Hobbits, superheroes make Jackson's effects studio _ and New Zealand _ a home for blockbusters
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) -- A crate full of sushi arrives. Workers wearing wetsuit shirts or in bare feet bustle past with slim laptops. With days to go, a buzzing intensity fills the once-dilapidated warehouses where Peter Jackson's visual-effects studio is rushing to finish the opening film in "The Hobbit" trilogy....

South Korean rapper PSY's 'Gangnam Style' becomes YouTube's most watched video of all time
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- South Korean rapper PSY's "Gangnam Style" has become YouTube's most viewed video of all time....

Giving J.R. Ewing his due: Larry Hagman gave TV its greatest (and most lovable) villain
NEW YORK (AP) -- One reason "Dallas" became a cultural phenomenon like none other is that Larry Hagman never took its magnitude for granted....

'Dallas' star Larry Hagman, scheming oil baron J.R. Ewing on TV's long-running soap, dies
J.R. Ewing was a business cheat, faithless husband and bottomless well of corruption. Yet with his sparkling grin, Larry Hagman masterfully created the charmingly loathsome oil baron - and coaxed forth a Texas-size gusher of ratings - on television's long-running and hugely successful nighttime soap, "Dallas."...

Singer Bjork says she has had successful surgery to remove a polyp on her vocal cord
LONDON (AP) -- Icelandic singer Bjork says she has had successful surgery to remove a vocal cord polyp....

China's 'Beijing Blues' wins best film award at Taiwan's Golden Horse Festival
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) -- China's "Beijing Blues" has won the best film award at Taiwan's Golden Horse Film Festival, an event considered the Chinese-language Oscars. Hong Kong's Johnnie To is taking home the best director's award...

Tourists visit Southfork Ranch day after actor Hagman dies; was "Dallas" home of J.R. Ewing
PARKER, Texas (AP) -- Tourists and locals flocked to Southfork Ranch on Saturday, bringing flowers in memory of Larry Hagman, who played the infamous J.R. Ewing on the TV show "Dallas."...

Ree! Ree! Ree! Ree! 52 years later, Hitchcock's 'Psycho' still slashing moviegoers
NEW YORK (AP) -- For his first professional acting job, a 22-year-old Anthony Hopkins took a train from South Wales to Manchester. With time to kill on a rainy day, he dropped off his bags and headed to the movies, where a long queue wound outside the cinema....

Chita Rivera, backstage at 'The Mystery Of Edwin Drood,' talks about birthdays and storms
NEW YORK (AP) -- Even when she should be relaxing, Chita Rivera just can't....

Dirty Dozen Brass Band trumpeter Efrem Towns recuperating from dog bite
NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- Dirty Dozen Brass Band trumpeter Efrem Towns is recovering at home in New Orleans from a vicious attack by a Rottweiler at an Atlanta motel....