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A Bahamian Supreme Court judge ordered a retrial late on Wednesday in the case of two people accused of trying to extort $25 million from Hollywood actor John Travolta.

Move over, Astro Boy and Iron Man -- Bat Boy could be stepping up to the plate soon.

When DreamWorks announced in May that it planned to make a movie about Martin Luther King Jr., it took less than 24 hours for the prestige project to hit a speed bump.

Film director Roman Polanski, arrested earlier this week in Switzerland, saw support weaken on Wednesday for his effort to evade sentencing in the United States in the rape of a 13-year-old girl three decades ago.

Lawyers for Oscar-winning film director Roman Polanski lodged an appeal with a Swiss court on Tuesday against his arrest on a U.S. extradition warrant to face sentence over having sex with a 13-year-old girl in 1977.

Character actor Ken Howard was elected president of the Screen Actors Guild on Thursday, the union said, four days after he won an Emmy for the HBO TV movie Grey Gardens.

Walden Media has rubbed the lamp and picked up Gene, a modern take on the classic genie story from writer Randi Mayem Singer.

Harrah's Entertainment, one of the world's largest casino operators, bought $140 million of the debt related to the Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino in Las Vegas, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing people familiar with the matter.

Gossip columnist Army Archerd, who wrote upbeat stories about movie stars for the Hollywood trade paper Daily Variety for more than 50 years, died in a Los Angeles hospital on Tuesday, a spokeswoman said. He was 87.

COLOGNE, Germany - Films and videogames would seem a match made in heaven, so why are games based on hit movies so bad? Despite sharing the same demographic of devoted fans, action, sci-fi and fantasy films rarely translate into branded videogame hits.

After a decade of watching film production slowly abandon Hollywood, lured away by financial incentives first in Canada, then other U.S. states, California hopes to woo the movies back home.

It is a dash of Hulu and a sprinkle of YouTube, features a crystal clear picture, can rewind or fast-forward at lightning speed, and doesn't require a download of any special software.

Media software company DivX Inc said on Tuesday it signed deals to digitally distribute films for Lions Gate Entertainment Corp and Paramount Pictures, bringing the total number of Hollywood studios to embrace its technology to four.

Tens of thousands of pop culture fans will descend on the Comic-Con International event this week in San Diego that in recent years has changed from a convention of comic book lovers to a Hollywood movie bazaar.

Coming to a living room near you -- 3D videogames.

Coming to a living room near you -- 3D videogames.

The King of Pop, Michael Jackson's body will return to his Neverland Ranch on late Thursday morning. And a public viewing has been set on Friday, the CNN confirmed on Tuesday.

Michael Jackson's mother Katherine on Monday won temporary guardianship of the late singer's children and control of his estate as a legal battle over his kids, money and belongings began to take shape.

Following the tragic death of Michael Jackson on Thursday after suffering cardiac arrest, Jackson's biographer and family friend said a custody battle for his three children began between Michael's mother and the children's nanny, according to reports.

Hollywood studio Paramount Pictures, which suffered the first big bomb of the summer last weekend with an Eddie Murphy comedy, has fired its top production executive after barely 18 months in the job.

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. sold its 50 millionth ATI graphics processor for the Wii game console on Wednesday.

After more than a decade of hype about the Internet being the next great stage for mass entertainment, it remains dominated by amateurs with most Hollywood stars watching from the wings.

Los Angeles is the largest city in California and the second largest city in the United States of America. It is located on the southern coast of California about 75 miles (120km) north of the Mexican border and 400 miles (600km) south of San Francisco. The original name of the city was

Hollywood's hottest stars arrived at the Golden Globes ready to rock the red carpet and outshine one another at the Foreign Press' big event.

Charlton Heston, who wrote a career over 50 years as an acclaimed actor and recognized for his heroic roles in epic movies for Hollywood, died on Saturday night at his home in Beverly Hills.

Hollywood saw record sales in the U.S. and abroad in 2007, while noting that the Internet is just short of becoming as influential as television and radio as a marketing medium.

China's top filmmaker Zhang Yimou said Hollywood director Steven Spielberg's resignation as an adviser to the Beijing Olympics was quite regrettable, but would not affect the Games, the China News Service said.

The trailer for Universal's upcoming movie Wanted features many of the hallmarks of a studio summer movie: Quick cuts, effects-heavy action, Angelina Jolie on the hood of a vintage red Viper.

Just a day away from the glamorous night of the Academy Awards and predictions are still flying high over who will get one of the night's most coveted awards -the best picture award. One thing is for sure, the show will be free from striking picketers.