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American Music Awards 2010: A family-friendly show is free of controversy
American Music Awards 2010: Grading the performances
Photos: American Music Awards 2010 red carpet
Video: Backstreet Boys and New Kids on the Block talk touring
Box office: 'Harry Potter' hits new heights, Russell Crowe flops
Tough start for 'The Next Three Days'
Hollywood turns out for slain publicist Ronni Chasen's funeral
A night of John Lennon on PBS
Blockbuster to remind people it still exists
Classic Hollywood: Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara

American Music Awards 2010: A family-friendly show is free of controversy

Posted: 21 Nov 2010 10:41 PM PST

Last year Adam Lambert's kiss at the American Music Awards sent the Internet tongues wagging, but this year it was Usher and Justin Bieber who gathered the most attention.

American Music Awards 2010: Grading the performances

Posted: 21 Nov 2010 09:23 PM PST

Usher, Taylor Swift, Justin Bieber and more take the stage in Los Angeles.

Photos: American Music Awards 2010 red carpet

Posted: 21 Nov 2010 08:05 PM PST

Miley Cyrus, Rihanna, the Black Eyed Peas and more walk the red carpet.

Video: Backstreet Boys and New Kids on the Block talk touring

Posted: 21 Nov 2010 08:54 PM PST

A number of female reporters began to blush at the American Music Awards on Sunday night when a motley crew of boy banders -- consisting of members of New Kids on the Block and the Backstreet Boys -- made their way down the red carpet.

Box office: 'Harry Potter' hits new heights, Russell Crowe flops

Posted: 21 Nov 2010 08:55 PM PST

Harry Potter has cast his biggest opening-weekend spell yet, thanks largely to fans who rushed to midnight screenings late Thursday.

Harry Potter has cast his biggest opening-weekend spell yet, thanks largely to fans who rushed to midnight screenings late Thursday.

Tough start for 'The Next Three Days'

Posted: 22 Nov 2010 12:00 AM PST

With an estimated $6.75 million, the film starring Russell Crowe has one of the worst starts for any film in nationwide release this year.

Nobody expected Russell Crowe to challenge Harry Potter at the top of the box office this weekend, but the results were still surprisingly brutal.

Hollywood turns out for slain publicist Ronni Chasen's funeral

Posted: 22 Nov 2010 12:00 AM PST

'We are all hurting,' Lili Fini Zanuck tells an overflow crowd at Hillside Memorial Park.

It was a fitting burial for Ronni Chasen, the doyenne of Hollywood publicists who was slain early Tuesday while driving home from a movie premiere. Nearly 1,000 mourners on a crisp and windy Sunday overflowed from the chapel at Hillside Memorial Park to remember the celebrated movie promoter.

A night of John Lennon on PBS

Posted: 22 Nov 2010 12:00 AM PST

The biopic 'Lennon Naked' hangs its narrative on the Beatle's relationship with his long-absent father. Much better is 'LENNONYC,' a look at the musician's years in New York City with Yoko Ono.

John Lennon would have turned 70 this year, 30 years after he was murdered outside his New York apartment building. It is as hard to imagine the first fact — in this world, he was never older than 40 — as it is even now to believe the second. In the meantime, fellow former Fabs Paul and Ringo and even the prematurely departed George have taught us how Beatles look and act as they grow old. But Lennon, who died before he got old — though not, at least, before he grew up — has been frozen forever in time, an icon of what was and what never will be.

Blockbuster to remind people it still exists

Posted: 22 Nov 2010 12:00 AM PST

The movie-rental chain is about to launch its first national ad campaign since 2007.

After years of losses and store closures, Blockbuster Inc. has a message for the country: We're still here.