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Hollywood Headlines: A crazy week in review
Arnold Schwarzenegger is looking for some action
Company Town: In case of Couric, Vieira and possibly Lauer, three do not make a trend
Television review: 'Upstairs, Downstairs' on PBS
Theater chains escalating fight with studios as premium video-on-demand looms
New CEO for Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
Stages are set for a Coachella art spectacular
Ray Davies' new album is a collaborative effort
'Deadpool' swims with a new director

Hollywood Headlines: A crazy week in review

Posted: 08 Apr 2011 05:53 PM PDT

Bristol Palin's big pay day, Britney's new "Till the World Ends" video, Glenn Beck's exit from Fox News and more.

Arnold Schwarzenegger is looking for some action

Posted: 08 Apr 2011 07:14 PM PDT

He is out of politics and plotting a return to movie roles.

Arnold Schwarzenegger still wears a symbol of his seven-year Sacramento adventure — it's hard to miss the heavy ring on his right hand that bears the California flag — but the 63-year-old private citizen said he now yearns for his old Hollywood firepower.

Company Town: In case of Couric, Vieira and possibly Lauer, three do not make a trend

Posted: 08 Apr 2011 01:21 PM PDT

It is very easy to look at the possibility of three major personalities all deciding to move on and decide there is a bigger story here.

Television review: 'Upstairs, Downstairs' on PBS

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The British series that first aired in the 1970s returns to 165 Eaton Place with a new family in residence. Jean Marsh's Rose connects the two eras.

The British series that first aired in the 1970s returns to 165 Eaton Place with a new family in residence. Jean Marsh's Rose connects the two eras.

Theater chains escalating fight with studios as premium video-on-demand looms

Posted: 08 Apr 2011 04:59 PM PDT

With the launch of a new premium video-on-demand initiative, the nation's largest theater chains are waging a public war with the Hollywood studios involved.

With the launch of a new premium video-on-demand initiative, the nation's largest theater chains are waging a public war with the Hollywood studios involved.

New CEO for Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

Posted: 08 Apr 2011 04:41 PM PDT

It's a sea change at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

Stages are set for a Coachella art spectacular

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Promoters of the Coachella festival have teamed with design-minded collaborators, including the creators of some of U2's concert sets, to turn various stages into an artistic, live-show extravaganza.

In one corner of the field at this year's Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, fans will find an unlikely structure — a kind of ad-hoc cathedral. There's no atonement for a boozy weekend inside, however.

Ray Davies' new album is a collaborative effort

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Bruce Springsteen, Jon Bon Jovi, Mumford & Sons and Metallica collaborated on 'See My Friends.'

"The wonderful thing about making records is something comes out you never expected," explains Ray Davies, who knows of what he speaks. In nearly five decades as leader of one of rock's great bands, the Kinks, and as a solo artist, Davies has been involved with more than 30 LPs, helped innovate the concept album and created classic-rock staples such as "You Really Got Me" and "Lola."