entertainment - "season"

The summer movie season came to an end with another big week for 'Tropic Thunder.'

We're there as the Paddy's Pub Gang delivers that infamous crack to the Liberty Bell.

Here's your chance to take home the latest season of this NBC hit series.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The lucrative summer moviegoing season in North America ended on a lackluster note on Monday as ticket sales limped to a new record while attendance slumped to a three-year low.

Legit News: Schwimmer-directed play kicks off season -- A David Schwimmer-helmed production of a new Stephen Belber play, 'Fault Lines,' will kick off Naked Angels' Off Broadway season, taking the place of the recently scuttled staging of Frank Pugliese's 'The Talk.'

The upcoming eighth season of American Idol already has one major change in the form fourth judge Kara DioGuardi, but as Simon Cowell has previously promised, more changes are coming.In a conference call last week, he gave some specifics. Among them, producers will 'put people on the show that have personality' because last season's group 'never showed us or you their true personality. I mean, in parts they were like robots,' Simon said, according to Reality TV World.'I think that it could be just more interesting and controversial than we did last year,' he said. He also said, 'I'd like to see the middle stages of the show change because I think we can make them better. I think we can make the end part of the show much more exciting than we've done before. We've got some ideas which are definitely going to give the show a little bit more jeopardy than we've had in the past. You're definitely, definitely going to see a change for the show and I think it will be an improvement. I f

Legit News: season includes 'Bury the Dead,' 'Audrey' -- A 1930s play and a new musical comprise the 2008-09 season for Off Broadway's Transport Group.

Front Page: Soderbergh to direct play for theater company -- Cate Blanchett's debut season as co-artistic director of the Sydney Theater Company will feature productions helmed by directors Steven Soderbergh and Liv Ullmann and see a repurposing of the resident Actors Company.

Front Page: 'Thunder' wins holiday fray over new releases -- The summer box office may have ended on a whimper - with none of the Labor Day releases doing big business - but the season still ends tied with last year's record-breaking haul in a victory for Hollywood and theater owners.

International News: Cate Blanchett to debut as co-artistic director -- Cate Blanchett's debut season as co-artistic director of the Sydney Theater Company will feature productions helmed by directors Steven Soderbergh and Liv Ullmann and will see a repurposing of the resident Actors Company.