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• President Obama on 'Mythbusters'
• Fox Searchlight looks to make Terrence Malick's 'The Tree of Life' an event
• Elizabeth Edwards dies at age 61, surrounded by family
• So how did a Nick Cave song end up in 'Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows -- Part 1'?
• Is 'Social Network' too cool for academy voters?
• Fans honor Lennon anniversary at NY's Strawberry Fields; Rolling Stone releases last interview
• Michael Jackson's first posthumous music video goes online preceding release of his new album
• Book review: Tom Clancy's 'Dead or Alive'
• Directors and studios reach deal on a new labor pact
• On the Media: How the press missed the pension increase

President Obama on 'Mythbusters' Posted: 08 Dec 2010 12:00 AM PST The gang tries to re-create (again) Archimedes' mirror weapon. Obama will appear on "Mythbusters," the long-running Discovery Channel series that tests the truth of common wisdom.

Fox Searchlight looks to make Terrence Malick's 'The Tree of Life' an event Posted: 07 Dec 2010 04:58 PM PST The studio began its campaign for "Life" this past weekend, when it attached the movie's trailer (you can read our impressions here) to "Black Swan." The studio began its campaign for "Life" this past weekend, when it attached the movie's trailer (you can read our impressions here) to "Black Swan."

Elizabeth Edwards dies at age 61, surrounded by family Posted: 07 Dec 2010 03:31 PM PST On Monday, Edwards had been given days to weeks to live, after enduring a long struggle with breast cancer that had metastasized. On Tuesday, she died.

So how did a Nick Cave song end up in 'Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows -- Part 1'? Posted: 07 Dec 2010 04:55 PM PST The weirdest and most unexpected addition to the world-o-Potter, one with magic schools, talking photos and violent trees, may very well be something as simple as a song. The weirdest and most unexpected addition to the world-o-Potter, one with magic schools, talking photos and violent trees, may very well be something as simple as a song.

Is 'Social Network' too cool for academy voters? Posted: 07 Dec 2010 08:01 PM PST Has "The Social Network" become the high-quality film that people admire but don't love because they aren't emotionally involved? Has "The Social Network" become the high-quality film that people admire but don't love because they aren't emotionally involved?

Fans honor Lennon anniversary at NY's Strawberry Fields; Rolling Stone releases last interview Posted: 08 Dec 2010 08:46 AM PST John Lennon's fans celebrated his life Wednesday by visiting Strawberry Fields, the Central Park garden dedicated in his honor, while a newly released interview he gave shortly before his death showed he was optimistic about his future.

Michael Jackson's first posthumous music video goes online preceding release of his new album Posted: 07 Dec 2010 08:11 PM PST A new Michael Jackson music video is hitting the Internet preceding the launch of a posthumous Jackson album.

Book review: Tom Clancy's 'Dead or Alive' Posted: 08 Dec 2010 12:00 AM PST The best characters from Clancy's previous novels are on the case in the hunt for a Bin Laden-like terrorist. The best characters from Clancy's previous novels are on the case in the hunt for a Bin Laden-like terrorist.

Directors and studios reach deal on a new labor pact Posted: 07 Dec 2010 03:13 PM PST The DGA, which has 14,500 members, said it would release details of the proposed deal once it has been submitted to the guild's national board for approval

On the Media: How the press missed the pension increase Posted: 08 Dec 2010 12:00 AM PST When California's legislature voted to expand state employee pension benefits with SB 400 in 1999, the press missed the bill's significance amid other newsworthy end-of-session legislation. The introduction to California's whopping expansion of pension benefits for public employees should have read: "Supersize Me."

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