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The boxoffice year got its first $300 million domestic grosser on Tuesday. Paramount's "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen" passed that magical milestone after pushing its U.S. and Canadian coin to $299.8 million on Monday.

The annual Tel Aviv-Los Angeles Master Class, set for July 21-31 at the Tel Aviv Cinematheque, will include classes and special events featuring "Sex and the City" creator Darren Star, CBS Entertainment president Nina Tassle, TV producer Gail Berman, writer Bill Masters, writer Sarah Treem, director Jerry Levine and talent manager Danny Sussman, ...

Officials from Chinese mainland Saturday pledged to further open its cultural and educational sectors to Taiwan, part of its drive to facilitate cross-Straits exchanges.

While Floridians struggle to recover from a 10 percent unemployment rate, foreclosures and the scourge of credit-card debt, welcome indeed are ideas for encouraging and expanding business development that will lead to new jobs that are an especially good fit for Florida.

It was 1984, I had just graduated college. A very focused and determined 21 year old, I was hopeful that even without any contacts my degree in journalism would land me a position in the entertainment industry.

Phred Barnet has a criticism of tax incentives - as opposed to tax reform - up at the web site of the Georgia Public Policy Foundation .

Mel Gibson and Jodie Foster "The Beaver," Anonymous Content's project about a man and his beaver puppet, is getting a whole new coat of fur.

Zooey Deschanel, one of the stars of " Days of Summer," is joining the cast of "Your Highness," the Universal comedy that David Gordon Green begins shooting this month in Northern Ireland.

Todd Phillips will next direct the road trip comedy "Due Date" and follow one year later with "The Hangover 2." The commitments come one day after "The Hangover" crossed the $210 million domestic gross mark and surpassed "Wedding Crashers" to become the second biggest grossing R-rated comedy ever.

Fans of television's long-running "Soul Train" will now have the chance to purchase DVDs of the pioneering dance show.

Francis Lawrence may be reuniting with his "I Am Legend" star Will Smith for a fantastical drama titled "The City That Sailed" at Twentieth Century Fox.

Comcast has partnered with the U.S. Olympic Committee to launch a new standalone cable network dedicated to the nation's premiere athletes.

KTTV and NBC-TV led the pack of nominees for the 61st Los Angeles Area Emmy Awards with 16 noms each.

"Bruno" has bowed in high style Down Under. Sacha Baron Cohen's R-rated comedy about a fictional gay fashionista from Austria already has Australia in a tizzy.

Ken Sunshine is well known in the entertainment business. One of his biggest jobs has been as spokesperson for the legendary Jackson family.

Comedy Central has acquired the off-network syndication rights to NBC's "30 Rock." It will share the cable window of the Emmy-winning comedy series with WGN America for a combined license fee said to be in the range of $800,000 an episode, surpassing cable sales of other recent comedy offerings such as "The Office," "My Name Is Earl" and ...

After more than two years of negotiations, the U.S. Olympic Committee is ready to introduce a network devoted solely to Olympic sports.

Gaby is in for more trouble with the newest addition to the Solises household. Maiara Walsh is joining the cast of ABC's "Desperate Housewives" as a regular next season after guest starring in the last two episodes this past season.

Pan-European TV shingle Banijay Entertainment has set up a joint venture in the U.S. with reality format mavens Chris Cowan and Jean-Michel Michenaud.

Beau Bridges has rounded out the principal cast of "Columbus Circle," an indie thriller directed and co-written by George Gallo.