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The shows have been off the air for years, but the battle continues. Stars from television classics, including The Partridge Family and Happy Days, are suing their former studios over royalty money -- for toys, lunch boxes, board games, books and even slot machines -- that they claim is long overdue.

Reading and collecting comic books can get expensive: These days, comics run between $3 and $5, which adds up after umpteen issues of Iron Man and the Fantastic Four. As a poor college student, it's difficult to justify buying or reading comic books when you have to pay for, say, textbooks. But...

The Internet rumor mill has actor William Shatner being proclaimed a financial genius for supposedly reaping $600 million from being Priceline's spokesman. But the numbers don't add up -- it's not logical, as Spock would say.

Viacom demonstrated the power of cost-cutting Thursday when it reported fourth-quarter and year-end earnings. Despite a continuing swoon in ad revenues and disappointing video game sales, it posted a fourth-quarter profit of $694 million, more than quadruple what it earned the year before.

The comic book industry may not able to leap tall buildings in a single bound, but it has withstood the worst economic decline since the Great Depression fairly well. According to industry estimates, sales to specialty retailers rose 1% to $324.66 million between January and September. Experts say...

The fight/debate over paying $5 more to see the new "Star Trek" movie on an IMAX screen, only to find out that it's not playing on a huge IMAX screen but on a movie screen that is only a bit bigger than a regular one, is getting a little juicier.Tuesday, the CEO of IMAX, Richard Gelfond, defended...

If you're paying an extra $5 to see the new "Star Trek" movie on an IMAX screen, you're getting ripped off if it's not the huge IMAX screen you're used to. Some theaters that claim to have an IMAX screen, and charge $5 more to get in, are showing the movie on a screen that is slightly larger than...

During the Great Depression, Americans flocked to ornate movie houses to forget about their troubles. Now, they are turning to impersonal multiplexes for relief. Movie admissions are up about 10 percent year-to-date, according to the National Association of Theater Owners (NATO), a trade...

When Star Trek debuted in 1966, it offered an idealistic, utopian vision of mankind's future. From the kicky, space-age costumes to the integrated, multinational crew, it suggested that, if humanity ever gets its act together, there will be no limit to its capabilities. In this vision, as future...