Authorities arrested the mayor of a small town in Chile after the man disrupted the shoot of the next James Bond film. The mayor, Carlos Lopez of Sierra Gorda, allegedly drove a Jeep into the shoot demanding for filming to halt, as his permission was not asked. His vehicle was followed by about 200 people.

PGA Tour golfer John Henry "Tripp" Isenhour III has apologized after he was charged on Wednesday with killing a hawk on purpose with a golf shot because it was making noise as he videotaped a TV show. The 39-year-old Georgia Tech graduate was charged with cruelty to animals and killing a migratory bird. He was at the Grand Cypress Golf Course on Dec. 12 to film "Shoot Like A Pro" when he became annoyed with the shrieking hawk.

Mistaking her for a film technician, Prince Philip gave actress Cate Blanchett the shock of her life when the royalty asked her to fix his DVD. The Oscar nominee said the Prince might have misunderstood her when she introduced herself as working "in the film industry" when she visited the Buckingham Palace recently.

Citibank NA Bangladesh has provided the partial funding for making of a non-commercial research-based documentary on the Bangladeshi nationalist movement and the subsequent war for independence. The documentary titled "1971" produced by film director Tanvir Mokammel will depict the historically significant national and international events of the war. Historical footages from home and abroad will also be used in the 120 minute documentary film.

The Pakistani government, through a recommendation from the Senate Standing Committee on Sports, Culture & Youth Affairs, is mulling ending a 40-year-old ban on the public screening of Indian-made feature films. "Bollywood" were banned in 1965 during the war between the two rivals. "We have devised a mechanism for allowing the import of Indian films for a period of one year, after which the arrangements can be reviewed," Committee Chair Sen. Zafar Iqbal Chaudhry told the Press Trust of India.