'Alice in Wonderland' races to $116.1M opening (AP)[ Mar 08, 2010 17:23 ]

AP - Johnny Depp and Tim Burton found a pile of money on the other side of the looking glass.

Oscar's big question: How did David slay Goliath? (AP)[ Mar 08, 2010 21:26 ]

AP - For Hollywood pundits, industry folk and Oscar fans still paying attention on Monday, a major question remained: How did David slay Goliath?

Lil Wayne begins 1-year jail term in NYC gun case (AP)[ Mar 08, 2010 19:21 ]

AP - After saying goodbye on concert stages and online video streams, Lil Wayne had nothing to add as he was sentenced Monday to a year in jail for having a loaded gun on his tour bus.

TV ratings smile on Oscar as viewership rises (AP)[ Mar 08, 2010 17:45 ]

AP - An estimated 41.3 million people saw "The Hurt Locker" top the popular "Avatar" for best picture in the most-watched Academy Awards telecast since 2005.

Stay tuned: More fee disputes over local TV coming (AP)[ Mar 08, 2010 19:36 ]

AP - Stay tuned for more fee disputes threatening local television stations on cable TV lineups.

D'Angelo accused of soliciting prostitute in NYC (AP)[ Mar 08, 2010 14:54 ]

AP - Authorities say D'Angelo was caught in New York City trying to pay $40 for sex with an undercover cop posing as a prostitute.

NBC renews "Miss Universe" pageant (Reuters)[ Mar 08, 2010 21:10 ]

Reuters - Miss America may be searching for a new home, but NBC said Monday it has renewed its deal with Donald Trump and the Miss Universe organization to televise "Miss Universe" and "Miss USA" for three more years, beginning 2011.

Oscar's big question: How did David slay Goliath? (AP)[ Mar 08, 2010 21:26 ]

AP - For Hollywood pundits, industry folk and Oscar fans still paying attention on Monday, a major question remained: How did David slay Goliath?

Guns N' Roses plan "secret" shows in South America (Reuters)[ Mar 08, 2010 20:26 ]

Reuters - Guns N' Roses will play three private shows in Brazil and Argentina during the band's current tour of South America, the organizer said on Monday.

NBC renews "Miss Universe" pageant (Reuters)[ Mar 08, 2010 21:10 ]

Reuters - Miss America may be searching for a new home, but NBC said Monday it has renewed its deal with Donald Trump and the Miss Universe organization to televise "Miss Universe" and "Miss USA" for three more years, beginning 2011.

Leibovitz agrees loan deal with Colony Capital: report (Reuters)[ Mar 08, 2010 21:42 ]

Reuters - Celebrity photographer Annie Leibovitz has arranged a deal with a private equity firm to sort out her debts, the Financial Times reported in its Tuesday edition.

Philippines star 'sorry' in election campaign row (AFP)[ Mar 09, 2010 00:18 ]

AFP - Philippine talk show host Kris Aquino has apologised after she provoked a fellow celebrity into launching a campaign against her presidential candidate brother Benigno Aquino.

Valli's Walk of Shame Chic (Fashion Wire Daily)[ Mar 08, 2010 19:10 ]

Fashion Wire Daily - If style is grace under pressure, as Ernest Hemingway once defined it, then designer Giambattista Valli surely has it in spades.

David Foster Wallace archive goes to U. of Texas (AP)[ Mar 08, 2010 20:41 ]

AP - The archive of writer David Foster Wallace, best known for his 1996 novel "Infinite Jest," has been acquired by the Harry Ransom Center library and museum at the University of Texas, the center announced Monday.

Fashion's latest fixation: 3D (The Newsroom)[ Feb 26, 2010 11:49 ]

The Newsroom - Burberry has become the premiere brand to break through fashion week's fourth wall this season by staging the world's first-ever global 3D fashion show. (To note, the British fashion brand wasn't the only one to engage with the technology conceived more than half-a-century ago: Los Angeles tailored menswear label Native Son's New York Fashion Week presentation included a multi-dimensional video that required 3D glasses for viewing.)