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Copyright ©2010. The Associated Press. Produced by NewsOK.com All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. “Snow White and the Huntsman” is a dark, stylish, sure-footed revisionist take on a classic fairy tale. BY DENNIS KING | Modified: May 31, 2012 at 12:00 am | Published: June 1, 2012 Oklahoman    Leave a comment Following the trifling, empty-calorie confection of “Mirror Mirror,” the season’s second cinematic stab at the famed Brothers Grimm fairy tale “Snow White and the Huntsman” unfolds in a stylish fashion that’s much bolder, darker and, well, grimmer. Chris Hemsworth stars as the Huntsman and Kristen Stewart as Snow White in “Snow White and the Huntsman.” UNIVERSAL PICTURES PHOTO Multimedia Article Gallery: Movie review: ‘Snow White and the Huntsman’ More Info MOVIE REVIEW ‘Snow White and the Huntsman’ PG-13 2:07 3 stars Starring: ...

June 1 (Bloomberg) -- Walt Disney Co. named former Warner Bros. Entertainment President Alan Horn as chairman of its film operation, replacing Rich Ross, who stepped down in April after the studio's "John Carter" picture bombed with audiences. Horn, 69, who oversaw the "Harry Potter" and "Dark Knight" pictures at Warner, will run production, distribution and marketing of Disney films, as well as those from the company's Pixar and Marvel divisions, Burbank, California-based Disney said yesterday in a statement. He starts on June 11. Chief Executive Officer Robert Iger has placed a high priority on the studio, which lost $84 million last quarter because of "John Carter." The studio is benefiting this month from "Marvel's The Avengers," which has posted $1.31 billion in worldwide sales and lifted Disney to first in U.S. theater revenue at $742.7 million, according to Box Office Mojo. Warner Bros., part of Time Warner Inc....

By Steve Jones, Korina Lopez, Brian Mansfield and Elysa Gardner, USA TODAY Updated USA TODAY's music staff offers a weekend tip sheet of sound recommendations spanning the media landscape. By Kevin Mazur, WireImage Tickets for Justin Bieber's Believe concert tour go on sale to the general public on Saturday. By Kevin Mazur, WireImage Tickets for Justin Bieber's Believe concert tour go on sale to the general public on Saturday. DVD/BLU-RAY The Beatles' animated ' Yellow Submarine ' restored The Beatles' battle to save Pepperland from the Blue Meanies has been digitally restored and is available again on home video. The band's groundbreaking animated film Yellow Submarine (1968, Capitol, G, $22; Blu-ray, $35) has been long out of print (it was last released on DVD in 1999). The George Dunning-directed film â€" based on the Lennon-McCartney song of the same name â€" finds John, Paul, George...

Can new Disney Studios chief Alan Horn help heal a battered Magic Kingdom? “I fully expect to be a stabilizing force,” Horn told TheWrap. “All I want to do is be helpful and keep the waters as calm as they can be.” The veteran film executive tapped Thursday as chairman of Disney's movie studio has been tasked with steadying a company rocked by the ouster of Rich Ross, whose tenure lasted less than three years and was marked by a series of costly flops like “John Carter.” Also read:   Disney Chooses Alan Horn as New Studio Chief Unlike his predecessor Ross, who was weaned on Disney's television unit, Horn comes with impressive bona fides and a real understanding of filmmakers and films. Over more than a decade, Horn helped transform Warner Bros. into a hit-making studio responsible for such blockbuster franchises as Harry Potter and “The Dark Knight” before stepping down as president and COO in 2010. But at his former home, the job was very muc...

BY ROGER EBERT / May 30, 2012 Cast & Credits Snow White Kristen Stewart Queen Charlize Theron Eric Chris Hemsworth William Sam Claflin Universal presents a film directed by Rupert Sanders. Written by Evan Daugherty, John Lee Hancock and Hossein Amini. Running time: 127 minutes. Rated PG-13 (for intense sequences of violence and action, and brief sensuality). Printer-friendly » E-mail this to a friend » "Snow White and the Huntsman" reinvents the legendary story in a film of astonishing beauty and imagination. It's the last thing you would expect from a picture with this title. It falters in its storytelling, because Snow White must be entirely good, the Queen must be entirely bad, and there's no room for nuance. The end is therefore predetermined. But, oh, what a ride. This is an older Snow White than we usually think of. Played for most of the film by Kristen Stewart , capable and plucky, she has spent long years locked in a room of he...

Kristen Stewart arrives at a screening of "Snow White and the Huntsman" at the Village Theatre on Wednesday. ( Kevin Winter/Getty Images / May 29 , 2012 ) By Matt Donnelly May 31, 2012 , 4:44 p.m. I think we can all agree that  Kristen Stewart deserves a stiff drink after the relentless promotion she's done for " Snow White and the Huntsman," and that's precisely what she had after a recent Los Angeles screening of the film. Attending a private reception at Westwood's Napa Valley Grille on Tuesday, Stewart enjoyed a cocktail the restaurant created in tribute to the film, which also stars Charlize Theron and Chris Hemsworth . The Poison Apple, made with bourbon, was served to Stewart and a group of about 20 friends and co-workers â€" including her on-screen prince, Sam Claflin (recipe below). Earlier at the screening, Stewart waxed to The Times about her promotional blitz for the dark retelling of the classic fairy t...

June 01, 2012 02:04:59 GMT Madge disses GaGa after singing 'Express Yourself' and encourages fans to 'rise above our egos and our titles and the names of our countries and our religions, and treat everyone with dignity.' officially opened her tour to promote her latest studio album "" in Tel Aviv, Israel. The Material Girl stormed the stage at Ramat Gan Stadium with a handful of dancers and wowed the sold-out crowd with fierce performances of songs from her extensive catalog. Among the tracks the Queen of Pop sang was "Express Yourself" from critically acclaimed album "". Although she was previously taped mashing up the track with 's "Born This Way" that bears resemblance to the 1989 hit single, she didn't do the mashup at the live show. Instead, Madge took a shot at the Mother Monster during the Thursday, May 31 gig. The "Girl Gone Wild" singer kept her jab short and to the point. "She...

When Justin Bieber was in Paris on Thursday (May 31) to perform a secret show for his fans in the lead-up to the release of his Believe album, he got a surprise of his own when he walked into a glass wall, injuring himself mid-set. According to an interview with TMZ , he bumped into the wall but was able to finish out the performance. "I was performing, and I was going offstage and, basically, I'm in Paris and performing on the tallest building in Paris, and there's a glass wall behind me, but there's a railing behind the glass. And so I went to reach for the railing and I hit my head on the glass," he explained. "And I guess me and glass windows don't really go together," He is referring to a viral video of himself going through a glass revolving door where he hit his head from back in 2010. However, this incident was a bit more serious and he added that he "felt lightheaded," but "my adrenaline pushed me through it and ...

In naming film veteran Alan Horn to oversee its troubled movie studio, Walt Disney Co. has tapped an executive who nurtured the blockbuster " Harry Potter " franchise and could bring magic back to the studio that once controlled the family film market. The former Warner Bros. Entertainment president takes over as Walt Disney Studios chairman June 11, assuming control of the Burbank company whose 1937 " Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" heralded a golden age of animated movies and made Mickey Mouse , Ariel and the Lion King an indelible part of the American childhood. But Walt Disney Studios, once the only Hollywood studio with brand-name identity among moviegoers, has lost its way. Although its "Toy Story 3," "The Avengers" and "Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides" each surpassed $1 billion at the box office, some recent Disney-brand films failed to connect with broader audiences, such as the flops "Prom" ...

(Updates with studio rankings in the third paragraph.) May 31 (Bloomberg) -- Walt Disney Co. named former Warner Bros. Entertainment President Alan Horn as chairman of its film operation, replacing Rich Ross, who stepped down in April after the studio's "John Carter" picture bombed with audiences. Horn, 69, who oversaw the "Harry Potter" and "Dark Knight" pictures at Warner, will run production, distribution and marketing of Disney films, as well as those from the company's Pixar and Marvel divisions, Burbank, California-based Disney said today in a statement. He starts on June 11. Chief Executive Officer Robert Iger has placed a high priority on the studio, which lost $84 million last quarter because of "John Carter." The studio is benefiting this month from "Marvel's The Avengers," which has posted $1.31 billion in worldwide sales and lifted Disney to first in U.S. theater revenue at $742.7 million, according to Bo...

The Mouse House has tapped Alan Horn as chairman of the Walt Disney Studios, effective June 11. He replaces Rich Ross, who exited in April. Disney chief Bob Iger announced the appointment Thursday afternoon, surprising staffers at the studio, given that many in the biz had expected Horn to bow out of the entertainment biz after ankling as president of Warner Bros. last year, following 12 years in the post. The 69-year-old Horn was replaced by a three-person "office of the president" -- filled by motion picture group prexy Jeff Robinov, TV group topper Bruce Rosenblum and home entertainment chief Kevin Tsujihara. When Horn left WB last year, he planned to "unplug" to figure out his next move, outside of consulting for his longtime studio home through 2013, from an office in Century City, he told Variety (March 31, 2011). One thing he didn't want was a producing deal at WB. Ironically, he also said when he's decided the next job, "There's not going ...

TEL AVIV (Reuters) - Pop superstar Madonna kicked off a new world tour on Thursday wishing peace on the Middle East even as she showcased grim dance routines depicting violence and bloody gunmen among her more colorful numbers. Madonna, 53, mixed hit songs over three decades in music with tunes from her recent album, "MDNA," before a packed audience, and she took a sly dig at younger diva, Lady Gaga . "She's not me!" Madonna sang at the end of "Express Yourself," which she had reworked to include a sampling of Lady Gaga's recent " Born This Way ." That song from Lady Gaga, who emerged on the pop music scene about four years ago and has enjoyed a huge following in recent years, has been cited by many music fans and critics as being very similar to Madonna's late 1980s dance club smash. Since Lady Gaga, 26, released "Born This Way," fans and music lovers have speculated that a generational challenge was in the works betwe...

Universal Pictures Can we get an evil queen scream if you already have your Snow White and the Huntsman tickets?! It's no secret we've been dying over this flick since day one (seriously, we have the trailer memorized), and we know all you loyal fans of Kristen Stewart , Charlize Theron and Chris Hemsworth are ready to flock to theaters to get your fairy-tale fandom on. The midnight release is tonight and the flick officially hits theaters June 1, so pull out your sword, put on your crown and get ready to feel like the fairest of them all. Here are 10 things you need to know before you hit the box office: READ: Snow White and the Huntsman : Review Roundupâ€"Is It the Fairest Summer Movie of Them All? 1. This Is Not Your Average Fairy Tale:  We've said it before and we'll say it again: SWATH is dark, creepy and downright effed-up. If you're looking for a basic Disney princess makeover, then stick to the PG Mirror Mirror . You're in for a t...

Norwegian Red Cross; Dimitrios Kambouris/WireImage Justin Bieber 's free concert Wednesday in Oslo, Norway did some serious damage. While the Red Cross Norway's Facebook  page said first aid was provided for 78 people and water was given to many dehydrated children, E! News talked to Camilla Bjorn, a VGTV reporter in Oslo, and she provided slightly different figures: According to local police, 19 girls were sent to the hospital and 49 fans from the concert were injured in one way or another because of the pressure and madness of the fans. "No state of emergency was ever declared," Bjorn tells E! News. "However there has been a ton of critique towards official police and Universal Music [Bieber's label] because they were not prepared. They had not taken into consideration the chaos that could occur." MORE: The Justin Bieber-Mike Tyson Connection: Ex-Champ Tweets Biebs Boxing Pics Post-Paparazzo Incident Hello, you either have JavaScript tur...

"Snow White and the Huntsman," starring a fierce Kristen Stewart and an even fiercer Charlize Theron as warring sides of good and evil, is a baroque enchantment filled with dazzling darkness, desultory dwarfs, demonic trolls and beastly fairies. It is an absolute wonder to watch and creates a warrior princess for the ages. But what this revisionist fairy tale does not give us is a passionate love â€" its kisses are as chaste as the snow is white. Perhaps they are saving the passion for the sequel, for it seems there is surely one to come after director Rupert Sanders' brilliantly inventive debut. The film's Alexander McQueen -esque illusions of grandeur do a very good job of masking its flaws, and for the story, Evan Daugherty has conjured up a serious feminist twist on the ages old fable. It is his first screenplay to be produced, with later assists and shared credit with veterans John Lee Hancock ( "The Blind Side," "Midnight in the Garde...

The Media Circuit/INFphoto.com Matthew Fox is off the hook in a civil suit filed in the wake of his party bus incident . A Cleveland bus driver has dropped a personal injury complaint against the former Lost actor in which she accused him of punching her in the chest and groin during an August 2011 altercation when he tried to board her vehicle. So what prompted the turnabout? MORE: Matthew Fox Not Facing Charges in Party Bus Incident Hello, you either have JavaScript turned off or an old version of Adobe's Flash Player. Get the latest Flash player . Heather Bormann had hoped to collect damages over the alleged bust up despite the fact that Cleveland prosecutors opted not to press assault charges against the 45-year-old thesp. However according to EW.com , the woman's attorney, J. Norman Stark, withdrew her lawsuit in April. He also noted that the Party of Five actor did not fork over any money as part of a settlement to make the matter go away. Fox als...