20th Century Fox to create musicals from its films

Get ready for more stage versions of your favorite movies - 20th Century Fox has formed a new joint venture to turn the studio's vast arsenal of films into musicals. 1373583182

FILE - In this Jan. 19, 2012 file photo,"The Lion King" marquee is displayed at The Minskoff Theatre in New York. Disney Theatrical Productions said Wednesday, July 10, 2013, that the show’s total touring box office gross in North America has reached $1 billion. Producers estimate that more than 15 million theatergoers in over 70 cities across North America have seen the show since 2002.

3 more Broadway shows slated to autism-friendly

Autism-friendly performances of "Wicked," "Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark," and "The Lion King" are on tap for later this year and next. 1373583182

FILE- In this March 8, 2011, file photo, Sylvia Cachay, mother of Sylvie Cachay, speaks to reporters outside State Supreme court in New York accompanied by her husband Antonio Cachay, right. Nicholas Brooks, whose father was an Oscar-winning composer who wrote “You Light Up My Life,” was found guilty in the murder of his girlfriend, Sylvie Cachay, on Thursday, July 11, 2013.

Beau convicted of murder in NY designer's death

The playboy boyfriend of a fashion designer was convicted Thursday of strangling and drowning her in the bathtub of a swank hotel room after a tumultuous six-month relationship. 1373582880

Bieber listed as underage guest at Chicago club

Pop star Justin Bieber is listed as an underage guest on a citation that Chicago police issued to a nightclub.

FILE - In this Feb. 26, 2012 file photo, actor Billy Crystal arriving at the Vanity Fair Oscar party in West Hollywood, Calif. Crystal, who already donated $1 million to help Long Beach, N.Y., rebuild after Superstorm Sandy, has donated his time to appear in a TV ad that trumpets “Long Beach is Open for Business.” Crystal is a 1965 graduate of Long Beach High School.

Crystal touts tourism for NY hometown after Sandy

Billy Crystal is going to bat for his New York hometown following the pummeling it took from Superstorm Sandy. 1373599113 Photo Gallery Available

FILE - In this Jan. 17, 2012 file photo, celebrity chef Paula Deen poses for a portrait in New York. Deen has replaced her lead legal team, the latest fallout from her admission she used racial slurs in the past. Deen announced last week she had cut ties with her longtime agent who helped make her a Food Network star and start a media and merchandising empire that has largely collapsed. Grace Speights, an attorney for Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, has been retained as the new lead counsel for Paula Deen Enterprises Inc. and other defendants in an employment discrimination lawsuit, according to Jennifer Costa, a spokeswoman for the Washington-based firm.

Paula Deen dumps legal team after admitting slurs

Paula Deen has replaced her lead legal team, the latest fallout from her admission she used racial slurs in the past. 1373599668

In this Monday July 8, 2013 photo, TV personality Kris Jenner poses for a portrait in New York. Jenner's new talk show "Kris," will air for six weeks starting July 15 on selected Fox-owned stations.

Kris Jenner lives talk show 'dream' this summer

The driven matriarch of the Kardashian-Jenner clan is taking center stage with her own talk show, and Kris Jenner said she's ready for the spotlight. 1373583189 Photo Gallery Available

FILE - In this Jan. 10, 2013 publicity image originally released by Nikura USA, Hip hop artist, Lil Twist, born Christopher Moore, debuts his new headphone collection at International CES 2013 in Las Vegas, Nev. Lil Twist has been arrested for investigation of driving under the influence after being stopped in Southern California while he was behind the wheel of Justin Bieber’s luxury sports car. Steve Whitmore, a spokesman with the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, says 20-year-old Christopher Moore was pulled over shortly before 3:30 a.m. Thursday, July 11, on a Calabasas road leading to a gated community where Bieber lives.

Lil Twist arrested for suspected DUI in Bieber car

The rapper known as Lil Twist has been arrested for investigation of driving under the influence after being stopped in California while he was behind the wheel of Justin Bieber's luxury sports car. Photo Gallery Available

FILE - In this Sept. 30, 2012 file photo, Justin Bieber performs at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. Bieber has apologized by phone to Bill Clinton for cursing the former president and spraying his photo with cleaning fluid in a New York City restaurant kitchen earlier this year. Clinton's office said Thursday the pop star called and "he apologized and offered to help the Clinton Foundation." Clinton's office declined to provide any other details.

Justin Bieber apologizes for presidential antics

Justin Bieber apologized by phone to Bill Clinton, the former president's office said Thursday, for cursing Clinton and spraying his photo with cleaning fluid in a New York City restaurant kitchen earlier this year. 1373586778

FILE - In this June 7, 2013 file photo, Randy Travis performs on day 2 of the 2013 CMA Music festival at the LP Field in Nashville, Tenn. Publicist Kirt Webster on Wednesday night, July 10, 2013 said that the 54-year-old Travis is in surgery after suffering a stroke while he was being treated for congestive heart failure because of a viral illness.

Stars pray for Randy Travis after brain surgery

Country music stars and fans joined together to urge prayers for Randy Travis on Thursday after he underwent brain surgery following a stroke at a Texas hospital. 1373588270 Photo Gallery Available

Top 20 Concert Tours from Pollstar

The Top 20 Concert Tours ranks artists by average box office gross per city and includes the average ticket price for shows in North America. The previous week's ranking is in parentheses. The list is based on data provided to the trade publication Pollstar by concert promoters and venue managers.

In this photo provided by Profiles in History, July 9, 2013, is a 1955 portrait of actress Marilyn Monroe by fashion and celebrity photographer Milton H. Greene. Now 3,700 never-before published negatives and transparencies that Greene shot of the Hollywood siren in the 1950s are going on the auction block.

Auction selling copyright with Monroe negatives

Fashion and celebrity photographer Milton H. Greene was only 26 years old when he photographed Marilyn Monroe for Look magazine. He went on to take thousands of photos of the Hollywood siren, capturing both her vulnerability and her sex-bomb persona. Photo Gallery Available

Toshi Seeger, wife of Pete Seeger, dies at 91

Toshi Seeger, folk singer Pete Seeger's wife of 70 years and a close partner in his social and environmental activism, has died. She was 91.

Sam Mendes returning to direct 24th Bond film

Sam Mendes is coming back to direct another James Bond film with Daniel Craig following the enormously successful "Skyfall."

Pastor of his domain: Real Kramer a real minister

The real-life inspiration for the zany Kramer character on "Seinfeld" can now help fans say "I do."

This July 8, 2013 photo shows actress Bernadette Peters with Chili, a 9-year-old Staffordshire Bull Terrier, at the Brooklyn Animal Resource Coalition in the Williamsburg section of the Brooklyn borough of New York. Chili will be part of Saturday’s Broadway Barks adopt-a-thon near Times Square.

Broadway gets beastly _ thanks to a dog lover

Bernadette Peters stopped by a desolate corner of Brooklyn the other day to hang out with a special group of fans. They were literally barking. Photo Gallery Available

FILE - This Jan. 26, 1998 file photo shows author Joseph Heller along the Coney Island boardwalk in the Brooklyn borough of New York. Heller's short story, "Almost Like Christmas," will appear next week in Strand Magazine. It is a about the stabbing of a Southern white, the town's thirst for revenge and the black man who has resigned himself to blame. Written in the late 1940s or early '50s, after Heller had returned from World War II, the story has rarely been seen and offers a peak at the early fiction of one of the 20th century's most famous writers.

Early Heller story to be published this month

Before Joseph Heller satirized the madness of war in "Catch-22," he told a serious tale about the tragedy of racism.

Toshi Seeger, wife of Pete Seeger, dies at 91

Toshi (TOH'-shee) Seeger, the wife of folk singer Pete Seeger for 70 years, has died. She was 91.

In this undated image image released by CBS Entretainment on Thursday July 13, 2013 Jonny Lee Miller and Lucy Liu are photographed during filming season 2 of "Elementary" on the banks of the Thames in London. Sherlock Holmes is back on home turf in the second-season premiere of "Elementary" _ and so, a bit uncomfortably, is star Jonny Lee Miller."It's a little bit surreal, to be honest with you," said the British actor, who plays a New York-based Sherlock in CBS' modern-day take on the great detective.

'Elementary' brings a stateside Sherlock to London

Sherlock Holmes is back on home turf in the second-season premiere of "Elementary" - and so, a bit uncomfortably, is star Jonny Lee Miller.

The Hollywood Reporter's best stories of the week

The Hollywood Reporter's list of its 10 best stories of the week:

FILE - In this May 19, 2013 file photo, Stevie Wonder performs at The Hangout Festival in Gulf Shores, Ala. Wonder is participating in the second Global Citizen Festival on Sept. 28, 2013, in New York’s Central Park with Kings of Leon, John Mayer and Alicia Keys. Fans earn tickets by participating in a campaign to end world poverty.

Wonder, Kings, Keys, Mayer headline Global Fest

Stevie Wonder, Kings of Leon, Alicia Keys and John Mayer have volunteered their time to attend the second Global Citizen Festival in New York's Central Park, and organizers hope you will, too. Photo Gallery Available

In this image made available by the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville, TN., shows The Member Gallery on Oct. 28, 2010. The member gallery displays a plaque for every Opry member. The Grand Ole Pry is offering the VIP Behind the Opry Curtain Tour and Opry House Post Show Tour showing a variety of dressing rooms and inner workings of the Opry moments before the big curtain goes up.

Grand Ole Opry installs 2 new tours

Darius Rucker's surprise invitation to become a member of the Grand Ole Opry is a moment he says he will always cherish - and now fans will be able to share the experience with him over and over again. Photo Gallery Available

'Newsroom' cast on critics, season 2

Even the star of HBO's drama "The Newsroom" admits that season one had its growing pains. Photo Gallery Available

A playlist of 5 of Randy Travis' greatest songs

Millions of fans are thinking of Randy Travis and repeating calls for prayers following the country music star's stroke and surgery Wednesday night in a Texas hospital. Here's a playlist of five of Travis' most inspirational and heartbreaking songs.

New book on JFK assassination coming in October

The ever-disputed investigation into the assassination of President John F. Kennedy is getting a fresh look.

FILE - In this June 4, 2013 file photo, Aurora theater shooting suspect James Holmes appears in court in Centennial, Colo. For the first time, lawyers for accused theater shooter James Holmes say he killed 12 people and wounded dozens more at an Aurora movie theater last summer. But Holmes' lawyers say he was "in the throes of a psychotic episode" at the time. The admission came in a motion filed Tuesday, July 9, 2013, but made public Wednesday, July 10.

Judge in Colorado theater shooting scolds defense

The judge in the Colorado theater shootings has scolded defense lawyers for accusing him of having an improper conversation with the sheriff.

'The Lion King' on the road hits $1 billion

It's a mainstay on Broadway and now "The Lion King" has proved it's a king on the road, too.

Appellate brief seeks reversal for Jackson doctor

A lawyer for Michael Jackson's doctor told an appellate court on Wednesday that Jackson's contract with AEG Live LLC should have been admitted as evidence in Dr. Conrad Murray's manslaughter trial.