Mel Gibson's 78-Year-Old Stepmother Says He Terrorized Her
Add Mel Gibson's stepmother to the list of people who claim to have been screamed at and menaced by the actor. Joye Hicks Gibson (full name: Teddy Joye Hicks Gibson), the wife of the actor's father...
View ArticleHow Fandango Won the Online Movie Ticketing War
Fandango is emerging as the winner in its decade long battle against chief rival MovieTickets.com, dramatically altering a rapidly growing sector of the movie business. For years, the online movie...
View ArticleABC Chief 'Optimistic' About 'Modern Family' Negotiations
ABC entertainment president Paul Lee says he expects "Modern Family" to start its season on time, and is optimistic about salary negotiations with the cast. "We're hopeful, we're optimistic that we'll...
View ArticleMark Zuckerberg's Net Worth Falls $7.2B as Facebook Share Prices Plummet
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg's stake in the social network he founded sunk $7.2 billion since its initial public offering as shares in the company sank to an all-time low Friday. The Silicon Valley...
View Article'Step Up Revolution' Review: Hyper-Energetic Dance Movie Trips Itself Up
Even by the silly standards of the series, "Step Up Revolution" giveth, and it taketh away. There's too much color and energy and frenzy in this movie to discount it entirely, but it has a...
View ArticleBristol Palin: 'I Like Gays. I'm Not a Homophobic'
Bristol Palin wants to clear up her views on gays before her second go-round on "Dancing With the Stars." "I like gays," she said. "I'm not a homophobic and I'm so sick of people saying that. Just...
View Article'Desperate Housewives,' 'Selena' Actress Lupe Ontiveros Dead at 69
Actress Lupe Ontiveros, whose career spanned from a roles in the 1997 film "Selena" to the ABC dramedy "Desperate Housewives," has died at the age of 69, following a battle with liver cancer. A...
View ArticleThe Era of Rockette Comedy
I want to make clear that I'm not trying to make an attempt to dissect comedy. Dissecting comedy is like finding blood in your stool -- not good. I'm simply offering a few general observations about...
View ArticleFire in Mexican Movie Theater on One Week Anniversary of Colorado Theater...
Is this movie cursed? Exactly one week after the mass shooting at a theater in Aurora, Colorado, a small fire at a midnight screening of "The Dark Knight Rises" in a city near Guadalajara, Mexico...
View ArticleAMC Cancels 'The Killing'
"The Killing," which led viewers on a search for Rosie Larsen's killer over two frustrating seasons, will not be back for a third, AMC announced Friday. The Fox Television series from showrunner Veena...
View Article'Call Me Maybe' Gets the USA Olympic Swim Team Treatment (Video)
You gotta give the USA Olympic Swim Team credit -- they know how to blow off steam creatively in the run-up to the local games. Michael Phelps, Ryan Lochte and the rest of the swim team offer their...
View Article'The Master' Opening Moved Up to Sept. 14
Paul Thomas Anderson's "The Master" will debut a month earlier than originally planned, The Weinstein Company said Friday. The film, which chronicles the early days of a religion that resembles...
View ArticleCourt Rejects NAB Bid to Delay Posting Political Advertising Data Online
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia on Friday rejected a National Association of Broadcasters request to stay new rules requiring local TV stations to put information about...
View ArticleFinancial Times' Digital Subscribers Eclipse Print
Digital subscriptions to the Financial Times have eclipsed daily print circulation for the first time, Pearson Media said Friday. Subscriptions to FT.com swelled 31 percent to more than 300,000, while...
View Article2012 Olympics Opening Ceremony: Where and How to Watch
The 2012 Olympic Games kick off Friday with a 4 1/2-hour extravaganza at Olympics stadium that will draw an estimated viewership of 1 billion. Chances are, you'll be one of them. Or at least you want...
View Article'Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry' Director Actually Hopes Her Movie Will Be Pirated
Alison Klayman knows she's a true rarity in the movie business: a director who can't wait for her film to be bootlegged and illegally downloaded. In the case of Klayman's first feature, the...
View ArticleUniversal Studios Names New Operations President: Michael Moore
Universal Studios has a new boss. Michael Moore (right), president of Raleigh Entertainment/Raleigh Film and Television Studios, will take over as the President and General Manager of Universal...
View ArticleDane Cook Apologizes for 'Dark Knight Rises' Shooting Joke
Dane Cook has pulled his foot out of his mouth long enough to apologize for an ill-conceived joke about last week's shooting spree at an Aurora, Colo., screening of "The Dark Knight Rises." Responding...
View ArticleDetails Behind CNN Chief Jim Walton's Exit; Time-Warner Seeks Overhaul
The removal of Jim Walton as president of CNN Worldwide on Friday means that Time-Warner Chairman Jeff Bewkes realizes that his news network is in trouble and in need of a major overhaul. The move has...
View ArticleChick-fil-A Public Relations Boss Dies Amid Homophobia Uproar
Chick-fil-A has lost its public-relations boss, at a time when it really needs him. Don Perry, the vice president of public relations for the Georgia-based restaurant chain, died unexpectedly Friday...
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