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Matthew Vaughn's comic actioner "Kick-Ass" topped the Friday boxoffice with an estimated $7.6 million haul, including $1 million from Thursday night performances.

This week at the movies, we've got hapless heroes (Kick-Ass, starring Aaron Johnson and Nicolas Cage), and madcap mourners (Death at a Funeral, starring Chris Rock and Tracy Morgan). What do the critics have to say? Given the recent glut of superheroes on the big screen, it was inevitable that we'd get a film that both relishes and satirizes the genre (sorry, Superhero Movie, you don't count). Critics say Matthew Vaughn's hotly-anticipated Kick-Ass largely lives up to its name, even if some find its ambitious approach a bit scattershot.

It was Fey's first performance as the former Alaska governor since her iconic impressions during the 2008 presidential campaign.

After seven seasons, CBS’s hit sitcom “Two and a Half Men” will be down one man after the April 9 taping, sources tell PEOPLE. The reason? “Charlie’s just done,” says a set source.

Golf clubs in hands or not, the kids of "South Park" are ready to take on Tiger Woods....

The Hangover writers Jon Lucas and Scott Moore will be writing the new comedy.

Without a TV show to do every night, Conan O'Brien is taking his act on the road.

New Line is looking for recruits for a relaunched "Police Academy" movie. Original producer Paul Maslansky is back for the new iteration, which has no writer or director attached.

TV News: CBS comedy halts production as star enters treatment center -- The short-term future of CBS' "Two and a Half Men" suddenly became cloudy after word emerged Tuesday that star Charlie Sheen is voluntarily entering rehab.

TAI CHI will star Chow, Jack Black and Anne Hathaway - it's a film whose development has been painstakingly tweaked by Chow, who'll also direct.