O'Brien shakes off "Tonight Show," hits the road
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Former late-night talk show host Conan O'Brien on Thursday unveiled plans to poke fun at being barred from television in a live comedy show that will tour U.S. and Canadian theate... more...

Pink Floyd wins UK court battle with EMI label
LONDON (Reuters) - British rock band Pink Floyd on Thursday won a court battle with EMI in a ruling that prevents the record company from selling single downloads on the internet from the group's conc... more...

Corey Haim dies of overdose in Los Angeles
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Corey Haim, a Hollywood teen star of the 1980s who became as famous for his struggles with substance abuse as his acting, died in Los Angeles of an apparent prescription drug o... more...

ABC places "Trust" in Mark Burnett game-show pilot
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Mark Burnett is back in the game-show business, two months after one of his projects was scuttled by Fox amid allegations that it might have been rigged. ... more...

New Matt Damon movie may bring Iraq war into mainstream
NEW YORK (Reuters) - They conjured box office magic with their "Bourne" spy movies, but Matt Damon and Paul Greengrass risk their reputation as sure-fire hitmakers when the Iraq war thriller "Green Zo... more...

Actor Corey Haim dies of overdose in Los Angeles
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Corey Haim, a Hollywood teen star of the 1980s who became as famous for his struggles with substance abuse as his acting, died in Los Angeles of an apparent prescription drug o... more...

Tribeca unveils film lineup, Spitzer in spotlight
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Tribeca Film Festival on Wednesday unveiled its first group of films for April's event, including one documentary about the prostitution scandal that brought down former New Y... more...

Global movie box office nears $30 billion in 2009
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Global movie ticket sales hit $29.9 billion last year, up 7.6 percent, with the most growth in the Asia Pacific region, the leading U.S. movie industry representative said on W... more...

Clint Eastwood eyes J. Edgar Hoover project
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Clint Eastwood is lining up his next directing project, a biopic of FBI director J. Edgar Hoover, the nation's No. 1 crimefighter for almost 50 years. ... more...

Ralph Fiennes filming "Coriolanus" in Serbia
BELGRADE (Reuters) - After two years struggling to win funding amid the global financial crisis, actor Ralph Fiennes said on Wednesday he would start filming his directorial debut of a Shakespeare tra... more...

Charlie Sheen ready for TV return
Charlie Sheen is set to return to the set of his sitcom "Two and a Half Men," his publicist said. ... more...

Sandra Bullock's husband thinks she is 'amazing'
Jesse James may be a tough guy who builds motorcycles and performs death-defying stunts, but he's not above the pomp of the Oscars -- or being a plus-1 to the night's most celebrated actress, his wife... more...

Guilty plea in Letterman case
The man accused of trying to blackmail comedian David Letterman, is expected to enter a guilty plea in a hearing Tuesday afternoon, according to a source familiar with the investigation. ... more...

Corey Haim dies of overdose
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Corey Haim, a Hollywood teen star of the 1980s who became as famous for his struggles with substance abuse as his acting, died in Los Angeles of an apparent drug overdose, U.S. ... more...

Phantom sequel a "shadow of the original"
LONDON (Reuters) - Comparisons with the original were inevitable when Andrew Lloyd Webber decided to write a sequel to his record-breaking musical "Phantom of the Opera." ... more...

Actor Corey Haim dies
Actor Corey Haim, who appeared in a number of movies during the 1980s, died early Wednesday of a possible drug overdose after being taken to a hospital, Los Angeles police said. ... more...

Bigelow's Oscars will change Hollywood, slowly
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - "Hurt Locker" director Kathryn Bigelow wrapped her fingers around that little golden man called Oscar on Sunday and cracked one of Hollywood's glass ceilings, but truly shatter... more...

Accused Letterman extortionist pleads guilty
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A television producer pleaded guilty Tuesday to trying to extort $2 million from U.S. talk show host David Letterman by threatening to reveal his affairs with women who worked on ... more...

Charlie Sheen returning to work next Tuesday
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Charlie Sheen is expected to return to work on CBS' "Two and a Half Men" on Tuesday, according to his publicist. ... more...

Rapper DMX arrested for violating probation
PHOENIX (Reuters) - Troubled rapper DMX was arrested in Arizona on Tuesday for violating his probation by regularly using illegal drugs during the last nine months, authorities said. ... more...