Batman Begins (trailers here), which opens in traditional and IMAX theaters June 15, is an an “intellectual action epic” which “respectfully ignores” the four previous Batman films and tells the story from the dark mythic beginning once again with more character and less whizbang action than its big-budget predecessors, according …

Originally, Michael Jackson: The Man Behind the Mask, An Insider’s Story of the King of Pop, by 30-year Jackson PR man Bob Jones (who was fired unceremoniously last year by Michael’s brother Rand) and journalist Stacy Brown, was scheduled to be published in April. It now appears that the King …

Now that all the boring stuff of the trial is over and a verdict and vast media attention is within smelling distance, the Rev. Jesse Jackson could not restrain himself from winging to Santa Maria to lend Michael Jackson his inimitable aid and comfort at close range. After meeting with …

America Online released a free, Internet-based e-mail service today – the first time the company has gone outside the “garden wall” of their fee-based subscription model for substantial services. Competing with free emails services like Google’s Gmail (2.3 gigabytes of storage), Yahoo (1 gigabyte for free), and Microsoft Corp.’s Hotmail …

As the jury returns today for its first full day of deliberations in the Michael Jackson trial, contrary to what his spokesperson Raymone Bain said on the matter, the King of Pop clearly IS “falling apart.” Jackson visited the emergency room of the small Santa Ynez Valley Cottage Hospital near …

Music Plus TV co-founder Marc Cubas is tired of Britney Spears. “I’m tired of listening to the same stuff,” he complains. He believes he has the cure. On June 15th, Cubas and co-founder Dennis Tzeng officially launch Music Plus TV, a Los Angeles-based 24-hour live streaming web television station that …

Cinderella Man, directed by Ron Howard and starring Russell Crowe, Renee Zellweger and Paul Giamatti is already generating Oscar talk. The tale of a beleaguered boxer whose comeback heartens a nation mired in the Depression, the Imagine Entertainment production could be the adult movie of the summer. Blogcritics reviews: Cinderella …

Michael Jackson’s defense attorney Thomas Mesereau concluded his closing argument today with outtakes from the Living With Michael Jackson film, in which Jackson stated he would “slit [his] wrists” before he would harm a child. In the 30 minutes of footage Jackson also said, “I love innocence. I’m a nut …

Variety reports that wanderin’ Dave Chappelle popped in unannounced Wednesday night at two Hollywood comedy clubs, the Hollywood Improv at 10 p.m. and the Comedy Store at midnight, and laid some of his patented patter on the stunned crowds. Chappelle told both clubs that he had just flown into town …

UPDATED 2:37 ET After Senior Deputy District Attorney Ron Zonen wailed on Michael Jackson in the prosecution’s closing argument yesterday, lead Jackson defense attorney Thomas Mesereau Jr.’s began his final defense of the beleaguered King of Pop. “This is not a popularity contest between lawyers. This is about the life, …