For all those ardent audiences of YouTube who are more accustomed to watching free full-length movies on the largest video site, this may not sound like music to their ears. If a report in The New York Times is anything to go by, YouTube is holding parleys with leading Hollywood studios to work out a deal that would ensure visitors fork out to watch full-length movies. YouTube, owned by Google, earns most of its revenue from advertising. Though an official seal to the deal is still awaited, th...

How do you top the most original and popular showhome concept? Metropolitan Home, the definitive resource for modern design, and Showtime Networks, producer of award-winning TV series, are partnering for a second season of the ultimate multimedia showhouse, with double the space and twice as many designers. According to Showtime website (www.sho.com), Metropolitan Home's Showtime House, powered by Time Warner Cable, will celebrate its second season with twin penthouses located in the luxurious ...

Chris Messina may be bagging some coveted leading man roles on the big screen ('Julie and Julia, 'Vicky Cristina Barcelona,' the forthcoming 'An Invisible Sign') opposite some fine leading ladies (Amy Adams, Rebecca Hall and Jessica Alba), but the actor admits he doesn't always kill in auditions. "I'm scared when people go, 'I love auditioning.' I hate it. I'm bad at it," he was quoted as saying on the HBO website (www.hbo.com).  "I got cast in a pilot for HBO that J.J. Abra...