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TV veteran developing news show for Fuse
The Fuse television network has turned to news veteran Rick Kaplan, who has run CNN and MSNBC and produced programs like "Nightline," to develop a ...
Amy Poehler working on 'non-linear' book
Tina Fey had a million seller with a book of essays called "Bossypants." Amy Poehler? She has a deal for a book which appears to be a little bit of ...
Tsujihara named CEO of Warner Bros
Kevin Tsujihara was named the next chief executive of the Warner Bros. studio, one of the oldest and the largest producers of TV shows and movies in ...
Conference suggests ways Broadway can be better
A conference on how to make the Broadway experience better for theatergoers has come up with some prescriptions: Be brave in the stories that are told ...
Review: Comic loser in 'This Too Shall Suck' wins
If you ever wanted to attend an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting in a bar, make room on your calendar any Thursday evening and go see the very funny ...
Dodgers secure $7B TV rights deal with TW Cable
The Los Angeles Dodgers formally announced a deal with Time Warner Cable on Monday to create a new TV channel that people familiar with the situation ...
'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 ...
Review: 'Little Elvises' compelling, suspenseful
"Little Elvises" (Soho Press), by Timothy Hallinan Ever since Dashiell Hammett introduced us to Sam Spade in "The Maltese Falcon" 83 years ago, ...
Review: 'Hour of Peril' is compelling true story
"The Hour of Peril: The Secret Plot to Murder Lincoln Before the Civil War" (Minotaur Books), by Daniel Stashower It's February 1861 and Abraham ...
Kroft: Obama-Clinton interview request a surprise
With limited time and the unusual nature of a dual appearance with President Obama and outgoing Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, CBS' Steve ...
Rome's Trevi Fountain gets $2.9 million facelift
Rome's 18th-century Trevi Fountain, famed as a setting for the film "La Dolce Vita," is getting a €2.18 million ($2.9 million) restoration courtesy ...
Applegate wins Newbery; Klassen takes Caldecott
Katherine Applegate's "The One and Only Ivan" won the John Newbery Medal for the outstanding book of 2012, while Jon Klassen's "This Is Not My Hat" ...
Analysis: J.J. Abrams good fit for 'Star Wars'
This may sound sacrilegious to the legions of hardcore "Star Wars" fans, but having J.J. Abrams direct "Episode VII" will be a vast improvement and ...
'Cabaret' celebrates 41st birthday with a party
Willkommen, bienvenue, welcome — to middle age. The landmark film "Cabaret" — starring Liza Minnelli, Joel Grey and Michael York — has turned 41, but ...
'Argo' on a roll with big win at SAG Awards
A few weeks ago, the Oscar race looked wide open. The stately, historical "Lincoln" seemed like the safe and likely choice, with the provocative "Zero ...
Movies showing at 2013 Berlin Film Festival
A list of the movies being shown in the official program at this year's Berlin International Film Festival, which runs Feb. 7-17. In competition: ...
What will Michelle Obama do with 4 more years?
Michelle Obama has a new look, both in person and online, and with the president's re-election, she has four more years as first lady, too. That's got ...
Dick Van Dyke honored for lifetime achievement
He's acted, danced and sang his way through movies, television and the stage, making Dick Van Dyke an entertainment triple-threat long before ...
Complete list of winners at 19th annual SAG Awards
A complete list of winners at Sunday's 19th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards: MOVIES: Actor: Daniel Day-Lewis, "Lincoln" Actress: Jennifer Lawrence, ...
Providence theater experiments with 'tweet seats'
Sarah Bertness slipped into her seat at a recent staging of the musical "Million Dollar Quartet" and, when the lights dimmed, started doing something ...
Karnow, Vietnam reporter-historian, dies at age 87
Stanley Karnow, the award-winning author and journalist who wrote a definitive book about the Vietnam War, worked on an accompanying documentary and ...
'Hansel & Gretel' nabs $19M, No. 1 at box office
"Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters" cooked up $19 million in its opening weekend. Paramount's R-rated action film update on the classic fairytale topped ...
New opera's success is beyond 'Doubt'
"Only the children's voices soothe me," an anguished Sister Aloysius sings at the conclusion of "Doubt," the new opera based on John Patrick Shanley's ...
New production of Rossini's Cinderella a delight
There is no pumpkin-turned-coach on the stage, no glass slipper, no fairy godmother, and the action takes place in an imaginary Italian duchy in the ...