
'Identity Thief' tops box office with $14 million
A week after losing the box office title to Bruce Willis, Melissa McCarthy took it back again. McCarthy's road trip comedy "Identity Thief" topped the ...

'Good Day to Die Hard' debuts with $28.6M take
Bruce Willis' action sequel "A Good Day to Die Hard" hauled in $28.6 million to lead the box office over the long President's Day weekend. The top 20 ...

HK Disney turns first profit since 2005 opening
Disneyland in the southern Chinese city of Hong Kong has turned a profit for the first time since it opened in 2005, as new attractions helped push ...

Wall Street: Comcast got a steal on NBCUniversal
Is General Electric letting Comcast gobble up the NBCUniversal media empire at a bargain price? Wall Street thinks so. "The Comcast folks feel like ...

Comcast doubles down on TV in $16.7B deal for NBCU
Comcast's $16.7 billion deal to buy the remaining half of NBCUniversal ahead of schedule represents a resounding vote of confidence in the future of ...
NBC stumbles in deep midwinter freeze, ratings low
NBC, after being heartened by some long-sought success this past fall, has fallen into a deep midwinter freeze. The network has badly stumbled ...
'Identity Thief' grabs $34.6M to debut at No. 1
Jason Bateman and Melissa McCarthy's "Identity Thief" has made off with the weekend box-office title with a $34.6 million debut. The top 20 movies at ...
E-books planned from parenting site Babble.com
A top parenting site has teamed with Hyperion for a series of e-books featuring stories from "connected and engaged" mothers and fathers. Hyperion and ...

'Identity Thief' swipes No. 1 spot with $36.6M
"Identity Thief" has turned out to be the real thing at the North American box office. The comedy starring Jason Bateman and Melissa McCarthy debuted ...

Suggestions for Disney on 'Star Wars' spinoffs
Having recently purchased the "Star Wars" franchise from Lucasfilm for $4 billion, the Walt Disney Co. is shifting the films into hyperdrive. Not only ...

News Corp. cuts outlook, shares fall
Media conglomerate News Corp. cut its forecast for annual earnings Wednesday, saying underperformance at several businesses including its Fox ...

In Vegas, Abrams gives few hints about 'Star Wars'
A newly announced "Star Wars" sequel was on everyone's mind when J.J. Abrams took the stage Wednesday at a Las Vegas video game conference, but he ...
Disney's stock shines even as earnings decline
Disney won over more fans on Wall Street with its latest quarterly performance, despite a slight drop in its earnings. The downturn announced Tuesday ...

Disney working on stand-alone 'Star Wars' films
Disney is mining The Force for even more new films. Walt Disney Co. CEO Bob Iger said Tuesday that screenwriters Larry Kasdan and Simon Kinberg are ...
Super Bowl tops ratings; outage highly viewed, too
As it does nearly every year, the Super Bowl will almost certainly stand as the most-watched television event of 2013. This year, the Blackout Bowl ...
Investors braced for decline in Disney earnings
Walt Disney's quarterly earnings are expected to fall slightly, a rare stumble for the owner of some of the most successful TV networks, movie studios ...
'Warm Bodies' tops box office with $20.4 million
The zombie romantic-comedy "Warm Bodies" topped the box office with a debut of $20.4 million. The film for Lionsgate's Summit Entertainment proved a ...

For films, Super Bowl provides super stage
The Super Bowl resembled a trip to the movie theater with several potential summer blockbusters airing new ads. Three film trailers aired through the ...

'Warm Bodies' heats up box office with $20 million
The love-struck zombies of "Warm Bodies" swarmed the box office on Super Bowl weekend with a $20 million opening. On a weekend that Hollywood largely ...

Disney closing 'Epic Mickey' video game developer
Now it's time to say goodbye to "Epic Mickey." The interactive division of the Walt Disney Co. announced Tuesday that it is closing Junction Point ...
'Hansel & Gretel' top box office with $19.6M
"Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters" fetched $19.6 million in its opening weekend. Other films opening over the weekend failed to burn up the box office.

Lucasfilm pushes pause on 3-D 'Star Wars' prequels
The force isn't with the 3-D versions of the "Star Wars" prequels. Lucasfilm said in a statement Monday that it's postponing the scheduled 3-D ...