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Emma Stone has already shown off her extreme zombie fighting ability, starring alongside Jesse Eisenberg and Woody Harrelson in the apocalyptic present of "Zombieland." Now, it looks like she'll be going into the past to knock some undead heads.

How many roles are in this movie? It feels like I hear a new cast announcement for THE HUNGER GAMES every day. But this one seems important, as the role of Seneca Crane has been cast, where Crane is the head gamemaker who creates the titular tournament.

The World Trade Organization's top arbitrators upheld a ruling that China is illegally restricting imports of U.S. music, films and books, and Washington pushed forward with a new case accusing China of manipulating the prices for key ingredients in steel and aluminum production.

Apple's alleged Kindle-killing tablet appears to be on the runway for a spring 2010 takeoff. And in what may or may not be related news, two top-drawer US publishers are holding back ebooks of dozens of their upcoming major titles until the same time ...

Police arrest a man in connection with an alleged assault on former X Factor winner Leona Lewis at a book signing in London.

The United States has chalked up a big win at the World Trade Organization against Chinese market barriers that encourage piracy of U.S. books, music and films, U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk said on Wednesday.

Amazon announces a new version of the Kindle, called the DX, aimed at reading documents and newspapers.

Columbia Pictures has provided ComingSoon.net with eight clips from director Ron Howard's Angels & Demons , opening in theaters on May 15. The anticipated film, based on Dan Brown's best-selling novel, stars Tom Hanks, Ewan McGregor, Ayelet Zurer, Stellan Skarsgard, Pierfrancesco Favino, Nikolaj Lie Kaas and Armin Mueller-Stahl.

Calling the opportunity "a dream come true," Michael Chabon has confirmed reports that he's been hired by Pixar to contribute revisions to Andrew Stanton and Mark Andrews' script for Pixar's "John Carter of Mars."

Amazon.com stripped hundreds of LGBT books of their sales ranks.