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NEW YORK (Hollywood Reporter) - Once upon a time, specifically January 2001, Broken Lizard was poised to become the next big comedy supergroup a la Monty Python or the Kids in the Hall. Full Story »

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ATLANTA - Willie Maxine Perry, who helped inspire the character Madea played by her movie producer son Tyler Perry, has died. She was 64. Full Story »

"A Single Man" easily could have been one of those style-over-substance visual dazzlers, coming as it does from Tom Ford, the fashion designer who revived the house of Gucci. Full Story »

Broadway's Tory Ross has joined the previously announced Olivier Award winner Miles Western to star as Clarice and Hannibal Lecter, respectively, in Silence! The Musical, a parody of the 1991 film "The Silence of the Lambs." It will receive its European premiere, beginning performances at London's Above the Stag Theatre Jan. 19, prior to an official opening Jan. 21, for a run that is booking through Feb. 28, 2010. Full Story »

LOS ANGELES - Hollywood has set a new box-office record as the year's domestic ticket sales head beyond $10 billion for the first time. Full Story »

CHICAGO - The director of "The Twilight Saga: New Moon" is coming to the defense of a Chicago woman facing prison time for videotaping part of the film. Full Story »

LOS ANGELES - Nicolas Cage's ex-girlfriend is suing the actor and his former business manager, claiming she is owed more than $13 million and a house the actor promised her. Full Story »

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - U.S. actor and director Tyler Perry on Wednesday announced the death of his mother, who he has previously credited as helping inspire the iconic Madea character in a string of hit movies. Full Story »

MADISON, Miss. — Elizabeth Dampier doesn't get the royal treatment at home, even though the 5th grader plays a princess-to-be on the big screen. Full Story »

LOS ANGELES - Nelson Mandela made it clear that Morgan Freeman was the man he would want to play him in a film. Full Story »

NEW YORK - A funny thing has happened to Noel Coward's "Still Life," a one-act play that is much better known from its classic 1940s screen adaptation "Brief Encounter." Full Story »

JOHANNESBURG - South Africans say a new Hollywood film about sport, race and Nelson Mandela will tell the world about the country's history of struggle and triumph despite some criticism that the lead roles are played by American actors. Full Story »

TOKYO - Actor Johnny Depp highly recommends his latest movie — though he said he hadn't personally gone out to see it yet. Full Story »

Odd as it sounds, Peter Jackson needed to come down to Earth a bit more in "The Lovely Bones," his adaptation of Alice Sebold's best-seller about a murdered girl looking back on her life from beyond. Full Story »

Tony Award winner Hugh Jackman and Daniel Craig are film stars, acclaimed stage actors and, now, the top fundraising team in the history of the annual Gypsy of the Year competition. Full Story »

LONDON (AFP) - A collection of dresses and other wardrobe treasures worn by film star and style icon Audrey Hepburn fetched over 260,000 pounds Tuesday when they were sold at auction in London. Full Story »

JOHANNESBURG (AFP) - Oscar-winning star Morgan Freeman said Tuesday he felt he did "a good job" portraying Nelson Mandela in a film about the former South African president's appearance at the 1995 Rugby World Cup. Full Story »