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Movie Projector: 'Shrek' probably won't start with as much green this time around
'Grey's Anatomy': It's not a finale without a body count
Review: 'Shrek Forever After' breathes refreshing new life into the saga of the lovable ogre
Upfronts: The week networks moved forward by looking back
Cannes Film Festival 2010: The force is still with Mark Hamill
Lindsay Lohan won't be arrested when she returns to L.A. from Cannes
Cannes 2010: 'Fair Game's' fair response
Pete Townshend discusses filming 'Tommy'
'Best Worst Movie' captures the geek-joy fizz when fame morphs into notoriety
Pee-wee Herman heading to Broadway

Movie Projector: 'Shrek' probably won't start with as much green this time around

Posted: 20 May 2010 06:53 PM PDT

The big screen's most famous ogre might have good reason to be grumpy this weekend.

'Grey's Anatomy': It's not a finale without a body count

Posted: 21 May 2010 07:48 AM PDT

"Grey's Anatomy" has a history of strong finales.

Review: 'Shrek Forever After' breathes refreshing new life into the saga of the lovable ogre

Posted: 21 May 2010 12:00 AM PDT

The script, director and cast breathe refreshing new life into the saga of the lovable ogre.

In "Shrek Forever After," the latest edition of DreamWorks' billion-dollar animated franchise, we find the much-domesticated ogre in the midst of a major midlife meltdown. But hot cars and hotter babes won't sooth this savage beast — he's just looking to get his angry back.

Upfronts: The week networks moved forward by looking back

Posted: 20 May 2010 04:59 PM PDT

Programmers are making a bold gamble on what worked in the past as the 1980s make a reassuring reference point.

Cannes Film Festival 2010: The force is still with Mark Hamill

Posted: 21 May 2010 12:00 AM PDT

Thirty years after 'The Empire Strikes Back' premiered, the actor courts financiers for his new career as producer-director.

Hear the words " Cannes Film Festival," and your mind might drift to some of the glamorous personalities who have walked these historic seaside streets over the years: Catherine Deneuve. Sophia Loren. Angelina Jolie. Mark Hamill.

Lindsay Lohan won't be arrested when she returns to L.A. from Cannes

Posted: 20 May 2010 08:01 PM PDT

Lohan's representatives have posted 10% of the $100,000 bond, and so the warrant was recalled.

Cannes 2010: 'Fair Game's' fair response

Posted: 20 May 2010 07:00 PM PDT

It remains to be seen how the public feels about the the Doug Liman-directed, Sean Penn- and Naomi Watts-starring drama about the Valerie Plame incident.

Pete Townshend discusses filming 'Tommy'

Posted: 21 May 2010 12:00 AM PDT

The 1975 movie will have a 35th-anniversary screening Friday at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater.

With an electrifying score by Pete Townshend including "Pinball Wizard," "I'm Free" and "See Me, Feel Me" and transcendent performances, the Who's seminal 1969 rock opera "Tommy" shook the foundations of the music industry.