The Nicolas Cage action-thriller "Bangkok Dangerous" needed just $7.8 million to take the top spot at the box office in what was the slowest movie weekend in five years, according to studio estimates released Sunday.
Darren Aronofsky's "The Wrestler" won the top award at the Venice Film Festival on Saturday.
Prosecutors have brought additional charges against a Hollywood actor accused of stabbing his ex-girlfriend 20 times.
Since being diagnosed with brain cancer, Robert Novak has lost partial vision and undergone surgery to remove a tumor, the conservative political commentator wrote in a column published Saturday.
For most of our lives cartoonist Lynn Johnston has had us hanging on every plot twist and complication she could pack into 29 years of "For Better or For Worse."
All Seth Rogen really wanted when he came to Hollywood was to make a movie with Kevin Smith.
Jimmy Wayne was down and out a few years ago. His record label had been bought out, and it looked like his shot at being a country star was over.
After seeing what "An Inconvenient Truth" did for environmental awareness, Hollywood producer Laura Ziskin wanted to make a documentary about cancer, a disease she has fought since 2004.
The Jacksons were crowned icons at the BMI Urban Awards, but the King of Pop was an absentee.
The Nicolas Cage action-thriller "Bangkok Dangerous" needed just $7.8 million to take the top spot at the box office in what was the slowest movie weekend in five years, according to studio estimates released Sunday.
Darren Aronofsky's "The Wrestler" won the top award at the Venice Film Festival on Saturday.
Prosecutors have brought additional charges against a Hollywood actor accused of stabbing his ex-girlfriend 20 times.
Since being diagnosed with brain cancer, Robert Novak has lost partial vision and undergone surgery to remove a tumor, the conservative political commentator wrote in a column published Saturday.
For most of our lives cartoonist Lynn Johnston has had us hanging on every plot twist and complication she could pack into 29 years of "For Better or For Worse."
All Seth Rogen really wanted when he came to Hollywood was to make a movie with Kevin Smith.
Jimmy Wayne was down and out a few years ago. His record label had been bought out, and it looked like his shot at being a country star was over.
After seeing what "An Inconvenient Truth" did for environmental awareness, Hollywood producer Laura Ziskin wanted to make a documentary about cancer, a disease she has fought since 2004.
The Jacksons were crowned icons at the BMI Urban Awards, but the King of Pop was an absentee.
Dr. Mark Greene is coming back to "ER," but he's not coming back from the dead.
Since receiving the Ivor Novello award for best film theme for his work on Kenneth Branagh's "Henry V" in 1989, Patrick Doyle's compositions have been a sought after commodity in the film world.
Bill Melendez, the animator who gave life to Snoopy, Charlie Brown and other "Peanuts" characters in scores of movies and TV specials, has died. He was 91.
A judge on Wednesday dealt a serious but possibly temporary blow to a lawsuit filed by a celebrity magazine reporter who has accused a paparazzi agency of secretly filming Heath Ledger doing drugs in her hotel room.
Solange Knowles turns out to be a little sensitive about using a certain b-word.
A mere film festival cannot compete with the Academy Awards' grip on the public imagination, but the 33rd Toronto International Film Festival (which begins Thursday) comes pretty close -- in part because it has become the first important bellwether for the onslaught of Oscar hopefuls.
On September 9, the U.S. publisher of "Harry Potter" will premiere a highly ambitious series with a mystery ending for readers and a couple of puzzlers for the industry: How big is the market for a multimedia story -- and can a phenomenon be conceived by a publisher rather than created by the public?
David Letterman wants to stick with CBS' "Late Show" through his contract -- and maybe longer -- as rival Jay Leno prepares to surrender the "Tonight" reins next year.
Don LaFontaine, the voiceover king whose "In a world ..." phrase on movie trailers was much copied -- and much parodied -- has died, according to media reports. He was 68.
Jerry Reed, a singer who became a good ol' boy actor in car chase movies like "Smokey and the Bandit," has died of complications from emphysema at 71.
Ike Pappas, a longtime CBS newsman who was a few feet from presidential assassin Lee Harvey Oswald when he was fatally shot and reported the chaotic scene live on the air, has died at 75.
Lee Goldberg thinks Glen A. Larson is a genius, and not because the prolific television writer and producer gave us "Knight Rider" and "B.J. and the Bear."
At any given time, J.J. Abrams has an awful lot on his mind: He's the producer, writer and co-creator of ABC's hit series "Lost," and the writer and director of the return of "Star Trek" to the big screen.
Oscar-winning animator Hayao Miyazaki foregoes computer graphics and returns to the pencil and crayon for his latest film, an East-meets-West nod to Hans Christian Andersen's "The Little Mermaid."
Jerry Lewis raised a record $65 million for the Muscular Dystrophy Association in his annual Labor Day telethon, a benefit that also made a pitch for those inconvenienced by Hurricane Gustav.
Oscar-winning actress Helen Mirren has revealed that she was date-raped when she was a student.
"The Dark Knight" on Sunday became the second movie in Hollywood history to top $500 million at the domestic box office, raising its total to $502.4 million, according to estimates from distributor Warner Bros.
On one side of the "Raising the Bar" soundstage is a sterile office space punctuated with old phones, metal filing cabinets and stacks of papers. On the other side: a far less drab enclave accented with modern office furniture, frosted glass partitions and minimalist Macs.
Fuel prices have grounded an unexpected frequent-flyer: Diddy.
Michael Jackson celebrated his 50th birthday Friday, but he's still young at heart.
Jennifer Aniston will make a return visit to NBC, the TV network where she became a breakout star on "Friends."
Not quite a spin-off (though that's what The CW is calling it), and not really a remake or a sequel: This is the new "Beverly Hills 90210," albeit with a fresh look and a shorter name -- "90210."
Colored wristbands run halfway up Stephen Brackett's arm, each one marking a show he and his band, the Flobots, have played the last several days.
An author who fabricated a best-selling memoir about surviving the Holocaust by living with wolves asked a judge Thursday to affirm a $32.4 million jury award in her favor.
West Wing writer Aaron Sorkin is to pen a film about the founders of social networking site Facebook.
David Duchovny has entered a rehabilitation facility for sex addiction.
When reporter David Carr began thinking about writing his life story, he found he couldn't trust his own memory.
Marion "Suge" Knight has been released from a Las Vegas jail.
Carmen Electra, in a low-cut gold minidress, captures every photographer's attention as she steps out on a patio overlooking the Pacific. Her hair catches the ocean breeze as if on cue. Even her fiance is transfixed. He snaps a few photos with his cell phone. Meanwhile, Kim Kardashian, wearing a tight tank top and slim-fitting skirt, waits in the wings for the cameras to point her way.
Britney Spears won't perform on this year's MTV Video Music Awards, according to her manager.
Hunter Parrish, who was raised in the conservative Texas town of Plano, has played a pot dealer on TV and now has sex on stage. Well, not quite: It's simulated.
Marion "Suge" Knight was jailed Wednesday on assault and drug charges after he was accused of beating his girlfriend while brandishing a knife near the Las Vegas Strip, police said.
He does comedy, writes books, mixes it up with the hottest stars in music and Hollywood. With all this, who needs swimming?
After almost 50 years, it's hard to imagine Glen Campbell needing an introduction. But not only is "Meet Glen Campbell" his first major release in two decades, it shows a new side of the 72-year-old singer.
Some 43 years after a Beatles concert was -- according to popular belief -- banned by Israel, Paul McCartney has announced he'll perform there in September.
The competition among TV networks, movie studios and A-list stars can be fierce, but the fight against cancer will unite them on September 5.
Dave Freeman, co-author of "100 Things to Do Before You Die," a travel guide and ode to odd adventures that inspired readers and imitators, died after hitting his head in a fall at his home. He was 47.
It was seven more golden days for NBC last week, radiant with Olympics coverage that brought the sort of ratings victory a network dreams of.
David Mamet's "American Buffalo," a robbery tale set in a Chicago junk shop, has found its third partner in crime -- Haley Joel Osment, who will be making his Broadway debut in the production.
George Clooney hosted a charity event Tuesday night to raise money for victims in Darfur.
Emily Deschanel and David Boreanaz are stuck in a Mini Cooper, just steps from where East meets West.
Models have the runway, actresses the red carpet and -- when it comes to showing off their latest styles -- tennis players have center court.
Kanye West raising the roof. Charlize Theron leading the charge. Gwyneth Paltrow and Edward Norton stumping for the arts.
Kevin Smith likes to watch porn online, not to get his jollies but to marvel at how extreme the art of exhibitionist sex can be.
Brian Wilson sits on a plush couch in his living room, smiling nervously.
As the centennial of Lyndon Johnson's birth approaches, historian Robert A. Caro would like to think of his longtime subject at his happiest and most fulfilled: Not when Johnson was president, in anguish over Vietnam, but a few years before, as Senate majority leader, the one-man legislative machine.
Scooching in between Simon Cowell, Paula Abdul and Randy Jackson sounds intimidating, if not a little scary.
Fred Crane, the one-time actor whose Southern accent won him a slot as one of Scarlett O'Hara's beaux and the opening line in "Gone With the Wind," has died.
In case you're wondering which books to read this fall, Michael Moore has a suggestion: Don't read any.
The lead singer of the Canadian pop band Barenaked Ladies and three other people survived a plane crash in rural southeastern Ontario, authorities said Monday.
It's billed as the oldest writers' conference in the nation, a gathering at a picturesque mountaintop retreat where literary giants, book editors and up-and-coming novelists have been coming together once a year since the 1920s.
Think of a bullwhip and fedora and one man immediately springs to mind: Indiana Jones, the sardonic archeologist played by Harrison Ford in Steven Spielberg's '80s trilogy which started with "Raiders of the Lost Ark."
Scoot over, Simon Cowell. "American Idol" is adding a fourth critic to its panel of judges.
As the saying goes, "Pain is temporary, film is forever" and noone in the movie business knows this better than stuntmen.
"Rock Me Sexy Jesus." "You're As Gay As the Day is Long." "Raped in the Face."
Susan Lucci, Toni Braxton and Lance Bass will hit the floor on ABC's "Dancing With the Stars."
He's recognized around the world as the iconic face of James Bond. But in Britain, Sean Connery is also well known as a proud Scot, and on Monday he returns to his hometown to launch his autobiography.
Shannen Doherty, Jennie Garth and the cast of the CW's "90210" toasted the teen drama's return to television Saturday night at a lavish invitation-only beachside premiere party.
The action comedy "Tropic Thunder" weathered a rush of new movies to remain No. 1 for a second-straight weekend with $16.1 million in ticket sales, according to studio estimates Sunday.
Comedian Chris Kattan's marriage to his model wife lasted almost as long as a "Saturday Night Live" skit.
Stage actors love theater. Film actors see movies. Musicians dig concerts by their fellow musicians. But TV performers just don't seem to catch much TV, according to an unofficial survey spanning years of interviews I've had with them.
The end is near for a bitter legal dispute between the three surviving members of The Doors now that the California Supreme Court has refused to take up their case.
Just in time for back-to-school comes "The House Bunny," which won't teach you anything new or useful, but it will prepare you for sorority rush.
Junior Mints, Yoo-hoo, Drake's Coffee Cakes, puffy shirts: These are all things Jerry Seinfeld has endorsed -- at least in his alter ego on his classic sitcom. Now, add Microsoft software.
Singer Melanie Chisholm says she is expecting a baby which will make her the last of the former Spice Girls to become a mother.
It's Love, Angel, Music and Baby No. 2 for Gwen Stefani, who gave birth to a boy Thursday.
They're not a singing group but they play one on TV -- and very successfully, we might add. But don't even begin to get into it about whether the Cheetah Girls are friends in real life.
Sheryl Crow is giving away free music -- a tactic she calls the "Tupperware" party approach to inspiring young people to vote.
The catastrophe looming in the documentary "I.O.U.S.A." isn't romantic like the doomed young love in "Titanic," but billionaires Warren Buffett and Pete Peterson warn it could break many more hearts.
Not only have the Jonas Brothers notched the year's third-biggest debut album, they've managed the rare feat of having two albums in the top 10 at the same time.
LeRoi Moore, saxophonist and founding member of the Dave Matthews Band, died Tuesday from complications stemming from injuries he sustained in an ATV accident, the band's publicist said.
Even seekers of the world need a return address, or two, and Paul Theroux has settled well between the Hawaii home where he raises honeybees and this scenic retreat that allows him room to grow tomatoes, swim, play bocce ball and organize his memories from across the time zones.
Metallica's Lars Ulrich loves Black Sabbath and Deep Purple -- and so does his 10-year-old son.
NBC is enjoying a taste of what superstar swimmer Michael Phelps savored last week: a clean sweep.
Now it's "Godspell" that is saying "no go" on Broadway.
There's a certain kind of lamely domesticated, corporate, lit-like-a-floor-wax-commercial rock 'n' roll comedy that makes you feel faintly embarrassed for the people who made it.
His hair will always be in place, he doesn't mind if you touch the leather and he's far too heavy to jump the shark.
As the red light switched off and her program went into a commercial, Laura Ingraham's face dissolved from a smile into a frown -- then, a look of pure disgust.
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