LOS ANGELES, Dec. 1, 2008 (Hollywood Reporter) Actor Steve Buscemi is in talks to star as a powerful racketeer in "Boardwalk Empire," Martin Scorsese's period drama pilot for HBO. ... > full story
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 1, 2008 (Hollywood Reporter) The creator of CBS' red-hot police procedural "The Mentalist" has unfinished business in Italy. ... > full story
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 1, 2008 (Hollywood Reporter) Getting a jump on rival awards groups, the International Press Academy announced its nominees Sunday for its 13th annual Satellite Awards. ... > full story
BANGKOK/LONDON, Dec. 1, 2008 (Hollywood Reporter) Terrorism has cast a shadow over Bollywood, India's Mumbai-based film industry, but as the smoke clears from Wednesday's attacks on Mumbai, Hollywood studios with Indian interests remain committed to the region. ... > full story
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 30, 2008 (Hollywood Reporter) A mere 5 million viewers tuned in Friday for the 8 p.m. bow of Rosie O'Donnell's variety show, "Rosie Live," on NBC. The show has been dropped from the network's schedule. ... > full story
BANGKOK, Thailand, Nov. 29, 2008 (Hollywood Reporter) A Belgian TV journalist and his crew were assaulted while reporting on AIDS in Central China. ... > full story
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 28, 2008 (Reuters) Playwright William Gibson, whose "The Miracle Worker" won awards and thrilled audiences with its hopeful tale of the teaching of deaf and blind Helen Keller, died at age 94 this week in Massachusetts. ... > full story
VATICAN CITY, Nov. 28, 2008 (Reuters) Tenor Placido Domingo unveiled a new album of songs based on the poems of Pope John Paul II on Friday and said he was certain the late pontiff was a saintly man. ... > full story
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 26, 2008 (Reuters) Working class men and women may soon steal Hollywood's spotlight from the not-so-desperate housewives of upscale Wisteria Lane as U.S. television writers consider how to appeal to viewers in tough economic times. ... > full story
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 26, 2008 (Reuters) They did the tango, the samba and the quickstep, and when the music stopped Brooke Burke and Derek Hough won U.S. television contest "Dancing With the Stars," waltzing away with the coveted mirror ball trophy. ... > full story
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Int'l Press Academy announces nominations Nov. 30, 2008 (Hollywood Reporter) Getting a jump on rival awards groups, the International Press Academy announced its nominees Sunday for its 13th annual Satellite Awards. Vying ...
Get inside the mind of Carlos Mencia Nov. 27, 2008 (St. Petersburg Times, Florida) Call him offensive and obnoxious, but Carlos Mencia says he only verbalizes what people are thinking - and are too chicken to say themselves.. ...
HBO's New Blood, True Blood July 21, 2008 (Conde Nast Portfolio) Time Warner's key cable channel is hoping a vampire series can vanquish Showtime and get its creative juices flowing again. National News Political ...
Fuhgeddaboutit? Jan. 23, 2008 (New Jersey Jewish News) Whacked but not forgotten, The Sopranos will live on in our memories as a groundbreaking mob drama — with particular resonance for us New ...