Energy Secretary Steven Chu Responds to Onion Article About His Wild Party Night
Energy Secretary Steven Chu didn't wake up hung over, laying next to a solar panel.Or did he?In a Facebook post, the outgoing member of President Obama's cabinet refused to confirm or deny a satirical...
View ArticleThe Chris Dorner Manhunt: A Script So Compelling It's Already Writing Itself
Dick Wolf should definitely have been taking notes on Thursday. The story of ex-cop Chris Dorner's alleged killing spree is not just an epic jaw-dropper, it's a story born for the "ripped from the...
View ArticleBradley Cooper Fast-Tracks 'American Sniper' Film On Heels of Vet's Shooting...
Five days after the shooting death of former Navy sniper Chris Kyle, Bradley Cooper is fast-tracking his film project "American Sniper," based on the autobiography of Kyle.In a interview on the NPR...
View ArticleAOL Reports Best Quarterly Revenue Growth in 8 Years
AOL Inc reported its best quarterly revenue growth in eight years because of strong search and advertising sales, and its shares rose more than 7 percent.The company said on Friday that total revenue...
View ArticleShirley Bassey to Perform for First Time on Oscars
Shirley Bassey will perform at this year's Academy Awards for the first time in her long career, Â joining a diva-packed lineup.In addition to Dame Shirley, Oscars producers have booked Barbra...
View ArticleBush Family Emails Hacked: W. In the Shower, and Talk of Bubba
Suggesting that no one is secure from hacking, someone posted private emails from members of the Bush family, including correspondence from the second President Bush about working on a eulogy for the...
View ArticleSteven Tyler to Testify at Hawaii Anti-Paparazzi Bill Hearing (Updated)
Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler testified at a legislative hearing in Hawaii on Friday, lending his support to a bill bearing his name that would allow celebrities to collect damages from people who...
View Article'Identity Thief' Reviews: Is Melissa McCarthy's Latest Another 'Bridesmaids'?
"Identity Thief" failed to tickle critics' funnybones. The R-rated comedy arrived with high expectations, boasting two comedic mastercraftsmen in Jason Bateman and Melissa McCarthy and "Horrible...
View ArticleJustice Department Reaches Settlement With Macmillan in E-Book Antitrust Suit
The Department of Justice said Friday it settled with one of four publishers it sued for allegedly conspiring with Apple to raise e-book prices.The settlement, filed in a U.S. district court in New...
View ArticleBlizzard: AMC and Regal Closing Theaters, Broadway to Stay Open (Updated)
Updated, 4:02 p.m. ESTAs the Northeast digs in for what could be one of the worst blizzards in recent history, two of the countries largest chains, AMC and Regal, are closing locations throughout the...
View ArticleTony Kushner to Congressman on Inaccuracy: 'Lincoln' Is Drama, Not History
Tony Kushner hit back on Friday at a Connecticut congressman who complained about historical inaccuracies in the Oscar-nominated "Lincoln," saying his factual tweaks added to the film's drama. On...
View ArticleRatings: 'Community' Grows With Premiere; CBS Wins With Rising 'Big Bang Theory'
NBC's "Community" made its long-awaited return to the air with a ratings boost Thursday night, while CBS took an overall win based largely on the strength of the top-rated "The Big Bang Theory,"...
View ArticleOscar Voting Finally Begins - What Will the 29-Day Gap Mean?
Charlize Theron, Daniel Radcliffe, Channing Tatum, Robert Downey Jr. and Shirley Bassey are among the participants who have been added to the 75th Oscars show in the last two days, according to...
View ArticleSAG Awards Grabs a Very Early Date - and Moves to a Saturday
The Screen Actors Guild Awards are inching earlier.SAG Awards Committee Chair JoBeth Williams announced on Friday that the 2014 SAG Awards will take place on Jan. 18. That's a full nine days earlier...
View ArticleKino Lorber Acquires Sundance Prize Winner 'Computer Chess'
Kino Lorber has acquired domestic distribution rights to "Computer Chess," Andrew Bujalski's comedy that won the Alfred P. Sloan Award at Sundance.Kino Lorber has planned a national theatrical release...
View ArticleInside 'War Witch's' Unexpected Love Story - Amidst Congo Brutality
Kim Nguyen's "War Witch," Canada's entry in the Oscar foreign-language sweepstakes, is the very definition of an international film: It's in French, set in Africa and made by a Canadian director with a...
View ArticleJames Cromwell Follows Up Gruesome 'American Horror Story' Run With...
As the evil Dr. Arden on the recently wrapped "American Horror Story: Asylum," James Cromwell committed any number of atrocities, including the double amputation of the asylum's resident nymphomaniac,...
View Article'Cheers' Producer, 'Van Wilder' Director Land Blue-Collar Comedy With TBS
TBS has ordered a comedy pilot from former "Cheers" co-executive producer Rob Long and "Van Wilder" director Walt Becker (pictured), the network said Friday. The pilot, "Do It Yourself," will center on...
View ArticleShowtime Orders Marriage Drama Pilot From 'In Treatment' Producers
Showtime has ordered a drama pilot called "The Affair" from "In Treatment" producers Sarah Treem and Hagai Levi, the network said on Friday.The potential series explores exactly what the title...
View Article'A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III' Review: Starring the Art...
Like so many filmmakers of his generation, writer-director Roman Coppola makes movies that are simply a valentine to other movies. The results, however, tend to be more like installations, where we...
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