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Theme parks opening new attractions, coasters
The first phases of a reimagined Fantasyland at Florida's Walt Disney World, the new Cars Land at California's Disneyland based on the "Cars" movies, ...
Film effects company DDMG plans Abu Dhabi studio
The American special effects company that brought the "Transformers" movies to life and recently wowed concertgoers with a performing hologram of late ...
'Transformers' roll out in Universal Studios ride
Which 'bots are in, and which are out? That's the question the special-effects gurus at Universal Studios and Industrial Light and Magic, as well as ...
'Avengers' sinks 'Battleship" to remain No. 1
"The Avengers" continues to muscle out everything else Hollywood throws at it, easily sinking naval rival "Battleship" and other new releases.
Got story? Hollywood builds tales on famous brands
Hollywood is known for snatching up best-selling books and turning them into big-screen blockbusters: "Twilight," ''Harry Potter," ''The Hunger ...
Manny Pacquiao denounces anti-gay allegations
Manny Pacquiao says he loves and supports gays and lesbians, even though he does not approve of gay marriage. The world champion boxer and Filipino ...
'Avengers' add $103.2M in sprint to $1 billion
"The Avengers" is taking a page out of Superman's comic book — flying faster than a speeding bullet to the billion-dollar mark at the box office.
John Edwards' mistress led a tabloid-grade life
Rielle Hunter's life had a lurid, supermarket-tabloid quality to it — full of deception, betrayal, reckless behavior and broken dreams — well before ...
Obama basks again in Hollywood glory, but at cost?
Under a tent on George Clooney's basketball court, the cheers were loud and warm for President Barack Obama. "I want to thank Clooney for letting us ...
Obama jokes with Clooney at star's gala fundraiser
George Clooney played the suave host, chef Wolfgang Puck whipped up something for dinner and President Barack Obama and about 150 of his Hollywood ...
Obama criticizes Romney as 'backwards on equality'
President Barack Obama wasted little time casting his historic embrace of same-sex marriage as a political wedge issue Thursday, telling a Hollywood ...
Obama, backing gay marriage, on fundraising tour
President Barack Obama said Vice President Joe Biden got "a little bit over his skis" in publicly embracing gay marriage, forcing Obama to speed up ...
Fla. city uses robocalls to fight nuisance signs
The cheap signs smashed into lawns and along the corners of busy intersections are hard to miss. "We Buy Junk Cars!" ''Cash for Your House!" ...
Hollywood studios, guilds, agencies align for vets
Though often rivals when it comes to fighting for fair contracts, hot scripts, top talent and big audiences, Hollywood's power players are united in ...
Film academy unveils new outdoor Hollywood theater
The film academy is opening an outdoor theater in Hollywood and inviting tourists and locals to enjoy movies there this summer. Academy president Tom ...
'Avengers' smashes record: $200.3 million debut
Hulk, smash. That's what Captain America tells the Incredible Hulk to do in "The Avengers," and that's what the Marvel Comics superhero mash-up did ...
After foreign haul, 'Battleship' faces choppy seas
"Battleship," the first in a string of movies based on Hasbro board games, has survived an armada of tomato-throwing critics and chugged to $170 ...
1950s Hollywood leading lady Patricia Medina dies
The actress who became a leading lady of Hollywood films in the 1950s opposite Glenn Ford, Alan Ladd, Karl Malden and Fernando Lamas has died in Los ...
Oscars to stay in same theater for 20 more years
The Oscars will be in Dolby. The CIM Group, which owns the Hollywood & Highland Center, announced a 20-year deal on Tuesday with the audio technology ...
NBC to keep Golden Globes for years, judge rules
A federal judge ruled Monday that producers of the Golden Globe Awards acted properly when they negotiated a deal keeping the glitzy gala on NBC ...
Chris Colfer of 'Glee' writes his Hollywood ticket
When "Glee" star Chris Colfer was 8, he began writing a novel. He wrote two pages, called it the first chapter and proudly showed it to his ...
Baffert says Liaison will run in Kentucky Derby
Trainer Bob Baffert only needed to see Liaison run in Kentucky compared to California to decide to give the horse a chance in the Kentucky Derby.
'Think Like a Man' muscles in at No. 1 with $33M
The date-night movies "Think Like a Man" and "The Lucky One" finally have knocked "The Hunger Games" off its No. 1 box-office perch. "Think Like a ...
Seacrest is heir apparent to Clark's pop influence
As a kid, Ryan Seacrest idolized Dick Clark. As an adult, he modeled his career after the entertainment giant and helped him carry on with his annual ...
Avengers, Spidey, Batman lead huge summer lineup
As superhero summers go, this one is truly super. Amid one of the most-promising box-office seasons Hollywood has ever served up, three movies stand ...