Many people think that a movie needs to avoid an R-rating in order to become a blockbuster. Most recent top earners have followed that dictum, with only four R-rated movies among last year's top 25 at the box office. Zack Snyder's 300 was a defiant exception in 2007, earning more than $456 million w...

Who would have thought attempting to turn Al Gore's eco-friendly PowerPoint presentation into an opera might not go smoothly? Director William Friedkin has quit (fled?) the opera production, scheduled to premiere in 2011. Milan's opera house La Scala announced last May that it was commissioning comp...

Entertainment Weekly first reported, and other news agencies have now confirmed, that William Peterson, who plays Gil Grissom on the hit CBS show that started it all CSI: Crime Scene Investigation , will be leaving the show this season - the shows 10th.  Fans are already bemoaning the loss. Alt...