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‘Rocky Horror’ remake amuses fans, but falls short in viewership

More than 40 years after one of the great cult films of all time introduced an unsuspecting public to sweet transvestites, a mad scientist making an erotic Frankenstein creature, and a highly repressed yet oversexed Brad and Janet, The Rocky Horror Picture Show is back, this time as a TV remake on Fox.

 
Comic-Con Day 1: Oliver Stone says studios’ boards led to ‘Snowden’ rejection

The hordes of zombies, legions of Stormtroopers, leagues of superheroes and crews of Starfleet officers are crawling, marching, flying and beaming around San Diego for that other big convention this week: Comic-Con International.

 
Puppet drama ‘Anomalisa’ surprisingly human

It’s a moving, troubling look at one man’s existential crisis, the powerful grip of loneliness and the mundanity and despair of everyday life. But “Anomalisa” probably will be remembered, at least by the few of you who’ll see it, for one thing: puppet sex.

 
Will Smith says he will not attend Oscars

Will Smith has joined his wife, actress Jada Pinkett Smith, in vowing not to attend the Feb. 28 Academy Awards ceremony in protest over the lack of diversity among nominees in major categories this year.

 
Jennifer Lawrence leads list of top-paid actresses

Jennifer Lawrence, the 25-year-old “Hunger Games” star, is the world’s highest-paid actress, according to a new ranking published by Forbes.

 
‘NSync, Backstreet Boys join forces to create horror movie

Backstreet‘s back and they‘re sharing the screen with ‘90s boy band rival Joey Fatone of ‘NSync for an upcoming "zombie Western futuristic horror movie," Nick Carter recently told Rolling Stone.

 
‘Hobbit’ rules them all with $90.6M through weekend

Moviegoers helped Peter Jackson bid farewell to Middle Earth in style, pushing “The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies” to $90.6 million over its first five days in theaters.

 
Miscalculations, tonal unevenness make ‘Muppets Most Wanted’ a dud

Apparently, every ounce of innocent, sweet-natured joy that made 2011’s “The Muppets” such a whimsical burst of nostalgia can be traced back to one person. Surprisingly, it’s the guy who showed the world his dangly bits in “Forgetting Sarah Marshall.”

 
Freight train strikes movie crew on railroad tracks, killing 1, injuring 7

A movie crew was working on train tracks without permission from the railroad when a freight train crashed into the production team and its equipment, killing one and injuring seven others, a sheriff’s investigator said Friday.