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• Public consequences of pop stars' private gigs
• 'Twilight' didn't invent werewolves, Catherine Hardwicke says
• Gary Busey, unfiltered
• 'American Idol' results: One goes home, and one goes missing
• 'Super 8': New trailer hits Twitter with close encounters of '70s kind
• Darren Aronofsky returns to the drug world
• All-star benefit concert to aid Tucson victims
• Video: 'Win Win' looks to keep up writer-director Tom McCarthy's winning streak
• Movie Projector: 'Battle: Los Angeles' will rule, 'Mars Needs Moms' will bomb
• Charlie Sheen, Warner Bros. and Chuck Lorre fight sheds light on Hollywood

Public consequences of pop stars' private gigs Posted: 10 Mar 2011 07:12 PM PST With Mariah Carey, Beyoncé and other artists feeling the sting of their private concerts' connection to the Moammar Kadafi clan, the risks and payoffs of such lucrative engagements come to the surface. When pop stars Mariah Carey, Beyoncé, Nelly Furtado and 50 Cent recently said they'd renounced millions of dollars they'd received for performing for members of Libyan strongman Moammar Kadafi's family, they drew attention to a growing and controversial cultural phenomenon: celebrity artists being hired by rich, powerful and sometimes disreputable clients to play at private or semi-private functions.

'Twilight' didn't invent werewolves, Catherine Hardwicke says Posted: 10 Mar 2011 06:26 PM PST The massive box-office success of 2008's "Twilight" changed the fortunes of its three young stars, yet not so much changed for the film's director.

Gary Busey, unfiltered Posted: After all his career and personal difficulties, the 'Celebrity Apprentice' contestant says he's found his 'true self.' Ask Gary Busey about his life these days, and he's likely to flash his trademark toothy grin. He might also jump up and declare, as he did in a recent interview, "It's CRAZY good!"

'American Idol' results: One goes home, and one goes missing Posted: 11 Mar 2011 08:01 AM PST As the show moved on, you could forgive yourself for being a little distracted.

'Super 8': New trailer hits Twitter with close encounters of '70s kind Posted: 11 Mar 2011 08:05 AM PST The film is set in 1979 and built around a small-town story of grief, coming-of-age friendships and the arrival of something truly startling and completely alien.

Darren Aronofsky returns to the drug world Posted: 11 Mar 2011 07:58 AM PST The director of "Black Swan," along with that movie's producer, Scott Franklin, are putting their weight behind "Intricate," a story of a promising young athlete who finds himself caught up in the drug trade in 1990s New York.

All-star benefit concert to aid Tucson victims Posted: 11 Mar 2011 07:58 AM PST Veteran rockers Jackson Browne, Alice Cooper, David Crosby and Graham Nash led an all-star benefit concert in Tucson on Thursday night that paid tribute to victims of the shooting rampage there in January.

Video: 'Win Win' looks to keep up writer-director Tom McCarthy's winning streak Posted: 10 Mar 2011 05:12 PM PST Watch a clip from the film featuring Alex Shaffer and Amy Ryan, who plays the wife of Giamatti's character.

Movie Projector: 'Battle: Los Angeles' will rule, 'Mars Needs Moms' will bomb Posted: 10 Mar 2011 06:28 PM PST "Battle: Los Angeles" is expected to wipe out the competition at the box office this weekend, leaving "Mars Needs Moms" searching for any signs of life.

Charlie Sheen, Warner Bros. and Chuck Lorre fight sheds light on Hollywood Posted: 10 Mar 2011 06:36 PM PST The legal battle between Charlie Sheen and the makers of the hit television show "Two and a Half Men" has the potential to display the type of dirt that Hollywood prefers to keep swept under the rug.

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