http://www.komonews.com/news/entertainment RSS Feed for KOMO - News - Entertainment en-us Fri, 05 Dec 2008 02:11:14 GMT http://www.komonews.com/news/entertainment/35577034.html Former "Soul Train" host Don Cornelius has pleaded not guilty to spousal battery charges. Court records show Cornelius entered the plea to five misdemeanor counts through his attorney Thursday. http://www.komonews.com/news/entertainment/35565789.html The latest magical tome by J.K. Rowling has started to fly off bookstore shelves. Rowling launched "The Tales of Beedle the Bard" on Thursday with a tea party for 200 school children at the National Library of Scotland in Edinburgh, where she lives. http://www.komonews.com/news/entertainment/35549354.html Now that critics have gotten a peek at all the last-minute Oscar contenders, "The Dark Knight" has emerged as a solid contender for best picture and best director for Christopher Nolan. http://www.komonews.com/news/entertainment/35538209.html Frank Langella is positively formidable as the former president, a skilled manipulator under optimal circumstances whose desperate desire for rehabilitation makes him extra dangerous. http://www.komonews.com/news/entertainment/35538119.html Lil Wayne - the most prolific, ubiquitous and successful performer on today's music scene - was the most rewarded by the Recording Academy on Wednesday, receiving eight Grammy nominations including album of the year for "Tha Carter III." http://www.komonews.com/news/entertainment/35537939.html O'Brien, who has been CNN's chief technology and environment correspondent since ending his stint as anchor of "American Morning" in April 2007, is departing as the network dismantles its science and technology unit. http://www.komonews.com/news/entertainment/35537874.html Actor-screenwriter Tyler Perry testified in a copyright infringement lawsuit Wednesday that he did not steal material from a woman's play for his blockbuster movie "Diary of a Mad Black Woman." http://www.komonews.com/news/entertainment/35485204.html Federline tells People magazine he vowed to "spend every last dime" to make sure that sons Sean Preston and Jayden James were OK. http://www.komonews.com/news/entertainment/35470694.html "The Tales of Beedle the Bard," a collection of five fables mentioned in Rowling's saga about the boy wizard, is being published around the world Thursday with only a fraction of the carnival-like fanfare that greeted the Potter novels. http://www.komonews.com/news/entertainment/35470594.html Director James Cameron said Tuesday that his upcoming big-budget 3-D movie "Avatar" couldn't possibly live up to the hype on the Internet ahead of its release late next year.