Reuters - DreamWorks Animation SKG Inc said second-quarter profit fell sharply on Tuesday, but topped expectations on its hit "Kung Fu Panda" and warned of higher international marketing costs in the third quarter.

Reuters - "The Dark Knight" has taken in $324.3 million at the North American box office so far and is on its way to becoming one of the biggest movies of all time.

Reuters - Big Hollywood studios will take a back seat at this year's Venice film festival, with the competition lineup highlighting independent U.S. cinema, Italian productions and Japanese animation movies.

Reuters - Sirius Satellite Radio said on Tuesday it completed the purchase of rival XM Satellite Radio Holding Inc, forming a broadcasting company that competes with traditional radio as well as digital audio players like iPods.

Reuters - Investors say it's a matter of time until deepening U.S. economic doldrums steal into the Magic Kingdom, but they expect Walt Disney Co to have mostly escaped their effects for the first half of calendar 2008.

Reuters - Political columnist Robert Novak has been diagnosed with a brain tumor and is being treated in a Massachusetts hospital, the newspaper which syndicates his column said on Monday.