Microsoft will adapt its "Halo" game franchise as a premium live action series exclusively for Xbox Live. Steven Spielberg will produce the series with gamemaker 343 Studios.

Toby Keith says his hometown of Moore, Okla. will bounce back after a massive tornado ravaged the Oklahoma City suburb, killing at least 24 people,...

Is Will Smith getting back into music? Maybe! According to a recent interview with HipHollywood.com, Smith said it's been none other than Kanye...

Microsoft has taken the wraps off of its new toy, the Xbox One.

Netflix is keeping up the steady stream of original series, announcing that Ricky Gervais’ “Derek” dramedy will be available worldwide on Sept. 12 — except in the U.K., where the skein will be returning to TV for a second season. All seven 30-minute episodes of “Derek,” starring, written, directed and exec-produced by Gervais, will become... Read more »

The Weinstein Co. has won rights to “Passengers,” the indie sci-fi drama with Keanu Reeves and Reese Witherspoon starring. SEE ALSO: Reese Witherspoon Apologizes for Arrest (VIDEO) The project has been for sale at Cannes with Exclusive Media handling international rights and CAA handling domestic. Brian Kirk, whose TV credits include “Game Of Thrones” and... Read more »

Comedian Carol Burnett has been selected by Washington, D.C.’s Kennedy Center to receive this year’s Mark Twain Prize for American Humor.  Award will be presented Oct. 20 at a kudofest to be broadcast on PBS stations Oct. 30. Per its time-honored format, the event in its 16th year will feature gentle roasting by an entourage... Read more »

Not since pre-unveiled glory days of KISS back in the '70s has there been an artist in popular music that puts as much of an emphasis on visuals --...

During an interview on the blue carpet of the 2013 Billboard Music Awards, "X Factor" alums Emblem3 told Billboard some news on their plans for the...

Piepenkotter will oversee research for FX, FXM and FXX. The latter launches September 2.

Yesterday saw the first character poster for MAN OF STEEL, showing off ol' Papa Jor-El (Russell Crowe) with a big-ass Kryptonian gun and now we have an update with two more character shots, featuring the MAN OF STEEL himself, Superman (Henry Cavill), and his arch nemesis, Zod (Michael Shannon). Pretty cool overall, but at this stage of the game I'm primed for the big show. I feel... Read More...

ESPN is laying off an unspecified number of employees as it seeks to improve profitability, the company confirmed.

Dwayne Johnson aka The Rock. We’ve all come to know and love him. And how could you not? Rising to fame in the WWE, Johnson made the leap to feature films, hitting some high and low notes, before finally settling into the chiseled visage of badassery that he is now. After a string of hits in some franchise and standalone films, Johnson is hitting his stride, having paid his dues with some... Read More...

The final performance show of the season gave ABC's "Dancing With the Stars" a boost on Monday, as it hit a nine-week high and narrowed the demo gap with NBC's "The Voice," which remained the night's top show despite declines.

Chief Keef has been released after arrested yesterday (March 20) for disorderly conduct.The rapper was detained in Dunwoody, north of Atlanta,...

Transplants are set to release their third studio album, "In A Warzone" – a record which Travis Barker refers to as "harder" than previous releases...

On this date two years ago, Adele began a chart-topping reign that would net her the top song of the 2011 chart year, as "Rolling in the Deep" spent...

With the six bowls sites for the upcoming College Football Playoff now settled, most major conferences are currently in negotiations to fill out their new "non-BCS" lineups for the 2014-19 seasons. Multiple industry sources said many agreements could be finalized later this week, with official announcements to follow in the first two weeks of June.

So we'd heard some interesting rumors of late regarding Lars Von Trier's "Nymphomaniac" -- rumors of heavy visual effects elements, seemingly borne out by the producer saying that the film wouldn't be ready until the very end of the year due to some extensive post-production elements. And now, the truth behind the rumors has been revealed and it lets slip exactly how Von Trier is planning to combine his starry cast with explicit, hardcore sex scenes. The film's producer, Louise Vesth, has told The Hollywood Reporter that Von Trier is using digital effects to map the top half of the likes of Charlotte Gainsbourg, Stellan Skarsgard, Shia LaBeouf, Jamie Bell, Willem Dafoe, Connie Nielsen & co on to the bottom halves of professional porn-star doubles. "We shot the actors pretending to have sex," the producer says, "and then had the body doubles, who really did have sex, and in post we will digital-impose the two. So above the waist it will be the star and below the waist it will be...

Watch out, Ryan Seacrest: La Toya Jackson and Chelsea Handler might be the next American Idol judges! Well, in their imaginations, at least. On Monday's Chelsea Lately, the...