Dean Richards

NEW YORK CITY — I first met the stars of the Harry Potter movie series a decade ago. They were all cute, polite 9-, 10- and 11-year olds with little...

LOS ANGELES — He went from stand-up comedy to bona fide TV star to starring in a string of successful full-length feature comedies. In his latest, "Zookeeper," Kevin James, the...

Since age 7, Selena Gomez has been a working professional. First on "Barney & Friends" on PBS, then in a series of small films before being discovered by the Disney...

Just the way that Billy Bob Thornton showed us the dark side of department store Santa Clauses in his 2003 irreverent comedy "Bad Santa," Cameron Diaz does the same for...

Just the way that Billy Bob Thornton showed us the dark side of department store Santa Clauses in his 2003 irreverent comedy "Bad Santa," Cameron Diaz does the same for...

LOS ANGELES — She's played Rosa Parks, Betty Shabazz, the mother of Michael Jackson and scored a Golden Globe award and Oscar nomination for her portrayal of Tina Turner in...

— He's one of the few actors who has gone seamlessly from romantic comedies to dramas to his latest, a high-power superhero movie. Ryan Reynolds has also just finished shooting...

LOS ANGELES — "The Hangover" was one of the 2009's most successful movies. The R-rated raunchy comedy also won a Golden Globe for best comedy and other awards that year....

Marvel Comics fans first met "The Mighty Thor" in August 1962. Though he has been featured in cartoons, video games, trading cards, toys and more, this weekend marks the first...

LOS ANGELES — Worldwide, the three "Pirates of the Caribbean" movies have made more than $2.7 billion. The fourth in the series, "Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides," will...