Old movie newsreels dating as far back as 1917 will be digitized and put up on the Net under a joint project of IBM and the UCLA Film and Television Archive. Some 27 million feet of reels that were shown in theaters and outtakes are in the Hearst Metrotone News Collection.

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6:50 PM Thu | Largest crowd for a Walk of Fame star ceremony that many could remember, outside the Capitol Records tower on Thursday. Photo by Gary Leonard.
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