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M. Night Shyamalan says he knows exactly when his relationship with Hollywood started to sour. In 2000, he was on a conference call with executives from Walt Disney Studios discussing […]

Lawyers for defendants in the Anthony Pellicano wiretapping case argued in federal court here on Monday that evidence seized from the Hollywood private detective's offices had been improperly obtained and […]

Byline: ALLISON HOPE WEINER; New York Times News Service LOS ANGELES -- Brian Grazer, one of the most successful producers in Hollywood, would seem to be a memorable guest, with [...]

Brian Grazer, one of the most successful producers in Hollywood, would seem to be a memorable guest, with his energetic manner and elaborately spiked hair. But to make sure he […]

Byline: ALLISON HOPE WEINER; New York Times News Service NEW YORK -- Previously on Criminal Minds, a star abruptly quit the series, putting the show's future in peril. This season [...]

Previously on 'Criminal Minds,' a star abruptly quit the series, putting the show's future in peril. This season on 'Criminal Minds,' a crisis is averted as a familiar face steps […]

When Mandy Patinkin, a star of CBS's hit series 'Criminal Minds,' failed to show up for work in early July for a script read-through, he gave no explanation for his […]

While the networks tussled over which would land the first interview with Paris Hilton after her release from jail, the upstart Web site TMZ.com was breaking most of the news. […]

The trial of Anthony Pellicano, the jailed Hollywood private eye, on federal wiretapping and racketeering charges was pushed back to Feb. 26, allowing defense lawyers more time to plow through […]

Just hours after a raft of articles suggesting the impending collapse of his business hit the papers on April 11, 2002, Michael S. Ovitz did what Hollywood moguls had done […]

Back in 2001, when the actress Elizabeth Hurley announced that she was pregnant by Steve Bing, a Hollywood producer, only to have him question whether he was the baby's father, […]

Those named by prosecutors as victims of Anthony Pellicano, the Hollywood private eye who faces federal charges of wiretapping and conspiracy, will have to wait six months to move forward […]

Federal prosecutors on Wednesday named two additional people they said had been wiretapped by Anthony Pellicano, the Hollywood private eye accused of a wide-ranging wiretapping conspiracy. One is the former […]

There are no electric cars in 'Crazy Love.' No presidential candidates. No cautionary tales about eating too much fast food and no penguins. Instead this latest offering from Dan Klores, […]

Days after saying he would represent himself at his trial on wiretapping, racketeering and conspiracy charges, Anthony Pellicano, below, the Hollywood private eye, has changed his mind. Mr. Pellicano is […]

When Kirk Kerkorian's longtime lawyer was indicted on wiretapping and conspiracy charges last February in the federal investigation of the Hollywood private detective Anthony Pellicano, the billionaire investor was mentioned […]

A federal judge in Los Angeles yesterday allowed Anthony Pellicano, the Hollywood private eye, to represent himself at his forthcoming trial on wiretapping, racketeering and conspiracy charges. Mr. Pellicano, 62, […]

The trial of Anthony Pellicano, the Hollywood private eye accused of masterminding a long-running wiretapping ring, has been delayed until August because of the complexity of the case, the volume […]

When Sylvester Stallone first started talking about bringing Rocky Balboa out of a 16-year retirement for the character's sixth turn, even his wife saw humiliation and embarrassment ahead. Then there […]

Anita Busch, the journalist who received an anonymous threat in 2002 that caused the investigation leading to the arrest of the celebrity detective Anthony Pellicano on wiretapping charges, filed a […]

Clint Eastwood's World War II movie 'Flags of Our Fathers' lumbered ashore this weekend weighted with the expectations of a studio needing to win big. Looking for Oscars and a […]

Prosecutors have called at least 10 members of a top Century City law firm before a federal grand jury in recent weeks in what defense lawyers say is a last-ditch […]

At last week's fund-raiser celebrating the 25th anniversary of People for the American Way, one of the core liberal groups in Hollywood, the comedian and master of ceremonies George Lopez […]

David Geffen may or may not succeed in buying The Los Angeles Times. But his people have already tried the executive suite on for size. Mr. Geffen's 'Dreamgirls' is one […]

A former telephone company worker accused of lying to a grand jury investigating the Pellicano wiretapping scandal was acquitted of most of the charges against her on Monday, dealing a […]

Mel Gibson's eccentric promotional foray into the heartland with his new movie, 'Apocalypto,' might have helped introduce the film to a vast potential audience. But it also left the beleaguered […]

Early this month the director Mike Newell started production for New Line Cinema on a film version of Gabriel Garcia Marquez's 'Love in the Time of Cholera' that will take […]

Faced with growing outrage over his anti-Semitic remarks when arrested last week, Mel Gibson offered a second apology, this time specifically imploring the forgiveness of Jews and asking for meetings […]

Almost as stunning as Mel Gibson's anti-Jewish tirade when arrested on suspicion of drunk driving in the early hours of last Friday was the speed at which the scandal unfolded, […]

A federal judge yesterday denied a motion to compel additional discovery made by Anthony Pellicano, the Hollywood private eye accused of wiretapping and conspiracy. Mr. Pellicano's lawyer, Steven F. Gruel, […]

The film star and director Mel Gibson apologized Saturday for belligerent behavior and for saying what he called 'despicable' things that he does 'not believe to be true' when he […]

In December the screenwriters Aaron and Matthew Benay filed a lawsuit here accusing Warner Brothers and others of stealing the idea for 'The Last Samurai' from their screenplay of the […]

A federal judge in Los Angeles has unsealed three search warrants that investigators used to raid Anthony Pellicano's detective agency and seize evidence in the early stages of what has […]

Until now the Pellicano wiretapping case has seemed the kind of down-and-dirty imbroglio that could only happen in Hollywood, where a private eye's underworld patois could impress movie people familiar […]

The nearly four-year federal investigation of Anthony Pellicano, the Hollywood private eye accused of masterminding a sprawling eavesdropping operation, has turned up only a single recording in which two people […]

Three months after the indictment of Anthony Pellicano, the private detective who prosecutors say routinely wiretapped enemies of the rich and famous, a fraternity of high-priced lawyers who do Hollywood's […]

Anthony Pellicano, the jailed private detective charged with wiretapping and conspiracy in Hollywood's biggest scandal in decades, conspired recently with organized-crime figures to try to assassinate a key witness against […]

Two days before Christmas 2004, as Hollywood's A-listers were jetting to places like Aspen and Kona, Ron Meyer, the president of Universal Studios, made a trip to a decidedly less [...]

A divorce lawyer-to-the-stars who frequently hired the private detective Anthony Pellicano was aware of at least one instance of his illegal wiretapping, an F.B.I. agent has said in a confidential […]

When the supermarket billionaire Ronald W. Burkle accused a New York Post gossip columnist of demanding hundreds of thousands of dollars for protection from nasty items in Page Six, it […]

The chairman of Paramount Pictures and a onetime Hollywood superagent had far more direct dealings than they have acknowledged publicly with the celebrity detective at the center of a rapidly […]

The handful of e-mail messages -- written in clipped, sometimes urgent and often unsubtle language -- were sent over three weeks from Jared Paul Stern, a longtime contributor to The […]

As new indictments loom in the widening Hollywood wiretapping scandal, a behind-the-scenes battle is brewing between defense lawyers and prosecutors over evidence that may be used against some of those […]

A screenwriter and his lawyer talk on the phone. They are in the heat of legal battle with a big-time producer over the profits from a hit movie. The lawyer […]