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Coachella times two: 'We're going after artists who are going to play twice.'
With their new movie, Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Seth Rogen make it a '50/50' proposition
USC's Marilyn and Jeffrey Katzenberg Center for Animation takes it to a new degree
TV review: 'Franklin & Bash'
'America's Got Talent' recap: Season 6 premieres
On the Media: News flash — Sarah Palin rides a bus
DC Comics will restart all of its titles with No. 1 in September
Jack Cardiff in the spotlight
Zynga builds an empire of social gamers
Cali Swag District pays tribute to M-Bone in 'How to Do That'

Coachella times two: 'We're going after artists who are going to play twice.'

Posted: 31 May 2011 10:03 PM PDT

For next year, the festival's organizer plans to book acts for identical three-day installments on consecutive April weekends. Tickets go on sale Friday for a week with no lineup announced.

For next year, the festival's organizer plans to book acts for identical three-day installments on consecutive April weekends. Tickets go on sale Friday for a week with no lineup announced.

With their new movie, Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Seth Rogen make it a '50/50' proposition

Posted: 01 Jun 2011 09:07 AM PDT

It's easy to see past the Rogen-ness of it all with the rest of the stellar Gen Y lineup -- in addition to Gordon-Levitt, Anna Kendrick ("Up in the Air") makes a welcome return as a therapist.

USC's Marilyn and Jeffrey Katzenberg Center for Animation takes it to a new degree

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'This isn't philanthropy. This is an investment in our own business,' says DreamWorks' Jeffrey Katzenberg of USC's Marilyn and Jeffrey Katzenberg Center for Animation, which is being dedicated Wednesday. USC is the first major research university to offer a bachelor of arts degree in animation.

Jeffrey Katzenberg was visiting USC recently when a faculty member stopped to chat with him. As the two parted ways, the DreamWorks Animation chief urged him: "Just keep sending me magicians."

TV review: 'Franklin & Bash'

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TNT's new legal procedural is smart, summer fun. If you can get through the first why? why? why? minutes.

Shouldering their way into the loud and densely packed world of buddy dramedies, TNT's "Franklin & Bash" seems at first precisely what it is — a self-conscious newbie show that has to push past a frat pack of successes, including "White Collar" and "Hawaii Five-O," and separate itself from the failures — "The Defenders" and "The Good Guys" — just to get a place at the bar.

'America's Got Talent' recap: Season 6 premieres

Posted: 01 Jun 2011 07:52 AM PDT

"America's Got Talent" doesn't discriminate when it comes to what kind of talent is allowed into the audition process.

On the Media: News flash — Sarah Palin rides a bus

Posted: 31 May 2011 09:21 PM PDT

What it means, though, nobody outside of Team Palin knows for sure. But reporters still give chase, just in case.

What it means, though, nobody outside of Team Palin knows for sure. But reporters still give chase, just in case.

DC Comics will restart all of its titles with No. 1 in September

Posted: 31 May 2011 03:20 PM PDT

DC is retooling nearly all of its major characters, including Superman, Wonder Woman and Batman, for the reboot.

Jack Cardiff in the spotlight

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The influential British cinematographer is the subject of a new documentary, 'Cameraman.'

The influential British cinematographer is the subject of a new documentary, 'Cameraman.'

Zynga builds an empire of social gamers

Posted: 31 May 2011 08:16 PM PDT

Zynga launches Empires & Allies, arguably its most ambitious product yet, in a bid to further solidify its status as the most popular producer of online social games.

In a quiet outpost near Marina del Rey, Zynga Inc. has been building an empire.