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Academy awards have always been the pinnacle of one's achievement in the film world and since its inception in 1928 there has been intense speculation about prospective winners. Come December and these opinions escalate. Here is a run down on what the media is saying about the best female lead prospects for the 2011 statuette.

It's Oprah Winfrey all the way again, as far as the richest women in showbiz world goes, according to the latest Forbes list.

Drug legalization could reduce government costs and raise tax revenues, but opponents worry over health and social ills

The Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain, a non-profit organization for contemporary art, is hosting its first major exhibition in Paris devoted to the works of renowned cartoonist Jean Giraud from October 12, 2010 through March 13, 2011.

Emmy Award winning television comedy show 30 Rock will get some extra star power on its new season. Broadcaster NBC on Wednesday said actors Matt Damon, Queen Latifah, Paul Giamatti and Rob Reiner will be making guest star appearances on the upcoming 5th season.

Hollywood actors who had fallen in love with social networking website Twitter when it was launched a few years ago, seem to have suddenly developed an aversion to it.

Hollywood is singing with record revenue despite registering a five-year drop in movie attendance. According to Hollywood box-office analyst Paul Dergarabedian, the profit went up $100 million up from last year.

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From moviemaking to architecture, the shamed and banished CEOs of the 2008 credit crisis have opted for some unusual career paths, either by choice or necessity.

Harrah's Entertainment Inc, one of the world's largest casino operators, said on Friday it acquired the 2,500-room Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino in Las Vegas.

Belvedere , the French drinks company involved with Hollywood actor Bruce Willis, said on Friday it had agreed with its creditors to launch a convertible bond.

Hollywood studios lost a landmark copyright court case against an Australia internet provider on Thursday, when a court ruled iiNet could not be held responsible for unauthorized downloads of movies using its service.

A record breaking movie box office take in 2009 was not enough to stave off Hollywood job losses last year, but 2010 is expected to bring a modest recovery of up to 3,000 jobs, in part due to an increase in TV productions, according to an economic report released on Thursday.

Hollywood actor Vince Vaughn wasn't a gatecrasher at a wedding last Saturday -- he was the groom.

Hollywood writer Dan O'Bannon, whose script for the hit space thriller Alien introduced some of the most terrifying creatures of science-fiction lore to the big screen, has died at age 63.

The wife of Tiger Woods, Elin Nordegren, is reportedly meeting with high profile divorce attorney, Sorrell Trope.

When six A-list directors -- Kathryn Bigelow (The Hurt Locker); James Cameron (Avatar); Lee Daniels (Precious); Peter Jackson (The Lovely Bones); Jason Reitman (Up in the Air); and Quentin Tarantino (Inglourious Basterds) -- gathered recently for a candid discussion of filmmaking, hilarity ensued immediately as they swapped war stories.

The History cable network has cast its vote for The Kennedys, developing an eight-hour miniseries about the iconic American clan.

Film box offices were poised on Wednesday to eclipse 2007's record $9.68 billion in U.S. and Canadian ticket sales with Hollywood eyeing more than $10 billion this year as audiences flocked to theaters during the recession.

President Barack Obama hold his first state dinner in honor of Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Tuesday evening at the White House.

U.S. Senator John Kerry's elder daughter, Alexandra, who made a red-carpet splash at the Cannes film festival five years ago in a see-through dress, was arrested in Hollywood on Thursday on suspicion of drunken driving.

The better the dog, the busier you have to keep him.

Hollywood studios are now thinking twice about splurging on A-list movie stars and costly productions in reaction to the poor economy, but also because of the surprising success of recent films with unknown actors.

Sgt. Rock, a long-gestating movie project based on the DC Comics World War II hero, is moving forward -- by going into the future.

Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus. And judging by what's in theaters this holiday movie season, his name is George Clooney.

Meryl Streep's daughter Grace Gummer is set to star in a television drama about the chaotic life of being a Hollywood It kid, marking Gummer's first big break into the acting industry.

Sex and the City star Sarah Jessica Parker, Oscar winner Forest Whitaker and talent agent Bryan Lourd were among big Hollywood names named on Monday as members of U.S. President Barack Obama's Committee on Arts and the Humanities.

Filmmaker Lee Daniels had modest aims when he brought his new drama, then called Push: Based on the Novel by Sapphire, to the Sundance Film Festival earlier this year.