Praising Jon Stewart for virtues other than comedy has become a cliché, as James Fallows noted in his Atlantic blog. At this point it's hard to dispute that Stewart is not only the functional equivalent of a news anchor, but the most influential anchor in America.

Comedian Dane Cook has been evicted from his Los Angeles apartment after he lost his appeal against a lawsuit from his landlord. The Good Luck Chuck star was hit with legal action alleging he allowed his pet dog to defecate on the land surrounding his West Hollywood home.

Morgan Freeman is critically ill after a car crash, a US hospital has confirmed. A spokesman for the Regional Medical Centre in Memphis, Tennessee, said the 71-year-old The Dark Knight actor's condition was "serious".

Pint-size actress Mary-Kate Olsen has refused to be interviewed by federal investigators probing the accidental drug death of her close friend Heath Ledger unless she receives immunity from prosecution, The Post has learned.

"Mad Men," AMC's sleek drama set in the advertising world circa 1960, and FX's legal thriller "Damages" made Emmy nominations history Thursday as the first basic cable programs to gain best-series nods.

Transformers beauty Megan Fox recently revealed that she would like to star in a movie entirely naked– from beginning to end. The actress told The Daily Star: "'I would love to do a movie naked - it would be beautiful."

Crowds in Arkansas came for the lure of cage fighting and $1 beer, but police say what they got instead was men ripping each others' clothes off and kissing — a stunt suspected of being orchestrated by Sacha Baron Cohen of Borat fame.

Ok, I've been ridiculously hard on Hulu from the beginning. But that ends. Today.

The age of illegal music downloads could soon be over. The UK's largest provider of home broadband is to warn internet users building up vast libraries of music that they could be prosecuted.

Veteran singer PHIL COLLINS is to retire after over 30 years in the music industry. The star, who recently completed a reunion tour with his former band Genesis, announced on Friday (25Apr08) that he will not be releasing any more albums or do another tour.

Despite all the emphasis on protecting Olympic copyrights in China this year, the official web site of the Beijing Olympics features a Flash game that is a blatant copy of one of the games developed at The Pencil Farm.

Insiders tell TVNewser Tucker Carlson's 6pmET show Tucker is getting the axe, but Carlson stays on as a political contributor to all MSNBC shows at least through the 2008 election.

Like flies to honey, smug pricks are attracted by the alluring pull of the Hollywood sign.

Fox is getting ready to put Cleveland on the map. The network, along with 20th Century Fox, is currently developing a spinoff of its enduringly popular Family Guy to revolve around Peter Griffin's bathtub-loving, accident-prone neighbor, Cleveland Brown.

Even before I moved to Los Angeles in 2007, I heard stories about the paparazzi here. Tales of fights, of threats and intimidation, of crazy chases through the streets, of big piles of money just waiting to be earned by the most energetic and ambitious photographers.

This is a leaked official RIAA training video produced with the National District Attorneys Association telling U.S.

Lets face facts here, people. There is no more iconic Will Ferrell character than Ron Burgundy. If you have a problem with that, then you can go fly a kite. The centerpiece of Anchorman, Burgundy has become a pop culture icon in his own right.

A new era of Star Wars entertainment begins in 2008 when Star Wars: The Clone Wars, from creator George Lucas, premieres as an all-new feature film in August, followed by the television series debut in the fall, in a partnership announced today between Lucasfilm Ltd., Warner Bros.

Striking Hollywood writers will be back at their keyboards Wednesday after voting overwhelmingly to end a 100-day walkout that essentially shut down the entertainment industry.

Jeff Bell, VP of global Xbox marketing, implied what many hardcore gamers believe: that Wii's lack of technology and lasting gameplay leaves something to be desired.

Paul McGuinness, longtime manager of rock band U2, has called on Internet service providers to immediately introduce disconnection policies to end illegal music downloads and urged governments to make sure they do.

Believe it or not Jack Thompson and I email sorta regularly. Granted he usually emails me bizarre, over-the-top press releases (which I often don't post) and I respond with disjointed quotes from movies, which I hope will one day remove that last wobbly hinge of his.

Photos released by Spears' paparazzo-boyfriend Adnan Ghalib's photo agency, FinalPixx, and posted on People magazine's Web site show the pop star and Ghalib at a Studio City, Calif., Rite Aid store together, with Spears scanning the shelves of pregnancy tests.

A US District Court judge in Oregon has reaffirmed a magistrate's award of attorneys' fees and the dismissal of exonerated RIAA defendant Tanya Andersen's counterclaims against the RIAA without prejudice so that her class-action lawsuit against the record labels can move ahead.

With their focus on fun for everyone, Nintendo's Wii™ and Nintendo DS™ systems are leading a new movement in the world of video games. Games based on brain exercises. … New experiences that surprise even core gamers.

Sherry is not a crazy downloader. She said she was "not one of those kids who downloaded 10,000 songs."

It began in a galaxy far, far away but now the famous Star Wars films have arrived at a small garage in Lincoln. Backyard Productions have been making their own versions of the popular films - and other blockbusters - with budgets that are far from astronomical.

The RIAA has quickly become one of the most disliked organizations in the world. Working ostensibly with the interests of the artists in mind, the organization has single-handedly instituted a policy of lawsuits and education in an attempt to curb the piracy of music.

U.S. hotel heiress Paris Hilton's potential inheritance dramatically diminished after her grandfather Barron Hilton announced plans on Wednesday to donate 97 percent of his $2.3 billion fortune to charity.

Los Angeles, CA (Tuesday, December 18, 2007) Academy Award-winning filmmaker Peter Jackson; Harry Sloan, Chairman and CEO, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc.

Virginia Tech is having a welcome back concert for the students, the line up includes Dave Matthews Band, John Mayer, Phil Vassar and Nas. Some controversy has turned up in the media and around the web on whether it's appropriate for Nas to be playing.

Fox Atomic have officially ceased production on its remake of Revenge of the Nerds, according to Variety.

Saul Zaentz, the owner of Tolkien Enterprises, and ultimate holder of the film rights to The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings was very recently interviewed about the Hobbit and Peter Jackson's involvement.