Entertainment

Hollywood studios vow to continue to fight proposals to create boxoffice-based commodity trading after a second proposed exchange won preliminary approval from federal regulators Tuesday.

NBC has picked up its freshman drama "Parenthood" for a second season.

A&E and FX set premiere dates for their summer series.

HBO has ordered another season of Larry David's "Curb Your Enthusiasm."

AMC has set a return date for its Emmy-winning series "Mad Men," as well as a debut for its latest drama "Rubicon."

Cirque du Soleil will develop a series of shows based on the music and songs of Michael Jackson, representatives for the late singer's estate said on Tuesday.

The London world premiere of "Iron Man 2," planned for Monday (April 26), and the the European charity premiere of Julie Anne Robinson's "The Last Song" (April 20) are the first major movie events to be grounded by the continued volcanic dust cloud that has shut down airspace across the whole of continental Europe.

EXCLUSIVE: Fox is renewing one of the longest-running shows in primetime, "Cops," for a 23rd season.

EXCLUSIVE: Laurence Fishburne has renewed his deal to remain on CBS' veteran crime drama "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation."

Ad buyers are responding favorably to the news that Conan O'Brien is headed to TBS in the fall, saying he'll be one more option they can use to play sellers against one another during ad sales negotiations.

Ron Howard and Brian Grazer are crafting an action-adventure reality show pilot for TNT that challenges contestants to escape from big-screen-inspired situations.

NEW YORK - Premium TV network Epix on Monday unveiled a carriage agreement with satellite TV giant Dish Network, which has 14.1 million subscribers.

Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli of EON Productions Ltd., producer of the long-running James Bond franchise, said Monday that development work on the next 007 film had been suspended.

The hottest stock in entertainment in the past week has been woeful Blockbuster, up 40% on Monday and 87% in the past three trading days.

Talk about hot to trot: Tickets to presumed summer sizzler "Sex and the City 2" began selling just over six weeks before the start of Warner Bros.' May 27 opener.

Summit Entertainment is wading into the battle of the sexes by acquiring film and TV rights to John Gray's "Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus" franchise.

For the second consecutive session, Sunday boxoffice estimates failed to crown the right film as weekend boxoffice champion.

This year's 48th annual International Critics Week Festival de Cannes sidebar will be a first-timers feast of comfort cinema with a hearty helping of French fare.

Honorees such as Tina Fey and Gayle King along with presenters like Oprah Winfrey and Seth Meyers came together Monday at the 40th annual Matrix Awards.

Carrie Underwood made history at the Academy of Country Music Awards on Sunday night, becoming the first woman to win entertainer of the year twice.