Box Office: 'Avengers' has top U.S. debut ever with $200.3 million

The movie soared beyond expectations, easily surpassing the $168.2 million 2011 debut of previous record-holder "Harry Potter and the...

Awareness Film Festival aims to open eyes to social issues

Where else but Los Angeles would you find a nonprofit that offers donation-based yoga classes and also puts on its own annual film festival?

Film academy will open outdoor theater with 'Field of Dreams'

The invitation-only screening will be held May 19, kicked off with the 1989 film, which immortalized the line "If you build it, he will...

Tony Nominations 2012: Silver lining to a mostly cloudy season

Tony nominations 2012: No sure things

A wide-open year helped propel a trio of musicals -- "Once," "The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess" and "Nice Work If You Can Get It" -- to the top...

Tony Awards 2012: 'Once,' 'Porgy and Bess' among top nominees

The Tony Awards spread the love around Tuesday morning, bestowing multiple top nominations on the musicals "Follies," "Once" and "The...

Tony Awards 2012: Nominee surprises and snubs

"Clybourne Park," Angela Lansbury and a play about a dysfunctional family were among those overlooked when Tony Award nominations were...

Dick Clark Productions wins Golden Globes lawsuit

In a rebuke to the HFPA, not only did Judge Howard Matz side with Dick Clark Productions, he also said that what was essentially a...

Box Office: Four new films can't stop 'Think Like a Man'

The ensemble relationship comedy claimed the No. 1 spot yet again, raking in an additional $18 million and raising its overall tally to $60....

'Community's' Joel McHale, Chevy Chase reunite at Comedy Awards

It wasn't quite the "Community" reunion fans were really hoping for it, but it was nice to see anyway.

MTV Movie Awards wants to tap next Christopher Nolan

Over its 20-year history, the MTV Movie Awards haven't exactly been the Oscars, or even the People's Choice Awards.

'Una Noche,' 'War Witch' win awards at Tribeca film festival

A movie about Cuban teenagers trying to escape the communist island and a film about a child soldier in Africa were the big winners

Newport Beach film fest: 'Jewtopia,' John Wayne and lots more

"Jewtopia," a two-man stage show about the Jewish singles world, is now a movie set to make its world premiere at the Newport Beach Film...

L.A. Comedy Shorts Film Festival goes for big laughs, big breaks

Now in its fourth year, the festival runs Thursday to Sunday and aims to showcase and foster comedic talent with screenings, panel...

Tribeca 2012: 'Lola Versus' aims to be a different sort of romcom

The goal, the filmmakers say, was to tell a breakup story that was neither maudlin nor falsely redemptive, and to do it in a younger age...