By Belinda Goldsmith LONDON (Reuters) - British actress Helen Mirren had no trouble transforming herself from monarch to menacing creature for the new "Monsters, Inc." animated movie, but said she's not so frightening in real life. The 67-year-old veteran of stage and screen made headlines last month when she stormed out of a London theatre dressed as Queen Elizabeth to berate a group of drummers playing noisily outside in an expletive-riddled tirade. She later apologized. ...

DEFIANCE, Ohio (AP) — A tourist from northwest Ohio says actor John Malkovich played a starring role in coming to his rescue when he fell and gashed his throat on scaffolding in Canada.

LONDON (AP) — Helen Mirren is a star of stage and screen — and now stage on-screen.

Microsoft and Sony plan to share more details surrounding their next-generation video game consoles on Monday from the annual E3 gaming conference, but we already know plenty. Sony was the first to unveil its new PlayStation 4 and while we haven’t yet seen the physical box — which is the absolutely least important part of the gaming experience, of course — we’ve seen what the PS4 can do thanks to several game demos. Microsoft followed Sony last month and debuted the Xbox One, which looks to tackle next-generation gaming as well as all of your home entertainment needs. Both consoles look terrific but with pricing still a mystery, a big question remains: How much would you pay for the Xbox

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By Tommy Wilkes and Chris Vellacott LONDON (Reuters) - Private equity group Doughty Hanson has sold cinema operator Vue Entertainment to two Canadian investors for 935 million pounds ($1.5 billion), cashing in on an industry where new technologies like 3D movies have helped it to thrive in recession. The sale, to OMERS Private Equity and Alberta Investment Management Corporation, will more than double Doughty's original investment and is expected to close by late July, Doughty said in a statement on Monday. ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Hobbits, elves and dragons appear to be luring tourists to New Zealand as fans await their first glimpse of the second movie in "The Hobbit" trilogy.

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WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Hobbits, elves and dragons appear to be luring tourists to New Zealand as fans await their first glimpse of the second movie in "The Hobbit" trilogy.

Jen Lancaster spent a year living by Martha Stewart's example, and it was a good thing!

New books on sale this week inlude 'The Astronaut Wives Club' and 'Bad Monkey.'

Environmental activist Erin Brockovich, portrayed by Julia Roberts in a 2000 movie about her fight over the pollution of a California town, was arrested on suspicion of boating while intoxicated at Lake Mead near Las Vegas, authorities said Sunday.

NEW YORK (AP) — The suspense thriller "The Purge" topped the weekend box office with a shocking $36.4 million that doubled industry expectations, according to studio estimates Sunday.

If Beyonce is pregnant, she sure is hiding it remarkably well!

By Ronald Grover and Andrea Burzynski (Reuters) - Low-budget horror film "The Purge" scared up $36.4 million in ticket sales to lead the domestic box office in its first week in domestic theaters, zooming past the car-racing action film "Fast & Furious 6." "The Internship," a comedy starring Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson based on the antics of nerds in search of a job at internet giant Google, sold $18.1 million worth of tickets to finish fourth, according to studio estimates of sales at U.S. and Canadian theaters. ...

Cory Monteith has made his first red carpet appearance since completing rehab in April.

NEW YORK (AP) — The suspense thriller "The Purge" topped the weekend box office with a shocking $36.4 million, according to studio estimates Sunday.

Former "Boy Meets World" co-stars Danielle Fishel and Ben Savage recently reunited to film the "Girl Meets World" pilot after a 13-year break and Danielle says it was instantly like old times between the pair.