THE DIFFICULTIES PRODUCING MICHAEL JACKSON'S FUNERAL
It remains unclear whether the planned funeral for Michael Jackson next Tuesday at Staples Center ...

HDTV PICTURES DEGRADING
The desire of many television stations to use their new digital broadcast spectrum to offer ...

RERUN-HEAVY CBS WINS THURSDAY NIGHT
Reruns of CBS's crime dramas kept it in first place among total viewers during every ...

NEW ICE AGE EXPECTED TO BE HOT
Global warming will take a holiday at the box office this holiday weekend as a ...

THE CREATURE TO MAKE STAGE DEBUT
Universal has brought the classic horror flick Creature From the Black Lagoon to the stage ...

TALENT CONTESTS COMPETE AGAINST EACH OTHER
The reality contests America's Got Talent on NBC and So You Think You Can Dance ...

ONE COMPANY SENDS JACKSON REPORTS TO THE WORLD
On Call Communications, a satellite communications service that charges television stations only $150 for a ...

HELEN THOMAS ACCUSES OBAMA OF TRYING TO MANAGE THE PRESS
Veteran White House correspondent Helen Thomas, 88, who was ignored by President Bush and relegated ...

AMID CUTBACKS AT FOX, CAREY TO EARN MILLIONS
Chase Carey,who officially replaced Peter Chernin as president and COO of News Corp Wednesday, could ...

OSCAR-WINNER KARL MALDEN DEAD AT 97
Karl Malden, best known for his co-starring role (with Michael Douglas) in the 1970s series ...

A SURPRISE WEDNESDAY WINNER AT BOX OFFICE
The first day of the long Independence Day weekend began at the box-office with a ...

WEINSTEIN SAYS PUBLIC ENEMIES IS THE FILM TO BEAT
Producer Harvey Weinstein, generally regarded in the movie business as a genius when it comes ...

TRUE HI-DEF STREAMING LIKELY YEARS AWAY, SAYS REPORT
It is likely to be at least five years years before high-definition movies can be ...

STRAIGHT-TO-DVD MOVIE WINDS UP AT NO. 1 IN RENTAL STORES
Ordinarily a movie that goes straight to video is regarded as being among the dregs ...

SHAWSHANK COMING TO THE STAGE
Another movie is about to make the transition to the stage, published reports indicated on ...

GOSSIP COLUMNIST SUES FOX NEWS FOR $5 MILLION
Former FoxNews.com entertainment columnist Roger Friedman is claiming in a $5-million lawsuit against News Corp ...

WILL COWELL EARN MORE THAN FOX?
If Simon Cowell leaves American Idol this year as he has contemplated doing in interviews, ...

NBC RISES TO THE TOP AGAIN
NBC, whose peacock seems to rise like a phoenix out of the ashes of the ...

BRITISH TV EXEC SAYS U.K. NETWORKS SHOULD EMULATE HULU
Dawn Airey, the head of Britain's Channel 5, has urged fellow broadcast executives in the ...

DEPP TAKES AIM AT TRANSFORMERS
Will Johnny Depp and his cohorts in Public Enemies be able to shoot down the ...

PINK SLIPS RAIN OVER PARAMOUNT
Even as Paramount's top executives were cheering the rise of Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen ...

L.A. SCHOOL CHIEF INADVERTENTLY ADDS TO BRÜNO'S PUBLICITY BONANZA
In an action that is certain to draw further media attention to Sacha Baron-Cohen's upcoming ...