
'Skyfall,' 'Guardians' duel for box-office win
James Bond is in a box-office photo finish with Santa Claus and the Easter Bunny over what looks to be the last slow weekend of the holidays.

Column: Van Persie makes millions seem cheap
Actor Tom Cruise was in the crowd, but Robin van Persie was the top gun. He supplied the Hollywood ending on a day of thunder for English soccer ...

Review: Rebeck's 'Dead Accounts' lacks sharpness
You might expect Katie Holmes to have something to prove in her first acting appearance since splitting from Tom Cruise. You might expect her to ...

Rapper PSY wants Tom Cruise to go 'Gangnam Style'
The South Korean rapper behind YouTube's most-viewed video ever has set what might be a "Mission: Impossible" for himself. Asked which celebrity he ...

Hobbits, superheroes put magic in NZ film industry
A crate full of sushi arrives. Workers wearing wetsuit shirts or in bare feet bustle past with slim laptops. With days to go, a buzzing intensity ...

Scientology makes few waves in Israel
The Church of Scientology has apparently found one place where its presence doesn't set off alarms, protests and demonstrations, and that place is one ...

Prowler at Cruise's home turns out to be neighbor
Authorities say a security guard at Tom Cruise's Beverly Hills, Calif., mansion used a stun gun on a trespasser who turned out to be an intoxicated ...
Cruise files $50M suit against magazine publisher
An attorney for Tom Cruise said he filed a $50 million defamation lawsuit Wednesday against the publishers of Life & Style magazine for articles that ...

Schmidt: A-Rod was cursed once he got big contract
There was a time when Alex Rodriguez was touted as the guy who could relieve us of Barry Bonds as the home run king. He was young, healthy and an MVP ...

Writer behind Suri's Burn Book blog publishes book
Suri Cruise would never wear denim, is on the Dukan Diet and considers Jay-Z and Beyonce's daughter, Blue Ivy, a rival. Not the real Suri Cruise, ...
Pa. schools re-enact 'All the Right Moves' game
It took almost three decades, but the "Ampipe Bulldogs" football team finally evened the score — even without Tom Cruise on the field. Two western ...

Emily Blunt does double duty in Toronto fest films
Emily Blunt has gone from corset queen to action star. The British actress who earned rave reviews as Queen Victoria in the 2009 costume drama "The ...

Bobbi Brown enlists Katie Holmes for ad campaign
Bobbi Brown Cosmetics is enlisting actress Katie Holmes as its first celebrity spokeswoman. Holmes, 33, will appear in spring 2013 print ads and ...

Did Eastwood's RNC act cause trouble for 'Curve'?
A week after Clint Eastwood's appearance before the Republican National Convention, mocking continues about the Hollywood veteran's peculiar, rambling ...

Hollywood's summer heads south as films fizzle
Studio executives expected their biggest summer ever this year as they loaded their lineup with huge action movies and superhero franchises. What they ...

Anderson: 'The Master' inspired by L. Ron Hubbard
Director Paul Thomas Anderson acknowledges that Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard was the inspiration for the title character in "The Master," but ...

Highlights of Hollywood's fall, holiday lineup
Here are highlights of Hollywood's fall and holiday movie lineup: SEPTEMBER: — "Arbitrage": Richard Gere stars in a Wall Street thriller about a ...

Hollywood's 3 Bs for fall: Bond, Bella, Bilbo
The B-list rules Hollywood's fall and holiday movie season: Bond, Bella and Bilbo. Daniel Craig is back as James Bond in "Skyfall," the super-spy's ...

Court docus show Cruise-Holmes divorce case closed
The Tom Cruise-Katie Holmes divorce case is closed. Court records filed in a New York City court indicate the case was closed Monday. Holmes and ...

Hunt for answers in 'Top Gun' director's death
Director Tony Scott loved fast cars, riding fast motorcycles and creating some of the most memorable action sequences of the past quarter century.

Hollywood reacts to the death of Tony Scott
With a career that spanned three decades and included hits such as "Top Gun" and "True Romance," filmmaker Tony Scott touched many in the Hollywood ...

Tony Scott: A man of action films, pure and simple
No one ever mistook Tony Scott for a great dramatist. He was a director critics loved to hate for his slick barrage of images at the expense of story.

Movie riffs making comeback from theaters to clubs
Scenes of Tom Cruise filled the big screen, but the moviegoers packed inside a Missouri theater focused their attention on the action playing out away ...

Alice Cooper gives performance at London musical
Shock rocker Alice Cooper made a surprise appearance as a guest performer at the "Rock of Ages" musical in London on Tuesday. The 64-year-old joined ...

Norbert Leo Butz joins Katie Holmes on Broadway
Katie Holmes has gotten a stage brother — Norbert Leo Butz. Producers of Theresa Rebeck's upcoming new play "Dead Accounts" revealed Wednesday that ...