In the wide wake of “WALL-E,” the best Pixar film since “The Incredibles,” “Short Circuit” is the movie most mentioned as its touchstone. Both have lonely robots with a thirst for knowledge and companionship that defy directives to forge destinies. Thankfully, only one has Steve Guttenberg.

In honor of Independence Day, there are some truths I hold to be self-evident in the entertainment world where a pursuit of happiness takes a slight precedence over life and liberty.

Will Smith's "Hancock" suffers from trying to be too many movies at once.

Till recently, Brendan Fraser was not the world’s biggest fan of 3-D movies. Even as a kid, he couldn’t put up with the red/blue glasses that made you dizzy while objects sort of jumped off the screen and waved in your face.

2008 Wheat Festival Medallion Hunt

Abigail Breslin turned 12 in April, yet she’s a veteran actor. The TV commercials started at age 3, and now she has a starring role — and her name above the title! — in the new film “Kit Kittredge: An American Girl."

Twenty young girls competed on stage in four age groups during the 20th edition of the Junior Miss Wheat Queen Pageant.

The names of those competing for the 2008 title of Harvest Prince and Princess have been released and the voting is now under way.

In "Hancock,'' Will Smith is a drunken, abrasive superhero with worse PR than NFL bad boy Adam  "Pacman''  Jones.

Warner Bros. just re-released all the Dirty Harry films on DVD, so I sat down and watched the original.

You don't have to spend a lot of money to throw a fabulous fourth of July party. Here are some ideas to get you started.

The National Park Service expected the cable channel miniseries to bring new visitors, and they’re arriving by the thousands

Now that “American Idol” is over, I’ve been trying to desperately get myself wrapped up into “Nashville Star.” The only problem is, it’s not “American Idol.”

Those who know Lee as the soulful crooner who sings “Arms of a Woman” will be surprised to hear the Philly musician singing songs about infidelity (“What’s Been Going On”) and feeling that a relationship is doomed (“Better Days”).

In an age of music downloads and declining album sales, it was an amazing feat last week when Lil’ Wayne sold more than one million copies of “Tha Carter III” its debut week.