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Movies

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Internet Movie Database
Great for fact-checking names and film titles.

Film.com
RealNetworks site offers text and audio.

Screen Actors Guild
Union site with lots of news.

WhoRepresents.com: Agent Database
A great shortcut for sourcing, enter celebrity names into the database and get the managers or agents who represents them.

Producers Guild
Union site with lots of news.

Writers Guild of America
Also lists agents and writer/clients.

Motion Picture Association of America
Founded in 1922, the MPAA serves as the "voice and advocate of the American motion picture, home video and television industries, domestically." The website offers a press room, film ratings and covers issues such as movie piracy.

FilmRatings.com
Enter a movie's title (all titles since 1968) in the database and find its rating. Site offers reasons why a movie is given a specific rating.

Oscars.org
News from Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

Cannes Film Festival
Official site of the festival.

CannesGuide.com
A travel site that focuses on the Cannes Film Festival.

FilmRatings.com
Database of ratings for every film since 1968.

BoxOfficeMojo.com
Run by movie analyst Brandon Gray, Mojo is an online movie publication and box office reporting service. Based in Burbank, Calif., the site provideswe produce analysis, reviews, interviews and the most comprehensive box office tracking available online. This includes quick links to daily box office takes, weekly, annual, etc. Also has news and analysis, showtimes, trailers, release schedule and an RSS feed.

BoxOffice Magazine

Media By Numbers
Tracks weekend box office numbers. Quoted often in the media.

ShowBizData.com
A super site. Requires a log-in/subscription. Includes daily box office stats, box office top 10 and all-time top 100 box office.

Variety.com
The bible of Hollywood trade papers.

Hollywood Reporter.com
Covers Hollywood business.

Premiere.com
News from Premiere magazine.

Hollywood.com
Hollywood news and box office figures.

Hollywood and Vine
News on all the entertainment industries.

HSX.com
Hollywood Stock Exchange site covers industry news.

Independent Film Channel

IndieWire.com
News on independent films, listing of festivals.

InContention.com
Entertainment awards site. News, predictions, etc.

CNN Entertainment Coverage

In Touch Weekly

BoxOfficeProphets.com
Databases and records for all-time box office receipts, video and DVD rentals, reviews and more.

PBS Frontline: The Monster That Ate Hollywood
The business of movies and special effects.

FamousLocations.com
Locations sites of famous movies.

FilmWise.com
Trivia, facts, etc. on movies.

FilmSite.org

Cinema FreeNet
Search for a database of movies, actors, directors, and producers.

Newsweek Pop Vox
Best and worst in movies, TV and books.

CineFiles: Pacific Film Archive
Reviews, press kits, festivals, newspaper articles, etc.

Movie Review Query Engine
More than 20,000 movie reviews by Web and newspaper writers.

International Film and Video Festivals
Lists international film, television and video festivals.

ShowBizScoop.com

Quick Stop Entertainment

Bad Movie Script Query Letters Blog
An Hollywood talent manager posts horrible script pitches. Funny.

TeenHollywood.com
Lots of celebrity gossip and chats.

GossipCentral.com
Get caught up on all the Hollywood gossip.

IMDB Pro
Subscription section of Internet Movie Database lets you search for celebrity contacts and agents. Track films in production, actor/movie rankings, etc.

WhoRepresents.com
Another subscription service that lets you search for celebrity contacts and agents.

Ain't It Cool News
Another Hollywood gossip site.

DarkHorizons.com
Claims to have the "latest news, images, clips and reviews of all the current and upcoming blockbuster films."

Searchbeat's Movie Reviews

ScreenTalk.com
Movie scripts.

Movie-Page.com
All sorts of information on movies, including scripts.

Movie Cliches
A fan site, but it's fun.

MovieJuice.com
All the Hollywood gossip.

Box Office Guru

Internet Archive: Movie Collection

Yahoo!'s Sundance Film Festival Links

BadMovies.org
A collection of bad movies, reviews, etc.

Film Festivals.com
Video and coverage from all the parties.

National Film Preservation Foundation

Critics.com

MetaCritic.com

The Flick Filosopher

RottenTomatoes.com
More movie reviews.

Independent Film Makers

Turner Classic Movies: Movies Database
Great for quick-reference, this site allows you to search a database of thousands of movie titles.

About.com: Classic Films

20th Century Fox Movies

ScreenIt.com
Parents rate movies for their appropriateness for children. A fan site, but fun.

Big Movie Zone.com
Site is devoted to large-format films.

FilmWise.com

Soundtrack.net
Download movie soundtracks and information about them.

MovieQuotes.com

Insultingly Stupid Movie Physics
Cars that explode on impact, visible laserbeams, and the staples of the silver screen that defy the laws of science. This is a fan?s site, so take it for what it?s worth.

AllMovie.com
Has a cool tool for figuring out just what "Magnolia" was about.

TheCelebrityCafe.com Entertainment Magazine
New articles daily on movies, books, television, music, entertainment news and more.

The Spinning Image: Cult Movies
This UK site covers news and titles on cult movie classics.

Online Classics

Brew&View

555-List
An online database of fake phone numbers from movies and TV shows. Hilarious. It's a fan site, however.

Movie Mistakes

FilmFlubs.com
A listing of gaffes in movies. Similar to MovieMistakes.com.

AdmitOne.org Film School
An intro to movie-making from the Artists Rights Foundation.

Bad Movie Report
Fun site with hilarious reviews of awful films.

Critics.com
A collection of movie critics' links.

Entertainment Weekly Movies Database

BuzzDash
Online polls on news, politics, sports, celebrities, etc.

Star Links
Connect stars to each other.

Chicago Sun-Times Movie Critic Roger Ebert

LA Times: The Envelope Please
Predictions site for Oscars, Grammys.

National Association of Theater Owners

OpenSeats.com

History of Cinematography
Cool site on the making of films.

Drive-Ins.com
It's a fan site, but Entertainment Weekly calls it the most thorough and consistently updated database of open and closed drive-ins. The site allows you to search by zip code and includes weather reports, photos, driving directions and links.

Brian's Drive-In Theater
An online shrine to B-movies. A fan site, so be careful with what material you use.

American Drive In
Drive-In movie memories. Promotes a documentary on them as well as a history of drive-ins.

Drive-In Theater
List of theaters, video of classic concession ads.

Drive-In Movie
Database of drive-ins, nostalgia, history on drive-ins in Europe and Australia.

Adventures of Dan: Movie Extra Confessions
This is a blog by a guy who works on movie sets. Great industry gossip and stories, but keep in mind that this is a fan site.

Midnight Ramble: Black Actors in Hollywood
A great site that chronicles contributions of African-Americans to cinema.

FirstShowing
A good Hollywood gossip blog that includes links to teasers and new trailers.

Newspaper Movies

Journalism Movies Page

Washington Post: Journalists in the Movies

Simply Scripts
Scripts from TV, movies, radio, etc.

Hollywood Entertainment Museum

WildFilmHistory: 100 Years of Wildlife Filmmaking

Internet Archive: Universal Newsreels
Search more than 600 newsreels from Universal (1929 to 1967).

Entertainment Industry Foundation
Funds programs in a variety of areas, including education and children's services, the arts, community service, the environment, AIDS and literacy.

AnyClip.com
A search engine for movie clips online.

Chunnel TV
Showcases underground video and art on the Web.

Nizm Lab
Showcases popular online videos.

MakingOf
Gives viewers a behind-the-scenes look at movie-making.

RunPee.com
This site offers advice on when to go to the bathroom while watching a movie and not miss anything. Very funny.

Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers

Big Screen Cinema Guide

BigScreenBiz.com

National Association of Theatre Owners
Publications, blog, industry links and research. Covers issues such as movie ratings, movie theft, etc.

American Society of Cinematographers

American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers

Broadcast Music Inc.

Cinema Advertising Council

Cinema Exhibitors' Association

Coalition of Entertainment Retail Trade Associations

Entertainment Resources and Marketing Association

Insight Cinema Movie Captioning

International Cinema Technology Association

Motion Picture Theatre Associations of Canada

Film Crave
Movie social networking site.

National Association of Concessionaires

United Drive-In Theatre Owners Association

DriveinMovie.com

CinemaTour.com

DCinemaToday

Film Journal International

In Focus

Inside.com

ShowBIZ Data

Music/Radio Industries

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Recording Industry Association of America
Dozens of helpful links and resources for anyone covering the industry.

Radio-Locator
Search globally for radio stations and streaming sites.

WhoRepresents.com: Agent Database
A great shortcut for sourcing, enter celebrity names into the database and get the managers or agents who represents them.

Billboard.com
Music news and track sales.

RollingStone.com
Site does a great job of updating daily music news.

SPIN Magazine
Movies, TV and music news.

MTVNews.com

VH1.com

Entertainment Weekly

Sonicnet.com's Music Newswire
Stories from many music news resource.

InfoPlease: 500 Songs that Shaped Rock
James Henke, chief curator for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, with the help of music writers and critics, selected 500 songs (not only rock songs) that they believe have been most influential in shaping rock and roll. This list is alphabetical by artist.

Smart Playlists (iPod)
Discussion, tips for iPods.

NewsNow Pop Music News
Stories from many UK music news resources.

NewsNow Rock News
Site updates every five minutes.

Archive of Misheard Lyrics
You think you know what Michael Stipe is singing, but you don't. Lyrics are contributed by visitors, so take it for what it's worth.

The Beatles
Video, sound clips and more.

Rock N' Roll Hall of Fame

Association for Music Writers and Photographers
Links to dozens of helpful sites, directories of Web and print publications, membership directory and more.

Music Newswire

Music Industry News Network
Hundreds of links and news items.

InvestechResearch
Market history, background, statistics, etc.

RadioDailyNews.com

TalkRadioDailyNews.com

InsideRadio.com

Internet Talk Radio Network

TalkZone.com
Internet talk radio shows.

AllAccess.com
Radio and music industry site.

Lycos Music page

RadioLovers.com
A site for fans of classic radio and radio shows.

ArtistDirect: Ultimate Band List
A good quick-reference site.

Radio-Info.com
News, message boards and statistics on the radio and radio news industry.

Backstage.com

ASCAP
Performance rights organization for songwriters and publishers.

Grammys Press Page
News releases on the music industry.

Secure Digital Music Initiative
Recording, consumer and electronics companies opposing the stealing of digital music.

WeekendEvents.com
Look up festivals and concerts using this database.

BobDylan.com

American Mavericks Music Composers
Profiles, background, etc.

ConcertFinders.com
Look up dates and times of concerts in this database.

PollStar.com
Track bands on tour, concert info., etc.

Toolband.com
Track bands on tour.

SoapDetectives: Podcasts of Old Radio Programs
Use this site to download old mysteries to your iPod.

Imeem.com
A popular music social-networking site.

Slacker.com
Online radio service that allows you to search dozens of stations and artists.

Downbeat.com
Archive of articles, message boards, etc. on jazz music.

OperaBase.com
Find and research operas.

AllMusic Guide
Background on musicians, albums and songs.

MusicMatch.com

JazzHouse.org: Jazz Journalists Association

CableMusic.com

About.com: Teen Music Page

LA Times: The Envelope
Predictions site for Oscars, Grammys.

Dead Musician Directory

The Rocklopedia Fakebandica
Look up "bios" on all the fake bands from TV and movies.

MusicRadio 77 WABC
Archive of stories, images and recordings from the former Top 40 station.

Planet Bluegrass
Everything you would want to know about the Telluride, Colo., music jamboree.

Reggae Festival Guide Online
A month-to-month map of reggae events.

Rock on TV

Woody Guthrie and the Archive of American Folk Song
His letters from the Library of Congress.

Worst Album Covers Ever

John Williams Page
Site from the famous film music composer.

Soundtrack.net
Download movie, TV soundtracks and information about them .

AmIRight.com

America's Jazz
A 10-year initiative, America's Jazz Heritage aims to research, preserve, and present the history of jazz through everything from exhibitions and performances to recordings and educational programs at the Smithsonian and across the nation. Includes sound clips.

WNUR's JazzWeb
Background and reasearch on jazz from Northwestern's student radio station.

LALA
Similar to the iTunes store.

Jazz House

Virtual Festivals.com

KiwiBox.com
Articles, advice, music and more.

Hitsquad.com

Canadian Music Periodical
A searchable bibliography.

Erock.net

MusicDish.com
Good industry gossip, news.

Grand Ole Opry
Good background information on the history of the place.

AllMusic.com

Library of Congress American Sheet Music Site

OpenUpandSay.com
A great online music magazine covering anything rock, metal or instrumental.

Ice Magazine

Radio Stations on the Internet
A super search engine from MIT.

NewWavePhotos.com
New wave music photos.

College Music Journal

RadioStation.com
A great database of AM-FM stations, locations, some TV stations as well. Find station information quickly.

The HypeMachine
MP3 and music blog aggregator.

VIRB
A music social network site.

Motown Records
Has performer bios and other corporation background information.

Sony.com
Artists' bios are good for checking facts.

ArtistDirect.com
Good for searching performer bios.

Christian Pirate Radio

Push posters
Vintage posters, T-shirts and other music items.

HD Radio Stations Database
Use image map to locate stations in your state.

InfoPlease: Longest Broadway Runs

PasteMagazine
Music, movie and entertainment news. Includes blogs on various topics.

Music Radar
Industry and artist news.

British Library: Archival Sound Recordings
Music, speeches, natural sounds.

Video Antville
Showcases music videos online.

LaLa.com
Download music for 10 cents a song.

PC Magazine's Undiscovered Websites: Music
From November, 2007, a great collection of sites that provide shortcuts to several music sites and blogs.

Television Industry

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Nielsen Ratings
Weekly and seasonal TV ratings.

Nielsen: 2008-09 TV Market Size Rankings

Federal Communications Commission
Places federal regulations on TV entertainment. The site offers handbooks, resources, press releases, bureau/office listings, contact information and more.

Screen Actors Guild
Union site with lots of news.

Producers Guild
Union site with lots of news.

Writers Guild
Another union site with lots of news.

TV Critics Association

TVGuide.com
Covers every aspect of the industry.

Variety.com
The bible of Hollywood trade papers.

Hollywood Reporter.com
Covers Hollywood business.

NATPE: National Association of Television Producers and Editors

American Federation of Television and Radio Artists

Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers

Primetime Emmy Awards

Emmys.tv
TV news year-round.

Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
Emmys site, media center, news, archives and a schedule of upcoming events.

TV Watch
Opposes government control of TV programming and promotes the use of tools like content ratings and parental controls.

Parents Television Council
Another TV watchdog group.

WhoRepresents.com: Agent Database
A great shortcut for sourcing, enter celebrity names into the database and get the managers or agents who represents them.

NBCI.com
NBC's entertainment division.

Association of Local TV Stations

National Cable TV Association

International Radio and TV Society

Broadcasting & Cable Magazine
Covers the business of television. "People on the move" section is great for tracking executives.

TVLink
Dozens of links to TV- and movie-related sites.

Entertainment Tonight

Access Hollywood

Hollywood.tv
Hollywood video/news site similar to TMZ.

TelevisionWeek
TV industry news, ratings and more.

TV Rundown
The TV Rundown reports on local television news and programming.

FirstShowing
A good Hollywood gossip blog that includes links to teasers and new trailers.

MeeVee
This site/blog provides listings for local and cable TV shows as well as customized show recommendations. Includes a news feed and message boards.

IwatchStuff.com
An entertainment/gossip site.

TV Party.com

TV Barn
Kansas City Star television columnist Aaron Barnhart writes a weblog about television.

TVEyes.com

TV Obscurities
A look back a little-known TV shows.

TelevisionWithoutPity
Recaps and news on all of your favorite TV shows.

IMDB Pro
Subscription section of Internet Movie Database lets you search for celebrity contacts and agents. Track films in production, actor/movie rankings, etc.

WhoRepresents.com
Another subscription service that lets you search for celebrity contacts and agents.

TVNewsday.com

Zap2It.com
News from the Hollywood industry.

Newsweek Pop Vox
Best and worst in movies, TV and books.

Archive of American Television Interviews
Anyone interested in the history of American television will want to check out these often extensive video interviews, posted in 30-minute segments.

Ultimate Reality TV
Has the lowdown on all the show gossip.

Footnote.TV
From Stephen Lee, a former Chicago Tribune reporter, offers a site that provides context and background to current events mentioned on such shows as "Saturday Night Live" on NBC, "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart" on Comedy Central, "The West Wing" on NBC, and "JAG" on CBS.

Entertainment Weekly Movies Database

BuzzDash
Online polls on news, politics, sports, celebrities, etc.

Star Links
Connect stars to each other.

Sitcoms Online
All kinds of resources about shows past and present. Some trivia.

TV Mistakes

TV Tattle
Listings of links to TV news and criticism from newspapers and Web sites.

The Tonight Show Archives
JohnnyCarson.com has a library of 5,000 past episodes.

Washington Post Television Page
Updates on the TV industry from the Post's crew of media writers.

Hulu.com
Portal to thousands of old TV shows you can watch online.

Fancast.com
Watch hundreds of TV shows and movies for free.

Blinkx Channel Browser
Download programming straight to your browser.

TV History
Links, FAQ, decade-by-decade breakdown the evolution of television and TV manufacturers. Look at past TV guides, TV models, etc.

BuddyTV.com
TV social networking site. It includes some news and spoilers, but fact-check what you read on here.

Syracuse University: Bleier Center for Television and Popular Culture
Part of the Newhouse School of Journalism.

Ohio State: Cartoon Research Library
Print and TV cartoons.

The Ad Critic
A mecca for popular TV commercials.

RedEye Show Patrol Blog
Outstanding TV news blog from RedEye-Chicago Tribune columnist Curt Wagner.

ShowbizShelly.com
Blog and podcasts with celebrity interviews.

Strike.TV
Professionally produced web video skits. Started during the writer's strike.

Collider.com
Movie, DVD, music, video news, reviews and interviews.

PasteMagazine
Music, movie and entertainment news. Includes blogs on various topics.

News at Seven
A cool tool that allows you to create a virtual newscast pulled from stories, images, videos and blogs all linked by a common news topic. The site generates an avatar that delivers the newscast.

InContention.com
Entertainment awards site. News, predictions, etc.

Simply Scripts
Scripts from TV, movies, radio, etc.

CNN Entertainment Coverage

American Federation of Television and Radio Artists

In Touch Weekly

The Futon Critic
TV blog with news, listings, ratings, reviews and more.

Hollywood Entertainment Museum

Advanced Television Systems Committee
An international organization establishing broadcasting standards for digital (including high-definition and data broadcasting) television.

Pitchfork Media TV
Quality music videos and more.

Fancast
Comcast site combines information about TV shows and playback of archived shows.

Veoh Networks
Has shows from some network and studios but also has some viewer-generated video.

Joost
Nearly 30,000 shows available.

Veoh
Search online videos and watch TV shows.

Entertainment Industry Foundation
Funds programs in a variety of areas, including education and children's services, the arts, community service, the environment, AIDS and literacy.

SitCom Locations

Chunnel TV
Showcases underground video and art on the Web.

Nizm Lab
Showcases popular online videos.

MySpaceTV
View short snippets from shows.

Online Video Guide
Watch hundreds of movies, TV shows, etc.

SnagFilms
Browse political programming and other videos.

MSN's Video Guide
Listings and coverage of what's new on TV.

AOL TV

U.S. Government Publication Digitization Projects: Arts & Humanities
Thousands of documents on government communications, education, languages, literature, philosophy, religion, music, art, and other cultural aspects of humanity.

Archive of American Television

The WB
Watch archived shows from the network.

WildFilmHistory: 100 Years of Wildlife Filmmaking

Academy Awards Links

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Oscars.org
News from Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

81st Academy Awards Nominees List

81st Academy Awards Movie Trailers

81st Academy Awards Media Kit

Oscars.org Photos and Logos
High-resolution images of the Oscar logo, statute, etc.

Eligible Releases for Distinguished Achievements
They're available in html and .pdf.

Academy Awards Official Rules

OscarWorld.net
A fan site, so be careful what you use. Full of offbeat facts and trivia.

Internet Movie Database
Great for fact-checking names and film titles.

Movie Review Query Engine
A searchable database of reviews so you can look up what various critics said about the Oscar-nominated pictures.

ShowBizData.com
A super site. Requires a log-in/subscription. Includes daily box office stats, box office top 10 and all-time top 100 box office.

Variety.com
Read what the trades are saying about the Oscar nominations.

Hollywood Reporter.com
Read what the trades are saying about the Oscar nominations.

Hollywood and Vine
News on all the entertainment industries.

Yahoo! Entertainment
Hollywood news and box office figures.

HSX.com
Hollywood Stock Exchange site covers industry news.

Hollywood.com
Hollywood news and box office figures.

Critics.com

Internet Archive: Movie Collection

Alternet.org: Altie Awards
Alternative Oscar awards. Funny categories.

Screen Source
A fan page with hundreds of TV and movie links, past Oscar winners.

LA Times: The Envelope
Predictions site for Oscars, Grammys.

InContention.com
Entertainment awards site. News, predictions, etc.

Miscellaneous Entertainment

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Image of the Journalist in Popular Culture (IJPC)
A project of the Norman Lear Center, USC Annenberg School of Journalism. that launched in April 2002. Among the articles, books and research: "Fiction or Fact: Hollywood Looks at the News," a 26-page essay written by Annenberg Associate Dean Joe Saltzman and Loren Ghiglione, former dean of the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University.

Entertainment Weekly
Updated news on all the industries.

Eonline.com
Hollywood news from E! network.

TMZ.com

PerezHilton.com

Yahoo! Picks Best Entertainment Sites
Links to many celebrity sites. Be careful with which ones you use; some are fan sites.

People Magazine

US Magazine

Gawker.com
Celebrity news blogs galore. Be careful quoting information from them.

Who's Dead and Who's Alive Database
A celebrity you may have thought was dead isn't.

Celebrity Address Search Engine

CelebritySource.com
An agency that puts you in touch with celebrity agents. Used mainly for advertising, it could have some value to reporters.

DrugStory.org
A non-profit Web site that provides free information to entertainment industry writers about drugs. The National Youth Anti-Drug Media Campaign developed the site to present the latest drug-related information to entertainment writers and feature journalists. The site also provides writers with the opportunity to email specific questions to a select list of drug experts. The site is designed to help writers quickly locate and research critical information on specific drugs.

Multimedia and Entertainment Law Online News Blog

Yahoo! Buzz

Enewswire.com's Entertainment News
Updates every 15 minutes.

The National Endowment for the Arts
The organization's background and that of similar organizations nationwide.

ModaMag.com
A good all-around entertainment site. Links, reviews, etc.

LA Times Calendar Section
Covers the big picture in Hollywood.

CNN.com's Entertainment Page
Good coverage of the business side of entertainment.

SelectSurf Entertainment Links
Links to several great entertainment sites.

Mr. Showbiz
Great site! Reliable celebrity and music bios for fact-checking.

Shecky Magazine
Online magazine devoted to the stand-up comedy business.

Science Fiction Museum and Hall of Fame

DeadorAliveInfo.com
A handy quick-reference, fact-checking site for copy editors. Find out if a celebrity is dead or alive.

Singing Fish
This site searches for video and audio from movies, radio, TV and online.

Dictionaraoke
An online dictionary that is sung.

Classic Car TV Commercials
View sports back to the 1950s.

Huffington's Toast
Arianna Huffington's celebrity blog.

Big Cartoon DataBase

Classic Summer Movies

Summer's Here, and the Time is Right for Music (CNN / 2001)

Seeing Stars
Billed as "The Ultimate guide to Celebrities and Hollywood". Offbeat factoids about entertainment stars and shows. Info. on getting on game shows, award show seats, etc.

World Wide Arts Resources
Featured artists and other interesting materials.

Lyrics on Demand
A great quick-reference of words to more than 1,000 hit songs, past and present.

Real.com
One of the most popular entertainment sites online.

Salon.com
Great offbeat news and entertainment site.

Inside.com
A great entertainment news site, but it charges for some content.

Seeing Stars: Ultimate Guide to Celebrities

Classical Music Archives
A searchable index of MP3 downloads. Includes list of most-popular downloads, music and more.

PopCrazy.com
A fan site for pop stars, pop culture, etc. Has some value for entertainment media covering trends.

Rocket-fuel.com
Underground pop-culture reviews and commentary.

MyEntertainmentWorld.com
Links to dozens of industry contacts and production types.

OmniSeek's Entertainment Directory
Links to thousands of helpful sites.

Short Celebrities
A hilarious site from Liquid Generation.

CountingDown.com
Billed as the "Ultimate Fan Site" for movies, music, etc.

WindowsMedia.com
Entertainment, business, news and more.

SlipUps.com
Mistakes in movies, books, quotes, TV shows, etc.

Lemmecheck.com

Screen Source
A fan page with hundreds of TV and movie links, past Oscar winners.

ArtandCulture.com

PC Magazine's Undiscovered Websites: Entertainment
From November, 2007, a great collection of sites that provide shortcuts to many entertainment websites and blogs.

InContention.com
Entertainment awards site. News, predictions, etc.