'The Amazing Spider-Man' Review: Refurbished, Runs Like New
Spider-Man is Joan of Arc is Jesus is D'Artagnan is Ebenezer Scrooge is Juliet. We know how their stories are going to turn out, but we love watching new versions of their tales over and over and over...
View ArticleJohn Travolta Massage Case: Lawsuit Against Gloria Allred Struck Down
Gloria Allred scored an expected victory Friday in the increasingly convoluted legal saga over actor John Travolta's alleged misbehavior during massage sessions, as a judge dismissed a lawsuit brought...
View Article'Longmire' Gets Second Season From A&E
A&E has renewed "Longmire" for a second season less than a month after its series premiere. The western-themed series, which stars Robert Taylor as Wyoming sheriff Walt Longmire and Katee...
View ArticleErin Andrews Is Leaving ESPN, May Land at Fox Sports
Erin Andrews is leaving ESPN and may join Fox Sports. The flaxen-haired television host's contract with ESPN expired this week and after some speculation about her future with the network, an ESPN...
View ArticleNBC to Be Alive With a Live 'Sound of Music'
NBC Entertainment plans to bring its hills alive with "The Sound of Music" -- live. Craig Zadan and Neil Meron, the producing team behind "Smash" and the film versions of "Chicago" and "Hairspray,"...
View ArticleDish Announces Replacements for AMC Networks, Beginning This Weekend
Dish Network isn't blinking in its battle with AMC Networks, which airs such popular shows as "Mad Men," "Walking Dead" and "Breaking Bad." The pay TV service announced Friday that it is sticking to...
View Article'Ted' Talking $51M After $20.2M Friday; 'Magic Mike' Eyes $45M+ as Raunch...
Movie audiences were ready for some raunch, as R-rated comedies "Ted" and "Magic Mike" debuted explosively Friday at the U.S. box office. Universal's "Ted," Seth MacFarlane's tale of a talking teddy...
View Article5 Things That Are Different About the New 'Spider-Man'
"The Amazing Spider-Man," Sony's fourth Spider-Man movie in recent years and the reboot of a $2.5 billion worldwide franchise last seen with 2007's "Spider-Man 3," has lots of the things you'd expect...
View Article'Amazing Spider-Man' Spins $50M in Overseas Box-Office Bow
"The Amazing Spider-Man" has begun spinning its box-office web, taking in $50.2 million from 13 overseas markets in its first weekend of release. Also read: 'Ted' Talks Box-Office Blue Streak at $54M;...
View ArticleIndie Box Office: 'Beasts of the Southern Wild' Roars in Debut
Fox Searchlight's "Beasts of the Southern Wild" roared out of the gate this weekend, grossing $169,000 from four theaters in New York and Los Angeles for a spectacular $42,250 per-screen average. Also...
View ArticleAMC Cuts New Deal With AT&T, but Loses Carriage on Dish
AMC Networks -- which airs "Mad Men," "Walking Dead" and "Breaking Bad" -- has reached a new carriage agreement with AT&T, the network announced Sunday. The companies' previous agreement ran out...
View Article'Ted' Talks Box-Office Blue Streak at $54M; 'Magic Mike' Shakes $39M Booty
Universal's "Ted," Seth MacFarlane's tale of a potty-mouthed teddy bear come to life, beat the stuffing out of its box office rivals and pre-release projections with a stunning $54.1 million debut...
View Article'Ice Age: Continental Drift' Debuts to $78M at Foreign Box Office
Fox's animated "Ice Age: Continental Drift" heated up the overseas box office this weekend, raking in $78 milion and finishing No. 1 in all 34 markets in which it opened. It shattered several records...
View ArticleTom Cruise and Katie Holmes: Can We Handle the Truth?
So Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes are kaput. This is the way a Hollywood marriage ends – not with a bang but a whimper? Isn't there something disappointing about the non-reaction to a megawatt...
View ArticleBET Awards 2012: Making the Red Carpet Scene (Slideshow)
It was hot when the stars hit the red carpet for the 2012 BET Awards Sunday at the Shrine Auditorium, but if ever a crowd could keep it cool, this was it
View ArticleErin Andrews Joins Fox Sports Following ESPN Exit
Former ESPN reporter and host Erin Andrews has signed a multi-year pact with Fox Sports, the network announced Sunday. Andrews will host the Fox's new primetime college football pregame show and make...
View ArticleWhy Movie Stars Are Losing Their Edge at the Emmys
We'll know that television's inferiority complex about the movies is over when TV stars start routinely beating their silver-screen colleagues at the Emmys. There are signs it's already happening....
View ArticleNBC Launches NBCLatino, New English-Language Site Targeting Hispanics
NBC News on Monday launched NBCLatino.com, a news and lifestyle website that will draw from NBC News, MSNBC, and NBCUniversal property Telemundo. The site, which will feature English-language news and...
View Article'Weeds': Who Got Shot?
(Spoiler alert: Don't read if you don't want to know who was shot on "Weeds.") "Weeds" ended its seventh season last year with a cliff-hanger. As Nancy Botwin (Mary-Louise Parker), the drug-dealing...
View ArticleBET Awards: Watch D'Angelo's Comeback Performance (Video)
D'Angelo made a triumphant return Sunday, bringing down the house at the BET Awards after more than a decade out of the spotlight. The funk and soul singer, who has performed a series of overseas...
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