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Poll: Was Chris Brown faking it at the BET Awards?
Electric Daisy Carnival draws 185,000 for electronic music and good vibes
Critic's Notebook: A 'Ring' renaissance
Craig Kilborn breaks his silence
Box office: 'Toy Story 3' tops solid 'Grown Ups,' soft 'Knight and Day'
Television review: 'Huge'
Steve Carell, Jason Segel lead a 'Despicable' gang on the red carpet
'Iron Man 2' leaves box office top 10 below original domestically, higher overseas
'True Blood': 500 storylines and nothing on

Poll: Was Chris Brown faking it at the BET Awards?

Posted: 28 Jun 2010 07:29 AM PDT

Was he really just overwhelmed that he was back singing legit again at a major industry event?

Electric Daisy Carnival draws 185,000 for electronic music and good vibes

Posted: 28 Jun 2010 12:00 AM PDT

Attendees say the festival at the Coliseum and Exposition Park, with music from such DJs as will.i.am., Kaskade and Deadmau5, has an atmosphere of 'world peace.'

Attendees say the festival at the Coliseum and Exposition Park, with music from such DJs as will.i.am., Kaskade and Deadmau5, has an atmosphere of 'world peace.'

Critic's Notebook: A 'Ring' renaissance

Posted: 28 Jun 2010 12:00 AM PDT

Achim Freyer's audacious vision for the four-opera cycle, met with boos and spotty tickets sales early on, is ultimately vindicated with a triumphant finale from L.A. Opera.

The "L.A. Ring," as Achim Freyer's production of Wagner's four- opera cycle, "Ring of the Nibelung," has come to be known, began May 29 under a cloud. Two lead singers had dissed their director . Ticket sales proved a disappointment . Picketers protested a composer's anti-Semitism. Wagnerians unhappy with Freyerian fantasy used the Internet to spew dissent. The $31-million production had left Los Angeles Opera in debt and, for a short while, uncertain of its future.

Craig Kilborn breaks his silence

Posted: 28 Jun 2010 12:00 AM PDT

The former host of 'The Daily Show' and 'The Late Late Show' ends a six-year hiatus from the genre with a half-hour weeknight gabfest, 'The Kilborn File.'

F. Scott Fitzgerald, who once said, "There are no second acts in American lives," probably wouldn't know what to make of Craig Kilborn.

Box office: 'Toy Story 3' tops solid 'Grown Ups,' soft 'Knight and Day'

Posted: 27 Jun 2010 03:34 PM PDT

It was a bad weekend for Tom Cruise at the box office.

It was a bad weekend for Tom Cruise at the box office.

Television review: 'Huge'

Posted: 28 Jun 2010 12:00 AM PDT

The ABC Family drama, starring Nikki Blonsky, is commendable for its honest, rich portrayal of overweight kids.

Americans are in the midst of so many crises — healthcare, economic, environmental — that it seems unfair to add another to the list. But nothing makes us crazier than fat kids. Lately we're calling it "the childhood obesity epidemic," but it's much more complicated than that.

Steve Carell, Jason Segel lead a 'Despicable' gang on the red carpet

Posted: 28 Jun 2010 08:16 AM PDT

Carell and fellow voice actors Jason Segel (the No. 1 super villain in the world), Miranda Cosgrove, Kristen Wiig, Julie Andrews and Jack McBrayer were among those stepping out in broad daylight Sunday for the world premiere of "Despicable Me," which opens July 9.

'Iron Man 2' leaves box office top 10 below original domestically, higher overseas

Posted: 27 Jun 2010 03:49 PM PDT

"Iron Man 2" is wrapping up its box office run in a surprising spot: behind the original "Iron Man."

"Iron Man 2" is wrapping up its box office run in a surprising spot: behind the original "Iron Man."