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The same old 'American Idol'
'Modern Warfare 2' passes $1 billion in sales
Conan O'Brien rejects NBC's late-night plan
Zach Galifianakis and the 'Little Miss Sunshine' team, together at last
Dan Rather loses bid in CBS lawsuit
The strange case of the dignified late-night hosts
Tobey Maguire's career direction? It's a tangled web
Conan O'Brien's manager says statement not about points or strategy
'How the Beatles Rocked the Kremlin'
Disney tries to woo 'Twilight' guru Erik Feig away from Summit

Posted: 13 Jan 2010 12:00 AM PST

Paula Abdul is gone, Ellen DeGeneres isn't judging yet and Victoria Beckham is weighing in -- so to speak -- but the show, with Simon Cowell intact, still follows its usual formula.

Paula Abdul is gone, Ellen DeGeneres isn't judging yet and Victoria Beckham is weighing in -- so to speak -- but the show, with Simon Cowell intact, still follows its usual formula.

'Modern Warfare 2' passes $1 billion in sales

Posted: 13 Jan 2010 08:50 AM PST

Despite bright spot, game industry prepares for dismal year-end data.

Conan O'Brien rejects NBC's late-night plan

Posted: 13 Jan 2010 12:00 AM PST

The 'Tonight Show' host issues a statement against the network's proposal to move his program back a half-hour behind Jay Leno. NBC may have to fire O'Brien.

Conan O'Brien is prepared to walk.

Zach Galifianakis and the 'Little Miss Sunshine' team, together at last

Posted: 12 Jan 2010 07:21 PM PST

They pair on "Will," a high-concept comedy about a world in which people's lives are scripted by angels, and the particular predicament of one man when his angel quits.

Dan Rather loses bid in CBS lawsuit

Posted: 13 Jan 2010 12:00 AM PST

The New York Court of Appeals denies the newsman's motion to appeal his $70-million suit against the network.

Dan Rather's protracted legal fight with CBS ended Tuesday when New York state's highest court declined to hear the anchor's motion to reinstate his $70-million lawsuit against his longtime employer.

The strange case of the dignified late-night hosts

Posted: 12 Jan 2010 11:04 PM PST

Conan O'Brien's recent letter to NBC is an admirable example of how to make the best of a bad situation.

Tobey Maguire's career direction? It's a tangled web

Posted: 12 Jan 2010 06:27 PM PST

There's been a lot of speculation about who might replace Tobey Maguire as the new Spider-Man (Joseph Gordon-Levitt seems like a no-brainer).

Conan O'Brien's manager says statement not about points or strategy

Posted: 12 Jan 2010 06:14 PM PST

Conan O'Brien's statement to the "people of Earth" about his thoughts on being asked to move "The Tonight Show" to 12:05 a.m. so NBC can put Jay Leno back at 11:35 p.m. was not a negotiating ploy.

'How the Beatles Rocked the Kremlin'

Posted: 13 Jan 2010 12:00 AM PST

The band didn't play in Russia, and its music was banned there, but it looks like the Fab Four won the war.

Love them or hate them, 40 years after they went their separate ways -- the Smart One, the Cute One, the Quiet One and Ringo -- the Beatles will not be denied. With the remastering and long-awaited digital release of their pop-encyclopedic back catalog, and the video game The Beatles: Rock Band reuniting the living members with the dead as animated computer puppets, they dominated the news in 2009 and made a lot of money.