LONDON (AFP) ― Stars and hardcore fans of the “Harry Potter” movies turned up Saturday at the red carpet launch of a studio tour featuring the sets where the boy wizard’s adventures were filmed. Rupert Grint, who played Potter’s friend Ron Weasley, and Tom Felton, who played bully Draco Malfoy, were among the actors at Warner Bros.’ Leavesden studios in Watford, northwest of London, for the gran...

LOS ANGELES (AFP) ― Boxing legend Mike Tyson will debut a one-man show in Las Vegas next month, and could take it to Broadway and London’s West End, according to the show’s co-writer. The former heavyweight world champion, infamous for ear-biting and a rape conviction before mounting a showbiz-tinged comeback in recent years, will play six nights in Vegas April 13-18. The 45-year-old is already...

LOS ANGELES (AP) ― “CSI’’ creator Anthony Zuiker is making a movie destined for the small screen. The creator of the hit CBS television show plans to debut the as-yet-unfinished feature, “Cybergeddon,’’ on Yahoo in installments this fall. His latest foray into online storytelling follows his partnership on a horror series for YouTube. It also marks Yahoo’s second stab at tapping Hollywood talen...

Retro fans are rejoicing as cult TV series “Mad Men” finally returns to U.S. screens next weekend, following an 18-month gap due to an off-air battle which almost scuppered the whole show. The beautifully-stylized series about 1960s New York advertising executives, which has triggered a wave of cultural copycats, will kick off its fifth season with a special two-hour episode on Sunday. Fans dep...

LOS ANGELES (AP) ― Oprah Winfrey’s struggling cable television network, OWN, said Monday it is laying off one-fifth of its workers and restructuring its operations in New York and Los Angeles. The decision to let 30 employees go is a “tough’’ one, but the economics of a start-up cable network didn’t fit with OWN’s cost structure, Winfrey said in a statement. “As CEO, I have a responsibility to ...

LOS ANGELES (AFP) ― A hit U.S. television series starring Dustin Hoffman has been canceled after three horses died during filming, the channel which makes the show announced Wednesday. “Luck,” about thoroughbred racing and also starring Nick Nolte, launched in January and had already been picked up for a second season, with production mostly at a horsetrack east of Los Angeles. But a first hors...

Kim Kardashian's estranged husband, Kris Humphries, is demanding $7 million to sign off on their divorce, sources told TMZ.com. Other sources told the celebrity Web site the Kardashian camp quickly rejected the demand on the grounds the couple wasn't married long enough for Humphries to warrant $7 million in community property. Kardashian and Humphries split up just 72 days after their high-pro...