IBT Staff Reporter

Steve Harvey is tossing his hat into the talk-show arena.

Brian De Palma will direct The Key Man, a thriller financed by QED International, TheWrap has confirmed.

Remember all those Pulp Fiction wannabes a decade ago -- the ones with name ensemble casts, wacky characters, beaucoup shootouts and self-consciously colorful, rat-a-tat dialogue?

British police investigating a phone-hacking scandal at Rupert Murdoch's defunct News of the World have arrested a senior Hollywood reporter at the tabloid, James Desborough, a source with knowledge of the situation said.

Trust Company of the West CEO Marc Stern offered to be a sacrificial lamb to keep unhappy star bond fund manager Jeffrey Gundlach at the firm, he testified in court.

James Desborough, the Los Angeles-based U.S. editor of the News of the World, was arrested Thursday by police investigating the phone-hacking scandal at the paper -- becoming the first U.S.-based journalist arrested in the case.

Conan the Barbarian is set to be conquered by the travails of polite Southern Society this weekend, as projections suggest that the multi-racial drama, The Help, will lead the domestic market in its second weekend.

Thursday's deadly collapse of another outdoor concert stage in stormy weather conditions could lead to tougher construction standards - but any such standards will surely be difficult to enforce.

AT&T is killing its $10-per-month, 1,000-text message plan to replace it with $20-per-month unlimited text message plan, a $30 unlimited family plan, and a pay-per-message plan.

Edie Wasserman, a Hollywood philanthropist and the wife of legendary mogul Lew Wasserman, has died of natural causes, family spokeswoman Melissa Zukerman told TheWrap.

Star bond fund manager Jeffrey Gundlach concluded four days of testimony on Wednesday amid questions about his contact with two jurors in the case.

A Los Angeles man pleaded no contest on Wednesday to sexually battering a woman he met on Match.com in a case that led his date to push for better screening methods by the matchmaking site.

Police in southern California have arrested 60 people and broken up an Iraqi criminal ring accused of selling drugs, machine guns and improvised bombs out of an immigrant social club, authorities said on Thursday.

Bank of America is cutting 3,500 jobs this quarter and working on a restructuring that could eliminate thousands of additional positions, the Wall Street Journal reported, adding to a slew of layoff by major banks.

Bank of America is cutting 3,500 jobs this quarter and working on a restructuring that could eliminate thousands of additional positions, the Wall Street Journal reported, adding to a slew of layoff by major banks.

Large employers expect big increases in healthcare costs in 2012, and say they'll pass more and more of those costs on to their workers. That's the result of a new survey by the National Business Group on Health, a trade group for these large companies.

Bank of America is cutting 3,500 jobs in the current quarter and working on a broader restructuring that could eliminate thousands of additional positions, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing people familiar with the situation.

Bill Clinton has made the decision to go completely vegan - no meat, no eggs, and no dairy. That said, the former President is enjoying his new diet of beans, fruits, and vegetables.

A U.S. law meant to snuff out billions of dollars in offshore tax evasion has drawn the criticism of the world's banks and business people, who dismiss it as imperialist and the neutron bomb of the global financial system.

Rising fears of another recession hammered U.S. stocks on Thursday, sending major averages sharply lower in a return to the extreme fluctuations investors endured a week ago.

Hewlett-Packard Co may spin off the world's largest PC business, part of a wrenching series of moves away from the consumer market, including killing its new tablet and buying British software company Autonomy Corp for as much as $11.7 billion.

New U.S. claims for unemployment benefits rose more than expected last week, according to a government report released Thursday that suggested hiring in August was steady but not robust.

Facebook finally has a serious competitor. At least, that's what social-media investor Sergio Monsalve thinks.

The United States and European Union called on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to step down Thursday, and U.S. President Barack Obama accused him of torturing and slaughtering his own people in what U.N. officials said could be crimes against humanity.

India's centuries-old gold industry is the world's biggest market for the metal, with imports meeting almost all the country's 800-900 tonnes per year requirements for jewellery and investment.

Hewlett-Packard Co may spin off the world's largest PC business, part of a wrenching series of moves away from the consumer market, including killing its new tablet and buying British software company Autonomy Corp for as much as $11.7 billion.

Asian stocks tumbled as much as 4 percent on Friday on growing fears that the U.S. economy was sliding into recession and as some European lenders faced short-term funding strains, raising fears of a systemic banking crisis on the continent.

AT&T just made yet another change to its plans. And once again, it's going to make them money.