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The reality of Tila Tequila's situation
Ben Stiller, Ashton Kutcher, Will Ferrell have tweet reading for Haiti
'The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo' a hit for Niels Arden Oplev
SAG's board makes peace with rival union
'How to Train Your Dragon' and a baptism of fire
'Predators' on the loose in Texas -- the hunt is back on
'Ugly Americans': drawing partisan lines
Experimental Gameplay Project unleashes video design creativity
Haim's death may be linked to prescription drug ring

Posted: 13 Mar 2010 03:32 PM PST

Casey Johnson's death sent her into a tailspin. Now the 'Shot at Love' star says she just wants to be a businesswoman. Can she really step out of the spotlight?

Casey Johnson's death sent her into a tailspin. Now the 'Shot at Love' star says she just wants to be a businesswoman. Can she really step out of the spotlight?

Ben Stiller, Ashton Kutcher, Will Ferrell have tweet reading for Haiti

Posted: 13 Mar 2010 04:55 PM PST

Some of Hollywood's most enthusiastic social media fans got together to get their Tweet on Friday night in Hollywood.

'The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo' a hit for Niels Arden Oplev

Posted: 14 Mar 2010 12:00 AM PST

The director's version of Stieg Larsson's international bestseller is coming to the U.S.

When a team of Swedish producers known for their TV crime dramas asked Danish director Niels Arden Oplev if he'd be interested in helming their next project, his immediate response was "Haven't you made enough of those?"

SAG's board makes peace with rival union

Posted: 13 Mar 2010 12:32 PM PST

Hollywood's two actors unions have officially ended their two-year feud.

'How to Train Your Dragon' and a baptism of fire

Posted: 14 Mar 2010 12:00 AM PST

Filmmakers Dean DeBlois and Chris Sanders faced a tough deadline when they were brought in to rework the animated film.

Animated movies can take forever to make -- three or four years is well within the ordinary. “How to Train Your Dragon,” which tells the story of a scrawny kid destined to prove his hecklers wrong through an unusual relationship with a dragon, moved at a radically different pace: the two filmmakers behind March 26's 3-D adventure had just 12 months to make their film, inheriting a project needing a top-to-bottom overhaul.

'Predators' on the loose in Texas -- the hunt is back on

Posted: 13 Mar 2010 05:04 PM PST

It's a big weekend for "Predators," the promising Fox film that began the ramp-up to its July 7 release with a sneak peek at South by Southwest in Austin.

'Ugly Americans': drawing partisan lines

Posted: 14 Mar 2010 12:00 AM PST

Everybody comes in for a skewering on Comedy Central's new animated series.

It's not enough to be illustrated and funny anymore: These days, animation is a place for subversion and hidden meaning. It's also the place for overt political posturing: Since "The West Wing" went off the air, liberalism and conservatism have been largely absent from television as prominent story lines or attributes. Live action television starring humans, that is. When the characters are drawn, partisan knives come out, even if the results often fizzle like ABC's "The Goode Family."

Experimental Gameplay Project unleashes video design creativity

Posted: 14 Mar 2010 12:00 AM PST

The friendly competition inspires game coders, designers and programmers to create works outside the industry box.

Among those who live and die on a pure and irrepressible love of video game design, there's a desire to perform the craft in a space free of any of the constraints inherent in business. That's where the Experimental Gameplay Project comes in.