Wicked: For Good shows Hollywood box office records can be smashed by a familiar melody sung loudly, together, in the dark.

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Jerry Bruckheimer, photographed at his office in Santa Monica in June. (Jason Armond / Los Angeles Times) The first thing you notice in Jerry Bruckheimer’s Santa Monica office isn’t the full-size suit of armor from 2004's "King Arthur" or the shelves ...

The entertainment business has never been so dependent on kids dragging their parents to theaters