
Peter Jackson stepped in last year to direct the "Hobbit" films, then fought a pitched battle against labor unions in New Zealand and Australia that were seeking to ban the project.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 09:19AM[SHARE]Mr. Ferrell will be reunited with his "Anchorman" co-star Steve Carell, playing a branch manager who proves to be just as deficient as Michael Scott.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 08:39PM[SHARE]A plate on which Pablo Picasso rendered the dachshund of the photographer David Douglas Duncan has been given to the Harry Ransom Center at the University of Texas.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 11:20AM[SHARE]In a comic interview on "The Colbert Report," Amy Chua tried to argue that her book "Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother" was a memoir, not a how-to guide on parenting.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 09:01AM[SHARE]The one-day festival at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, Calif., will bring together the the high-volume bands Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth and Anthrax.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 11:42AM[SHARE]Harvard may be the alma mater of Conan O'Brien, but its Hasty Pudding Club is giving its Man of the Year honors to Jay Leno.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 11:04AM[SHARE]"Black Swan," "The Fighter," "Inception," "The Kids Are All Right," "The King's Speech," "127 Hours," "The Social Network," "Toy Story 3," "True Grit" and "Winter's Bone" were announced as t…
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 08:54AM[SHARE]The original play, in which Death takes on human form, has been presented on Broadway and in films that have starred Frederic March and Brad Pitt.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:27PM[SHARE]The original play, in which Death takes on human form, has been presented on Broadway and in films that have starred Frederic March and Brad Pitt.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:27PM[SHARE]The musical, from the creative team behind "Million Dollar Quartet," tells the story of Florence Greenberg, the founder of Scepter Records, who helped discover the Shirelles, the Kingsmen an…
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 11:14AM[SHARE]The musical, from the creative team behind "Million Dollar Quartet," tells the story of Florence Greenberg, the founder of Scepter Records, who helped discover the Shirelles, the Kingsmen an…
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 11:14AM[SHARE]The Fox animated comedy unearths - or should we say invents? - a live-action ancestor that helped start the careers of David Chase, Steven Soderbergh and David Mamet.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 09:20AM[SHARE]The Fox animated comedy unearths - or should we say invents? - a live-action ancestor that helped start the careers of David Chase, Steven Soderbergh and David Mamet.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 09:06AM[SHARE]When "Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark" opens after well over 100 preview performances, it will break a record set by Mr. Mason's comedy "A Teaspoon Every Four Hours," which played 97 previews …
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:26PM[SHARE]When "Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark" opens after well over 100 preview performances, it will break a record set by Mr. Mason's comedy "A Teaspoon Every Four Hours," which played 97 previews …
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:26PM[SHARE]The tenth season premiere of "American Idol" drew 26 million viewers, down about 14 percent from the 30 million who tuned in for last year's debut.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:00PM[SHARE]Mr. Cooper, the CNN host and "60 Minutes" correspondent, discusses his role as the Book Voice in "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying," and the efforts of his mother, Gloria Van…
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 09:30AM[SHARE]Mr. Cooper, the CNN host and "60 Minutes" correspondent, discusses his role as the Book Voice in "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying," and the efforts of his mother, Gloria Van…
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 09:30AM[SHARE]Ms. Rivers said she was uninvited from the morning program "Fox and Friends" after her remarks about Ms. Palin were recorded and posted by TMZ.com.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 03:45PM[SHARE]Ms. Hathaway will play Selina Kyle and Mr. Hardy will play a villain named Bane in the next Batman movie from the "Inception" director Christopher Nolan.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:51PM[SHARE]The Film Society of Lincoln Center and the Museum of Modern Art have announced six international offerings for the 2011 series, with offerings from Europe, Canada, China and Mexico.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:08PM[SHARE]The father and son will work together a book called "Along the Way," about a journey along an ancient pilgrimage path in Spain.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 09:33AM[SHARE]Anthony Horowitz, the author of the Alex Rider series, will write a new Sherlock Holmes novel authorized by the estate of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:14PM[SHARE]In a surprise announcement on Tuesday morning, Mr. Philbin said he will step down from the show sometime later this year.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:42AM[SHARE]Mr. McIntyre discusses the difficult burden of replacing Andy Whitfield, the actor who created the title character on the hit Starz series about a Roman gladiator who will lead a slave revol…
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 08:55AM[SHARE]New York City's Department of Consumer Affairs and the city's public advocate both said that the Web site for "Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark" more clearly indicated the preview period for th…
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:21PM[SHARE]New York City's Department of Consumer Affairs and the city's public advocate both said that the Web site for "Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark" more clearly indicated the preview period for th…
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:03PM[SHARE]The elusive hip-hop mogul finally made good on a 13-month-old promise to appear in an improv comedy show at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 04:23AM[SHARE]The elusive hip-hop mogul finally made good on a 13-month-old promise to appear in an improv comedy show at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 04:12AM[SHARE]A federal appeals court said Joe Berlinger, the director of "Crude," had not acted as an independent reporter because he was invited to make the film by its subjects and made changes to it a…
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:28AM[SHARE]A major Canadian broadcaster reaffirmed its plans to show the criticized miniseries, which was dropped by the History channel in the U.S. but will be shown in about 30 foreign countries and …
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