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• Charlie Sheen imbroglio is no morality play
• 'Inception' takes top Motion Picture Sound Editing honors
• NBA All-Star Game weekend: Kobe Bryant teams with Kanye West
• 24 Frames: Is a slow winter a sign of a sea change in moviegoing?
• Countdown to the Oscars: No Oscar love for casting directors
• Hayden Panettiere courting controversy
• Live review: Vanessa Paradis at the Orpheum Theatre
• First Look: 'Unknown' is a surprise box office leader on Presidents Day weekend so far
• Classic Hollywood: Righting Oscar's wrongs

Charlie Sheen imbroglio is no morality play Posted: Experts say contractual morals clauses are largely a thing of the past in show business, where murky legality and the earning clout of big stars may preclude such a clause. Experts say contractual morals clauses are largely a thing of the past in show business, where murky legality and the earning clout of big stars may preclude such a clause.

'Inception' takes top Motion Picture Sound Editing honors Posted: 20 Feb 2011 11:03 PM PST Christopher Nolan's film is also nominated for eight Academy Awards, including best film. Christopher Nolan's film is also nominated for eight Academy Awards, including best film.

NBA All-Star Game weekend: Kobe Bryant teams with Kanye West Posted: 21 Feb 2011 07:35 AM PST NBA All-Star Game weekend definitely proves that pro basketball's best can party as well as Hollywood's finest -- and alongside them, as a matter of fact.

24 Frames: Is a slow winter a sign of a sea change in moviegoing? Posted: 21 Feb 2011 07:44 AM PST With just one weekend left in February, only a single 2011 release has topped $75 million -- Seth Rogen's "The Green Hornet" -- and even that was considered just a modest success.

Countdown to the Oscars: No Oscar love for casting directors Posted: 20 Feb 2011 07:25 PM PST The film academy honors actors, sound editors and others, so why not casting directors? Some say they want more recognition; the academy and others say it would be a tough call. The film academy honors actors, sound editors and others, so why not casting directors? Some say they want more recognition; the academy and others say it would be a tough call.

Hayden Panettiere courting controversy Posted: She stars in the Lifetime movie 'Amanda Knox: Murder on Trial in Italy,' based on Knox's conviction in the 2007 slaying of her roommate while studying in Italy. Knox's family and supporters say the film could hinder her appeal. When promoting a new film, most actresses sit prettily at media junkets and field a slew of inconsequential questions about how they got in shape for a role or how uncomfortable it was to be intimate with a costar.

Live review: Vanessa Paradis at the Orpheum Theatre Posted: 20 Feb 2011 06:38 PM PST The French singer and Johnny Depp sweetheart works her Gallic charms on Los Angeles. The French singer and Johnny Depp sweetheart works her Gallic charms on Los Angeles.

First Look: 'Unknown' is a surprise box office leader on Presidents Day weekend so far Posted: 20 Feb 2011 10:43 AM PST The Liam Neeson action film has exceeded pre-release projections and taken in $21.8 million from Friday through Sunday. The Liam Neeson action film has exceeded pre-release projections and taken in $21.8 million from Friday through Sunday.

Classic Hollywood: Righting Oscar's wrongs Posted: Here are a few films and performances from Hollywood's golden age that should have won Academy Awards but didn't. We salute them with our own Classics awards. Here are a few films and performances from Hollywood's golden age that should have won Academy Awards but didn't. We salute them with our own Classics awards.

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