DE NIRO LEAVES SAND TRAP AND QUITS MOVIE
Just days after he arrived in Massachusetts to begin filming scenes for Edge of Darkness, ...

WHAT'S HOLDING UP DREAMWORKS' DEAL WITH INDIA'S RELIANCE?
Nearly three months after it was announced, the $500-million deal between India's Reliance and DreamWorks ...

HIGH-DEF ITUNES MOVIES?
Apple is expected to announce on Tuesday that its next version of its iTunes software ...

DARK KNIGHT SETS ANOTHER RECORD
Since its release in July, the IMAX version of Warner Bros.' The Dark Knight has ...

PREDICTED FOR BOX OFFICE -- OR IS IT THAI?
This weekend marks the official start of the fall box-office season, and it could hardly ...

A COMMERCIAL ABOUT NOTHING?
Microsoft launched its latest television marketing campaign featuring Jerry Seinfeld during Thursday night's NFL season ...

SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL GOES ONLINE
NBC on Thursday kicked off Sunday Night Football Extra, online video streaming of its NFL ...

COMCAST AGREES TO PICK UP CUBAN'S HDNET -- AND DAN RATHER
Marc Cuban's high-definition HDNet and HDNet Movies have been picked up by Comcast, the nation's ...

FOX NEWS BEATS BROADCAST NETS WITH RNC COVERAGE
Once again Fox News trounced the broadcast networks in the ratings for the Republican National ...

NEWS EXECS AND GOP STEP UP FEUD
Network news executives on Thursday responded to persistent attacks on the news media by speakers ...

SNOOPY ANIMATOR MELENDEZ DEAD AT 91
Animator Bill Melendez, who worked on Walt Disney movies, including Fantasia and Pinocchio, in the ...

ROEPER BECOMES AS FAMOUS AS STARS HE REVIEWS
Chicago Sun-Times critic Richard Roeper writes today about his cameo appearance on HBO's Entourage this ...

TORONTO, VENICE STEP UP RIVALRY
The Toronto and Venice Film Festivals -- always close rivals and usually overlapping one another ...

MPAA YANKS POSTERS FOR KEVIN SMITH'S 'PORNO' FILM
The Motion Picture Association of America confirmed Wednesday that it has banned the poster for ...

DEAL BACK ON TOP
Last Thursday night's televised address by Sen. Barack Obama to the Democratic Convention may have ...

RECORD RATINGS FOR PALIN ADDRESS
On the broadcast networks, Gov. Sarah Palin's acceptance speech at the Republican National Convention Wednesday ...

PALIN VS. THE MEDIA -- AND VICE VERSA
Even as the news media began scouring Sarah Palin's background, the Alaska governor used her ...

OPEN MIKE EMBARRASSES WSJ COLUMNIST
Wall Street Journal columnist Peggy Noonan is the latest personality to learn the perils of ...

LIBERTY MEDIA SPINS OFF LIBERTY ENTERTAINMENT
In a widely expected maneuver, John Malone's Liberty Media said Wednesday that it is planning ...

RAISING THE BAR RAISES TNT'S RATINGS
Despite receiving mostly mediocre-to-poor reviews, TNT's new Stephen Bochco-produced cable drama Raising the Bar drew ...