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Vampire film to take huge bite out of box office

Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:18:29 GMT

Cast members of the bitingly-hot vampire flick "Twilight" say it isn't all about the horror - but rather the intensely personal relationship between fans and the story that has teens rushing to the box office to snatch up advance tickets for the film, which debuts Friday.

Jack Nicholson

Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:16:18 GMT

Award Central: Actor -- He didn't always want to be an actor, but even as a kid, Jack Nicholson couldn't resist the movies. The one that made all the difference?

Sheriff Joe Arpaio gets a reality TV show

Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:03:41 GMT

The toughest sheriff in the West, Arizona's take no prisoners colorful lawman Joe Arpaio lassoed himself a reality TV deal

GNR's `Chinese Democracy' now streaming on MySpace

Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:03:29 GMT

Guns N' Roses is spreading democracy to the world and Dr Pepper is handing out free soft drinks in the United States as a result.

In photos: 'Kelly Brook launches her new fragrance 'Vivacious''

Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:03:27 GMT

We have added a new set of images from the event Kelly Brook launches her new fragrance 'Vivacious.'

Dividing the Estate

Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:01:18 GMT

Legit Reviews: Evidence that history repeats itself is everywhere in "Dividing the Estate." Once-valuable farmland has made way for strip malls, local businesses are being supplanted by foreign-owned factories, the real estate market has sunk, financial institutions are hurting and more and more folks are facing bankruptcy and home foreclosures. This sweetly satirical comedy about a Texas family squaring off over their inheritance could almost be unfolding in 2008, but Horton Foote wrote the play 20 years ago and set it against the economic turmoil of the late '80s.

Top of the Pops in festive comeback

Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT

TOP Of The Pops is coming back this Christmas with two one-off specials. The first show will go out on BBC 1 on Christmas Day and the second on Hogmanay.

Sergeant fans set to desert Strictly Come Dancing

Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT

THOUSANDS of viewers plan to boycott the final weeks of Strictly Come Dancing in protest over John Sergeant's departure from the show.

'Everyone wants to find a Caravaggio

Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT

IN 1990, a lost painting by Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio was discovered by a curator from the National Gallery of Ireland. The Taking of Christ, which was spotted hangi

In photos: 'Hot Topic presents The Twilight Tour'

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 23:59:27 GMT

We have added a new set of images from the event "Hot Topic presents The Twilight Tour."

A 'do-over' for The Bachelor couple Charlie O�Connell and Sarah Brice

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 23:48:41 GMT

Love is lovelier the second time around.

Madonna, Ritchie expect official divorce Friday

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 23:48:29 GMT

A judge will likely grant Madonna and Guy Ritchie an initial divorce decree on Friday, according to the schedule for London's High Court.

In photos: '24: Redemption Premiere in New York City'

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 23:48:27 GMT

We have added a new set of images from the event "24: Redemption Premiere in New York City."

Geoff Kors

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 23:46:18 GMT

Award Central: Civil rights activist -- As exec director of Equality California, Geoff Kors helped lead the fight against Prop. 8, which eliminated the rights of same-sex couples to marry. His activism got an early start, at the movies.

IMAX to the max: Greg Foster talks 2009 and beyond

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 23:44:27 GMT

IMAX Corp. is set to have a banner 2009 and beyond.

NBC's 'The Office' posts new minisodes: We have them!

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 23:33:41 GMT

New Office webisodes debut today.

In photos: 'Katie Price AKA Jordan at lingerie book signing'

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 23:33:27 GMT

We have added a new set of images from the event "Katie Price AKA Jordan at lingerie book signing."

Jay Chou nabs lead in 'Ci Ling'

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 23:31:18 GMT

Film News: Taiwanese multi-hyphenate set for action pic -- Taiwanese multi-hyphenate Jay Chou will star in "Ci Ling" a period action film from the producers of his 2008 Asian hit "Kung Fu Dunk," it was confirmed by his management company JVR.

Kat Von D shares new video clips for LA Ink tonight

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 23:18:41 GMT

Argentinian-American Kat Von D was born in Nuevo Leon, Mexico. At age four, she and her family immigrated to the

Valerie Plame Wilson

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 23:16:18 GMT

Award Central: Former CIA spy -- Born on the Fourth of July" brought it all back for one future spy.

Julianne Hough to leave DWTS

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 23:03:41 GMT

Pretty country crooner Julianne Hough is hoofing it off the long-running dance competition for ABC.

Newt Gingrich

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 23:01:18 GMT

Award Central: Former Speaker of the House -- Repeated viewings of "Gone With the Wind" led this pol to read Rudy Behlmer's book "Memo from David O. Selznick," about the autocratic producer's voluminous correspondence with his stars and directors, among them Alfred Hitchcock.

Paul Krugman

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 22:46:18 GMT

Award Central: Economist -- The recent Nobel Prize winner has put together a celluloid triptych that he calls his "economics films."

Gov. Bill Richardson

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 22:31:18 GMT

Award Central: Politician -- The New Mexico governor first pursued a career in baseball, so it's no wonder that many movies that have impacted Bill Richardson feature the sport: for example, the Oscar-nommed "The Natural" and "Field of Dreams."

Arianna Huffington

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 22:16:18 GMT

Award Central: Blog editor -- Politics and print came early to the editor-in-chief of the Huffington Post, thanks to a journo dad and movies imported from Hollywood.

Howard Dean

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 22:01:18 GMT

Award Central: DNC chairman -- The doctor-turned-pol especially reveres Humphrey Bogart in "The Treasure of the Sierra Madre" and "Casablanca," which, Howard Dean claims, is "the one I've seen the most."

Frank Rich

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:46:18 GMT

Award Central: Author -- The political left has found its most articulate voice in Frank Rich, columnist for the Sunday New York Times. Movies like "North by Northwest," "The Manchurian Candidate" and "Dr. Strangelove" introduced him to the cause.

Dr. Sanjay Gupta

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:31:18 GMT

Award Central: Neurosurgeon -- It isn't brain surgery. Yet, watching movies can mean a lot to a second-generation Indian American growing up in small-town America (Chelsea, Mich.), where the name Sanjay Gupta is about as exotic as it gets.

James Conlon

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:16:18 GMT

Award Central: Conductor -- A t 14, the future music director of the L.A. Opera sat awestruck as he watched Albert Finney and Joyce Redman go at it with everything from peaches to clams on the half-shell in Tony Richardson's "Tom Jones."

Kathy Griffin

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:01:18 GMT

Award Central: Comedienne -- She is arguably best known for very publicly not thanking God or Jesus Christ or the Easter Bunny when she won her much-coveted Emmy in 2007.

Indies believe children are the future

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 20:46:18 GMT

Award Central News: Teen-oriented pics dent adult drama dominance -- With "The Dark Knight," "Mamma Mia!" and "Quantum of Solace," 2008 has been another blockbuster year for British cinema. But strip out the studio movies, and that boast starts to look rather threadbare.

Off Off Broadway scene suffering

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 20:31:18 GMT

Legit News: 25% of venues in West Village, Midtown close -- 'Tis the season to announce closings. According to a survey from the New York Innovative Theater Foundation, more than 25% of the Off Off Broadway venues in New York's theater-heavy West Village and Midtown neighborhoods have closed in the last five years.

MGM Networks names president

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 20:16:18 GMT

Exec Shuffle: Bruce Tuchman to continue overseeing division -- Bruce Tuchman has been promoted to a newly created position as president of MGM Networks.

Bravo claps for Kathy Griffin

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 20:01:18 GMT

Los Angeles: New deal includes 5th season, hosting duties -- Kathy Griffin has inked a new one-year deal with Bravo that includes a fifth-season renewal of her Emmy-winning reality series as well as hosting duties for an awards show and two comedy specials.

Ben Silverman joins Peacock board

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 19:46:18 GMT

Business News: NBC exec added to joint Equity Fund venture -- NBC Entertainment co-topper Ben Silverman has joined the board of the Peacock Equity Fund, the joint venture between NBC Universal and GE Capital.

Anti-mafia film 'arrives early' in the town it depicts

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 19:44:47 GMT

Pirate copies of the anti-mafia film Gomorra go on sale in the heartland of the Naples Camorra clan it depicts.

Larry King

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 19:31:18 GMT

Award Central: Talkshow host -- For this TV interviewer, the movies' biggest impact came from a series of antiwar films, starting with William Wyler's "The Best Years of Our Lives" in 1946.

Deepak Chopra

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 19:16:18 GMT

Award Central: Doctor -- The author of "Why Is God Laughing?" enjoyed "The Ten Commandments," "Lawrence of Arabia" and "Dr. Zhivago" in their first runs, but the ultimate movie epic for him remains "Gandhi." It didn't matter that he already knew the story.

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 19:01:18 GMT

Legit Reviews: When a big-budget special-effects Broadway musical with a huge cast is streamlined for the road, that usually indicates a producer's code for a watered-down, pallid version of the original. But the first national tour of "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang" that kicked off in Fort Lauderdale this week remains a lush, inventive fairy tale that will dazzle audiences which don't compare it with the London or New York versions.

On the Town

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 18:46:18 GMT

Legit Reviews: The Bronx is still up and the Battery down, and "On the Town" remains a helluva show. That's the word just in from City Center, where Encores! has contributed to this fall's cornucopious Leonard Bernstein festival with the musical that first took the remarkable Lenny out of the concert hall and put him on the showbiz A-list.

Mod, Telecinco board 'Mal ajeno'

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 18:25:54 GMT

International News: Film produced by Amenabar's company -- Fernando Bovaira’s Mod Producciones and Telecinco Cinema have joined Alejandro Amenabar’s shingle Himenoptero to produce “El Mal ajeno,” helmed by Oskar Santos.

Kraftwerk case overturned

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 18:17:45 GMT

A German court overturns a decision to protect electronic band Kraftwerk's copyright on a 1977 track sampled by a producer 20 years later.

Rihanna to endorse Gucci's tv handbag

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 18:16:50 GMT

Rihanna has been selected to be the face of Gucci for its latest TV handbag ad.

Hollywood gains ally with Waxman

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 18:10:54 GMT

Business News: Rep. to head Energy & Commerce Committee -- First the Justice Dept., and now one of the key House committees: Hollywood has gained another major ally among top federal authorities.

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Thu, 20 Nov 2008 18:06:30 GMT

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Britney pokes fun at dad in documentary

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 18:01:50 GMT

Britney Spears has taken a friendly swipe at her dad in her documentary by mocking his gestures