The Hollywood Reporter reports: The rush by major labels to offer legitimate music downloads continued Tuesday as Universal Music Group announced that it will offer more than 43,000 songs through a host of online retailers and music Web sites. The move by the world’s largest music group comes less than …

Part of a trio of brothers who produced some of the most important films of the ’60s: After going into business with his eldest brother, Irving, supplying candy to movie theaters, Marvin Mirisch moved to Los Angeles in 1953 to join his two other siblings in the movie production business …

Whoa – you think I’ve been slamming TV, especially “reality” TV, hard? Check out this preview of tonight’s programming by Robert Bianco in USA Today: Even on a medium prone to the tawdry, seldom have we seen a seamier battle than tonight’s competition between CBS’ Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show and …

That depends upon who you talk to: Former CNN correspondent Peter Arnett is back in Baghdad — the scene of his glory days from the last Gulf War — and he predicts that the United States will be at war with Iraq in short order. ”I don’t think Saddam will …

I really have no particular animus against Michael Jackson – I still love a lot of his music and who doesn’t have a big soft spot for the Jackson Five? But we have got to keep the freak away from the kids: he expresses his “love” in peculiar at best, …

Clive Davis, who learned the record biz under the watchful eye of Thomas Edison, will head the reformed RCA Records: Clive Davis, the longtime music mogul and founder of J Records, will head the combined RCA music group, BMG said in a statement. Terms of the deal weren’t disclosed. RCA …

Network TV seems to be an endless sluice of ever more base “reality shows” (quotation marks because these shows are just as staged as Touched by an Angel and a whole lot less honest about it) in a race to the bottom of the unlit basement of human nature, many …

Blogcritic David Hogberg hangs out in Iowa where the corn is high and the newspapers are lefty-populist-farmer-weasel. He Fisks them on a regular basis, but this time he invites your contributions as well: It’s been a while since I’ve posted anything on Ms. Crunchy Granola Pants, because her columns are …

If so, I’m happy to admit it. We reported last week that Rick James was under investigation for sexual assault. He vehemently claims his innocence and insists he is on the straight and narrow: Police confirmed last week that they were investigating James after the unidentified woman lodged a complaint …

"Essentially, this is a story about the first U.S. cavalry charge of the 21st century," said Neufeld, who described the project as "Black Hawk Down" meets "Lawrence of Arabia."