LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - "Twilight," the vampire romance that has spurred feverish anticipation among young female moviegoers, took a bigger-than-expected $70.55 million bite out of the weekend box office in North America, according to studio estimates issued on Sunday.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A Web site owned by Sony Corp is expected on Monday to unveil a slew of new Internet programs in the latest move by a division of a major media company to bolster online entertainment.

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - The Vatican's newspaper has finally forgiven John Lennon for declaring that the Beatles were more famous than Jesus Christ, calling the remark a "boast" by a young man grappling with sudden fame.

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - The Vatican's newspaper has finally forgiven John Lennon for declaring that the Beatles were more famous than Jesus Christ, calling the remark a "boast" by a young man grappling with sudden fame.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The main union representing U.S. film and television actors said on Saturday it would seek a strike authorization vote by members after federal mediation failed to break a logjam in labor talks with major Hollywood studios.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The day many rock fans never expected to see in their lifetimes is nigh.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Two more Broadway shows fell by the wayside this week but the head of an industry trade association said it was part of natural selection in a tough business rather than the result of the economic crisis.

The buzz-building for JJ Abrams' reboot of STAR TREK continues at Warp Factor Something, adding to the series of black-and-white face portraits with Eric Bana's tattooed Romulan(?) warrior Nero and supersexy Zoe Saldana's delicious Uhura. Yep. Read More...

ADVENTURELAND is director Greg Mottola's follow-up to SUPERBAD, about a college grad in the 80s working a summer job at a theme park. The new trailer is throwing off a definite vibe of CADDYSHACK and FAST TIMES AT RIDGEMONT HIGH, and the movie is apparently a bit more serious than slapstick, although it's difficult to take Bill Hader with a big 'stache too seriously. The movie stars Jesse Eisenberg, TWILIGHT cupcake Kristen Stewart, Ryan... Read More...

UPDATE: These images may be nothing like what we see in the final film after all. The artist himself has declared they were just a part of his portfolio and not concept art used for the movie. More specifics can be found at Rope of Silicon. 11.21.08: Details on James Cameron's sci-fi 3D epic AVATAR have been minimal to say the least. We've known for a while that the distant planet's indigenous creatures were blue-skinned humanoids with... Read More...

NEW YORK/LONDON (Billboard) - Franz Ferdinand's 2005 album may have promised "You Could Have It So Much Better," but the sales figures begged to differ -- the band's second album failed to match the transatlantic success of its self-titled predecessor.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - "Live Free or Die Hard" actor Bruce Willis has sued a Malaysian prince and his company over a $2 million investment in "green rubber" the actor wants returned.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Actor Warren Beatty has sued a unit of Tribune Co over the film and television rights to comic strip detective Dick Tracy, a character he played in a 1990 hit film of the same name.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Vampire romance "Twilight" sucked in more than $7 million at U.S. box offices from its first midnight showings, a strong take for the highly anticipated film, industry sources said on Friday.

LONDON (Reuters) - U.S. pop star Madonna and Guy Ritchie ended eight years of marriage in a few minutes Friday when a British court granted them a "quickie" divorce.

We have a new poster for WHITEOUT today, the Kate Beckinsale flick about a U.S. Marshal assigned to Antarctica who has three days to solve a murder before being plunged into darkness and stranded there with the killer. On the one hand it's a pretty sweet poster, but on the other, there's no Kate. You have Kate, but on the poster there's no Kate. I guess I just don't understand marketing. Other things I don't understand: why one night... Read More...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - After 60 years in the make-believe world of acting, Roger Moore admits to telling the occasional fib or little white lie now and again.

After a development that seems to have been going on forever, the remake of George Romero's THE CRAZIES is gearing up and has finally found itself a star. Timothy Olyphant has signed on to star in the film for director Breck Eisner (SAHARA). In the film Olyphant will star as the sheriff of a small town where a biological warfare spill turns the residents permanently insane. Murder, rioting and, well, craziness ensues and the military... Read More...

While it hasn't always been easy to compete with Disney/Pixar and DreamWorks in the animation front, Fox has done an admirable job, especially with their ICE AGE franchise, which has proved to be extremely popular. For the third film in the series, they've moved from spring dates to the big time: July 4th weekend. Of course they've also got this film in 3-D, which should prove to be a big draw. The latest teaser trailer for ICE AGE:... Read More...

The role was one of the most highly coveted in Hollywood. It was the female lead in the next movie from Jason Reitman (JUNO) and starring George Clooney. Ellen Page and Emily Blunt read for the part. But in the end it was relative unknown Anna Kendrick who got the role after nailing her audition and beating her Oscar-nominated competition. Kendrick will star alongside Clooney in UP IN THE AIR, which follows a bored businessman whose only... Read More...