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Independence Day, the musical? The Will Smith action blockbuster is getting the musical treatment at the Los Angeles-based Hollywood Fringe Festival, an annual arts festival featuring hundreds of productions by local, national, and international arts companies and independent performers.

As competition for Hollywood soundstage space heats up, a new production complex is moving forward in Arizona. The states backers behind Desert Studios say they are planning to break ground this year on the first phase of new full-service studio development project that will include 12 soundstages of 40,000 square feet each at a cost

Gloria Allred, the attorney who represented Nicole Brown Simpsons family in O.J. Simpsons headline-making murder trial, has spoken out after Simpsons death. The family of the former football star and actor announced Thursday that the 76-year-old died from cancer.

Hirokazu Kore-eda infuses the world of the Japanese geisha with his signature gentle humanism in The Makanai: Cooking for the Maiko House, his first drama series for Netflix, launching worldwide this week.

Oscar winner Helen Mirren (The Queen) has never been busier. Hot off the spy action drama RED, she next appears as Prospera in Julie Taymors The Tempest, which opens Dec. 10, as well as in next years remake of Arthur. She also is active in supporting Oxfam and other charities that assist youth and the