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Word of mouth: Remaking foreign-language films
RIP Alex Chilton, American Music Man
'American Idol' results show: First elimination
PREACH IT! Jesse James did WHAT?
Ryan Seacrest spoiler ignites Twitter revolt
Orianthi is a Casey James fan
SXSW: A discovery from Australia
'Dragon' versus 'Titans' versus 'Alice' in fight over 3-D screens
Suspect arrested in prescription drug ring linked to Corey Haim
Who's the best choice to direct 'Breaking Dawn'? An appraisal

Word of mouth: Remaking foreign-language films

Posted: 18 Mar 2010 12:00 AM PDT

Foreign-language films don't tend to do well at the U.S. box office, but Hollywood is happy to remake them.

Foreign-language films don't tend to do well at the U.S. box office, but Hollywood is happy to remake them.

RIP Alex Chilton, American Music Man

Posted: 17 Mar 2010 11:39 PM PDT

Chilton was famous for packing his sets with the most obscure and hilarious rhythm and blues and early rock songs he could find.

'American Idol' results show: First elimination

Posted: 18 Mar 2010 07:41 AM PDT

The first cut is made from the top 12.

PREACH IT! Jesse James did WHAT?

Posted: 17 Mar 2010 06:16 PM PDT

In other news, our brains just exploded [poll]

Ryan Seacrest spoiler ignites Twitter revolt

Posted: 18 Mar 2010 08:55 AM PDT

"American Idol" host Ryan Seacrest may have tweeted himself into a heap of trouble.

Orianthi is a Casey James fan

Posted: 18 Mar 2010 08:53 AM PDT

"He's got that real sort of Kenny Wayne Shepard thing going on," she says.

SXSW: A discovery from Australia

Posted: 18 Mar 2010 08:46 AM PDT

Australia's Beaches were in many ways a throwback, the band's blast of sometimes slow-moving melodic noise recalling the indie underground scene of the '80s.

'Dragon' versus 'Titans' versus 'Alice' in fight over 3-D screens

Posted: 17 Mar 2010 06:57 PM PDT

Studios are using high-pressure tactics to book their films into theaters.

Studios are using high-pressure tactics to book their films into theaters.

Suspect arrested in prescription drug ring linked to Corey Haim

Posted: 17 Mar 2010 09:49 PM PDT

The California attorney general's office says, however, that the unidentified suspect may not have directly provided the drugs that caused the death of the 1980s teen actor.

The California attorney general's office said Wednesday that it has arrested a suspect in an alleged prescription drug ring that Atty. Gen. Jerry Brown said provided illegal drugs to actor Corey Haim.