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• Soft-core porn still hot stuff on cable TV
• Lena Horne dies at 92; singer and civil rights activist who broke barriers
• Captain America may lead the way for Marvel movies filmed in 3-D
• 'Iron Man 2' not just a hit, but a crowd pleaser too
• Tracey Thorn's lesson in maturing gracefully
• Can shorts save Hollywood?
• An ash-colored pall could settle over the Cannes Film Festival
• 'Inception,' the only movie that matters?
• At home on the range
• Television review: 'Into the Deep: America, Whaling & the World'

Soft-core porn still hot stuff on cable TV Posted: 10 May 2010 12:00 AM PDT Late-night programming on HBO, Showtime and Cinemax has flourished by featuring cheap-to-produce nude romps, and now cable's mainstream shows are stepping up the sex. Late-night programming on HBO, Showtime and Cinemax has flourished by featuring cheap-to-produce nude romps, and now cable's mainstream shows are stepping up the sex.

Lena Horne dies at 92; singer and civil rights activist who broke barriers Posted: 10 May 2010 12:00 AM PDT Horne achieved a place in the pantheon of female jazz vocalists and broke ground in Hollywood as an African American star in the '40s. She also won acclaim on Broadway and as a cabaret performer. Lena Horne, the silky-voiced singing legend who shattered Hollywood stereotypes of African Americans on screen in the 1940s as a symbol of glamour whose signature song was "Stormy Weather," died Sunday in New York City. She was 92

Captain America may lead the way for Marvel movies filmed in 3-D Posted: 10 May 2010 08:50 AM PDT

'Iron Man 2' not just a hit, but a crowd pleaser too Posted: 09 May 2010 02:02 PM PDT Box Office: It may be the No. 1 film this weekend, but a key factor in whether the film will be a hit or a mega-hit is how audiences respond. So far, all signs are positive.

Tracey Thorn's lesson in maturing gracefully Posted: 10 May 2010 12:00 AM PDT The chanteuse's 'Love and Its Opposite' is a startling album that aims to depict 'real life after 40.' Popular music, common wisdom says, is the province of kids. In 1959 it still hurt to be "a teenager in love," but by 1965 the message had changed to "hope I die before I get old," and from that moment onward, pop's overt bias toward youth increased exponentially.

Can shorts save Hollywood? Posted: 10 May 2010 08:38 AM PDT If there's one filmmaker who truly knows how to shape and gauge film-goer interest, it's Guillermo del Toro, who with genre crossbreeds such as "Hellboy" and "Pan's Labyrinth" has found a sizable audience where few would have dreamed one could exist.

An ash-colored pall could settle over the Cannes Film Festival Posted: 09 May 2010 09:29 PM PDT The volcanic ash that has played havoc with European flight threatens to swirl up some trouble for the festival -- prompting delays, cancellations and alternative travel.

'Inception,' the only movie that matters? Posted: 09 May 2010 04:14 PM PDT The trailer for one of the 'most-anticipated' summer movies.

At home on the range Posted: 10 May 2010 12:00 AM PDT From paintings to metates, a sprawling new Autry exhibit, 'Home Lands,' tells the story of women's roles in shaping the American West. The exhibition "Home Lands: How Women Made the West" at the Autry Museum of the American West is the institution's largest yet to present a sprawling picture of the West through the experience of women, from its first inhabitants to its eventual settlement by Europeans and Americans.

Television review: 'Into the Deep: America, Whaling & the World' Posted: 10 May 2010 12:00 AM PDT Ric Burns' documentary, premiering on PBS' 'The American Experience,' is the story of a business that helped make America a world power. Ric Burns' documentary, premiering on PBS' 'The American Experience,' is the story of a business that helped make America a world power.

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