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• It's official: The Beatles are on iTunes
• Tom Shadyac: Life begins after you give away your Hollywood toys
• Book review: 'The Elephant to Hollywood' by Michael Caine
• Review: Bruce Springsteen's 'The Promise: The Darkness on the Edge of Town Story'
• 'In Their Boots' series lets veterans call the shots
• Keith Urban reveals a piece of himself on 'Get Closer'
• Randy Quaid and wife on dockets for arraignment, restraining order hearings in Santa Barbara
• French horror hit 'Martyrs' will undergo an American exorcism
• 'The Biggest Loser' set picketed by crew, labor officials
• Michael Jackson fans shouldn't question new single 'Hold My Hand' (should they?)

It's official: The Beatles are on iTunes Posted: 16 Nov 2010 07:54 AM PST Nearly a decade after Apple Inc. introduced iTunes, the digital downloading service has finally acquired the music of the Beatles.

Tom Shadyac: Life begins after you give away your Hollywood toys Posted: 15 Nov 2010 06:52 PM PST Tom Shadyac, director of 'Liar Liar,' 'Bruce Almighty' and 'The Nutty Professor,' has left behind the Hollywood life. His documentary 'I Am' explores why humans aren't more cooperative. The director of 'Liar Liar,' 'Bruce Almighty' and 'The Nutty Professor' has left behind the Hollywood life. His documentary 'I Am' explores why humans aren't more cooperative.

Book review: 'The Elephant to Hollywood' by Michael Caine Posted: 16 Nov 2010 12:00 AM PST The British actor covers ground since his first autobiography 18 years ago, with moving anecdotes and some Tinseltown dish. Sequels, as anyone schooled in Hollywood knows, are difficult to pull off. The dilemma — how much of the first should find its way into the next? — has confounded many creative minds in this town, so it was probably too much to hope that Michael Caine could beat the odds, though he's made a career of doing just that. "The Elephant to Hollywood," a follow-up to the actor's popular 1992 autobiography, comes lumbering along as more addendum than memoir, more rehash than new dish, but served up with enough warmth and charm that you may be fine with leftovers.

Review: Bruce Springsteen's 'The Promise: The Darkness on the Edge of Town Story' Posted: 15 Nov 2010 07:54 PM PST The boxed set shows a young Bruce Springsteen reaching for greatness his own way. The boxed set shows a young Bruce Springsteen reaching for greatness his own way.

'In Their Boots' series lets veterans call the shots Posted: 16 Nov 2010 12:00 AM PST Army and Marine vets of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars direct their own films in the final year of the Operation in Their Boots project, which gives soldiers an outlet to go beyond Hollywood's vision of the military. At one point in the Oscar-winning film "The Hurt Locker," a lone Humvee cruises across the torrid Iraq desert. That scene really irks Tristan Dyer.

Keith Urban reveals a piece of himself on 'Get Closer' Posted: 16 Nov 2010 12:00 AM PST The country music star usually avoids revealing personal details in songs but makes an exception. So what if he didn't write the song himself? The country music star usually avoids revealing personal details in songs but makes an exception. So what if he didn't write the song himself?

Randy Quaid and wife on dockets for arraignment, restraining order hearings in Santa Barbara Posted: 16 Nov 2010 04:55 AM PST Randy Quaid and his wife are due back in a Santa Barbara courthouse Tuesday for two hearings that could result in arrest warrants and restraining orders if they don't show up.

French horror hit 'Martyrs' will undergo an American exorcism Posted: 15 Nov 2010 08:44 PM PST Producers on the Hollywood remake have just hired a director: Daniel Stamm, the filmmaker behind this summer's horror hit "The Last Exorcism." Producers on the Hollywood remake have just hired a director: Daniel Stamm, the filmmaker behind this summer's horror hit "The Last Exorcism."

'The Biggest Loser' set picketed by crew, labor officials Posted: 16 Nov 2010 12:00 AM PST The International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees calls the rally to protest a decision to bring in replacement workers to resume production on the popular NBC reality show. The latest effort by Hollywood trade unions to gain a stronger foothold in the reality-TV business erupted in protest Monday when more than 100 crew members and labor officials picketed the Calabasas ranch where the show "The Biggest Loser" is filmed.

Michael Jackson fans shouldn't question new single 'Hold My Hand' (should they?) Posted: 15 Nov 2010 01:25 PM PST Unlike with "Breaking News," this time around there is no question about Jackson's signature falsetto. Unlike with "Breaking News," this time around there is no question about Jackson's signature falsetto.

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