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Men vote Barack Obama "most influential man"
LOS ANGELES - Barack Obama was voted the most influential man of 2008 in an online poll released on Tuesday that asked men to decide who...

Gillian Anderson has her own Odd Couple
LOS ANGELES - "X-Files " star Gillian Anderson has evidently drawn inspiration from "The Odd Couple " when it comes to naming her sons...

Director Spike Lee axes agent after film flop
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Spike Lee has left his Hollywood talent agent of more than 15 years in the wake of the dismal box offi...

Celebrities can coax youth to vote, study shows
By Michelle Nichols NEW YORK - Initiatives by celebrities like Beyonce Knowles, Christina Aguilera and Sean "P.Diddy " Combs to ...

Republicans in Hollywood feel bullied
By Paul Bond LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - At a recent event for Republicans in Hollywood, an actress was asked whether she h...

Miramax opts for "Divorce"
By Gregg Goldstein NEW YORK (Hollywood Reporter) - Divorce is a traumatic experience for millions of families, and Miramax hopes t...

Davis, Mahoney seek "Treatment"
By Nellie Andreeva LOS ANGLELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Hope Davis and John Mahoney will co-star on the second season of HBO 's dra...

CBS offers mashup for Web couch potatoes
By James Hibberd LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - CBS Interactive is launching an online feature that enables groups of viewers ...

Lloyd Webber to compose UK 2009 Eurovision entry
LONDON - Musical impresario Andrew Lloyd Webber is to compose Britain 's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest next year in a bid to imp...

U.S. actors union requests federal mediation
LOS ANGELES - The Screen Actors Guild said on Sunday its board had voted to have a federal mediator brought into labor contract negotiat...