IBT Staff Reporter

It's Complicated is a middle-aged sex comedy but with more rom-com urges than farcical ones. It's from writer-director Nancy Meyers, who has found a comfort zone in gentle, even warm comedies about older adults facing complications that re-direct their lives into pleasantly unexpected emotional channels. Complicated forges ahead with these themes. Because no one else in Hollywood seemingly mak...

The Hollywood studio behind the Twilight teen franchise said on Friday it has acquired North American rights to distribute jailed director Roman Polanski's latest film, The Ghost Writer.

To say Taylor Swift had a remarkable year would be a comic understatement.

Diane Sawyer is changing the landscape of American broadcast television news and is likely hoping history won't repeat itself when she becomes the second woman to solo anchor a major evening news program.

Mariah Carey, who hasn't toured in more than three years, will embark on a national Angels Advocate trek beginning December 31 at Madison Square Garden in New York, and wrapping February 27 at the Pearl Concert Theater in Las Vegas.

Irish actress Saoirse Ronan was only 13-years-old when she took the part of a murdered girl who watches over her grieving family in The Lovely Bones. But even at such a young age, she never once worried about playing a dead person.

Golfer Tiger Woods Friday evening admitted to infidelity in a statement on his website and announced that he will take an indefinite break from professional golf.

Chinese leader Hu Jintao opened the Kazakh section of a new Central Asia-China gas pipeline on Saturday, tightening Beijing's control over natural resources in the vast energy-rich region.

Iran needs up to 15 nuclear plants to generate electricity, its foreign minister said on Saturday, underlining Tehran's determination to press ahead with work the West suspects is aimed at making bombs.

James Cameron's long-awaited Avatar, one of the most expensive films ever made, takes off this week in an awe-inspiring display of Hollywood power that has revolutionized cinematic special effects.

A U.S. court last year secretly froze more than $2 billion allegedly held for Iran in Citigroup Inc accounts, the Wall Street Journal reported on Saturday, citing legal documents.

Tiger Woods' decision to withdraw from professional golf due to a sex scandal raised questions Friday about his future as a magnet for corporate sponsors, with AT&T saying it was evaluating its ties.

The United States and Japan reached a landmark aviation agreement on Friday, a deal that eases barriers to passenger and cargo services and opens up the possibility for stronger alliances, officials said.

The United States and Japan reached a landmark aviation agreement on Friday, a deal that eases barriers to passenger and cargo services and opens up the possibility for stronger alliances, officials said.

U.S. regulators closed Republic Federal Bank, N.A., SolutionsBank and Valley Capital Bank on Friday, bringing the total number of bank failures so far this year to 133, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp said.

Industry, Congress and the Pentagon must jointly tackle cost overruns and schedule delays in weapons procurement because simply imposing punitive contract terms is not the right answer, Northrop Grumman Corp Chief Executive Ron Sugar told Reuters on Friday.

Republic Federal Bank, N.A. was closed by regulators on Friday, bringing the total number of bank failures so far this year to 131, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp said.

Private equity firm Terra Firma sued Citigroup Inc, accusing the bank of fraud in connection with Terra Firma's purchase of music business EMI Group in 2007, court documents filed on Friday in New York showed.

New York gold futures hit a four-week low Friday, reversing initial gains as a resurgent dollar following upbeat U.S. economic data sent jittery bullion investors racing to cut positions.

Private equity firm Terra Firma sued Citigroup Inc, accusing the bank of fraud in connection with Terra Firma's purchase of music business EMI Group in 2007, court documents filed on Friday in New York showed.

Private equity firm Terra Firma sued Citigroup Inc , accusing the bank of fraud in connection with Terra Firma's purchase of music business EMI Group in 2007, court documents filed on Friday in New York showed.

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid urged Chinese President Hu Jintao to address his country's huge trade imbalance with the United States through a significant revaluation of China's currency.

President Barack Obama complained about fat-cat bankers and sharply criticized Wall Street banks for paying out big bonuses to executives in a television interview to air on Sunday.

Former prime minister Tony Blair believes it was right to oust Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein from power even though no weapons of mass destruction were ever found.

Craigslist's chief executive said on Friday he was so alarmed by a condescending attempt by his counterpart at eBay to reassure him about their relations that he started maneuvering to remove the online auctioneer from his board of directors.

The U.S. pay czar on Friday expanded a crackdown on pay packages at four companies rescued with taxpayer money, limiting most cash salaries at $500,000 for a second tier of top earners.

U.S. securities regulators are looking at what Bank of America disclosed to shareholders as it was acquiring Merrill Lynch, including the investment bank's mounting fourth-quarter losses that eventually topped $15 billion.

The Princess and the Frog, the latest animated movie from Walt Disney which features the studio's first black princess, Tiana, hits theaters today.

German power plant capacity reported by 26 utility companies to energy exchange EEX is likely to rise by 0.9 percent to 69,543 megawatts in the seven days to Dec. 18, data from EEX showed on Friday.