'Pirates 4' breaks records overseas (AP)

'Pirates 4' breaks records overseas (AP)
Hit 3-D erotic comedy to screen in North America (AP)
ABC to air unsealed Jacqueline Kennedy interviews in September
Gaga's "Born This Way" projected to sell 800,000 copies (Reuters)
'Pirates 4': 3-D walks the plank?
‘Cougar Town’: Aloha means hello and goodbye. How dumb is that?
Frances Conroy, Alexandra Breckinridge Cast in American Horror Story
'American Idol' Crowns Season 10 Winner
SPOILER! Find Out Who Won American Idol!
So You Think You Can Dance Changes: An All-Star Twist and a Quieter Mary Murphy?
American Idol Finale: And the Season 10 Winner Is...
Chelsea Kane 'thrilled' by 'Dancing' experience
Fans pour into arena to cheer on Ga. Idol finalist (AP)
"Hangover" and "Panda" sequels look to big holiday box office (Reuters)
Scotty McCreery wins 2011 "American Idol" contest (Reuters)
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Cheryl Cole reported out as U.S. "X Factor" judge (Reuters)
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"Idol" finale kicks off with Beyonce, Judas Priest - Reuters
Looking back on 25 years of 'Oprah'

'Pirates 4' breaks records overseas (AP)

Posted: 25 May 2011 08:56 PM PDT

AP - "Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides" has earned more than $400 million globally in less than a week, including an international record of $256.3 million in its weekend debut. This is more than triple the gross in North America, where the movie has been performing below expectations.

Hit 3-D erotic comedy to screen in North America (AP)

Posted: 25 May 2011 08:48 PM PDT

AP - A hit Hong Kong 3-D erotic comedy that has wowed viewers in Asia has secured U.S. and Canadian distribution, as the pioneering film's international rollout gains momentum.

ABC to air unsealed Jacqueline Kennedy interviews in September

Posted: 25 May 2011 09:10 PM PDT

Forget The Kennedys — ABC News has the real deal: Jacqueline Kennedy talking about her life with husband President John F. Kennedy. The network announced on Wednesday that the First Lady's conversations with historian Arthur Schlesinger Jr., which have been sealed up until now, will be featured in a series of television and radio specials,

Gaga's "Born This Way" projected to sell 800,000 copies (Reuters)

Posted: 25 May 2011 08:31 PM PDT

Reuters - Promotions around Lady Gaga's "Born This Way" -- including Amazon's controversial decision to sell digital copies of the album for just 99 cents on Monday and Best Buy's giveaway of the album with a smart phone -- have both pumped sales expectations and caused gripes in the retail sector about how the album sales will be tallied for the Billboard 200.

'Pirates 4': 3-D walks the plank?

Posted: 25 May 2011 09:00 PM PDT

John Young on diminishing returns for format, which accounts for less than half of No. 1 hit's U.S. revenue

‘Cougar Town’: Aloha means hello and goodbye. How dumb is that?

Posted: 25 May 2011 06:40 PM PDT

Aloha from "We will never stop mocking the title…Cougar Town!" Here's the good news: ABC treated us with a special, hour-long episode of CT set in Hawaii! The bad news: It was the season finale. Our favorite cul-de-sac crew will not return until November. (I'll pause for you to pound some grape in an effort to deal

Frances Conroy, Alexandra Breckinridge Cast in American Horror Story

Posted: 25 May 2011 07:37 PM PDT

Frances Conroy and Alexandra Breckinridge have joined the cast of FX's American Horror Story, TVGuide.com has confirmed.

From executive producer Ryan Murphy, the series centers on Ben Harmon (Dylan McDermott), a sensitive therapist, and his wife, Vivien Harmon (Connie Britton), who move to San Francisco after Ben makes a terrible mistake that damages his family. The only problem: their new home may not be the best place to start over.

Conroy (Six Feet Under) will play...

'American Idol' Crowns Season 10 Winner

Posted: 25 May 2011 07:34 PM PDT

LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- "American Idol" has crowned its second ever country singing winner.

SPOILER! Find Out Who Won American Idol!

Posted: 25 May 2011 07:32 PM PDT

Scotty McCreery and Lauren Alaina faced off for season 10's title Wednesday

So You Think You Can Dance Changes: An All-Star Twist and a Quieter Mary Murphy?

Posted: 25 May 2011 07:21 PM PDT

So You Think You Can Dance is back Thursday (8/7c on Fox) with a few changes this season, including less All-Star action and more "amateurs," executive producer Nigel Lythgoe says.

"What I wanted to try and do this year was to please everybody," he explains. In Season 8, the show will return to the Top 20 finalists format, but introduce the All-Stars partners once...

American Idol Finale: And the Season 10 Winner Is...

Posted: 25 May 2011 07:16 PM PDT

[WARNING: The following story reveals the winner of American Idol's 10th season. Read at your own risk.]

Following a record-shattering number of votes, American Idol's Season 10 champion has been crowned.

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More than 122 million votes— the most in the show's history— were cast for Idol finalists Scotty McCreery and Lauren Alaina, according to Fox.

While many considered country crooner Scotty the odds-on favorite (52 percent of the more than 4,600 TVGuide.com users who voted in our poll predicted he would win), Lauren gained momentum and perhaps more than few sympathy votes after her finale performance. She sang well despite reportedly having strained her vocal chords and won high praise from the judges, who suggested she might have a slight edge over Scotty...

Chelsea Kane 'thrilled' by 'Dancing' experience

Posted: 25 May 2011 07:13 PM PDT

Disney Channel actress Chelsea Kane says she still feels like winner despite coming in third in this season's 'Dancing With The Stars' competition. (May 25)

Fans pour into arena to cheer on Ga. Idol finalist (AP)

Posted: 25 May 2011 07:57 PM PDT

AP - Crowds poured into a Chattanooga arena for a watch party Wednesday night to see whether local favorite, Lauren Alaina, who lives just across the state line in north Georgia, could pull off a victory in the "American Idol" final.

"Hangover" and "Panda" sequels look to big holiday box office (Reuters)

Posted: 25 May 2011 07:13 PM PDT

Reuters - Will Warner Bros.' R-rated Memorial Day weekend comedy "The Hangover Part II" be the elixir that brings younger moviegoers back to the multiplex?

Scotty McCreery wins 2011 "American Idol" contest (Reuters)

Posted: 25 May 2011 07:03 PM PDT

Reuters - Country singer Scotty McCreery won the 2011 "American Idol" television contest.

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Posted: 25 May 2011 07:02 PM PDT

AP - Scotty McCreery crowned new 'American Idol'

Cheryl Cole reported out as U.S. "X Factor" judge (Reuters)

Posted: 25 May 2011 06:42 PM PDT

Reuters - British singer Cheryl Cole was reported on Wednesday to have been dropped as a judge on the U.S. version of TV singing contest "The X Factor".