Wall Street ended a difficult week with a modest advance today after strong earnings from retailers Dillard’s and Nordstrom helped bolster investor expectations of a rebounding economy.

Despite the failure of Gigli, Ben Affleck is still in demand.

A larger-than-expected drop in durable goods orders intensified Wall Street’s concerns about the US economy today and sent stocks sliding for the second day in a row. Technology issues again suffered the largest declines.

The film world’s newest secret agent will be a nine-year-old boy who will star in the Walt Disney Co.’s Joe 90, a live action film based on husband-and-wife team Gerry and Sylvia Anderson's cult television puppet series.

Movie house Miramax Films has said it meant to address the issue of abuse of women with its planned distribution of the critically acclaimed film The Magdalene Sisters.