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'Twilight' finale sucks up $141M in debut weekend
"Twilight" didn't fade out. "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn — Part 2" earned $141 million domestically over opening weekend, putting the final ...
50 Cent takes swing at promoting boxing in Nevada
Rapper and entrepreneur 50 Cent is taking a swing at promoting boxing in Nevada. Nevada Athletic Commission executive Keith Kizer said Monday the ...
Hollywood Reporter addresses role in Blacklist era
The son of The Hollywood Reporter founder Billy Wilkerson is apologizing for his father's and the trade paper's role in the 1947 Hollywood Blacklist ...
Wranglers say 'Hobbit' animals died on unsafe farm
Animal wranglers involved in the making of "The Hobbit" movie trilogy say the production company is responsible for the deaths of up to 27 animals, ...
Details on iPad Mini, Kindle, other small tablets
Shoppers looking for smaller tablets will have plenty of choices this holiday season. Here's a comparison of the tablets that have screens measuring ...
Israel museums hide art to protect it from rockets
The wine-red walls of the Brueghel exhibition hall at the Tel Aviv Museum of Art are now bare, like the crime scene of a daring art heist. Tel Aviv's ...
Disney to shutter online movie store, website
The Walt Disney Co. is shutting down its Web movie service, Disney Movies Online, saying the site wasn't keeping up with user demands. In an email to ...
Review: 'Guardians' a lively 3-D storybook spree
A very odd assortment of mythical childhood figures, some of them afflicted with severe emotional insecurities and inferiority complexes, are thrown ...
1960s, '70s hit R&B singer Billy Scott dies in NC
Rhythm and blues singer Billy Scott has died in North Carolina at age 70. Bill Kopald with the North Carolina Music Hall of Fame said Scott died from ...
Cirque du Soleil's 'Totem' planned for New York
Cirque du Soleil will mark the 25th anniversary of its first trip to New York next year with a visit by its high-octane show "Totem." The show will ...
Brazil's Niemeyer getting worse, doctors say
The hospital that's treating famed Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer says the 104-year-old has gotten worse. Rio de Janeiro's Samaritano Hospital ...
MTV special profiles young people with HIV
MTV is airing a special next week with profiles of three young people who have the HIV infection, amid worries that some people are taking the ...
Review: Baldacci back with 'Forgotten' thriller
"The Forgotten" (Grand Central Publishing), by David Baldacci David Baldacci brings back Army Special Agent John Puller in "The Forgotten," a ...
Queen of Soul performs for first lady
Aretha Franklin says "it was fabulous" to have first lady Michelle Obama and Attorney General Eric Holder attend her show in Washington, D.C.
'Lincoln' director Spielberg speaks in Gettysburg
Two-time Academy Award winning director Steven Spielberg expressed a sense of humility Monday as he delivered the keynote address during ceremonies ...
New book promises keys to hotel industry kingdom
"Heads in Beds: a Reckless Memoir of Hotels, Hustles, and So-Called Hospitality" (Doubleday), by Jacob Tomsky Room upgrades. Free movies.
Review: 'Hitchcock' is lightweight but fun study
The man who made "Psycho" was no lightweight, though he kind of comes off that way in "Hitchcock." Starring Anthony Hopkins as Alfred Hitchcock and ...
Drew Brees giving $1 million to Sandy relief
New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees says he is donating $1 million to Superstorm Sandy relief efforts. Brees told CBS' "Person to Person" in an ...
Spotlight on researcher for McCullough, Ken Burns
The archivists at the Library of Congress know well the ruddy face and tenacious mind of researcher Michael Hill. He might arrive looking for the U.S.
Review: Lee's 'Life of Pi' is inspiring 3-D art
"Life of Pi" is one of those lyrical, internalized novels that should have no business working on the screen. Quite possibly, it wouldn't have worked ...
'Sons of Anarchy': Making a case for TV violence
I want to pay tribute to TV violence. In particular, I want to celebrate "Sons of Anarchy," FX network's bloodthirsty and brilliant drama series about ...
Kremlin critics: Stop ads on pro-Putin TV channel
Russian opposition and human rights groups on Monday urged Western consumer products giants to stop "financing politically motivated persecution" by ...
Revised statue of John Paul II inaugurated in Rome
The city of Rome unveiled a revamped statue of Pope John Paul II on Monday after the first one was pilloried by the public and the Vatican.
AP PHOTOS: Bieber, Minaj, Swift win at AMAs
Justin Beiber, Nicki Minaj and Taylor Swift won honors at Sunday night's American Music Awards. Beiber won favorite pop/rock male artist in the first ...
Brad Keselowski gets The Captain his Cup title
Brad Keselowski didn't dare take his phone in his car before the biggest race of his life. NASCAR's social media champion handed it over before ...