Finally! But who cares what the calendar says? Are "best of" lists just something to do around Christmas and New Year's? No, t...

Hollywood is getting off to a great start at the box office, when Jan through March is usually a dead zone. "300" has grossed $125...

Here's an amusing story about British translators complaining about the outsourcing of their craft to cheapo translators overseas. Natur...

The reality show "Grease: You're The One That I Want" heads towards it finale next week, but the show is failing to pick up an...

I realy like Roger Friedman of FoxNews.com and even worked with him briefly at New York Magazine. But I have to wonder if he's trying to...

Below I mentioned Comic relief -- the UK charity event that is a huge TV special -- as well as Ricky Gervais and "Extras." Now the...

For me, this is very fun news: Ant and Dec are doing a game show pilot for ABC called "Wanna Bet?" It's based on a German game...

Actress Minnie Driver will hereafter be referred to as "actress/singer" or "singer/actress" because she's very serio...

Yes, I was way off on "300," which I expected to out-perform everyone's expectations for a second weekend. But the movie still...

Until it gets posted, enjoy this UK chat with one of the people on it: Regina Spektor.

Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant find it hard to say goodbye. They ended "The Office" after two brilliant seasons and 12 pitch-p...

Usually, there's at least SOME serious fiction on the best-seller list. The closest we come this week is the well-reviewed horror title ...

Rumours spread that Emma Watson has declined to sign up for the final two Harry Potter films. But Warner Bros. insists that they are super-d...

The UK equivalent to "American Idol" is "The X Factor," and this season's runner-up was the tiny but pugnacious Ray ...

I don't watch "Family Guy" -- I find its pop culture references slapdash and uninteresting, though the baby looking to take ov...

Okay, so I was a LITTLE off. "300" is a terrific hit -- it grossed $100+ million in just eight days. But it's not a steamrolle...

Premiere Magazine is gone. It's a sad day for me, since so much of my New York career began and still springs from my time at Premiere M...

Here are the salacious details of the lawsuit against former "Idol" Mario Vazquez, which accuses of him of masturbating in front o...

Box Office Prophets has a rundown of the movies opening this weekend. None of the major releases look interesting -- certainly not Sandra Bu...

Michael Riedel of the NY Post gives the skinny on a raft of promising Broadway shows. The women are out-selling the men, with Vanessa Redgra...

I really liked "Andy Richter Controls The Universe" and I found his new sitcom "Andy Barker, P.I." somewhat amusing. I l...

Suddenly, I'm a lot more interested. (Not that I wasn't already, but surely this is a classy, interesting sign that they want to do...

Thanks to Roger Friedman of FoxNews.com who has been covering the meltdown at the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame. His column was the first pla...

"300" made massive news when it opened to $70 million last weekend. Now it's gunning for the record for biggest second weekend...

If the tastiest quote they can offer up is that Cowell says he's more important to Sony than Bruce Springsteen (which is certainly true...

The idea that Crown backed out of publishing a book by Madonna's former nanny because it would take longer than they thought to get it o...

Destined to be one of the best films of the year, Ken Loach's new drama opens today. Here are my scribbled thoughts on the movie just ...

Now let's hope it's a lot better than "Ocean's 12." Oddly, Variety talks about how premiering at Cannes hasn't alw...

What a coincidence. Isaiah Washington has decided -- just at this very moment -- to make a very public donation to a project that will deta...