Topic: Burbank

Big-screen blockbuster: Chinese conglomerate gobbles up AMC chain

In what some are calling a $2.6 billion prestige play, China's big fish Wanda is swallowing AMC to create the world's largest theater chain despite the steady decline in the US industry.

L.A. arsons: Coordination among agencies, with public credited in arrest (VIDEO)

Harry Burkhart has been charged in the four-day arson spree in Los Angeles. Several officials have spoken glowingly of the collective work of a quickly constituted joint task force.

LA arson fires: 'Person of interest' in custody

LA arson fires now total 55. But Los Angeles police say they have a 'person of interest' in custody. Is he the LA arsonist?

Best Buy: TVs, consoles, tablets sell big on Black Friday

Best Buy in Burbank, Calif., draws 1,500 shoppers at midnight. They scoop up Microsoft XBox, e-readers, printers, laptops, and tablets, suggesting a 25 percent boost in annual sales for this Best Buy.

Carmageddon in Los Angeles: So what was the big deal anyway?

Carmageddon – warnings about traffic mayhem when Los Angeles had to close I-405 for a weekend – turns out to have been not such a big deal. Most Angelenos just stayed home.

Carmageddon hits Los Angeles: Five ways to cope

“Carmageddon” is upon us! The 53-hour shutdown of a 10-mile segment of the 405 freeway, Los Angeles’s busiest traffic corridor, began at 7 p.m., Friday evening. For months, bulb-lit billboards have warned the city of severe traffic delays, while newspapers and TV stations ask whether apocalyptic congestion will keep 500,000 travelers from getting where they need to go for nearly three days. How are Los Angelenos coping? Here are five ways:

Hunker down or flee? Los Angelenos gird for 'carmageddon' on I-405

With the shutdown of the key I-405 freeway in Los Angeles this weekend threatening 'carmageddon,' city residents and businesses are finding ways to help one another cope.

Barcode? Passé. Here comes the QR.

Barcode for the digital age: Quick Response codes are designed for smart phones. And they convey far more data than a barcode.

Conan O'Brien returns -- to a changed late-night landscape

To the delight of Team Coco, Conan O'Brien returns to late-night TV after his ouster by Jay Leno. But the competition for young viewers has shifted with the rise of Comedy Central.

Watch 'Eclipse' online for free? Major antipiracy effort launched.

Online piracy took a hit from intellectual property rights authorities Wednesday, with the seizure of nine websites. Some offered illegal copies of the new Twilight movie, using the pitch 'watch 'Eclipse' online for free.'

'Too fat to fly' flap: apology for film director Kevin Smith

Movie director Kevin Smith fumed on Twitter after he was bounced from a commercial flight because he was deemed to big to fit in the seat. He later got an apology, Twitter-style.

Evacuations ordered as storms pound Southern California

Around 800 homes in the Los Angeles area were issued evacuation orders as the fourth storm to hit the region this week arrived Thursday, causing power outages and chaos for drivers. Heavy rain is unusual in this area.

Inside the mind of Tim Burton

New exhibition explores the goth-inspired director’s creative process from earliest childhood to his recent films.

Christmas lights + Guitar Hero = Internet sensation

The California Christmas-light display turns 21,268 lights and LEDs into a super-sized interactive take on Guitar Hero, complete with wireless guitar controller.

The Princess and the Frog movie: Disney’s progress on race

Tiana, the main character in ‘The Princess and the Frog,’ shows how far Disney has come since the 1946 film ‘Song of the South.’

How will California's new TV energy standards affect you?

California has become the first state to mandate energy-efficiency standards for TV sets. These new regulations will affect all residents.

Which airports have the least delays?

Airport delays are down. Thanks to the recession, fewer people are flying. But weather and location also play a part in which airports have the most on-time flights.

Have you heard the musical tree?

NASA refurbishes video copies of moon landing

A Hollywood film restoration company took television video copies of what Apollo 11 beamed to Earth 40 years ago and made the pictures look sharper.

Like, the art of totally proper English

The simple, declarative sentence may soon end up on the endangered-species list.

3-D enthusiasm is anything but flat

Like high-def television before it, 3-D technology is ahead of its content, and consumers are hungry.