Topic: Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.

Linda Evangelista child support finalized: Joins stars A-list

Linda Evangelista and her billionaire former boyfriend have finalized a settlement in the supermodel's child support suit. She's now on the Hollywood stars A-list of those receiving or paying big bucks child support. 

Women and 3D help 'The Avengers' set box office record (+video)

Women bought 40 percent of all tickets to 'The Avengers.' The action movie beat 'Harry Potter' in setting a first weekend box office record with $200 million in  ticket sales.

'Amazing Spider-Man' trailer shows a dark story

The new 'Amazing Spider-Man' trailer depicts hero Peter Parker trying to discover the truth about his parents.

New world record set for Rube Goldberg machine

A team of students out of Purdue University recently recorded a flawless run of their 300-step Rube Goldberg machine, which was designed to inflate and pop a balloon.

Top Picks: 'Agent 6,' alien diplomacy, and more

Gillian Anderson plays a tragic bride in a new 'Great Expectations,' 'American Masters' explores the lives of authors Harper Lee and Margaret Mitchell, master spy George Smiley is brought to life by actor Gary Oldman, and more top picks.

'John Carter' trumped by $39.1M weekend for 'The Lorax'

Studio estimates Sunday put Universal Pictures' "The Lorax" at No. 1 for the second-straight weekend as the animated adventure based on the children's book took in $39.1 million.

Xi Jinping film deals: Search for a Walt Disney of China?

Vice President Xi Jinping announces two film deals that offer Hollywood more access to China and set up a Chinese joint venture with DreamWorks to boost China's push into animation.

'The Vow' leads strong pre-Valentine's weekend at box office

'The Vow,' starring Rachel McAdams and Channing Tatum, took in $41.7 million at U.S. and Canadian theaters from Friday through Sunday in the biggest domestic opening so far this year, according to studio estimates compiled by Reuters on Sunday.

King of Devil's Island: movie review (+trailer)

Norwegian film 'King of Devil's Island' is a predictable prison-movie set at a brutally run boys' reform school.

Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman urge fans to help Africa

In a show of corporate social responsibility, DC Comics unleashes its superheroes on the problems in the Horn of Africa

US files charges against Megaupload in 'largest copyright case'

US prosecutors say that the video-sharing site Megaupload.com cost the US entertainment industry $500 million. Online activists worry the US case could stifle Internet freedoms around the world.

'Fringe' money losses may hurt its chances of renewal, says Fox president

'House' future is also uncertain and 'Terra Nova' will have its fate decided soon, says Fox president Kevin Reilly

Five major SOPA supporters

The Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and its Senate counterpart, the Protect IP Act or PIPA, would allow the US government to seek a court order and even shut down websites that contain content or links “committing or facilitating online piracy.”  Moreover, advertisers and Internet service providers would be banned from doing business with violators.

However, payment and advertising networks, search engines or service providers that take voluntary action to redress detected violations – by terminating businesses with transgressor sites or comply with the law – will be granted immunity from liability charges.

On Sept. 22, 2011, more than 350 trade associations, professional and labor organizations, and businesses signed a letter urging Congress to enact legislation to stop “rogue sites” from copyright infringement.

Here are five key SOPA and PIPA supporters:

Mission Impossible leads box office at end of weak year

The year's final weekend saw top movies add to ticket sales from the Christmas holiday one week earlier but no change in the top three chart positions. The "Sherlock Holmes" and "Alvin and the Chipmunks" franchise films took the No. 2 and 3 positions behind Tom Cruise's 'Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol.'

'The Dark Knight Rises' trailer draws controversy for villain Bane's portrayal

'The Dark Knight Rises' trailer shows a Bane that's impossible to hear, complain some fans

'The Dark Knight Rises' trailer is here, gritty

Batman returning: Bane (Tom Hardy) unleashes an unprecedented reign of terror against Gotham City in the first full-length trailer for director Christopher Nolan's 'The Dark Knight Rises.'

A superstar cast stars in 'New Year's Eve': movie review (VIDEO)

Set in New York City, 'New Year's Eve' has a superstar cast but a shopworn string of interlocking stories.

Harry Potter comes to Los Angeles

A new version of the Harry Potter theme park currently open in Orlando will be coming to Universal Studios Hollywood.

The Artist: movie review

A clever throwback, ‘The Artist’ captures the swashbuckling antics of silent movie heroes.

Netflix will stream CW shows after collapse of Starz negotiations

Netflix: Under a four-year licensing deal announced Thursday, Netflix will have the right to show the previous seasons of TV series that CW airs through the network's 2014-15 programming window.

Facebook news: master plan to 'socialize everything we do online' revealed

Watching movies? Listening to music? Facebook wants you to do it all through Facebook. And in a Facebook news conference, it unveiled its plan for achieving this online hegemony Thursday.

Movie industry hasn't stopped smoking, but it has cut back a lot

Top movies in 2010 depicited far fewer smoking scenes than in 2005, especially films for kids and teens, a new report finds. Movie companies with antismoking policies cut tobacco scenes the most.

'Harry Potter' over the years

A retrospective look at the success of 'Harry Potter' over the last 14 years.

New movies planned for Steve Carell and a celebration of Australia

New in movie news are projects for Steve Carrell and a film by Australian producers John Polson and Gary Hamilton in celebration of Australia, "Sydney, I Love You."

'Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2' will have 'very, very good' 3D effects

Visual Effects Supervisor Tim Burke discusses the ‘very, very good’ 3D in ‘Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2,’ as well as the final scene at King’s Cross. 'Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2' will please those wary of 3D and the quality of the film.