Apprentices

Apprentice School has named Franklin Chatman as its men's basketball coach. Chatman had been head coach at Nansemond-Suffolk Academy for the last two years. "It has always been a dream of mine to become a collegiate head coach," said Chatman. "For it to...

Early images from one highly anticipated film ("Tron Legacy"), and one somewhat anticipated film ("The Sorcerer's Apprentice") were introduced today, and both look eye-poppingly interesting. Light cycles! Nice. There are more images from "Tron" and...

Donald Trump tells NBC's “Today” that Bret Michaels was showing no signs of health problems two months ago when “The Celebrity Apprentice” was taped. “He's diabetic, and he was working 24 hours a day,” Trump told Matt...

Bret Michaels told “Today” that he was “committed 100 percent” to “The Celebrity Apprentice” and that's why he made it to last night's finale over doctors' objections. Donald Trump declared him the winner over actress...

Ira "Babe" Hanford, who as an 18-year-old apprentice jockey rode 20-1 shot Bold Venture to victory in the 1936 Kentucky Derby, died Saturday in Ocala, Fla., after a long illness, said his wife of 67 years, Virginia. He was 91. He was the oldest living...

“The absurdities pile up,” a Village Voice critic once noted of Jon Turteltaub’s movies. But don’t think you’re going to get this very successful director’s goat by pointing that out. A clue to a treasure might be hidd...

Five names are credited with writing The Sorcerer's Apprentice, the latest Disney offering from the National Treasure team of star Nicolas Cage, producer Jerry Bruckheimer and director Jon Turteltaub. And let's just say these five saw Bruckheimer et. al....

Walt Disney Studios is taking a marketing cue for "The Sorcerer's Apprentice" from theme parks during the slow winter season. In a move that distribution and marketing executives said is highly unusual, Disney today offered "buy one get one free"......

"The Sorcerer's Apprentice" failed to conjure up much box-office magic Wednesday. Walt Disney Studios' new family adventure film sold $3.7 million worth of tickets in the U.S. and Canada, a very soft opening. [Update, 12:12 p.m.: Disney slightly increased...

A risky bet on an original and sophisticated adult thriller paid off at the box office this weekend, while an attempt to create a new franchise flopped. "Inception," which was marketed in large part on the appeal of "Dark Knight"......

Rita Mansuryan of Burbank got a jump-start on her career by serving a paid internship at Warner Bros. Studios this summer. Mansuryan is in her freshman year at UCLA majoring in political science. She graduated in May from Burbank High School where she...

Let's be clear. Rod Blagojevich is an impeached former governor, facing charges of trying to sell Barack Obama's old Senate seat. The indictment against him -- prepared by prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald, famous for going after former Cheney chief of staff....