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Crowds gather on National Mall for 'Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear'
Ron Howard on 'The Dilemma's' gay joke: It stays in the movie
Surprise Taylor Swift street concert snarls rush hour traffic in Hollywood
Garry Shandling recalls the 'lab experiment' that was 'The Larry Sanders Show'
Saw franchise ends with a bang, and a bloodletting
Can 'Gravity' get off the ground? Studio says yes, but doubts persist
'Harry Potter' countdown: Daniel Radcliffe says the fugitive life is 'brilliant'
Spyglass plan approved by MGM creditors
Fox and Dish Network resolve fee dispute; restore channels
Movie review: 'Saw 3D'

Crowds gather on National Mall for 'Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear'

Posted: 30 Oct 2010 08:41 AM PDT

Organizers call the Stewart-Colbert rally a politically themed entertainment program, but those attending see it more as a call to action with three days left before final votes are cast in the midterm elections.

A crowd expected to number in the tens of thousands has begun to assemble on the National Mall for what organizers say will be a politically-themed entertainment program.

Ron Howard on 'The Dilemma's' gay joke: It stays in the movie

Posted: 29 Oct 2010 06:27 PM PDT

Comics have been making gay jokes for years, but perhaps none of them has caused as much of a stir as the quip uttered by Vince Vaughn.

Comics have been making gay jokes for years, but perhaps none of them has caused as much of a stir as the quip uttered by Vince Vaughn.

Surprise Taylor Swift street concert snarls rush hour traffic in Hollywood

Posted: 29 Oct 2010 06:11 PM PDT

"If you're at Hollywood and Highland around 4 today, my band and I will see you there." So it was written on Taylor Swift's Twitter page Friday afternoon.

Garry Shandling recalls the 'lab experiment' that was 'The Larry Sanders Show'

Posted: 30 Oct 2010 12:00 AM PDT

The influential comedy series about the travails of a talk show host is finally issued complete on DVD.

All 89 episodes of "The Larry Sanders Show," Garry Shandling's influential situation comedy about a needy talk show host and the people who need him in turn, have just become available on home video for the first time. In a world in which the entire runs of "Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C." and "Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman" may be purchased whole, this finally remedies a great cultural injustice.

Saw franchise ends with a bang, and a bloodletting

Posted: 29 Oct 2010 06:57 PM PDT

Quiz your friends while you wait in line with this quick by-the-numbers look.

Can 'Gravity' get off the ground? Studio says yes, but doubts persist

Posted: 29 Oct 2010 07:00 PM PDT

"Gravity" is one of the most anticipated films on the Hollywood drawing board. But the science-fiction film about a woman marooned in outer space is enduring more than its share of launch troubles.

'Harry Potter' countdown: Daniel Radcliffe says the fugitive life is 'brilliant'

Posted: 29 Oct 2010 11:09 AM PDT

The film is very much a road-trip adventure with the three main characters in fugitive mode and preparing for the final showdown with the evil Lord Voldemort.

The film is very much a road-trip adventure with the three main characters in fugitive mode -- preparing for the final showdown.

Spyglass plan approved by MGM creditors

Posted: 29 Oct 2010 03:36 PM PDT

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer creditors have approved a plan to reorganize the company in a prepackaged bankruptcy and bring in the chief executives of Spyglass Entertainment to run the studio.

Fox and Dish Network resolve fee dispute; restore channels

Posted: 29 Oct 2010 02:12 PM PDT

Fox's dispute with satellite broadcaster Dish Network, which led to a monthlong blackout of Fox's regional sports networks, FX and the National Geographic Channel, was resolved Friday when the two companies agreed on a new multi-year contract.