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Hollywood gets a kick out of 'rebooting'
Movie projector: 'Resident Evil: Afterlife' opens with no new competition
'If I Were a Boy' writer BC Jean is ready to greet the world
Wife of gospel singer Marvin Sapp dies; had been battling cancer
Book review: 'Inside the Hollywood Fan Magazine'
PREACH IT! As of this second, T.I., someone with money still likes you
Could a fake Joaquin Phoenix be any weirder than the real one?
Video game sales drop 10% in August, but don't blame Madden
Susan Boyle skips 'America's Got Talent,' but don't blame Lou Reed
'Spider-Man' the musical hits 'Good Morning America' on Friday

Hollywood gets a kick out of 'rebooting'

Posted: 10 Sep 2010 12:00 AM PDT

Giving fresh starts to film franchises such as 'Spider-Man,' 'Batman' and even 'The Wizard of Oz' is the latest fad in the movie business. To some, it's a sign of the industry's creative poverty.

Giving fresh starts to film franchises such as 'Spider-Man,' 'Batman' and even 'The Wizard of Oz' is the latest fad in the movie business. To some, it's a sign of the industry's creative poverty.

Movie projector: 'Resident Evil: Afterlife' opens with no new competition

Posted: 09 Sep 2010 03:23 PM PDT

"Resident Evil: Afterlife" is the fourth entry in a series of consistently solid performers based on the horror video-game series.

'If I Were a Boy' writer BC Jean is ready to greet the world

Posted: 10 Sep 2010 12:00 AM PDT

The singer-songwriter's debut single, 'Just a Guy,' is due Monday, proving she's a long way from suburban San Diego.

The singer-songwriter's debut single, 'Just a Guy,' is due Monday, proving she's a long way from suburban San Diego.

Wife of gospel singer Marvin Sapp dies; had been battling cancer

Posted: 10 Sep 2010 02:58 AM PDT

Gospel singer Marvin Sapp is mourning the death of his wife and manager, MaLinda Sapp.

Book review: 'Inside the Hollywood Fan Magazine'

Posted: 10 Sep 2010 12:00 AM PDT

Who would have guessed that in 1922 the fan magazine Screenland's film critic was none other than that curmudgeonly man of letters H.L. Mencken? Not surprisingly, he didn't like much of what he saw on the screen, and his stint was brief, about a year — but that was long enough for the witty, elegant silent leading lady Aileen Pringle to become his mistress. At that time, even Eleanor Roosevelt and Theodore Dreiser wrote pieces for movie magazines.

PREACH IT! As of this second, T.I., someone with money still likes you

Posted: 09 Sep 2010 06:27 PM PDT

A full week after his bust, T.I. still -- officially, anyway -- has a professional relationship with AXE body spray.

Could a fake Joaquin Phoenix be any weirder than the real one?

Posted: 09 Sep 2010 02:55 PM PDT

All we know for sure is that anything involving Joaquin Phoenix in the coming days is going to have the feel of a real three-ring fun-house media circus.

Video game sales drop 10% in August, but don't blame Madden

Posted: 09 Sep 2010 04:22 PM PDT

The dog days of August hit the video game industry as sales of games and consoles swooned 10%.

Susan Boyle skips 'America's Got Talent,' but don't blame Lou Reed

Posted: 09 Sep 2010 06:30 PM PDT

Boyle may have disappointed some "America's Got Talent" audience members when she didn't perform for the show Wednesday night, but it wasn't because Lou Reed was trying to keep her from giving his "Perfect Day" the "Wild Horses" treatment.