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The granddaddy of all fan conventions -- the San Diego Comic Con -- is back Thursday through Sunday, in what in recent years has turned into a major event for film studios and TV networks that tout their latest fantasy, action and superhero projects.

Shemar Moore is returning to his daytime roots with a two-day guest appearance on "The Young and the Restless."

In this July 18, 2013 file photo, Karl Zingh, of San Diego, makes his way through the crowd during Day 2 of Comic-Con International in San Diego.

Like Batman responding to a beaming Bat signal in the sky, fans are streaming to San Diego for the 45th annual Comic-Con pop culture extravaganza.

After playing to sold out crowds at the recent 2014 Hollywood Fringe Festival, the new hit comedy play "Meet & Greet" returns for an extended run at Theatre Asylum-Elephant Space in Hollywood.

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Central Florida is home to all avenues of entertainment and the arts at large, perhaps that is why local talents like Sissaundra Lewis , Robert Bennett keep making waves on the national stage.

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Lane, who is gay and has played both straight and gay characters, was asked the question at a TV critics' meeting Tuesday.

President Barack Obama, who's not shy about appearing on late-night talk shows, is going to bypass comedian Jimmy Kimmel, for now.

Distribution of tickets for President Barack Obama's speech this week at Los Angeles Trade-Technical College will begin at 8:30 a.m. today at the college's Aspen Hall.

I secretly always wanted to marry James Garner, and was foiled only by the fact that, as humorist Jean Kerr once wrote of her designs on George S. Kaufman, he was already married and I never met him.

Lisa Whelchel and Kim Fields, who co-starred on the '80s sitcom about a group of girls in boarding school as Blair and Tootie, were reunited in the Hallmark Channel TV movie, "For Better or For Worse," which aired on July 19. After each going their separate ways -- Fields continued to act and direct while Whelchel became a Christian writer and ... (more)

"Happy Christmas" is a petite, lived-in character comedy of the Mumblecore school - just a group of chatty twentysomethings, drinking, growing beards and having the occasional bathroom hook-up as they think about growing up.

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The musicians join such previous guest stars as Stephen King and David Hasselhoff as unusual casting choices in the motorcycle club drama on FX.

A website and app dubbed "Simpsons World" will allow on-demand access to all of the 500-plus episodes of Fox's animated comedy and enable users to search through the life histories of Mr. Burns, Bart and other lemon-hued Springfield residents.

Blake Shelton on Sunday shared his thoughts on Maverick and The Rockford Files actor James Garner , who died at the age of 86. Blake tweeted , "Damn sad to hear about James Garner passing away..

AMC's Breaking Bad and the CBS drama The Good Wife were among the winners at the 2014 Television Critics Association Awards, held Saturday in Beverly Hills.

Mike McFadden leaned his sturdy frame over the front counter of the Shady Drive Inn as the owner aired the same frustrations with political gridlock that some of her regular customers grumble about.