Topic: Entertainment

Every so often, a movie depicts a character in an outfit that becomes iconic. What follows is a list of those that made an article of clothing famous, made characters famous for fashion sense, or managed some combination of the two.

Wanda Group, one of China's largest theatre owners, has agreed to buy AMC Entertainment in a deal valued at $2.6 billion, creating the world's biggest cinema operator, the companies said.

GM has learned what the savvy marketers already knew – people are not looking to buy on Facebook…yet. Facebook users believe their life (and the lives of their friends) is the most entertaining of 24/7 cinema; because they are the stars.

Facebook has become an integral part of the recruiting process. It’s given employers an opportunity to learn more about prospective candidates and has allowed organizations to gain intelligence on a person’s ideals and background.

As with past technological threats, network executives are closing ranks against a Dish Network device that undermines the broadcast business model. The New York Times reports.

Topless dancers at the renowned Crazy Horse night club in Paris have gone on strike, saying they are not being paid enough to take the shirts off their backs.

The raven-tressed heroine stares adoringly at the handsome Mughal prince, who gazes lovingly back at her — from where they are painted on a Mumbai wall.

Just weeks before Bo Xilai was sacked, sparking the country’s biggest political crisis in recent decades, Allan Zeman, a prominent Hong Kong businessman, spent an evening rubbing shoulders with the former mayor of Chongqing.

AMC Entertainment, which owns the second-largest movie theater chain in North America, is in talks to sell the company or a significant stake in it to the Wanda Group, one of China’s largest theater owners, according to people briefed on the discussions. The NYT reports.

The oldest newsmagazine on television, “60 Minutes,” might have figured out how to halt the aging process. Purposefully but almost imperceptibly, the CBS News program, the most popular of its genre, has become younger in recent years. Stalwarts like Steve Kroft and Lesley Stahl have been joined by new contributors like Lara Logan and Anderson Cooper. And the program has embraced the Web to a degree that some of its older viewers have not, selling an iPad app on iTunes and promoting a weekly online show, “Overtime.”

The already hostile takeover fight for New Frontier Media, the publicly traded owner of nine adult-themed pay-per-view networks, has expanded to include a pair of Hollywood power players – one of whom is also a former video game executive.

The TV industry is on the brink of a revolution thanks to the convergence of personal computers, the Internet and television. CNBC spoke with media heavyweights, tech titans and Internet innovators to get their predictions of where television is heading, and how they hope to be involved.

Children's publisher Scholastic raised its profit forecast for fiscal 2012, boosted by stronger-than-expected sales of “The Hunger Games” trilogy after the release of Lions Gate Entertainment’s film based on the book.

The stereotype about professional athletes’ wives is that they’re gold-digging arm candy, with few accomplishments. What follows is a list of the wives of athletes who’ve made names for themselves as columnists, models, designers and more.

NBC's “Today” show may see its status as the biggest profit center in network television in jeopardy as ABC's "Good Morning America's" ratings continue to rise, the New York Times reports.