Fans feast on horror comedy as Woody Harrelson’s ‘Zombieland’ slays with $25 million debut

August 21st, 2009 Arlen Specter brings down house at Pa. comedy clubHOMESTEAD, Pa.

July 16th, 2009 'Potter' enchants fans with $58.4M opening dayLOS ANGELES — A long school break has been kind to "Harry Potter." After a two-year gap since the last film, "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" opened with a whopping $58.4 million domestically in its first day. That's the best single-day haul yet for the franchise and the fourth-best daily gross ever.

June 25th, 2009 'Transformers' has record Wednesday with $60.6MLOS ANGELES — Those "Transformers" robots are record-breakers at the box office. "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen" opened with $60.6 million domestically in its first day, a new high for a Wednesday debut, according to distributor Paramount.

June 14th, 2009 'Hangover' hangs on as No. 1 movie with $33.4MLOS ANGELES — Hollywood is nursing another big hangover.

June 7th, 2009 'Up' maintains No. 1 box-office altitude with $44MLOS ANGELES — Two live-action comedies have been unable to bring down the animated adventure "Up." According to studio estimates Sunday, Disney and Pixar Animation's "Up" reeled in $44.2 million in ticket sales to remain on top of the box office for the second weekend in a row.

May 14th, 2009 LONDON - Troubled singer-actress Lindsay Lohan is leaving her partying lifestyle behind to head back to her acting roots after landing the lead role in a new comedy movie. The 22-year-old received acclaim for her performance in 2004 'Mean Girls', but her subsequent films were panned by critics.

May 12th, 2009 Derby Trial winner won't race in PreaknessLOUISVILLE, Ky. — Derby Trial winner Hull will not race in the Preakness and instead will run in the Woody Stephens Stakes at Belmont Park on June 6.

April 22nd, 2009 Fans hit a home run in spring training spendingPHOENIX — Spring training gave Arizona an economic home run when it really needed it. Baseball fans spent an estimated $359 million during spring training in metro Phoenix and Tucson, an increase of 7 percent over last season.

March 30th, 2009 LOS ANGELES - DreamWorks Animation's comedy 'Monsters vs. Aliens' won the box office race this weekend, generating some $58.2 million in its North American debut and making Hollywood's best opening so far this year, according to preliminary estimates released Sunday.

March 15th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Spooky thrillers like 'Aahat' and 'The Zee Horror Show' were popular with Indian television viewers until a few years ago when the soaring TRPs of the 'saas-bahu' soaps led to their gradual decline. But the horror genre has once again gained prominence on the small screen, thanks to Bollywood too taking a liking to the supernatural.

February 27th, 2009 BARCELONA - Spanish screen star Antonio Banderas is to join the next Woody Allen film's cast, which includes Indian actress Freida Pinto who shot into stardom with her role in 'Slumdog Millionaire'. Allen is set to begin shooting in London as early as June, Spain's Mediapro group said.

February 24th, 2009 LONDON - Lady Luck is surely smiling on Indian actress Freida Pinto. After starring in multiple Oscar-winning 'Slumdog Millionaire', she has been signed up for American director Woody Allen's next untitled project.

February 22nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - After starring in comedies like 'Pyaar Ke Side-Effects', 'Dil Kabaddi' and 'Maan Gaye Mughal-E-Azam', versatile actor Rahul Bose is all set for another film of the same genre, but this time he will write it himself. 'Rahul has got an amazing sense of humour and he has always enjoyed working in romantic comedies.

January 17th, 2009 TEHRAN - The presidents of Bolivia and Venezuela were invited to a feast here by Islamic Students Society to celebrate Palestine's victory over Israel in Gaza, IRNA reported Sunday. The feast will be hosted by Tehran University to celebrate the end of the 22-day conflict in Gaza, the ISS said but the agency gave no date.

January 13th, 2009 LONDON - Hollywood actress Penelope Cruz has taken home a special souvenir from the sets of her latest film 'Vicky Cristina Barcelona' - a pair of director Woody Allen's trademark spectacles. The Spanish beauty admits she was taken aback when Allen presented her with the gift, because it was so personal, reports contactmusic.com.