Back when Elvis Presley was a scrawny teenager with dreams of becoming a gospel singer, he spent two years on tour with the Browns, a trio of siblings whose gorgeous har...
'The Town' cements star as serious filmmaker
At 38, Ben Affleck might be a little young for a career reinvention, but that's exactly what's happening to the Hollywood sta...
WWE Studios, a subsidiary of World Wrestling Entertainment, is surely hoping that most, if not all, of its millions of viewers will head to the theater to check out its ...
Whatever one thinks of Barack Obama's politics, it's hard to argue with his decision to read "Freedom," Jonathan Franzen's new novel, on his vacation.
My hope was that F...
NEW YORK — Fine, fresh, fierce, she's got it on lock: Katy Perry's "California Gurls" is the top song of the summer. According to Billboard, Perry's groove with Snoop Do...
If "Inception" is this summer's smartest cinematic thrill ride, "Machete" sits at the opposite end of the spectrum.
A loud, giddy, carnal blast from one of cinema's most...
Hidden from critics until just before its release, the dirty secret about "The American" turns out to be that it's an "art film." Heavens, no!
Director Anton Corbijn has...
Novelist draws on covert ops training
MENLO PARK, Calif. — Barry Eisler had pedaled his bicycle to the crowded Cafe Borrone in Menlo Park, arriving shortly before the lun...
LOS ANGELES — The fright flick "The Last Exorcism" and the heist thriller "Takers" were in a photo finish for the top spot at the weekend box office, according to estima...
The odds of winning the lottery are what, like, 1 in 175 million? The laughs aren't quite so hard to come by in "Lottery Ticket," but they're not a safe bet, either.
The...
