Due diligence by prospective suitors for MGM is going slowly.

James Cameron's "Avatar" launched with an estimated $26.7 million opening day Friday.

Preview screenings of "Avatar" were delayed or canceled in Germany after a technical mishap left cinemas without the DRM software necessary to decode the film.

Disney Media Networks is promoting Todd Dubester to vp of global distribution strategy and business development.

ABC has handed out an early pilot order to "Awkward Situations for Men," a hybrid comedy starring popular British humorist/on-air personality Danny Wallace.

Toy Story 3," which opens June 18, will be released on Imax 3D screens as part of its wide release, Imax said Friday.

Longtime ICM lit agent Nick Reed is leaving ICM to become a producer.

Academy members will have fewer films to consider this year as they approach the 82nd annual Academy Awards.

Dan O'Bannon, the unassuming sci-fi screenwriter and quirky horror specialist behind the "Alien" film franchise, died Thursday in Los Angeles after a short illness.

Avatar" rang up $3.5 million in domestic boxoffice from 12:01 a.m. Friday performances.

Thor Arngrim, who served as personal manager to the likes of Liberace and Debbie Reynolds, died Dec. 16 in Vancouver of complications from Parkinson's disease. He was 81.

A Michael Jackson tribute concert that was scrapped in Vienna and moved to London after top acts dropped out has been canceled after the event's organizer closed down, the company's liquidator said Friday.

A Dutch rapper has been convicted of threatening an anti-Islamic lawmaker in a song.

The proposed merger of the British operations of telecoms carriers Orange and T-Mobile might curb competition in ways that hurt consumers, regulator Ofcom said.

Bollywood star Shah Rukh Khan said his upcoming film "My Name is Khan," which pairs him with co-star Kajol after an onscreen hiatus of eight years, does not have terrorism as its main theme and is mostly a love story.