NEW YORK (Reuters) - A television producer pleaded guilty Tuesday to trying to extort $2 million from U.S. talk show host David Letterman by threatening to reveal his affairs with women who worked on his late-night program on CBS. Robert Joel Halderman, a former producer for the CBS news program ...

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - "Hurt Locker" director Kathryn Bigelow wrapped her fingers around that little golden man called Oscar on Sunday and cracked one of Hollywood's glass ceilings, but truly shattering it may take more time. Studies show that the number of jobs for women behind the ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - After whirlwind goodbyes to fans, diminutive U.S. rapper Lil Wayne was sentenced to one year in jail on Monday after he pleaded guilty on a gun possession charge in a 2007 incident. Lil Wayne, 27, whose real name is Dwayne Carter and who also goes by the moniker ...

LONDON (Reuters) - The sequel to "Phantom of the Opera", one of the biggest musicals of all time, opens in London on Tuesday amid disquiet among die-hard "phans" who have been posting opinions online since previews began two weeks ago. Composer Andrew Lloyd Webber was ...

The group, which signed with EMI over 40 years ago and whose back catalog has been outsold only by that of the Beatles, is disputing how online royalty payments and the marketing of their music are calculated, the Press Association reported. The band, whose albums include "The Dark Side of ...

The rapper, whose real name is Earl Simmons, told a probation officer that he used cocaine and was not complying with the terms of his treatment plan, Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio told Reuters. He faces five counts of violating probation.

The evergreen performer, a chart topper before the Beatles arrived who has sold an estimated 250 million records over more than 50 years, will sing covers of classics including "Let's Fall in Love" and "I've Got You Under My Skin." The 12-track album "Bold as Brass" ...

The paper said Leibovitz, who has photographed everyone from Michelle Obama to Britain's Queen Elizabeth, has lined up real estate investment firm Colony Capital as a sole creditor to help manage her finances and market her work. "We will be partners in managing her assets and her business so ...

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Liv Tyler and Patrick Wilson have been cast in the suspense film "The Ledge," which began shooting Monday in Baton Rouge, La. The actors join Terrence Howard and Charlie Hunnam in the story of a man (Hunnam) standing on a high-rise ledge who insists he ...

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - "Avatar" may have failed to repeat the Academy Award success for "Titanic," but James Cameron's latest hit film proved once again: nothing draws eyeballs to the Oscars like the nomination of a blockbuster. Sunday night's Oscars drew 41.3 million U.S. ...