Superhero movie The Avengers becomes the first film in Hollywood history to make more than $100m in its second week.

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Avengers sets box office record

US President Obama is applauded by Hollywood donors over his support for gay marriage, at a record-breaking fundraiser hosted by George Clooney.

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Top Hollywood donors cheer Obama

Ed Kamuda got the Titanic bug as a teenager in the 1950s, after seeing a Hollywood melodrama ( “Titanic,” starring Barbara Stanwyck and Clifton Webb) in his father’s movie theater. He began writing to Titanic survivors, some of whom sent him artifacts from the doomed ship. In 1963, he founded the Titanic Enthusiasts of America. Read full article > >

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Even if Titanic wasn’t unsinkable, fascination with it seems to be

In 1933 Fred Astaire , a successful young dancer and comedian on the Broadway and London stage, made what turned out to be a decision that altered not merely his life but American popular culture: He left the stage and went to Hollywood, making two films — “Dancing Lady” and “Flying Down to Rio” — that almost immediately established him as a far bigger star. Those movies were just the beginning. Astaire went on to form a stupendously popular dancing partnership with Ginger Rogers , then briefer but not much less luminous ones with Cyd Charisse and Barrie Chase. Probably for as long as people watch movies, Astaire will be synonymous with grace, sophistication and what Kathleen Riley calls “ardent gallantry, restrained yearnings, self-deprecation, and self-confidence.” Read full article > >

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“The Astaires: Fred & Adele” by Kathleen Riley

Actress Nicole Kidman is being lined up to play one of this year’s most coveted roles, Hollywood starlet-turned-royalty, Grace Kelly.

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Kidman ‘to play Princess Grace’

At a time of plunging DVD sales and an up-and-down box office, Hollywood is doubling back on past hits, like “Dirty Dancing,” and stars like Bette Midler and Arnold Schwarzenegger.

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Retro Remakes as Hollywood Looks Back to the 1980s

A rezoning plan that would turn parts of Hollywood into a mini-city has won the support of key Los Angeles officials and set off a storm of opposition from residents.

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Far-Reaching Rezoning Plan for Hollywood Gains Key Support

The Hollywood film director James Cameron has become the first person in 50 years to reach the deepest seabed in the world.

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VIDEO: James Cameron hits deepest seabed

There are those perfect-storm moments that force us to see something we ignored, didn’t know about or didn’t think was our concern. It happened with HIV-AIDS when Hollywood leading man Rock Hudson died of the disease in 1985 and when basketball star Magic Johnson announced he was HIV-positive and was retiring from the sport in 1991. And it happened with sexual harassment of women in the workplace when Anita Hill testified against Clarence Thomas during his Supreme Court confirmation hearings in October 1991. Read full article > >

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Jonathan Capehart: Soul-searching and the killing of Trayvon Martin

Like the documentaries “Kony 2012” and “Bully,” the grim speculative fantasy “The Hunger Games” has been a Web sensation in recent weeks, garnering the kind of pre-opening buzz and advance ticket-sales that make the most cynical Hollywood studio suit giggle like a schoolgirl. Read full article > >

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‘The Hunger Games’ brought faithfully, if un-spectacularly, to life

Like the documentaries “Kony 2012” and “Bully,” the grim speculative fantasy “The Hunger Games” has been a Web sensation in recent weeks, garnering the kind of pre-opening buzz and advance ticket-sales that make the most cynical Hollywood studio suit giggle like a schoolgirl. Read full article > >

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‘The Hunger Games’ brought faithfully, if un-spectacularly, to life

Like the documentaries “Kony 2012” and “Bully,” the grim speculative fantasy “The Hunger Games” has been a Web sensation in recent weeks, garnering the kind of pre-opening buzz and advance ticket-sales that make the most cynical Hollywood studio suit giggle like a schoolgirl. Read full article > >

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‘The Hunger Games’ brought faithfully, if un-spectacularly, to life

After Web user claims Hollywood “call-girl ring.”

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Rep.: Downey Jr. Isn’t Online Commenter

The third child in Jennifer Garner and Ben Affleck’s brood has arrived. People magazine reports that Garner has given birth to the Hollywood couple’s newest addition and first boy. His name has not been released yet. Read full article > >

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Jennifer Garner and Ben Affleck welcome third child

Sean Young , “Blade Runner” actress and “Celebrity Rehab” participant, has taken to Facebook to explain the circumstances surrounding her arrest outside the post-Oscars Governors Ball : “I just want everyone to know that I was sober, extremely well behaved when a very stupid security guard went postal on me and then The Academy’s very stupid lawyer recommended a ‘private person’s arrest’ and I have grounds for a lawsuit against the Academy although I believe a public apology to me would be much better. I am OK and I have the Hollywood Police Stations support who very carefully and kindly photographed the bruises on my arms which this guard is responsible for doing.” Read full article > >

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Sean Young asks Academy for apology after arrest; Uma Thurman is expecting