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  • Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2018
Halle Berry, Quincy Jones, more honor Cheryl Boone Isaacs
Halle Berry and Cheryl Boone Isaacs arrive at the sixth annual ICON MANN Pre-Oscar Dinner on Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2018, in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)
By Sandy Cohen, Entertainment Writer
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif.(AP) -- 

Quincy Jones, Halle Berry, Kobe Bryant and Common were among the stars paying tribute to former film academy president Cheryl Boone Isaacs at the sixth annual Icon Mann pre-Oscar dinner.

They lauded her decades of leadership in entertainment and her legacy of bringing more diversity to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences as she received the inaugural Legacy Award Tuesday at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel.

The celebrity-studded guest list included actors Nia Long, Terry Crews and Dennis Haysbert and Oscar-nominated filmmakers Dee Rees and Yance Ford. Cedric the Entertainer hosted the evening.

Boone Isaacs was the first black woman to run a major studio publicity department and the first African-American to serve as president of the film academy. She was termed out last year.

  • Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2018
Court rules Nike logo of Michael Jordan didn't violate copyright
In this Oct. 17, 2017 file photo, The Michael Jordan "Jumpman" logo is shown on merchandise at the Charlotte Hornets' NBA basketball fan store in Charlotte, N.C. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton, File)
By Sudhin Thanawala
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- 

An iconic Nike logo of a leaping Michael Jordan that the company has used to market billions of dollars of merchandise didn't violate the copyright of an earlier photograph of the basketball star, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday.

The logo was based on a photograph taken by someone Nike hired. That photo was "obviously inspired" by a 1984 photo by Jacobus Rentmeester, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said. But the court in a 2-1 decision said the photos are unmistakably different in key elements.

Both show Jordan leaping with his legs extended outward toward a basketball hoop with a ball above his head.

Nike used its photo for the "Jumpman" logo — a silhouetted image of Jordan in the leaping pose in its photograph.

Rentmeester photographed Jordan while he played at the University of North Carolina. His photograph appeared in Life Magazine in a photo essay featuring U.S. athletes competing in the 1984 Summer Olympics More

  • Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2018
Lewis Gilbert, director of 3 James Bond films, dies at 97
In this Sept. 20, 2000 file photo, British filmmaker Lewis Gilbert poses for a photograph. Producers say Gilbert, who directed dozens of movies including three James Bond thrillers, has died at 97, it was reported on Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2018. (William Conran/PA via AP, File)
By Jill Lawless
LONDON (AP) -- 

Director Lewis Gilbert, whose dozens of movies included three James Bond thrillers —"You Only Live Twice," ''The Spy Who Loved Me" and "Moonraker" — and the Swinging London classic "Alfie," has died at 97, colleagues said Tuesday.

Bond producers Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson said in a statement that "it is with great sadness that we learn of the passing of our dear friend Lewis Gilbert." The Bond fan site "From Sweden With Love" said he died Friday in Monaco.

Broccoli and Wilson said Gilbert was "a true gentleman" whose Bond films "are considered classics within the series."

The British Film Institute's filmography lists 33 features directed by Gilbert between 1947 and 2002, making him the most prolific of British filmmakers. But, he acknowledged, most people remembered him for his 007 thrillers.

"When I go around the world now when I'm working it's amazing — they're not interested in any of my films until I say ' More

  • Monday, Feb. 26, 2018
Appeals court says FTC can police telecommunications cos.
This July 27, 2017, file photo shows an AT&T logo at a store in Hialeah, Fla. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz, File)
NEW YORK (AP) -- 

A U.S. appeals court says the Federal Trade Commission can police telecommunications companies like AT&T — a ruling that's important because another agency is dropping its oversight with repeal of "net neutrality" rules governing customer access to apps and websites.

The case is over claims that AT&T misled smartphone customers in offering unlimited data plans, but slowing speeds for heavy users. By law, only the Federal Communications Commission can take action against a common carrier — a provider of essential services such as landline or mobile voice service. Broadband services aren't considered common carrier, but an earlier ruling says the FTC has no jurisdiction over AT&T at all because some of its businesses are common carrier. That ruling potentially left neither agency able to oversee broadband services from many companies.

On Monday, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said the FTC can indeed punish More

  • Monday, Feb. 26, 2018
CBS launching a 24-hour streaming sports news network
This May 10, 2017, file photo, shows the CBS logo at their broadcast center in New York. CBS Corp. is rolling out a 24-hour streaming sports news network that will feature the day's top news, highlights and analysis. The company said Monday, Feb. 26, 2018, that the network will have a DVR-like functionality that allows viewers to watch previous segments and jump back into live programming seamlessly. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- 

CBS Corp. is rolling out a 24-hour streaming sports news network that will feature the day's top news, highlights and analysis.

The company said Monday the network will have a DVR-like functionality that allows viewers to watch previous segments and jump back into live programming seamlessly.

CBS Sports HQ is available on CBSSports.com; the CBS Sports app for key connected TV devices including Amazon Fire TV, Apple TV and Roku; the CBS Sports mobile app for iOS and Android; CBSN and the CBS All Access subscription service.

The announcement comes as ESPN continues to struggle, cutting staff as it shifts its focus to digital. The 38-year-old network has been squeezed by rising fees to broadcast live events. ESPN also has lost about 10 million subscribers during the past six years, based on estimates by Nielsen Media Research.

  • Saturday, Feb. 24, 2018
"Great Performances": AARP Movies For Grown-Up Awards Makes On-Air Debut
Kristin Scott Thomas (l) and Gary Oldman in a scene from "Darkest Hour." Oldman won the Best Actor honor from the AARP Movies for Grownups Awards (photo by Jack English/courtesy of Focus Features)
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. -- 

Broadcast and streamed for the first time, AARP The Magazine’s Annual Movies for Grownups® Awards, now in its 17th year, celebrated 2017’s standout films with unique appeal to movie lovers with a grownup state of mind and recognizes the inspiring artists who make them. The awards ceremony made its on-air  debut on Friday (2/23) as part of PBS’ Great Performances presentation.

“The Movies for Grownups Awards is an exciting new way for Great Performances to recognize outstanding achievement in the performing arts,” said executive producer David Horn. “Adding contemporary cinema is a natural fit for the series and we are happy to share this exceptional talent with viewers on all PBS platforms.”

The awards were taped live on February 5 at the Beverly Wilshire in Beverly Hills, Calif., with host Alan Cumming performing musical parodies of Get Out, Lady Bird, Star Wars: The Last Jedi, The Shape of Water and Three More

  • Saturday, Feb. 24, 2018
HBO biopic about Penn State's Joe Paterno set for April debut
In this image released by HBO, Kathy Baker, left, and Al Pacino portray Sue and Joe Paterno in a scene from "Paterno," a film about the late Penn State football coach. (Atsushi Nishijima/HBO via AP)
NEW YORK (AP) -- 

An HBO biopic starring Al Pacino as late Penn State football coach Joe Paterno will premiere April 7.

HBO tweeted the premiere date Friday, along with a trailer to the film directed by Barry Levinson.

HBO has said the film will focus on Paterno dealing with fallout from the child sex abuse scandal involving former assistant coach Jerry Sandusky. The all-time winningest coach in major college football history was fired days after Sandusky's 2011 arrest and died two months later at age 85.

A report commissioned by the university and conducted by a team led by former FBI Director Louis Freeh concluded Paterno and three administrators hushed up the allegations against Sandusky.

The three administrators were sentenced to jail. Former university President Graham Spanier is appealing his conviction.

  • Friday, Feb. 23, 2018
Blige, Day, Lafourcade, Common among Oscars music performers
In this Feb. 5, 2018 file photo, Common, left, and Diane Warren pose at the 90th Academy Awards nominees luncheon in Beverly Hills, Calif. Common and Warren are nominated for best original song for the film “Marshall.” (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- 

The original singers of the year's five Oscar-nominated songs will reprise their performances live on the Oscar stage.

Academy Awards producers said Friday that supporting actress nominee Mary J. Blige, Common, Andra Day, Gael Garcia Bernal, Miguel, Natalia Lafourcade, Keala Settle and Sufjan Stevens will perform during the March 4 ceremony.

Blige will sing "Mighty River" from "Mudbound," for which she is also nominated for supporting actress. Oscar-winner Common and Day will perform "Stand Up for Something" from "Marshall." Bernal, Miguel and Lafourcade will sing "Remember Me" from "Coco."

Settle is singing "The Greatest Showman" track "This is Me," and Stevens will perform "Mystery of Love" from "Call Me by Your Name."

  • Thursday, Feb. 22, 2018
Tiffany Haddish to host MTV Movie & TV Awards in June
In this Aug. 5, 2017 file photo, Tiffany Haddish attends the Black Girls Rock! Awards at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center in Newark, N.J. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP, File)
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- 

Tiffany Haddish is set to host the 2018 MTV Movie & TV Awards.

The network announced Thursday that the "Girls Trip" breakout star will host the ceremony in Los Angeles on June 18.

The 38-year-old actress and comedian has seen her star rise since "Girls Trip" was released last summer. She's gone on to host "Saturday Night Live" and star in a Super Bowl commercial. Haddish also helped announce the Academy Award nominees last month and will appear on the Oscar telecast on March 4.

She's also starring with Tracy Morgan in a new TBS sitcom called "The Last OG" and will appear alongside Kevin Hart in the film "Night School" later this year.

  • Thursday, Feb. 22, 2018
New study finds female protagonists decreased in 2017 films
In this Jan. 11, 2018 file photo, Gal Gadot, left, and Patty Jenkins, winners of the award for best action movie for "Wonder Woman", pose in the press room at the 23rd annual Critics' Choice Awards at the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, Calif. The Center for the Study of Women in Television and Film at San Diego State University released its annual “It’s a Man’s (Celluloid) World” on Thursday, Feb. 22. . It found that females comprised 24 percent of protagonists last year, down from 29 percent in 2016 despite high-profile releases like “Star Wars: The Last Jedi” and “Beauty and the Beast.".(Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)
By Jake Coyle, Film Writer
NEW YORK (AP) -- 

2017 may have been the year of "Wonder Woman," but a new study finds that female protagonists were down 5 percent in the year's 100 top-grossing films.

The Center for the Study of Women in Television and Film at San Diego State University released its annual "It's a Man's (Celluloid) World" on Thursday. It found that females comprised 24 percent of protagonists last year, down from 29 percent in 2016 despite high-profile releases like "Star Wars: The Last Jedi" and "Beauty and the Beast" — 2017's top two films at the box office.

Researchers determined that while 32 percent of films featured 10 or more female characters in speaking roles, 79 percent had 10 or more male characters.

"In an awards season when talk about women and gender has been top of mind, we need to separate hyperbole from reality," said Martha Lauzen, executive director of the San Diego State center. "The numbers do not yet reflect claims of a tectonic or massive More

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