Legendary detective Sherlock Holmes is best remembered for solving mysteries in the London fog, clad in a flowing cape, deerstalker hat and puffing on his pipe.

Brittany Murphy was laid to rest at twilight on Thursday in a private ceremony before family and friends at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Los Angeles.

Oh, you have to give writer/director Nancy Meyers ("What Women Want," "Something's Gotta Give") props for making a romantic comedy not about shiny young things but about 50- somethings for whom muscle tone takes a back seat to ...

Drama. Starring Daniel Day-Lewis, Marion Cotillard, Penélope Cruz, Kate Hudson and Nicole Kidman. Directed by Rob Marshall. (PG-13.

Despite wintry chill, it's a delightful time to walk along residential streets to glimpse the pageantry of Christmas displayed in lighted symbols from the highest rooftop to cheerfully gleaming yards.

The year I had just turned 8 was the year I gave up my belief in Santa Claus, but not in the magic of Christmas. My older sister's birthday was at the end of November, and I was surprised when she held true to her decision not to receive any birthday ...

Despite rumors that this might be Simon Cowell's last season judging on American Idol, Fox is nearing a deal with the show's 19 Entertainment and FremantleMedia to ensure the reality competition show that has spawned stars like Kelly Clarkson, ...

Theodore (left), Alvin and Simon arrive for their first day in school, in "Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel." The songs might be different, but otherwise it's the same old story where "Alvin and the Chipmunks: The ...

What does Pedro Almodovar think women want? That, and who does maestro Almodovar want to be when he grows up: Douglas Sirk, Alfred Hitchcock, Brian DePalma - all three I suspect.

Directed by Terry Gilliam. Produced by Amy Gilliam, Terry Gilliam, Samuel Hadida and William Vince. Written by Terry Gilliam and Charles McKeown.

AP Richard Heene, center, looks up as he sits in the courtroom with his wife Mayumi, right, and... The FAA says it is seeking the maximum $11000 fine against the man behind the balloon boy hoax on grounds that he operated a balloon in a hazardous ...

Scott Ramsey of Port Angeles, left, and Fred Bedford of Sequim volunteer their efforts to carve turkeys on Thursday for the Salvation Army community dinner, scheduled for today in Port Angeles.

This fall, Tim Robbins launched a multi-week performing arts festival in LA as a last ditch effort to save his theater company, the Actors' Gang.

Let us now praise Colin Firth, star of "A Single Man." Is there an actor working today who can simultaneously evoke heartbreaking loneliness and appealing warmth?

Emily Blunt is said to have fought hard to land the title role in “The Young Victoria,'' and ambition is the steel spine that underlies and enlivens even this actress's softest performances.

For many people, Christmas is the only time they enter a church, and the service can appear unfamiliar. So what can they expect, asks former vicar Mark Vernon.

The dialogue is hokey, the actors are not asked to do anything outside of recite their lines, the story is predictable and the movie is real long.

James Gurley, who played guitar in Big Brother and the Holding Company, the psychedelic rock band that brought Janis Joplin to fame, died on Sunday at his home in Palm Desert, Calif.

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There are no Las Vegas odds on a white Christmas in Fort Wayne, but bookies in Europe, where betting on white Christmases seems to be quite the pastime according to Google searches, were still taking wagers.