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SXSW: Is the future bright for independent labels?
Katherine Heigl almost puts the 'show' in ShoWest
Jamie Oliver aims to make school lunches more healthful
Christiane Amanpour's challenge: Broadening 'This Week' as ABC News shrinks
Separating fact from fiction in Iraq war films
An appreciation: Fess Parker's Davy Crockett was a hero when we needed one.
Pasadena radio station KPCC embarks on new era
'Clash of the Titans' 3-D conversion gets a very lackluster review
L.A., Anaheim vie to steal Comic-Con from San Diego
Alec and Tom Gores join forces to weigh Miramax bid

SXSW: Is the future bright for independent labels?

Posted: 19 Mar 2010 03:00 PM PDT

Artists and labels were splashed with some cold, hard facts as a wake-up call Friday.

Katherine Heigl almost puts the 'show' in ShoWest

Posted: 19 Mar 2010 06:20 PM PDT

ShoWest's Female Star of the Year had a major wardrobe malfunction while accepting her award in Las Vegas.

Jamie Oliver aims to make school lunches more healthful

Posted: 20 Mar 2010 12:00 AM PDT

In 'Food Revolution,' the British chef hopes to overhaul the menu in Huntington, W.Va.

In the film “We Are Marshall,” the town of Huntington, W.Va., reels, then regroups after most of Marshall University's football team is killed in a plane crash. Forty years later, Huntington is at the center of yet another potential turn-around tale. Only this time, rather than a phoenix emerging from the ashes, the image is more of a grilled chicken breast rising from a landfill of deep fryers.

Christiane Amanpour's challenge: Broadening 'This Week' as ABC News shrinks

Posted: 19 Mar 2010 10:09 AM PDT

By turning to Christiane Amanpour as host of "This Week," ABC hopes to send the message that Peter Jennings' legacy endures.

Separating fact from fiction in Iraq war films

Posted: 20 Mar 2010 12:00 AM PDT

The Times' former foreign editor assesses 'Green Zone,' 'The Ghost Writer' and 'The Hurt Locker.'

Familiarity is not necessarily the friend of the Iraq moviegoer.

An appreciation: Fess Parker's Davy Crockett was a hero when we needed one.

Posted: 20 Mar 2010 12:00 AM PDT

The actor's character embodied courage and common sense in the uncertain '50s.

Fess Parker, who died on Thursday at the age of 85, was not only present at the creation of modern mass culture, he was smack dab in the middle of that creation.

Pasadena radio station KPCC embarks on new era

Posted: 20 Mar 2010 12:00 AM PDT

After tripling its listening audience in the last decade, the public radio station is unveiling a $24.5-million broadcast facility that will expand its programming and future possibilities.

KPCC boasts "A Prairie Home Companion," Larry Mantle's popular "AirTalk" call-in show and an audience that has tripled in size in the last 10 years, turning the station into one of the country's most-listened-to public radio outlets.

'Clash of the Titans' 3-D conversion gets a very lackluster review

Posted: 19 Mar 2010 12:48 PM PDT

The film has been drawing fire ever since it became apparent that the film was getting the quickie 3-D conversion treatment.

L.A., Anaheim vie to steal Comic-Con from San Diego

Posted: 20 Mar 2010 12:00 AM PDT

The huge comic book and pop culture convention is outgrowing the San Diego Convention Center. All three cities want the crowds and their tourist dollars.

Call it a clash of the titans.