” But this film icon – with an over 50 year career – also has plenty other stories to offer, regarding Jack Nicholson, his family, his life and performing a “Derns-ser.”

Bruce Dern began his on-screen career in TV beginning in 1960, taking various character parts during that era, with regular cowboy roles in “Wagon Train,” “The Virginian” and “The Big Valley.” He made his film debut in the horror classic “Hush, Hush Sweet Charlotte” (1964), and created memorable characters in such diverse films as “They Shoot Horses, Don’t They” (1969), “Drive, He Said” (1971), “The Great Gatsby” (1974), “Smile” (1975) and “Family Plot” (1976). Recent films include roles in “Monster” (2003), “The Astronaut Farmer” (2006) and as Frank Harlow in the HBO series “Big Love” (2006-11). He was nominated...

They're funny and passionate. One of them can even rock a pastel pantsuit. Hadley Freeman hails her female heroes whose accomplishments deserve some serious respect

Betty White

These days, White is mainly known for two things: 1. Being old, and 2. Being funny about it. But there is so much more to her than geriatric self-mockery. Aside from her brilliant performances on The Golden Girls and The Mary Tyler Moore Show, White was one of the first women to take control of her own acting career by co-founding a TV production company in the 1950s. She was also nominated for the first best-actress Emmy in 1950, and her book about this period of her life, Here We Go Again: My Life in Television, is as funny as it is inspirational. Still sharp as a tack in her 10th decade, she is not only a hilarious actor but a hysterical off-the-cuff guest on American talk shows,...

Chicago – The wonderful bonus of the Hollywood Celebrities & Memorabilia Show is the opportunity to meet the real stars of past film eras. Ernest Borgnine and Bruce Dern were there during the show in March of this year.

Both actors carved out character careers during the period of the 1950s to the present. They have often explored the cowboy genre, and each starred opposite some legendary movie gunslingers. Ernest Borgnine appeared in one of the greatest westerns of all time, “The Wild Bunch” (1969). Bruce Dern starred opposite John Wayne in “The Cowboys” (1972).

The Hollywood Celebrities & Memorabilia Show is a biannual event that brings celebrities to Chicago to meet, sign autographs and interact with their admirers. Hosts Ray and Sharon Court announced at the March show that the upcoming October show would be their last, as they are retiring.

HollywoodChicago.com got the chance to interview Borgnine and Dern, and Joe Arce...

Goethe cursed attempts to set Faust to music – but composers kept trying regardless. As Terry Gilliam's version opens, Stuart Jeffries recounts a litany of depression, devils and duels

There is a curse on any composer rash enough to set Goethe's Faust to music. The German literary genius declared only Mozart capable of adapting his epic drama of damnation, sexual betrayal, witchcraft and freeform philosophic meditation. Selfishly, Mozart had died in 1791, almost 20 years before Goethe completed part one. So forever after, we have been doomed to suffer Faustian adaptations that the author would have disdained.

Perhaps Goethe's curse was issued because of That Thing he had with Beethoven. When Goethe met Beethoven (What a film! Hugh Bonneville as genteel, bewigged Goethe; Russell Crowe as Beethoven, surly and spoiling for a fight), the former bowed like a courtier; the latter didn't even remove his hat. You can see how...