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Shares of Canwest Global Communications Corp. closed down more than 9 percent Friday after an analyst said it might be deleted from a benchmark stock index.

Despite angst over high gas prices, a new study finds that new-vehicle shoppers are giving SUVs and trucks a look thanks to increased incentives.

Following the death of his father last week, Michael Lohan received an outpouring of support from his children and Dina, making him realize it's time to forgive and forget.

Author Sherry Jones's debut novel, The Jewel of Medina, turned out to be too controversial for Random House, but other publishers have now stepped forward.

Tommy Lee Jones is suing the makers of 'No Country for Old Men' for more than $10 million that the Oscar-winning actor claims he is owed for starring in the 2007 hit crime thriller.

The lawsuit against Paramount Pictures claims that Jones was promised 'significant box-office bonuses' and other compensation depending on the success of the film, which went on to make more than $160 million.

The movie, which is set in Texas and based on a critically acclaimed Cormac McCarthy novel, garnered four Academy Awards, including 'Best Picture.'

Robert Giroux, a distinguished giant of 20th century publishing who guided and supported dozens of great writers from T.S. Eliot and Jack Kerouac to Bernard Malamud and Susan Sontag, died in his sleep early ...

After seeing what 'An Inconvenient Truth' did for environmental awareness, Hollywood producer Laura Ziskin wanted to make a documentary about cancer, a disease she has fought since 2004.

Former Paramount Pictures chief Sherry Lansing, who established a namesake foundation dedicated to cancer research and awareness, was working with television networks to put on a cancer-awareness TV special. So was Katie Couric, who has been an advocate for early cancer screenings _ and even televised her own colonoscopy _ since losing her husband to colon cancer 10 years ago.

Second Life entrepreneur Kevin Alderman installs a technology that lets avatars have intercourse, and it may be altering the course of fidelity.

Film studio Columbia Pictures has hired two writers to write the screenplay for a new 'Ghostbusters' film.

In June, it raised $53 million from investors, led by private equity firm Bain Capital.Late last year it landed a deal with BusinessWeek magazine enabling users to hover their mouse over a company name in an ...

Stock Sitting at Five Year Low, Heat Resting on CEO Jerry Yang After Microsoft Offer Nixed; According to Wall Street Journal, U.S. Ad Spending on Internet Grew 20% in 2Q

Yahoo Inc.'s stock sunk to its lowest level in nearly five years Thursday, magnifying the challenge facing the Internet company as its management tries to justify their rebuff of Microsoft Corp.'s $47.5 billion ...

Angelina Jolie might ooze Hollywood glamour, but if she's armed and looking dangerous, the actress is not welcome in Britain.

China may be a growing military giant, but a leading analyst says the United States still dwarfs all other countries in terms of military spending.

Your City, Your News. NYC's 24-hour newschannel on the web. Time Warner Cable. The power of you Wednesday, September 3, 2008 72 F Facing shortfalls in revenue, one of the city's daily newspapers may have to ...

Verizon Communications Inc. and Yahoo Inc. announced Wednesday a joint operating agreement that will make a co-branded Verizon-Yahoo portal the starting point for Verizon broadband customers.

Ohio's school superintendent Susan Tave Zelman will leave her post in October. She is leaving to take a job with the Corporation for Public Broadcasting in Washington, D.C. Zelman announced in May her intention ...

Liberty Media Corp. on Wednesday said it would spin off a part of its business that includes DirecTV and the Starz television channels into a separately traded company.

Gannett , a publisher of 85 daily newspapers in the U.S. announced that Gannett has purchased an additional 10 percent of CareerBuilder's shares, valued at over $135 million, from media company the Tribune. The purchase gives Gannett a 50.8 percent controlling interest in the online job board.

David Candow, the man who makes National Public Radio sound like National Public Radio, has a simple piece of advice for anyone who wants to get in front of a microphone: Try to sound like ... you.