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Stephen J. Cannell, prolific TV producer, dies
Television review: 'Law & Order: UK'
CNN's Rick Sanchez fired after calling Jon Stewart a bigot
Is 'The Social Network's' view of Harvard's final clubs hopelessly outdated?
Movie review: 'Like Dandelion Dust'
Movie review: 'Case 39'
Stephen J. Cannell, prolific TV producer, dies
Is Billie Joe Armstrong in 'American Idiot' a Broadway star in the making?
Live review: Pavement, Sonic Youth and No Age at the Hollywood Bowl
'The Hobbit' finally close to getting greenlight from Warner Bros., New Line and MGM

Stephen J. Cannell, prolific TV producer, dies

Posted: 01 Oct 2010 05:22 PM PDT

Stephen J. Cannell, bestselling novelist and Emmy-winning TV producer, died on Thursday. He was 69.

Television review: 'Law & Order: UK'

Posted: 02 Oct 2010 12:00 AM PDT

The familiar formula works well in London too.

The familiar formula works well in London too.

CNN's Rick Sanchez fired after calling Jon Stewart a bigot

Posted: 01 Oct 2010 04:16 PM PDT

Say goodbye to the king of "Conventional Idiocy": CNN newscaster Rich Sanchez has been fired.

Say goodbye to the king of "Conventional Idiocy": CNN newscaster Rich Sanchez has been fired.

Is 'The Social Network's' view of Harvard's final clubs hopelessly outdated?

Posted: 01 Oct 2010 06:57 PM PDT

Big Picture : Perhaps they are "vestigial curios," but their presence seems to work in the context of the movie.

Movie review: 'Like Dandelion Dust'

Posted: 02 Oct 2010 12:00 AM PDT

Adoptive parents face the loss of their child to his biological parents years later because of a legal technicality in this well-acted, resonant film.

Adoptive parents face the loss of their child to his biological parents years later because of a legal technicality in this well-acted, resonant film.

Movie review: 'Case 39'

Posted: 02 Oct 2010 12:00 AM PDT

Renée Zellweger plays a social worker who tries to save a creepy little girl. Too bad she can't save this lackluster horror flick.

Renée Zellweger plays a social worker who tries to save a creepy little girl. Too bad she can't save this lackluster horror flick.

Stephen J. Cannell, prolific TV producer, dies

Posted: 01 Oct 2010 05:21 PM PDT

Before Stephen J. Cannell, television's heroes tended to be square-jawed, flawless, never-a-hair-out-of-place kind of guys.

Is Billie Joe Armstrong in 'American Idiot' a Broadway star in the making?

Posted: 01 Oct 2010 04:31 PM PDT

Billie Joe Armstrong is not a large man, but he knows how to fill up a stage.

Billie Joe Armstrong is not a large man, but he knows how to fill up a stage.

Live review: Pavement, Sonic Youth and No Age at the Hollywood Bowl

Posted: 01 Oct 2010 04:19 PM PDT

For romantics of the rock 'n' roll squall, the Hollywood Bowl served up an evening of pummel and grace Thursday night.

For romantics of the rock 'n' roll squall, the Hollywood Bowl served up an evening of pummel and grace Thursday night.