Things worked a bit differently at the very first Cannes Film Festival in 1946. The festival took place in the fall, for starters, while the top prize -- not yet named the Palme d'Or -- was shared between 11 films. Th...
At her peak, Houston was the golden girl of the music industry. From the middle 1980s to the late 1990s, she was one of the world's best-selling artists. She wowed audiences with effortless, powerful, and peerless voc...
From Whitney Houston to Phyllis Diller to "Dallas" star Larry Hagman, the world of entertainment lost its share of legends in 2012. As the year draws to a close, take a look back with us at some of the most ...
It's been a long time since NBC had anything to celebrate, but 2012 suggested that the epic Jeff Zucker-fied tailspin may be coming to an end. The Super Bowl and the second season of "The Voice" helped the n...
It was Walter Matthau who explained to Ellen Burstyn, upon handing her the Best Actress Oscar she hadn't been present to accept days earlier, that the chief difference the award would make to her career was this: &quo...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Ernest Borgnine, the beefy screen star known for blustery, often villainous roles, but who won the best-actor Oscar for playing against type as a lovesick butcher in "Marty" in 1955,...
For months, Christian Bale has been nothing but gracious when talking about Dickie Eklund, the man whose life he portrayed in "The Fighter." To say that Eklund is something of a wild card is an underst...
Welcome to The Morning Read.
Not really sure how long this morning's column will end up being. I'm supposed to be asleep right now, since it's 4:00 in the morning and I'm in a hotel room in Atlanta, where I'm...
Karl Urban joins some some heavy weights in "Red," but that's nothing new for the "Star Trek" and "Lord of the Rings" star.
The quality of films in 2009 may have been hampered a bit by the writer's work stoppage two years ago, but 2010 is looking like an impressive rebound for the creative side of Hollywood. The most prominent evidence of ...
