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Marlon Wayans on playing Richard Pryor: 'I'm ready'
Elton John goes to the dance with Alberta Ballet
Review: 'Viva Elvis' from Cirque du Soleil
'Hurt Locker,' 'Up in the Air' win Writers Guild awards
FCC probes planned for TV quiz show 'Our Little Genius'
Host George Noory brings talk of the supernatural back to earth
Oscar night funds academy's other projects
Self-improving celebs make for good television
Polanski wins best director at Berlin film festival
Fans join 'Alice's' Hollywood tea party

Marlon Wayans on playing Richard Pryor: 'I'm ready'

Posted: 20 Feb 2010 05:14 PM PST

As Richard Pryor, Marlon Wayans hopes to make a dramatic impression.

As Richard Pryor, Marlon Wayans hopes to make a dramatic impression.

Elton John goes to the dance with Alberta Ballet

Posted: 21 Feb 2010 12:00 AM PST

The singer-songwriter taps the troupe, now on tour with a Joni Mitchell piece, to make a ballet about him. 'Love Lies Bleeding' opens May 6.

Twenty toned and lithe dancers shook their hips in exaggerated movements, pounding Dodger blue baseball bats into the ballet studio floor in time to the staccato beats of Elton John's "Bennie and the Jets." "You're giving me hips, but you're giving me ballet hips. I want jazz hips," said the energetic choreographer, orchestrating his troupe. "Make a caricature out of it. . . . How much chin can you give me? It's gotta be tight -- think Rockettes, almost. Tight, tight, tight!

Review: 'Viva Elvis' from Cirque du Soleil

Posted: 20 Feb 2010 12:36 PM PST

"Love" brought the Beatles to Las Vegas without a hint of schlock, a mission apparently impossible with Elvis.

"Love" brought the Beatles to Las Vegas without a hint of schlock, a mission apparently impossible with Elvis.

'Hurt Locker,' 'Up in the Air' win Writers Guild awards

Posted: 20 Feb 2010 09:08 PM PST

Both screenplays are also up for Oscars and have garnered critics' attention.

FCC probes planned for TV quiz show 'Our Little Genius'

Posted: 20 Feb 2010 05:15 PM PST

Allegations that a planned game show called "Our Little Genius" developed for Fox might have been rigged has prompted an inquiry by the FCC.

Host George Noory brings talk of the supernatural back to earth

Posted: 21 Feb 2010 12:00 AM PST

On his 'Coast to Coast' show, heard nightly here on KFI-AM, guests and callers can talk about ghosts, Bigfoot and who killed JFK -- and not be mocked.

Whatever critics might say about George Noory, he earns credit for keeping an open mind. In fact, Noory's unmatched success on overnight talk radio may be due to his willingness to think the unthinkable -- such as when NASA gadfly Richard C. Hoagland rails about a government cover-up of ancient structures on the moon, or when a listener calls to report being attacked in bed by a dark, malevolent spirit.

Oscar night funds academy's other projects

Posted: 20 Feb 2010 06:32 PM PST

Annual screenwriting competition along with film, press clip and poster preservation are financed by Hollywood's big night.

Self-improving celebs make for good television

Posted: 21 Feb 2010 12:00 AM PST

'Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew' and 'Celebrity Fit Club: Boot Camp' force those who've lived without boundaries to buckle down and follow the rules.

'Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew' and 'Celebrity Fit Club: Boot Camp' force those who've lived without boundaries to buckle down and follow the rules.