'The finger was to the people that have been criticizing me ... the people who doubt me ... the people that were about to censor me,' 'American Idol' star says.

Melissa Rosenberg discusses how she helped transform Stephenie Meyer's novel into the biggest movie of the year. By Larry Carroll BEVERLY HILLS, California - By now, we're all on the same page.

NEW YORK - Mya, Danny Osmond and Kelly Osbourne will soon find out who is the new champion of "Dancing with the Stars." The winner will be chosen Tuesday evening in the two-hour finale of the ninth season of the ABC show.

For now, we'll will see the Gosselin children only in repeats. About 4.3 million viewers watched the final installment of “Jon & Kate Plus 8” on Monday, Nielsen said; it was the end of the TLC series about the ...

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Director and comic actor Tyler Perry, whose films include the recent "I Can Do Bad All By Myself," has given $1 million to the NAACP in the largest gift ever by a single person to that civil rights group.

The great thing about comedy these days is that few people are making movies like "Old Dogs." The picture is a throwback to an old comic style in which every element is false: the friendship of the two protagonists, their relationships with women, ...

The best thing about “Ninja Assassin” is its refreshingly honest title: unlike those few, unwary souls who rush to “Precious” solely on the strength of its twee title and happy-go-lucky television trailers, no one who sees “Ninja ...

It's not easy being green, the heroine of “The Princess and the Frog” discovers. But to judge from how this polished, hand-drawn movie addresses, or rather strenuously avoids, race, it is a lot more difficult to be black, ...

Rolling Stone magazine has a sexy, soaked and sand-covered response to Robert Pattinson's Vanity Fair spread -- a day in the surf with the insanely built Taylor Lautner.

A father and son (Viggo Mortensen, left, and Kodi Smit-McPhee) deal with the violence and horror of the end of the world in The Road.

Having made a film on the sea and one on a train, Wes Anderson went underground for Fantastic Mr. Fox. His fantastical tale, arrestingly made with stop-motion animation, is the result of an almost ...

LOS ANGELES - “Barf!” Rihanna squealed, at the sight of a pair of pale pink satin Brian Atwood stilettos. In her world this is a compliment.

Suddenly she's everywhere: Performing on "Gossip Girl." Writing a song for Michael Bolton. Immolating a polar bear in the "Bad Romance" video.

LONDON - It's the talk show talked about around the world. Oprah Winfrey's announcement last week that she will end her daytime TV program after its 25th season in 2011 made headlines from London to Johannesburg.

A police chief accused of scheming to sell items from the home of a surrogate mother used by Sarah Jessica Parker has been found guilty on three counts.

ATLANTA - Celebrity chef Paula Deen got an unexpected serving of ham - across her face. The Food Network star was helping unload 25000 pounds of donated meat for an Atlanta food bank on Monday when someone threw one of the hams like a football and ...

James Cameron's decade-long quest to deliver his sci-fi epic "Avatar" to moviegoers is nearing its climax. We're counting down the days to the Dec. 18 release with daily coverage here at the mighty Hero Complex.

People go through life looking for different things. Some want money. Others crave fame or are driven by sex. Many are motivated by family.

By the time the doors of the Eugene O'Neill opened on Fela! Nov. 23, the joint was already (in the athletic and balletic sense of the word) jumping - gyrating, even.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Apple iTunes on Tuesday began featuring downloads of live concerts by about 20 artists who are promoted by Live Nation.