Nov 20, 2009–Summit Entertainment's "New Moon," the sequel to “Twilight,” has set box office history in breaking all records for midnight runs, grossing $26.3 million as it unspooled in 3,514 theaters at 12:01 a.m. Friday.

The end of an era? After 25 years, "The Oprah Winfrey Show" will end its run on September 9, 2011, Winfrey announced to staffers at her Chicago-based Harpo production company on Thursday. She'll officially announce her exit on today's episode of the show.

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August 26, 2009–Producer David Permut has acquired “A Life in the Day,” Tony Gittelson's scenario about the life of Brian Epstein, who discovered and managed the Beatles from 1961 to 1967, when he died of a drug overdose at 32.

August 19, 2009–Tom Sherak  has been elected president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences for a one-year term.

August 6, 2009–John Hughes, director of such popular and era-defining youth films such as “The Breakfast Club,” “Ferris Bueller's Day Off” and “Planes, Trains and Automobiles,” died suddenly today of a heart attack while taking a morning walk during a trip to Manhattan. He was 59.