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The Lakers have had an unusual off-season.

This is the fifth in TheWrap's series of Studio Report Cards.

The Descendants has been named the year's best picture by the International Press Academy, a group of entertainment journalists formed by a former president of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association 15 years ago.

Karlie Kloss shimmers in Victoria's Secret PINK lookbook this season, sporting some serious sequins.

North Korean leader Kim Jong-il, revered at home by a propaganda machine that turned him into a demi-god and vilified in the West as a temperamental tyrant with a nuclear arsenal, has died, North Korean state television reported Monday.

Happy Birthday, Jake Gyllenhaal. The Hollywood hunk is 31 years old.

Has there ever been an American athlete who elicits such admiration and derision simultaneously?

Daytime host Ellen DeGeneres has put down a whopping $12 million so that she can own the Malibu home that once belonged to hunky actor Brad Pitt.

In a spacious, luxury apartment perched on the leafy hills of Hong Kong, Kai-Yin Lo browses through a trove of Chinese art acquired over several decades, reflecting how her niche, scholarly pursuit has now hit the mainstream.

A former New York University professor is claiming that he was fired after giving Hollywood beau James Franco a D in one of his classes.

Witherspoon will play Pamela Hobbs, the mother of one of the victims - Stevie Edward.

Action adventure film Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows led a trio of sequels at the box office over another underwhelming weekend that saw ticket sales fall from last year.

The Hindi film industry struck gold in 2011, revving a lackluster box-office with some help from its leading men, wooing audiences after a dismal run last year.

Hollywood has yet to shake off the Thanksgiving hangover, with box office receipts slumping in the weeks since the late November holiday.

Kobe Bryant has been handed divorce papers from wife Vanessa after over ten years of marriage.

An MIT Media Lab team, comprising of Associate Professor Ramesh Raskar and Andreas Velten, a Postdoctoral Associate in MIT) has invented a marvelous, ultra-fast imaging system that can capture photons or light particles, which move million times faster than bullet, in slow motion. How does it do it? Well, it can shoot at trillion frames per second (fps)!

Pop star Britney Spears is engaged to her boyfriend Jason Trawick, celebrity media outlets reported on Friday after the singer posted a message on Twitter about receiving the one gift for which she has longed.

Pop star Britney Spears is engaged to her boyfriend Jason Trawick, celebrity media outlets reported on Friday after the singer posted a message on Twitter about receiving the one gift for which she has longed.

Comic book artist Joe Simon, who created Captain America with the late Jack Kirby, has died at age 98, a family spokesman said on Thursday.

'Dark Knight' star Christian Bale has been the center of cinematic buzz not just his for upcoming role as Batman in Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight Rises, but also for a China car chase after a visit to blind human rights activist Chen Guangcheng turned sour.

Artist leads Golden Globes. Do Oscars await?

Actor Christian Bale was roughed up by Chinese security guards as he attempted to visit a blind legal activist whose detention has sparked a domestic and international outcry, CNN reported on Friday.

NBC's new quiz show Who's Still Standing? has contestants dropping through the floor, and the burgeoning Israeli TV industry whooping with delight.

With 2011 coming to a close and no new Twilight film in near sight, superfans of another popular book series have something to look forward to: less than 100 days until the film adaptation of The Hunger Games comes out in theaters, plus a new poster for their viewing pleasure.

The fierce debate over anti-piracy legislation currently rocking Capitol Hill is pitting Hollywood against Silicon Valley, and has left some wondering if the latest effort to crack down on illegal downloads will be shot down over free speech concerns.

The video includes lengthy tributes to Steve Jobs, Amy Winehouse and others.

Buoyed by renewed pledges of customer support, TransCanada Corp said on Thursday it not only wants to proceed with its stalled Canada-to-Texas Keystone XL oil pipeline but to undertake a $600 million expansion and extension.

Penthouse Magazine named Jenna Rose its 2012 Pet of the Year. She is featured on the January cover and in a nude pictorial in the magazine that goes on sale Thursday. The release of the Penthouse Magazine follows a week of buzz surrounding Playboy Magazine's January/February issue, which features Lindsay Lohan on its cover and in a nude pictorial.

Paula Patton jet-sets around the globe to promote her new film Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol wearing a slew of stunning red carpet outfits (hint: Dolce & Gabbana is her favorite).