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Hollywood Reporter in Chaos As Tabloid Plans Proceed

I spent a little less than a year at the Hollywood Reporter, and worked with very nice people. I know they can't be too...

Paula Abdul Will Join Simon Cowell on “X Factor”

Well, the peanut gallery is starting to speak up. It seems that Fox TV may have a predicament on its hands when Simon Cowell's "X...

How Will CNN Handle Eliot Spitzer Documentary?

Alex Gibney's fine documentary about disgraced former New York governor Eliot Spitzer has a release date. Magnolia Films will send it into theaters on...

Roman Polanski May Already Be Back in Paris

Roman Polanski may already be in Paris this morning. According to the Geneva newspaper, Polanski left Gstaad, Switzerland immediately after being unshackled from his home...

Box Office Betting: Flashback–We Broke the Story on December 1, 2009

http://www.showbiz411.com/2009/12/01/20091201box-office-betting-cantor-index Before December 1, 2009, no one knew that Cantor Fitzgerald was planning to launch box office betting. This column broke the story after...

Hollywood Swinging: X Men, Paltrow’s Secret, Liza and Bruce

I told you some time ago -- exclusively--that Michael Fassbender, hot as a pistol, had to choose between roles in the new "X Men"...

Risky Business: Cruise’s “Knight & Day” Will Sneak at 500 Theaters Saturday

It may be a mission impossible, or just some risky business: James Mangold's "Knight and Day" with Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz gets a...

James Franco Bringing Film and “Performance” Exhibition to NYC

James Franco: he is the Renaissance Man of his generation. Now he's got a film, drawing, photography, sculpture and performance exhibition opening in New...

Stephen Rivers, PR Guy and Friend, Dead at 55

I am so sorry to read about the passing of my friend, Stephen Rivers. He was 55 and died after a long bout with...

Madonna: Lady GaGa Either Rips Her off or Salutes Her

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=niqrrmev4mA&feature=player_embedded Is imitation really the sincerest form of flattery? Madonna must be trying to control all of her emotions right now on this subject....