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Dissident actors could sway outcome of SAG talks - Added 6 weeks ago

More than 30 actors dissatisfied with stalled contract talks said Wednesday they have joined to campaign for seats on the Screen Actors Guild's board of directors, a move that could eventually break the stalemate with...

Ry Cooder keeps alive L.A. sound with new album - Added 6 weeks ago

It was more than 50 years ago but Ry Cooder remembers it like it could have been last week; he was 8 years old and Johnny Cash came on the radio singing "Hey Porter." A third-grader with a guitar was hooked. Cooder...

Bale attends 'Dark Knight' premiere in Spain - Added 6 weeks ago

Christian Bale swept into Barcelona on Wednesday night to attend a glittering Spanish premiere of "The Dark Knight," appearing calm as he greeted fans a day after reports surfaced that his mother and sister had accused...

Ferrell and Reilly step down with `Brothers' - Added 6 weeks ago

The title is "Step Brothers." You know, because there are two of them. But Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly are essentially playing the same person, which is the movie's fundamental, irreparable flaw. As 40-year-olds...

Balthazar Getty says he's separated from his wife - Added 6 weeks ago

Balthazar Getty says he's separated from his wife and is embarrassed by recent photos of him kissing a topless Sienna Miller in Italy. "The breakdown of a marriage is a very difficult and painful experience, especially...

Waging the image campaign overseas - Added 6 weeks ago

Barack Obama has packed his overseas trip with presidential images: a helicopter ride over Iraq with the U.S. military commander; a visit to a Holocaust memorial; a meeting at Afghan President Hamid Karzai's palace. He...

'Watchmen' video game will prequel film - Added 6 weeks ago

"Watchmen" is already getting a prequel _ and the film's not out until next year. Warner Bros. announced Wednesday it will release an episodic downloadable video game developed by Deadline Games that will prequel next...

2 eagles named by Miley, Billy Ray to be set free - Added 6 weeks ago

Two 14-week-old American bald eagles named by Disney star Miley Cyrus and her country singer father, Billy Ray Cyrus, will be released into the wild Thursday at the foothills of the Great Smoky Mountains. The American...

Ethan Hawke and wife welcome daughter Clementine - Added 6 weeks ago

Ethan Hawke and wife Ryan Shawhughes are the new parents of a baby girl. "Clementine Jane Hawke was born on Friday ... in New York City," Hawke's publicist Mara Buxbaum told The Associated Press in an e-mail Wednesday....

Comics, film and figurine fans flock to Comic-Con - Added 6 weeks ago

The most passionate Spider-Men, Storm Troopers, Harry Potters and other pop-culture fanatics are headed south for their annual pilgrimage. Comic-Con, the country's biggest comic-book convention, begins Thursday at the...

Forbes: Vince Vaughn is best value for the money - Added 6 weeks ago

Vince Vaughn is the best star for the buck, says Forbes magazine. Vaughn raked in $14.73 of gross income for studios for every dollar he was paid for "The Break-up," "Wedding Crashers" and "Dodgeball," the magazine...

Broadway, soap opera star Larry Haines dies at 89 - Added 6 weeks ago

Larry Haines, a two-time Daytime Emmy winner for his 35-year role on the soap opera "Search for Tomorrow," has died. He was 89. Haines, who also had a successful career on Broadway, died July 17 at a Delray Beach...

Neil Young documents anti-war tour in film - Added 6 weeks ago

Not every musician will make a film that features a fan facing him from a concert audience with two arms raised, middle fingers extended _ more than one fan, in fact. Neil Young was singing protest songs on a "Freedom...

Home Run Derby on ESPN is No. 1 on cable TV - Added 6 weeks ago

Rankings for the top 15 programs on cable networks as compiled by Nielsen Media Research for the week of July 14-20. Day and start time (EDT) are in parentheses: 1. "Home Run Derby" (Monday, 8:19 p.m.), ESPN, 6.18...

'At the Movies' saves its aisle seat, for now - Added 6 weeks ago

Richard Roeper, fresh off announcing that he was leaving the balcony of "At the Movies with Ebert & Roeper," may have put it best. Hours after word of his departure, he posted on his Twitter feed: "With all the old...

`Step Brothers' Ferrell, Reilly reunite as duo - Added 6 weeks ago

Bob Hope and Bing Crosby might be on the road to nowhere if they tried to team up today the way they did in old Hollywood. Today's funny folks reunite now and then, like Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly in "Step...

Rapper DMX indicted on felony charges in Arizona - Added 6 weeks ago

Rapper DMX has been indicted on felony charges by a grand jury in Arizona for allegedly trying to get out of paying a hospital bill. Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas says the 37-year-old rapper, whose real name...

Correction: Mick Jones story - Added 6 weeks ago

In a July 22 story about Foreigner's Mick Jones, The Associated Press reported erroneously that Foreigner's co-headlining tour with Bryan Adams stops Thursday. The bands have a concert Thursday, July 24, near San...

Madame Tussauds in London unveils wax Winehouse - Added 6 weeks ago

Madame Tussauds unveiled a waxwork of Amy Winehouse on Wednesday complete with her signature beehive, black eyeliner and a bright yellow minidress. Winehouse's hair and 5-inch black heels make the model nearly 6 feet...

Kid Rock gets probation in Waffle House fight - Added 6 weeks ago

Kid Rock has been sentenced to a year's probation and fined $1,000 for his role in a fight at a suburban Atlanta Waffle House last fall. The DeKalb County solicitor's office said the 37-year-old was also sentenced...

NY judge upholds charge of stalking 'SNL' producer - Added 6 weeks ago

A criminal court judge has upheld charges against a Long Island, New York, man accused of stalking "Saturday Night Live" producer Lorne Michaels. A misdemeanor complaint says 31-year-old Oyster Bay resident Evans...

Marvin Sapp song continues to break records - Added 6 weeks ago

Marvin Sapp's single "Never Would Have Made It" is a record-breaking phenomenon far beyond the world of gospel. The track from his seventh album, "Thirsty," is in its 42nd week at No. 1 on Billboard's gospel radio...

X-ray shows Picasso's 'Guernica' is not in danger - Added 6 weeks ago

"Guernica" depicts intense suffering but it's own health is not in danger. That's the diagnosis after the first X-ray of Pablo Picasso's 20th century anti-war opus carried out by the Reina Sofia art museum. The X-ray...

Widow of Aaron Spelling pays $47M for LA condo - Added 6 weeks ago

The widow of producer Aaron Spelling paid a whopping $47 million for a two-story condo atop a Century City residential tower that's still under construction, her lawyer said. The price paid by Candy Spelling for the...

'Gossip Girl' will launch new racy promos (OMG) - Added 6 weeks ago

"Gossip Girl" will get people talking. At least, that seems likely as the CW network brings to a boil its new campaign for the sexy prep-school soap. The show's second season begins Sept. 1, following an August...

LA police arrest photographers near Spears' home - Added 6 weeks ago

Two photographers suspected of loitering on city-owned property near Britney Spears' home were arrested Monday. Alexandre Passos of Canoga Park and Eduardo Ravalha of Los Angeles, both 35 years old, were arrested...

A-Rod signs with William Morris agency - Added 6 weeks ago

Maybe Alex Rodriguez wants an Oscar or an Emmy to go with his three MVP awards. The New York Yankees slugger signed another big league contract, joining the William Morris Agency in an attempt to extend his brand...

Jonas Brothers buy house in Dallas-Fort Worth area - Added 6 weeks ago

The Jonas Brothers reportedly bought a house in a Dallas-Fort Worth suburb _ and some young neighbors sound thrilled. Tarrant County records obtained by The Dallas Morning News indicate that the three band members...

Omarosa: Wendy Williams is 'a fake and a phony' - Added 6 weeks ago

Omarosa is not sorry for sparring with Wendy Williams. "I stand by everything I said," Omarosa told The Associated Press on Tuesday. The reality star _ whose full name is Omarosa Manigault-Stallworth _ appeared Monday...

Firm sues Courtney Love over Nirvana catalog sale - Added 6 weeks ago

A business management and accounting firm sued Courtney Love for nearly $1 million on Tuesday, claiming she failed to pay them a share of profits from the sale of Nirvana's publishing catalog. Love is the widow of...

Conductor James Levine had malignant kidney growth - Added 6 weeks ago

A growth on a kidney removed from conductor James Levine was malignant, but the cancer was caught early and no further treatment is needed, the Boston Symphony Orchestra said Tuesday. Doctors in New York removed the...

R&B singer Ashanti turns into tourism ambassador - Added 6 weeks ago

Grammy-winning singer and Long Island native Ashanti has a new gig: tourism ambassador. The R&B singer was introduced Tuesday at a news conference as one of nine ambassadors who will promote tourism in Nassau...

Christian Bale arrested, released; denies assault - Added 6 weeks ago

The darkness around Batman has deepened: While audiences were shattering weekend box-office records in the U.S., Christian Bale was in London, where his mother and sister reportedly leveled assault allegations against...

Omarosa: Wendy Williams is 'a fake and a phony' - Added 6 weeks ago

Omarosa is not sorry for sparring with Wendy Williams. "I stand by everything I said," Omarosa told The Associated Press on Tuesday. The reality star _ whose full name is Omarosa Manigault-Stallworth _ appeared Monday...

Firm sues Courtney Love over Nirvana catalog sale - Added 6 weeks ago

A business management and accounting firm sued Courtney Love for nearly $1 million on Tuesday, claiming she failed to pay them a share of profits from the sale of Nirvana's publishing catalog. Love is the widow of...

Jonas Brothers buy house in Dallas-Fort Worth area - Added 6 weeks ago

The Jonas Brothers reportedly bought a house in a Dallas-Fort Worth suburb _ and some young neighbors sound thrilled. Tarrant County records obtained by The Dallas Morning News indicate that the three band members...

Kid Rock gets probation in Waffle House fight - Added 6 weeks ago

Kid Rock has been sentenced to a year's probation and fined $1,000 for his role in a fight at a suburban Atlanta Waffle House last fall. The DeKalb County solicitor's office said the 37-year-old was also sentenced...

Ted Danson relishes first post-`Cheers' Emmy nod - Added 6 weeks ago

Ted Danson is relishing his first Emmy nomination since "Cheers." In a remarkable run, Danson was nominated 11 years in a row for each season of the beloved Boston bar comedy, winning twice and mixing in another...

Foreigner's Mick Jones says new songs on the way - Added 6 weeks ago

Foreigner's Mick Jones says the band's new career retrospective "No End in Sight: The Very Best of Foreigner" is a signal that new material is on the way. Besides the band's hits as well as some deeper album cuts and...

Mulder, Scully believe in `X-Files' audience - Added 6 weeks ago

Some Mulder and Scully fans were dubious when the title for the new movie based on their favorite TV show was announced: "The X-Files: I Want to Believe." How, the skeptics wondered, could the two former FBI agents be...

LA police arrest photographers near Spears' home - Added 6 weeks ago

Two photographers suspected of loitering on city-owned property near Britney Spears' home were arrested Monday. Alexandre Passos of Canoga Park and Eduardo Ravalha of Los Angeles, both 35 years old, were arrested...

'Gossip Girl' will launch new racy promos (OMG) - Added 6 weeks ago

"Gossip Girl" will get people talking. At least, that seems likely as the CW network brings to a boil its new campaign for the sexy prep-school soap. The show's second season begins Sept. 1, following an August...

Carey, Timberlake among Fashion Rocks performers - Added 6 weeks ago

Mariah Carey, Justin Timberlake, Beyonce and Rihanna will perform at the fifth annual Fashion Rocks concert celebrating the relationship between music and fashion. The event will be held Sept. 5 at Radio City Music...

Sugarland explores 'Love on the Inside' - Added 6 weeks ago

After Sugarland's first two albums, singer Jennifer Nettles kept hearing how their records were good and all but somehow ... not. "They'd say, `You sound so much better live,'" Nettles recalled. So when she and...

Widow of Aaron Spelling pays $47M for LA condo - Added 6 weeks ago

The widow of producer Aaron Spelling paid a whopping $47 million for a two-story condo atop a Century City residential tower that's still under construction, her lawyer said. The price paid by Candy Spelling for the...

Estelle Getty of 'Golden Girls' dies at 84 - Added 6 weeks ago

Estelle Getty, the diminutive actress who spent 40 years struggling for success before landing a role of a lifetime in 1985 as the sarcastic octogenarian Sophia on TV's "The Golden Girls," has died. She was 84. Getty,...

MLB all-star game leads Fox to ratings win - Added 6 weeks ago

The last baseball all-star game at Yankee Stadium and the most-watched midsummer classic since 2002 _ at least through the first nine innings _ helped Fox to a TV ratings victory. An estimated 14.5 million people...

List of top 20 prime-time shows in Nielsen ratings - Added 6 weeks ago

Prime-time viewership numbers compiled by Nielsen Media Research for July 14-20. Listings include the week's ranking, with viewership for the week and season-to-date rankings in parentheses. An "X" in parentheses...

Piven, Esparza and Moss set for 'Speed-The-Plow' - Added 6 weeks ago

What do you get when you link performers from such popular television shows as "Entourage" and "Mad Men" with an actor from last season's Broadway revival of "The Homecoming"? The cast of the 20th-anniversary Broadway...

Correction: Jo Stafford obituary - Added 6 weeks ago

In a July 18 obituary for singer Jo Stafford, The Associated Press incorrectly spelled a high school production in which she was cast. The show was "Roberta," not "Robert." ...