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'The Wolfman' finally gets a chance to howl
Ann Powers: Less Ellen, more guitars
The last 'Jay Leno Show'
Why can't Tom Cruise escape himself?
Michael Jackson's doctor's case may hinge on his police statement
For makers of 'Valentine's Day,' going on location means going green
Hollywood Week Day 1: sudden death
Stephen Colbert has a rapport with the Games
Prosecutors: ESPN reporter Erin Andrews' stalker taped 16 other women, ran background checks
'Up in the Air,' 'Avatar' and other 2009 films treat travel as a journey within

'The Wolfman' finally gets a chance to howl

Posted: 10 Feb 2010 12:00 AM PST

'Wolfman' was a monster project, but director Joe Johnston wasn't scared.

'Wolfman' was a monster project, but director Joe Johnston wasn't scared.

Ann Powers: Less Ellen, more guitars

Posted: 09 Feb 2010 10:10 PM PST

She seamlessly fit into the patter and often meaningless "critique" at the judges' table.

The last 'Jay Leno Show'

Posted: 10 Feb 2010 12:00 AM PST

There's no occasion to it, and that seems about right.

As far too many of us know, Jay Leno, who has been parked weeknights at 10 p.m. since September, is moving back to "The Tonight Show," the job he left at the end of May. When he returns from the canceled "The Jay Leno Show" to his former chair, after the Olympics, it will be as if the last eight months had never happened.

Why can't Tom Cruise escape himself?

Posted: 09 Feb 2010 07:08 PM PST

"Mission: Impossible IV" news shows that you can take the actor out of the action, but not the action out of the actor.

Michael Jackson's doctor's case may hinge on his police statement

Posted: 10 Feb 2010 12:00 AM PST

Cardiologist Conrad Murray's comments about giving the singer the anesthetic propofol as a sleep aid could make or break the involuntary manslaughter case.

On a Saturday evening last summer, Dr. Conrad Murray met with two police detectives at the Ritz-Carlton hotel in Marina del Rey. Outside, the world was in shock over the death of Michael Jackson, and inside a room at the posh waterfront hotel, the investigators wanted answers from the last person to see him alive. With his lawyer by his side, Murray talked for more than three hours. The interview ended with him a free man.

For makers of 'Valentine's Day,' going on location means going green

Posted: 10 Feb 2010 12:00 AM PST

Saving energy, cutting waste and recycling on the set help lower the movie's carbon footprint and raise the bar for 'green filmmaking.'

The star-studded romantic comedy "Valentine's Day" is expected to generate plenty of green at the box office this weekend.

Hollywood Week Day 1: sudden death

Posted: 09 Feb 2010 10:07 PM PST

Some quick thoughts about those with true Top 12 potential, and a tearful goodbye to once promising hopefuls Maegan Wright and Maddy Curtis.

Stephen Colbert has a rapport with the Games

Posted: 10 Feb 2010 12:00 AM PST

The comedian has a serious love of the Winter Olympics. He has raised funds for U.S. Speedskating and will be part of NBC's reporting team.

The comedian has a serious love of the Winter Olympics. He has raised funds for U.S. Speedskating and will be part of NBC's reporting team.

Prosecutors: ESPN reporter Erin Andrews' stalker taped 16 other women, ran background checks

Posted: 09 Feb 2010 06:23 PM PST

LOS ANGELES ( AP) — The man who stalked ESPN reporter Erin Andrews and shot nude videos of her through a hotel room peephole videotaped 16 other women and ran background checks on 30 people, including female sports reporters and TV personalities, according to court documents.