After tapping comic books for creative ideas with box office success, Hollywood has turned its attention to anime as a new source of inspiration and revenue.

After tapping comic books for creative ideas with box office success, Hollywood has turned its attention to anime as a new source of inspiration and revenue. Adapting Japanese animation into live action will definitely pose a serious challenge for filmmakers as American audiences are not used to its nonlinear storylines, fantastic characters and unique visuals.

If there’s such a thing as a stardom gene, mop-headed novice actor Jaden Smith must have a ton of it lurking in his DNA.

Even golf aficionados probably were not aware this is "Francis Ouimet Week’’ in Phoenix, as deemed by Mayor Phil Gordon in conjunction with the premiere of the movie "The Greatest Game Ever Played.’’

LOS ANGELES — One group of young Hollywood stars were in the spotlight Saturday — and it wasn't for getting into a fight outside a night club or being arrested for drunken driving.

LOS ANGELES - Hollywood insiders and climate change experts agree that they can't shove messages about global warming down audiences' throats.

LOS ANGELES - Sheriff's deputies arrested two cameramen photographing Britney Spears at a hair salon and two other photographers outside a trendy nightclub in a crackdown that follows a year of frenzied paparazzi swarms around the troubled pop star and other celebrities.

LOS ANGELES - TV producers say they expect writers to return to work as early as Wednesday now that the Writers Guild of America has moved to end its three-month-old strike.

LOS ANGELES - Film and TV writers resolved to put down their pens and take up picket signs after last-ditch talks failed to avert a strike.

LOS ANGELES - Television and movie screenwriters said Thursday they would go on strike for the first time in nearly 20 years in a dispute over royalties.

LOS ANGELES - From "green carpets" at awards shows to organic fruit served to actors on sets, Hollywood is going all out to promote itself as being environmentally hip. But is it all just show?

LOS ANGELES - David Beckham attracted Hollywood stars Sunday the same way he draws defenders on the soccer field. In large numbers.

LOS ANGELES - She may be playing a villain in two summer movies, but Michelle Pfeiffer was all smiles and grace when she received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame Monday.