ENTERTAINMENT

Any appointment at Abbey Road still involves walking over the most famous pedestrian crossing in popular music. And the history of the north London studio hangs heavy in the air when the meeting is with the engineers who have just finished digitally remastering all the original Beatles albums, from Please Please Me through Abbey Road.

Veteran Australian actor Ray Barrett, who became a familiar figure on British television in the 1960s and most recently appeared in the big-budget movie Australia, has died at the age of 82.

R&B singer-songwriter Ne-Yo is suiting up with Ramon Rodriguez, Taylor Handley and Cory Hardrict for Battle: Los Angeles, a sci-fi war movie.

The final numbers are in for Lil Wayne's 2008-2009 North American touring, and it appears the rapper will have the highest grossing hip-hop outing of the year -- and the most lucrative rap jaunt that Billboard has ever tracked.

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.

A global tribute to Michael Jackson will be held on September 26 with performances of top artists such as Mary J. Blige, Akon and Chris Brown singing some of Michael Jackson's greatest hits, show organizer said Tuesday.

The Toronto International Film Festival will pull back the curtain for its 34th edition this week, as an unofficial kick-off to the Oscars for an industry whose glitz factor has been dulled by the slumping economy.

The Hollywood studio behind a film based on The Hobbit and trustees for author J.R.R. Tolkien's estate said on Tuesday they had settled a lawsuit that clears the way for what is expected to be a blockbuster movie based on the book.

Jay-Z fans were on Tuesday left furious after tickets for the upcoming charity show were snatched by scalpers.

Jon Gosselin spoke for the first time about his public divorce from wife and co-star of TLC's Jon & Kate Plus 8 in an interview with ABC's Good Morning America. He said their relationship will never be fixed and accuses Kate of verbally abusing him and beating him down.

The Telluride Film Festival, a Labor Day holiday weekend tradition in the mountains of Colorado, wrapped Monday after showering accolades on awards hopefuls starring the likes of George Clooney and Viggo Mortensen.

That exclamation point in The Informant! is a tipoff to what director Steven Soderbergh and writer Scott Z. Burns have in mind.

Die-hard fans of Walt Disney Co gather this week in California for the company's first-ever fan exposition and what Disney hopes will be a show of the durability of its brands in a tough time.

A new film by Israeli director Samuel Maoz draws on his memories as a young soldier in the 1982 Lebanon war, powerfully rendering fear and claustrophobia by shooting most of the action from inside a tank.

Pulizer Prize-winning author Richard Russo is making his first foray into TV series with an untitled HBO drama about the Catskills Gas Rush.

Anime is quintessentially Japanese, but these days, a Canadian singer is giving it a voice.

Familiar names headed the shortlist for one of the world's top literary awards on Tuesday with JM Coetzee and AS Byatt two of the six authors left in the running for the coveted Man Booker Prize.

U.S. actor George Clooney plays a New Age hippie soldier trained for psychic, peaceful combat in a comedy set during the war in Iraq.

Jay-Z will release his much-anticipated album

Artists including R&B stars Mary J. Blige, Akon and Chris Brown as well as veterans Natalie Cole and Sister Sledge will perform at the ViennaMichael Jackson tribute concert later this month, organizers said on Tuesday.

British singer-songwriters Florence and the Machine and Bat for Lashes are among the front-runners competing on Tuesday for the Mercury Prize, one of Britain's most prestigious annual music awards.

The two surviving brothers of the Bee Gees are preparing to perform together again, six years after the death of their brother and third Bee Gee, Maurice Gibb, according to media reports.

Director Oliver Stone says the U.S. media and government have demonized Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and other leftist South American leaders, and argues in a new film that they were right to stand up to Washington.

Matt Damon stars as a whistleblower at a big U.S. agri-business company in

Punk rock singer John Lydon, formerly known as Johnny Rotten of the Sex Pistols, is re-forming his band Public Image Ltd -- or PiL -- after a 17 year hiatus with a five-date tour in December, according to media reports.

Tila Tequila, the MTV dating show star, went to hospital on Sunday after her boyfriend, San Diego Chargers linebacker Shawne Merriman, allegedly

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A white glove worn by the late singer Michael Jackson sold at auction for A$57,600 ($49,000) in Australia Sunday, nearly twice the price auctioneers expected, the auction house said.

President Obama's televised prime-time addresses are becoming a tougher sell to the broadcast networks than his sweeping health care reform has been to Middle America.