... Advertisement - Among other academy invitees: Paula Wagner, Tom Cruise's longtime producing partner; directors Tyler Perry, Rod Lurie and Thomas McCarthy; filmmaker James Marsh, whose "Man on Wire" won last season's documentary award; and writers ...

HOLLYWOOD (AP) - The first thing writer-director Rod Lurie wants you to know about his new film "Nothing but the Truth" is that it wasn't inspired by Judith Miller. In fact, he's ...

... The Contender" as one of the gala presentations during its 25th anniversary last month, Bridges, Allen and director Rod Lurie are like politicians themselves. They diplomatically decline to speculate on the outcome of the Gore-Bush race, but ...

... president, either as a bad Nixonian president or sort of a glorified, Kennedy-esque president," said writer-director Rod Lurie, who made "The Contender" and the presidential thriller "Deterrence." "Clinton has demystified it. We see him ...

... through my Uncle Harry's vacation videos. 5. Overstuffed ending: "The Contender" I feel guilty about this one. Rod Lurie's film is one of the year's best, a juicy political drama about a candidate's sullied past and the question of ...