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'Lost': Happy we'll be, across the sea
The promise of what's at the other end of a mystery is almost always more interesting than what's actually there.
Classic Hollywood: 100 years of Robin Hood movies
The new Ridley Scott/Russell Crowe version joins film variations starring everyone from Errol Flynn and Sean Connery to Frank Sinatra and...
Electronic Arts posts first profitable quarter in three years
Electronic Arts ended a three-year string of losses by posting higher sales and a return to profitability in its fourth quarter, fueled by...
With TV Everywhere, pay-TV industry seeks to fend off an Apple invasion
Last fall, Apple Inc.'s head of Internet services began making the Hollywood rounds with a proposal to launch a subscription television...
Filmmakers flock to forum on state tax credits
Question: How do you pack a theater with jaded movie industry professionals?
Bob Berney and Bill Pohlad: What split up indie film's odd couple?
If you've ever met the two men who were supposed to put Apparition Films on the map you'd know right away who sucks all the air out of the...
Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars come to Southern California
When it comes to converting collective trauma into musical inspiration, few corners of the planet can touch New Orleans. For decades, the...
Unbleeped 'Boondocks' to be sold on iTunes
There's no shortage of bleeps covering up the raunchy language of young black militant Huey Freeman and other foul-mouthed characters on...
On the Media: Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles adapts to changing media market
Niche journalism and an $800,000 donation make its future seem secure.
PREACH IT! Claudia Schiffer poses naked and pregnant, Earth continues to rotate on axis
Celebrity survival rule No. 86: No more posing naked and pregnant on a magazine cover.
Telluride Film Festival unveils new poster
Telluride unveiled the artwork for this year's 37th annual festival, a distinctive design from Pixar Animation Studios' Ralph Eggleston.
Country singers Blake Shelton, Miranda Lambert engaged
Shelton reportedly popped the question unexpectedly Sunday.
Rob Reiner's new film 'Flipped' moving up into the summer
Big Picture: The movie certainly took me back to the early years of his career, when he was making such affecting films as "Stand By Me" and...
Disney revenues, net income rise as film studio improves
In total, the Burbank-based entertainment giant reported net income of $953 million on revenue of $8.58 billion.
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