LOS ANGELES (Variety.com) - "Broken Star" is a thriller interested in voyeurism, the camera's affect on both subject and photographer, and the tangled relationship between art and artist, fiction and reality. What it's not, however, is capable of processing those ideas in a manner that might be compelling, much less thrilling. The story of a starlet under house arrest who forms an unhealthy bond with her landlord, it's a low-rent effort that's equal parts tawdry and tedious, although more problematic for its theatrical and on-demand fortunes is the fact that, from start to finish, it makes little lucid sense.

LONDON (Reuters) - Fans of "The Crown", one of the most expensive television series ever produced, have been given a sneak peak of actress Helena Bonham Carter as Princess Margaret in the third season of the drama that chronicles Britain's royal family.

LONDON, July 18 (Reuters) - Fans of "The Crown," one of the most expensive television series ever produced, have been given a sneak peak of actress Helena Bonham Carter as Princess Margaret in the third season of the drama that chronicles Britain's royal family.

LOS ANGELES (Variety.com) - It's a credit to Denzel Washington's career choices that he's gone four decades without making a single sequel. That's not to say that breaking the pattern with "The Equalizer 2" means he's finally sold out (plenty of stars rely on franchises to balance out riskier one-off ventures), but nor does this particular project demonstrate much of a reason to justify wanting to return to the character of Robert McCall, other than a chance to work with "Training Day" director Antoine Fuqua for the fourth time.

BEIJING (Reuters) - A low-budget Chinese movie about a leukemia patient who turns to smuggling cheaper cancer drugs from India has struck a chord with Internet users and even the country's leaders, spotlighting national anxieties about unaffordable hospital care.

BEIJING, July 18 (Reuters) - A low-budget Chinese movie about a leukemia patient who turns to smuggling cheaper cancer drugs from India has struck a chord with Internet users and even the country's leaders, spotlighting national anxieties about unaffordable hospital care.

LOS ANGELES (Variety.com) - "The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants" film franchise is getting the stage treatment.

SHANGHAI/BEIJING (Reuters) - A Chinese blockbuster hopeful backed by Alibaba Pictures Group and with a reported budget of over $100 million, was abruptly pulled from cinemas after a lackluster opening weekend at the box office.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - American boxer Floyd Mayweather was named the world's highest-paid entertainer on Monday on a list that saw actor George Clooney take the No. 2 spot with the highest annual pay of his career.