NEW YORK, July 2, 2009 (Reuters) Angelina Jolie is Hollywood's top earning actress, banking $27 million in the past year to beat out her partner Brad Pitt's ex-wife Jennifer Aniston, who raked in $25 million, a Forbes.com study showed on Wednesday. ... > full story
LONDON, July 2, 2009 (Reuters) British actress Mollie Sugden, best-known for her role as Mrs Slocombe in the television comedy series "Are You Being Served?," has died at the age of 86. ... > full story
LOS ANGELES, July 2, 2009 (Hollywood Reporter) NBC News has scheduled its controversial to-catch-a-terrorist investigative program, in which an elite team hunts war criminals. ... > full story
LOS ANGELES, July 2, 2009 (Reuters) A will signed by Michael Jackson putting his multimillion-dollar estate in a trust for his children and mother was filed in court on Wednesday, as details of his highly-anticipated funeral remained sketchy. ... > full story
LOS ANGELES, July 1, 2009 (Reuters) Oscar winner Karl Malden, the bulbous-nosed character actor acclaimed for film roles in "A Streetcar Named Desire" and "On the Waterfront" before gaining TV fame as a leading man in "The Streets of San Francisco," died on Wednesday at age 97. ... > full story
LOS ANGELES, July 1, 2009 (Hollywood Reporter) As television networks brainstorm dizzying high-tech ways to promote shows online and via social networks, ABC is adopting a decidedly retro medium to excite viewers for the upcoming second season of "Castle": a book. ... > full story
LOS ANGELES, July 1, 2009 (Hollywood Reporter) A viral video billed as "Breckin Meyer Responds to Perez Hilton" plays like a parody of Hilton's video statement about his recent run-in with the Black Eyed Peas in Toronto. But in fact it's a stealth promo for an upcoming "Robot Chicken" DVD release. ... > full story
LOS ANGELES, July 1, 2009 (Hollywood Reporter) ABC is "Defying Gravity." The network has picked up the 13-episode adventure drama starring Ron Livingston. ... > full story
LOS ANGELES, July 1, 2009 (Hollywood Reporter) The premiere of HBO's newest comedy, "Hung," was seen by 2.8 million viewers, making it the network's most-watched series debut in two years. ... > full story
LOS ANGELES, June 29, 2009 (Hollywood Reporter) VH1 is giving two female hip-hop artists their own reality series -- Sandra "Pepa" Denton of Salt-N-Pepa and Rozonda "Chilli" Thomas from TLC. ... > full story
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In 'toon with animation July 2, 2009 (Edmonton Sun, Canada) Animation is about 117 years old, depending on what you count as the earliest examples. In the pioneering era, the focus was on making even ...
Franken the senator could be ’SNL’ spoof material July 2, 2009 (NBC 13 Albany (WNYT)) Al Franken's torn over who he'd like to see turn the parody tables on him.. . As a former "Saturday Night Live" cast member headed to the U.S ...
One release stands out this week June 30, 2009 (Vancouver Sun) REVOLUTIONARY ROAD. . Rating 4. . American Beauty director Sam Mendes returns to familiar terrain, only in a time-warp, as he directs Kate Winslet ...
Classical music DVD review: Wagner's 'Das Rheingold' June 30, 2009 (Dallas Morning News) Wagner . . B+ Das Rheingold. Staatskapelle Weiman, St. Clair (ArtHaus Musik) . . You've probably never thought of Wagner's Ring cycle as a comedy ...