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Affleck, Argo win big at Critics' Choice Awards
Hours after a surprise snub in Academy Award nominations, Ben Affleck won best director and his film "Argo" was named best picture at the Critics' ...
Tom Cruise says making movies is still fun
Even though he's been a Hollywood star for three decades, Tom Cruise says he still has fun making movies. Cruise was in Seoul on Thursday to promote ...
Child star of 'Beasts' taking Oscar nod in stride
Quvenzhane Wallis was experiencing something of an internal struggle when she found out she'd been nominated for an Academy Award early Thursday ...
ABC learns once is enough for all-star dancers
There's no second act for celebrities on "Dancing With the Stars." ABC Entertainment President Paul Lee said Thursday that was the lesson from the ...
Steelers cut RB Rainey after arrest in Florida
Rookie running back Chris Rainey has run out of chances with the Pittsburgh Steelers. The Steelers cut the troubled 24-year-old following his arrest ...
Concerns over online Oscar voting eased by turnout
Worries that technical snafus with the Academy Awards' first-ever online voting system would lead to a record-low turnout were apparently unwarranted ...
Tyler Perry offers $100K reward in Fla. cold cases
Filmmaker Tyler Perry is offering a $100,000 reward for information in the decade-old case of two men who went missing after separate encounters with ...
NFL star Junior Seau suffered from brain disease
Junior Seau, one of the NFL's best and fiercest players for two decades, suffered from a degenerative brain disease often associated with repeated ...
Belgian gov't blasts Queen Fabiola on tax plan
Belgium's Queen Fabiola is facing widespread accusations she is trying to shield some of her fortune from the tax man — a move that is going over very ...
Oscar odds, ends, facts and figures
Fun stuff to know about Thursday's Oscar nominations: GOLDEN AGE: At 85 years old, Emmanuelle Riva of "Amour" is now the oldest best actress nominee, ...
Oscar snubs: Musical chairs in the director's seat
In this year's Oscar nominations, the director's seat was the hot seat. In the now heavily analyzed awards season, unequivocal snubs have become less ...
Daughter claims Klaus Kinski abused her as child
Klaus Kinski's eldest daughter claims the late German actor raped her when she was a child, showering her with gifts as he used her as a "sex object," ...
Mass. charge against Gene Shalit to be dismissed
A misdemeanor driving charge against retired television movie critic Gene Shalit is set to be dismissed in Massachusetts. The 86-year-old Shalit was ...
Other bidders contest Tully's sale to Dempsey
A company that teamed up with Starbucks Corp. to bid for the Tully's Coffee chain filed an objection Wednesday challenging the winning offer made by ...
Tina Fey, Amy Poehler ready for Golden Globes show
Tina Fey and Amy Poehler are ready to crack each other up at the Golden Globe Awards. The two multi-hyphenate talents offered a taste of their ...
Yoda statue among features of new N. Calif. park
A Northern California park being built on land donated by filmmaker George Lucas will feature statues of Indiana Jones and Yoda, two of his most ...
Zsa Zsa Gabor's husband extended as conservator
Zsa Zsa Gabor's husband will remain the ailing actress' conservator until at least August and will have to account for her assets, a judge ruled ...
Ned Wertimer, doorman on 'Jeffersons,' dies at 89
Ned Wertimer, who played Ralph the Doorman on all 11 seasons of the CBS sitcom "The Jeffersons," has died. Wertimer's manager Brad Lemack said Tuesday ...
Fueled by fanboy-ism, an empire swells at Nerdist
There's no media entity more pleased to be called an empire than Nerdist, the online factory of earnest pop culture enthusiasm. This is largely ...
Family life grounds Matthew McConaughey
Actor Matthew McConaughey credits his growing family for the success that 2012 brought him. "One, they ground you. Two, when you have that kind of ...
Depardieu skips drunk driving hearing in France
In the last three days, Gerard Depardieu met with Vladimir Putin to get Russian citizenship, got a prime seat at soccer's biggest annual gala in ...
Winslet husband wins injunction over party pics
Kate Winslet's new husband won an injunction Tuesday in a British court to stop a tabloid newspaper publishing photos of him at a costume party.
Brad Pitt tweets to Chinese that he's coming
Brad Pitt is now on China's version of Twitter, and his first enigmatic tweet drew thousands of comments. Just as mysteriously, it later disappeared.