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‘Twilight’ Leads at Box Office with Unexpectedly Strong Performance

    U.S. movie audiences continued their trend of avoiding political a...

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‘Quantum of Solace’ Opens Big at U.S. Box Office

       The new James Bond film, Quantum of Solace, open...

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Hollywood Filmmakers Should Be Grateful for Audiences’ Taste, Common Sense

     It's not the economy, stupid! Despite the badgering by Ameri...

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Escapism Rules at Movie Box Office in Weekend Before Elections

    U.S. audiences sought solace from political controversies through ...

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‘High School Musical 3’ Rules Movie Box Office

     Two genre films—High School Musical 3: Senior Year and...

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Public Prefers Payne over Politics

      U.S. audiences just wish the Hollywood left would move...

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Revelations: Extraterrestrial Societies, How to Make Oil

  What extraterrestrial societies could tell us about ourselves if they existed;...

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New AC/DC Album to Be Sold Only at Wal-Mart and Band’s Website

   AC/DC's forthcoming album, Black Ice, won't be available as a legal musi...

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Chihuahuas Beat Spies to Audiences’ Hearts

     With a seemingly dire financial crisis raging on the TV news...

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Saying Yes to Tribute Bands

British TV host and journalist Jeremy Clarkson says cover bands could be a great solution ...

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‘An American Carol’ Off to Slow Start at Box Office, Deserves Better

   David Zucker's An American Carol is a superb satire on Euro-loving Ameri...

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‘Friday Night Lights’ Returns—But on DirecTV Only

 The excellent TV drama series Friday Night Lights returns to the air tonight at 9 ED...

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‘Friday Night Lights’ Returns—But on DirecTV Only

 The excellent TV drama series Friday Night Lights returns to the air tonight at 9 ED...

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Oversexed, Underinteresting TV Sitcom ‘Do Not Disturb’ Canceled

  Fox's situation comedy Do Not Disturb is the first new network TV series to be...

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‘Bangkok Dangerous’ Leads in U.S. Movie Box Office Crash

Morally and visually murky Nicolas Cage starrer undermines actor's usual appeal, fails to ...

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Transgender TV

Homosexual activists are applauding the rapidly increasing numbers of "transgender&qu...

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‘Dark Knight’ Tops Half-Billion Dollar Mark

The Dark Knight has become only the second film in history to top $500 million in U.S. mov...

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Feds Grab Blogger for Posting Unreleased Guns ‘n’ Roses Songs

The FBI has arrested a man for posting copyrighted songs on his website.  (more&hel...

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Hollywood Veterans, New Film Challenge Industry’s Far-Left Orthodoxy

Hollywood conservatives are increasingly coming out of the closet and defying the McCarthy...

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Populist Films Dominate Late-Summer U.S. Box Office

 The top three current U.S. motion picture box office draws all share a populist poin...

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Barbie Wears Fishnet Stockings, Civilization Totters on Brink of Catastrophe

A British organization's crusade against a new Barbie doll is an embarrassment to Christia...

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Oprah’s Magazine Tumbles

Sales of her O magazine are falling much faster than in the rest of the already-moribund m...

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Music Industry’s Current Travails Are a Very Good Thing Indeed

The recording industry is in a panic as album sales continue to drop. Is this really a pro...

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‘Dark Knight’ on Record-Setting Pace

Although The Dark Knight achieved the biggest opening weekend and opening week U.S. box of...

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Will Smith Is Most Consistently Popular Actor Today

A side note in a story about a new study of Hollywood actors' salaries shows that Will Smi...

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Sherlock or Schlock?

Two new Sherlock Holmes film adaptations are taking very different approaches to the class...

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‘Dark Knight’ Sets First-Day Box Office Record

The Dark Knight, the new Batman movie, brought in a record-breaking $66.4 million in its f...

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A&E Returns to Drama After Long Absence

The new series The Cleaner represents the A&E network's long-overdue return to fiction...

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Hellboy Hot at Box Office

Adventure fantasies with conservative values are maintaining their grip on American movie ...

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Chinese Artists Call for More Freedom, Citing ‘Kung Fu Panda’

Chinese artists are calling for less govenment control over culture—thanks to a cart...

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Smith’s ‘Hancock’ Dominates U.S. Box Office

The new Will Smith movie, Hancock, is a big success at the box office, despite derision fr...

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‘WALL-E’ Leads Big Weekend for Hollywood

Pixar's WALL-E led a strong slate at the U.S. box office that resulted in the biggest-gros...