TimesLeader.com

Authorities: Haim's name on illegal prescription - 03/13/2010

The name of the late actor Corey Haim was found on a fraudulent prescription for a powerful painkiller that authorities said Friday was obtained through a major drug ring. California Attorney General Jerry Brown's office said records of the prescription in the name of the former teen heartthrob were found during an investigation of th

Disney to shut Zemeckis-run motion-capture studio - 03/12/2010

To further cut costs at its movie studio, The Walt Disney Co. said Friday that it will shut a San Francisco-area facility used to capture the performance of Jim Carrey for his digitally animated character, Scrooge, in "A Christmas Carol." The closure of the facility in Marin County, north of San Francisco, will be completed

No contest plea in case over star's stolen Rolex - 03/12/2010

Prosecutors say a man has pleaded no contest to receiving a Rolex watch stolen from Orlando Bloom's house during a spate of celebrity burglaries. Los Angeles County District Attorney's spokeswoman Jane Robison says Jonathan Ajar entered the no contest plea Friday and will be sentenced on April 15. Ajar also pleaded no conte

Lions Gate adopts poison pill, rejects Icahn offer - 03/12/2010

Lions Gate Entertainment Corp. on Friday rejected a bid by activist shareholder Carl Icahn to boost his stake in the movie studio, and its board disclosed the adoption of a provision meant to keep him from buying more shares. The so-called poison pill, which takes effect Friday, triggers whenever any hostile acquirer gets a stake in t

• Dalai Lama doc wins Havel award at film festival

• NYC ex-model sues over use of photo in comedy film

• Chavez thanks Sean Penn for slamming his critics

• Disney to release Indian film in southern dialect

• Sushi chef charged with serving illegal whale

• 3-D boosts box office worldwide to record $30 bln

• Witherspoon: First lady is DC's top fashionista

• Corey Haim prolonged tragic Hollywood tradition

• Mexico hopes to lure filmmakers with subsidies

• Summary Box: 3-D lifts world box office to $30 bln

• Robert De Niro set to play Vince Lombardi in movie

• Man stabbed with meat thermometer at movie in CA

• Lindsay Lohan takes swipe at E-Trade babies

• Girls Gone Wild associate fined $5,000; no prison

• Oscar's big question: How did David slay Goliath?

• 'Alice in Wonderland' races to $116.1M opening