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Box Office Report: 'Iron Man 3' Breaks Records in China With Estimated $21.5 Million Opening
UPDATED: The third installment in the blockbuster Marvel franchise has now earned a whopping $307.7 million overseas, surpassing the first "Iron Man," "Captain America" and "Thor." read more
Multiple Trailers for ‘The Canyons’ Play Up Noir Elements
Filled with intrigue and suspense, the story follows a beautiful troubled former ingenue as she follows a path of possible self destruction … and that’s just the casting Lindsay Lohan.
Scripps’ First-Quarter Net Income Dips Despite Ad-Revenue Increase
Scripps Networks Interactive said first-quarter net income dipped 6.2% as the costs of investing in and marketing programming offset increases in advertising and affiliate revenue.
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Reese Witherspoon on Arrest: 'We Are So Sorry' (Video)
The actress opens up about her trip to jail for disorderly conduct for the first time in an interview with "Good Morning America."read more
Two Steps From Hell Creates Music That’s In Tune With Trailers
There’s almost a Catch-22 to creating trailer music: Make something that’s interesting enough to resonate with audiences but don’t make it so compelling that it overshadows the performances — ...
Jon Stewart Rips Obama on Guantanamo - and Says Look Out for PETA (Video)
Jon Stewart ridiculed President Obama for not following up on a campaign promise to close the Guantanamo Bay detention camp -- and accused the jailers there of "foodboarding." On Wednesday&#...
SND Sets Huppert’s ‘Follies’ for Cannes
MADRID — Cannes would not quite be Cannes without a film starring French actress Isabelle Huppert. It’s just got one: Thirteen-time Cannes competition contender Huppert toplines comedy “Pari...
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AdColony Knows the Secret to Better Click-Through Rates
Specs Who (l. to r.) Mike Owen, chief revenue officer; Will Kassoy, CEO; Nikao Yang, svp, new business development and marketing What Mobile video ad platform Where Los Angeles offices If you&rsqu...
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How Bentley Blew Past Rolls Royce
The long road of the automotive industry is littered with the wrecks of many a brand that broke down along the way—not just the truly awful ones that never should have left the assembly line (...
Trailers Jump On the Age-Restricted Red-Band Wagon
For years, most moviegoers didn’t know the difference between green-band trailers (featuring content approved by the Motion Picture Assn. of America for “appropriate audiences”) and their “res...
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Seth MacFarlane Installs $1 Million Home Imax Theater
The "Family Guy" impresario and recovering Oscar host already subscribes to the $35,000 Prima Cinema, which plays first-run movies at $500 a pop.read more
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Police: Chris Kelly Died of 'Possible Drug Overdose'
An autopsy is slated for Thursday morning; the rapper, best known as one half of the 1990s rap duo Kris Kross, was found unresponsive in his Atlanta home on Wednesday.read more
Golden Trailer Awards Reveals Talents Behind the Curtain
Just as commercials are often more compelling than the programming that they frame, so too have trailers become their own source of entertainment. Just ask Evelyn Brady-Watters and Monica Brady, who f...
Lake Bell Finds Her Voice ‘In A World’ Dominated By Men
Lake Bell has lost her voice. The actress calls from New York with laryngitis, which is kind of ironic considering she plays the daughter of a famous trailer narrator who aspires to become that indust...
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Read the Email: New York Times Reporter Asks Hollywood to Promote His Book
To drum up sales for "Top of the Morning," Brian Stelter suggested tweets and other promotion avenues in an e-mail he blasted to industry insiders: "Tell everyone you know in real life… Any conversa...
The Best Moments of ‘Parks & Rec’ Season Five, By Character
While its current season, coming to an end tonight with an episode entitled "Are You Better Off?," hasn't been the strongest of the now five-year run of "Parks and Recreation," it has had a colle...
Lars von Trier Titillates and Provokes With First 'Nymphomaniac' Poster
The first poster for Lars von Trier's hotly anticipated sexual epic "Nymphomaniac" has made its way onto the web two weeks ahead of Cannes -- where his latest provocation won't be screening. Still, de...
Critical Consensus: Wesley Morris and Dana Stevens Debate Why We Should Care About 'Iron Man 3'
Editor’s note: Critical Consensus is a biweekly feature in which two critics from Indiewire’s Criticwire Network discuss new releases with Indiewire’s chief film critic, Eric Kohn. In this e...
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BBC Veteran Stuart Hall Admits to Sexually Abusing Girls
The U.K. public broadcaster fired the radio host, saying it was "appalled" by his "disgraceful actions."read more
Disney Launches Story App Aimed at Moms
While most of the NewFront lineups this week have centered on Web video series, Disney Interactive is taking its moment in front of the ad community to pitch a slew of apps, games, Web destinations&m...

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