Canadian company looks to build on wild success of 'Mass Effect' with sequel
EDMONTON - Casey Hudson had the weight of an entire universe on his shoulders when he started his work. Tasked with developing the sequel to the hit role-playing video game "Mass Effect," Hudson and...
View Article'Inglourious Basterds' cast, Bridges, Bullock win SAG awards; also 'Mad Men,'...
LOS ANGELES - While Jeff Bridges and Sandra Bullock's chances for Academy Award gold were advanced with their trophies at the Screen Actors Guild Awards, the blockbuster "Avatar" may have felt a touch...
View Article'Avatar' remains No. 1 at box office, topping 'Legion,' 'Book of Eli'
LOS ANGELES - James Cameron's "Avatar" is on a course to sink "Titanic" at the box office. No. 1 for the sixth-straight weekend with $36 million, the 20th Century Fox sci-fi spectacle lifted its...
View Article'The Hurt Locker' wins top film prize at Producers Guild Awards
LOS ANGELES - "The Hurt Locker" scored the top film award from the Producers Guild of America, building new momentum for the Iraq war drama in the expanded Oscar race for best picture. The film about a...
View ArticleLongtime "All My Children" patriarch James Mitchell dies in Los Angeles at 89
LOS ANGELES - James Mitchell, who for nearly three decades played gruff patriarch Palmer Cortland on the ABC soap opera "All My Children," has died, his longtime partner said Sunday night. Mitchell...
View ArticleActor Gary Coleman arrested for failing to appear in court
SANTAQUIN, Utah - Actor Gary Coleman has been arrested on a warrant for failing to appear in court, police said. The 41-year-old former "Diff'rent Strokes" actor was booked into the Utah County Jail...
View Article'Jimmy Kimmel Live!' marks 7th anniversary with guests Harrison Ford, Kristen...
LOS ANGELES - There is happiness to be found in late-night TV these days. Just ask Jimmy Kimmel, who is celebrating the seventh anniversary of his ABC show Tuesday with guest Harrison Ford. Ford is set...
View ArticleSundance doc about gay-marriage politics attracts only handful of protesters
PARK CITY, Utah - Despite rumoured anti-gay protests, a Sundance Film Festival documentary about the Mormon church's role in a 2008 California political battle over gay marriage played to a friendly...
View Article'Company Men' brings tale of hard recession times to Sundance film fest
PARK CITY, Utah - The recession has hit Ben Affleck. He's out of work, saying goodbye to his beloved Porsche, losing his home, stuck moving back in with his parents. Affleck stars in "The Company Men,"...
View ArticleUncle Charlie's journey: Wilson goes from drugs, homelessness, to Grammy nods
ATLANTA - Over the years, the Grammys have served as a backdrop for heart-tugging comeback stories. If Charlie Wilson should win either one of the awards he's up for on Sunday, it may mark one of the...
View ArticleCorinne Bailey Rae's 'The Sea,' is emotional, artistic reflection on loss
"The Sea" Corinne Bailey Rae (Virgin Records) "So young for death, we walk in shoes too big, but you play it like a poet, like you always did," Corinne Bailey Rae sings on the song "I Would Like to...
View ArticleRiding success of 'Need You Now,' Lady Antebellum realizes the moment is now
NASHVILLE - It was a party to celebrate Lady Antebellum's success and singer Charles Kelley thought the stream of plaques and praise would never stop. "This is getting embarrassing," Kelley joked as he...
View ArticleBasia Bulat has international audience awaiting second album, 'Heart of my Own'
TORONTO - A recent European sojourn reminded Basia Bulat how far she's come. The Toronto native toured briefly in Europe this past fall, doing shows in England, the Netherlands, Belgium, France,...
View ArticleJohn Legend helps shine light on public-school crisis in 'Waiting for Superman'
PARK CITY, Utah - A convenient truth greeted John Legend when the singer contacted documentary director Davis Guggenheim about collaborating on a film to examine the public-school system in the United...
View ArticleAll the excitement and fashion on the Red Carpet
Sandra Bullock dressed the part at Sunday's Academy Awards: She wore a gleaming, metallic, slim-fitting gown that seemed fashioned after the Oscar statuette itself.
View ArticleStars in perfect alignment on Hollywood's brightest night
The Academy Awards is without question Hollywood's biggest night, a time when the world stops to gawk at its celluloid heroes as they arrive wearing their finest clothes and jewels, many of them hoping...
View Article'Precious' co-star Mo'Nique, 'Basterds' co-star Waltz win supporting-acting...
Villainous roles snatched the supporting-acting prizes Sunday at the Academy Awards: ``Precious'' co-star Mo'Nique as a contemptible mother and ``Inglourious Basterds'' co-star Christoph Waltz as a......
View ArticleMo'Nique becomes fifth black woman to win acting Oscar for dramatic turn in...
Mo'Nique became the fifth black woman to win an acting Oscar on Sunday night, 70 years after Hattie McDaniel became the first to do so for ``Gone with the Wind.'' The 42-year-old standup comedienne......
View ArticleOther red carpet tidbits
The real Leigh Anne Tuohy walked the red carpet at the Oscars ahead of best-actress nominee Sandra Bullock, who portrays her in ``The Blind Side.'' ``Go figure, here we are. It's......
View ArticleBridges wins best actor Oscar for portrayal of country singer in 'Crazy Heart'
The Dude finally has an Oscar. Jeff Bridges, the affable and well-liked star of ``Crazy Heart,'' won the best actor Academy Award Sunday night, an honour that has eluded him four......
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