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EXCLUSIVE Oscars Getting Ready for New Campaigning Rules That Will Clamp Down Even More on Good Times

It's a slow day in Hollywood, but come fall we may have new rules from the Academy of Motion Picture Sciences regarding Oscar campaigns. I've...

“Lion King” Reboot Has $23 Mil Thursday Opening, But Beyonce Album Soars to Number 1 on iTunes

Doesn't $23 million sound like a lot of money? It is! But that's also a soft Thursday preview night for "The Lion King" reboot. "The...

(Listen) Four New Tracks from Beyonce’s “Lion King: The Gift” Album Including a Hit in “Find Your Way Back”

I'm pleased to report that even though "Spirit" hasn't been a big sales hit, there are plenty of good songs on "The Lion King:...

Watch Trailer for Movie of Broadway Hit “Cats” And Hear Jennifer Hudson Go For Her Second Oscar

I always hated the musical, "Cats." It was something for out of towners on Broadway who didn't need to know much English because there...

Kennedy Center Becomes the Grammy Awards with More Pop Stars, Plus Sally Field, and “Sesame Street”

The Kennedy Center inductees are Sally Field, composer-conductor Michael Tilson Thomas, "Sesame Street," plus Linda Ronstadt and Earth Wind & Fire. They're all good choices,...

Exclusive: Beyonce Shocker as Singer Parts Ways with Music Advisor of 28 Years, Teresa LaBarbera Whites One of Most Admired in Business

Well, this is a shock. Beyonce -- on the eve of her new album, "The Lion King: The Gift," has parted ways with her music...

Take a Load off Fanny: Toronto Film Festival Will Open with Robbie Robertson-The Band Doc “Once Were Brothers”

Great news from TIFF, the Toronto Film Festival. Their opening night film will be "Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and the Band," directed by Daniel...

Oscars: It’s the Year of Brad Pitt with “Ad Astra” (Watch Trailer) and “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood”

Unless something goes wrong, this is the year of Brad Pitt. The new trailer for James Gray's "Ad Astra" has dropped and it's a...

Paul McCartney Ready to Conquer One More Challenge: He’ll Write Broadway Musical of “It’s A Wonderful Life”

Paul McCartney had done everything except for...Broadway! So as Carole King's show and others leave the Great White Way, Paul, at 77, is taking...

Broadway: Carole King Musical “Beautiful” Will Close in October, Following “Waitress,” as Business Thins

Broadway is struggling right now. Don't let anyone tell you otherwise. A day after "Waitress" announced it would shutter this, Carole King's "Beautiful" has annoucned...