The "Fifty Shades of Grey" phenomenon barrelled into France this week with sales of the bondage-fuelled erotic romance rivalling the Harry Potter franchise two days after its release.

Filmmaker Peter Jackson avoided questions on Saturday about his decision to split J.R.R. Tolkien's 300-page fantasy novel "The Hobbit" into three feature length films, amid growing fan criticism.

One of Asia's biggest animation and comic fairs opened in Hong Kong, attracting thousands of fans and bringing some fun back into super heroes after the Batman movie shootings in Colorado.

One of Asia's biggest animation and comic fairs opened in Hong Kong on Friday, attracting thousands of fans and bringing some fun back into super heroes after the Batman movie shootings in Colorado.

His hair dyed orange, eyes staring out blankly or drooping shut, presumed Colorado gunman James Holmes seemed unhinged Monday as he made a bizarre first appearance in court.

The most recent Batman movie "The Dark Knight Rises" had the third largest opening weekend ever, despite the movie theater massacre in Aurora, Colorado, according to figures released Monday.

The Hollywood studio behind the Batman movies decided not to publish weekend box office figures after the Colorado massacre -- a move swiftly followed by rivals, wary of offending the public.

Warner Brothers is withholding data on weekend box office takings from "The Dark Knight Rises" out of respect for victims of the Colorado massacre, a studio spokeswoman said Saturday.

The final installment of smash hit movie franchise "The Hunger Games," based on a trilogy by author Suzanne Collins, is to be split into two films, its producers have announced.

The final installment of smash hit movie franchise "The Hunger Games," based on a trilogy by author Suzanne Collins, is to be split into two films, the film's makers have announced.

Earth's mightiest comic book heroes smashed North American box office records as "The Avengers" pummeled the competition to haul in $200.3 million on its opening weekend, industry analysts said Sunday.

The first novel for adults by Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling will be the "blackly comic" tale of a fraught parish council election in a quaint English town, her publishers announced Thursday.

The highly anticipated action film phenomenon "The Hunger Games" set a record at the North American box office with debut weekend sales of $152.5 million, industry figures confirmed Monday.

"The Hunger Games," a sci-fi action film about a teenage girl fighting to survive a life-and-death game show in a dystopian world, broke records Sunday to become the first blockbuster movie of 2012.

Young US movie fans flocked to midnight screenings of teen cinema phenomenon "The Hunger Games" early Friday, as the movie set out to smash a US box office record this weekend.

Young US movie fans flocked to midnight screenings of teen cinema phenomenon "The Hunger Games" early Friday, as the movie vies to set a US box office record this weekend.

Teen movie phenomenon "The Hunger Games" is vying to set a US box office record this weekend, after advance sales already put it in the top three, according to a major ticket seller Thursday.

0510 GMT: So, that's it for another year, an Oscars of few surprises where things went mostly according to prediction.

Harry Potter author J. K. Rowling has written a novel for adults, which she said would be "very different" from her best-selling books about the boy wizard, her publishers announced Thursday.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The Screen Actors Guild on Sunday picked winners of its annual awards for best performances in film and TV, and Mary Tyler Moore was given a lifetime achievement honor. Below is a full list of winners in both film and TV categories: