Iran sues Hollywood over ‘unrealistic portrayal’ of revolutionaries in ‘Argo’
Iran just can't get over "Argo." The Iranian government has been mad ever since the film premiered last fall and it's only getting angrier by the day. And this week, it's been announced that Iran is actually planning on suing Hollywood.13 years ago
NFL GMs Buddy Nix, Mark Dominik caught shooting the breeze during prank phone call
People have been making prank calls since not long after the telephone was invented. The latest trend involves conference calls.13 years ago
Conclave underway as cardinals gather in Sistine Chapel to vote for next pope
The 115 cardinals have made their way into the Sistine Chapel where they will begin the process of choosing a new pope.13 years ago
Watch: Mila Kunis interview straddles the line between endearing, embarrassing
As part of her publicity duties for her movie "Oz the Great and Powerful," actress Mila Kunis who plays one of the witches did a round of junket interviews. She's received a lot of positive reaction to the way she handled a nervous rookie reporter for the BBC, Chris Stark.13 years ago
History Channel’s ‘The Bible’ entertains before trying to convert
The premiere of "The Bible" on the History Channel the biggest cable hit of the year so far. It pulled in a surprising 13.1 million viewers. Those are better numbers than even the major networks' lineup last week. The 10 hour miniseries aired its second episode on Sunday and we're waiting to see if the ratings will hold.13 years ago
After 75-year wait, ‘Oz the Great and Powerful’ is saved in the nick of time
The 1939 classic The Wizard of Oz is reportedly the most watched film in the history of movies. It's taken Hollywood almost 75 years to come up with a big-budget prequel.13 years ago
Praise and disappointment for Roger Ebert’s Catholic confession
Roger Ebert is the best known movie critic in America. But lately he's been branching out a lot, writing personal essays for the Chicago Sun-Times in addition to his weekly film reviews.13 years ago
Steven Spielberg to revive dream of Stanley Kubrick’s with Napoleon miniseries
America's most popular movie director plans to revive the work of one of cinema's greatest directors and turn it into a TV miniseries. It's Steven Spielberg and Stanley Kubrick.13 years ago
Trappings of the Dark Ages make ‘Vikings’ a must-watch
The History Channel scored big with its miniseries "Hatfields & McCoys." Now it returns with an even more ambitious epic, "Vikings."13 years ago
Physics students required to test realities of imaginative pop culture conundrums
Lots of people have used physics to test contemporary myths - everything from science fiction to comic book heroes to Santa Claus and the Easter Bunny. Only one school in the world makes it a graduation requirement.13 years ago
‘Jack the Giant Slayer’ star has more life as a zombie than on the beanstalk
"Jack the Giant Slayer" is a big-budget Hollywood version of the Jack and the Beanstalk story. It's kind of like a fairytale on steroids.13 years ago
A second go-around for photographer Vivian Maier
Record crowds are packing a Seattle gallery's photography exhibit, thanks as much to the mystery woman behind the photos as for the prized photos themselves.13 years ago
New film hopes to recruit computer programmers of all types
A new movie launches this week that will try to get millions of us to reconsider our destiny as a future computer programmer and the biggest names in technology are backing it: Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerburg, Amazon.com, Dropbox, Valve, Zynga.13 years ago
It may be time to jump on the Gonzaga bandwagon
"March madness" is just around the corner, when all the best college basketball teams compete in the NCAA tournament.13 years ago
Hits and misses from the host and the stars at the Academy Awards
This year's Oscar show was a pretty hit-and-miss, haphazard affair with some surprisingly slipshod production values.13 years ago
Who should and will win the Oscar
This year's Oscar campaign was two weeks longer than usual, since the Academy moved up its nominations deadline without moving up the actual Oscar ceremony. Whether the length of the campaigns had any effect on the Oscar outcomes will only be known come Sunday night.13 years ago
Seth MacFarlane tapped to host Oscars for musical talents, not snark
The organizers of Sunday night's Oscars have been extraordinarily tight-lipped about this year's show. So few details have slipped out about the ceremony, that a lot of attention has fallen on first-time host Seth MacFarlane.13 years ago
Academy Award nominees buck the trend by being popular
For years, maybe decades, there have been complaints that the Academy Awards ignore box office hits in favor of prestige pictures that relatively few people see. This year the Best Picture nominees seem to be bucking that trend.13 years ago
‘Argo,’ ‘Lincoln,’ use big budgets to buy potential Oscar votes
Today is the deadline for all Academy Awards ballots, which means the most expensive Oscar campaigns ever are finally coming to a close.13 years ago
Films that stand test of time honored at local 20/20 Awards
It's often been said that the best way to judge the merits of a film is to do the judging, not in the year it's released, but a decade or two later, after the movie has had a chance to withstand the test of time, or not.13 years ago
Be wowed by theatrical spectacle of ‘War Horse’ at Seattle’s Paramount Theatre
Most people, if they know anything about the story "War Horse," think it's a movie by Steven Spielberg. But before Hollywood got its hands on it, it was an award-winning play, a massive hit in fact, in London and on Broadway.13 years ago
How to spend a perfect Valentine’s Day date at the movies
New movies normally open on Fridays, but this week Hollywood has its crop of new films all opening, Thursday, Valentine's Day. Tinseltown is hoping all you lovebirds out there catch a movie to either cap off or kick off your Valentine's Day celebration.13 years ago
Slick political drama ‘House of Cards’ garners a different kind of attention
I spent the first weekend without football in six months watching all 13 episodes of a brand new series called "House of Cards." It's a series is making history for all sorts of reasons.13 years ago
