Teen Actor in Upcoming 'Potter' Film Killed in Bar Brawl

Rob Knox, a British teen actor who had a small role in the upcoming 'Harry Potter' film was stabbed and killed in a bar brawl in London on Saturday, police said.
Source: FOXNews.com | 25 May 2008 | 12:55 pm

Great Britain's Andy Abraham finishes last in Eurovision Song Contest - NME.com


CTV.ca

Great Britain's Andy Abraham finishes last in Eurovision Song Contest
NME.com - 43 minutes ago
Andy Abraham, who was representing Great Britain in the Eurovision Song Contest last night (May 24), finished joint last in the competition.
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Source: Google News - Entertainment | 25 May 2008 | 12:30 pm

Kate Hudson Riding Lance's ... Bike - TMZ.com


Showbiz Spy

Kate Hudson Riding Lance's ... Bike
TMZ.com - 50 minutes ago
If nothing else, this thing is doomed because who wants to write about HudStrong for months? In any case, it looks like Kate Hudson has moved on from one blond stallion (Owen Wilson) to another (Lance Armstrong), and she's not giving it the soft pedal, ...
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Source: Google News - Entertainment | 25 May 2008 | 12:23 pm

Local communities to mark Memorial Day - Poughkeepsie Journal


Akron Leader Publications

Local communities to mark Memorial Day
Poughkeepsie Journal - 57 minutes ago
Monday, 9:30 am Parade from city hall past Memorial Hall, stop by bridge for ceremony, return to Memorial Hall at 10:45 am The main ceremony will be held at 11 am The event will be hosted by American Legion Beacon Post 203.
A DAY TO REMEMBER: A town-by-town look at Memorial Day events Enterprise News
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Source: Google News - Entertainment | 25 May 2008 | 12:17 pm

Weather: Clouds a surprise, but no rain - Charlotte Observer


Indiana's NewsCenter

Weather: Clouds a surprise, but no rain
Charlotte Observer - 1 hour ago
Forecasters were caught by surprise this morning by the development of clouds across the Charlotte metro region, and it's possible that at least partly cloudy skies will continue today and tonight.
Weather system brings rain, chill to long holiday weekend Modesto Bee
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Source: Google News - Entertainment | 25 May 2008 | 12:06 pm

Eastwood, Jolie in running for Cannes prizes

0523x_Dirty_Harry Established Hollywood stars and filmmakers such as Clint Eastwood and Angelina Jolie were competing against movies from acclaimed international directors for the top...
Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsEnter | 25 May 2008 | 11:17 am

The woman at the eye of the Bush/Gore storm - Chicago Sun-Times


E Canada Now

The woman at the eye of the Bush/Gore storm
Chicago Sun-Times - 4 hours ago
BY ROGER EBERT Film Critic Katherine Harris was a piece of work. The Florida secretary of state during the 2000 elections is not intended to be the leading role in "Recount," an HBO docudrama about that lamentable fiasco, but every time Laura Dern ...
‘Recount’ recounts tale of 2000 Florida election debacle Boston Herald
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Source: Google News - Entertainment | 25 May 2008 | 9:05 am

Explosive testimony in R. Kelly trial - Chicago Sun-Times


Ottawa Citizen

Explosive testimony in R. Kelly trial
Chicago Sun-Times - 4 hours ago
BY KIM JANSSEN AND ERIC HERMAN Staff Reporters The trial of R. Kelly lived up to its billing as the biggest show in town last week as it finally began with three days of explosive testimony.
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Source: Google News - Entertainment | 25 May 2008 | 9:04 am

Ghosts of Janis, Sid haunt Chelsea Hotel film

Most documentaries stick with interviews of living people. But since this one's about New York's Chelsea Hotel and its rock 'n' roll aura, it seems natural that the ghosts of Janis Joplin
Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsEnter | 25 May 2008 | 8:50 am

'Sex and the City' film finally puts the chick flick cliches to bed - New York Daily News


The Gazette (Montreal)

'Sex and the City' film finally puts the chick flick cliches to bed
New York Daily News - 5 hours ago
BY ELIZABETH WEITZMAN From l., Kristin Davis, Sarah Jessica Parker and Cynthia Nixon in 'Sex and the City: The Movie.' 'Waiting to Exhale': Sisterhood was still powerful in 1995, four years after 'Thelma and Louise.
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Source: Google News - Entertainment | 25 May 2008 | 8:08 am

'Laugh-In' host Dick Martin dies - New York Daily News


The Southern Ledger

'Laugh-In' host Dick Martin dies
New York Daily News - 5 hours ago
LOS ANGELES - Dick Martin, the zany half of the comedy team whose "Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In" took television by storm in the 1960s, died Saturday night.
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Source: Google News - Entertainment | 25 May 2008 | 8:08 am

Zeng Fanzhi's Mask Series

This undated handout picture released by Christie's on May 24, in Hong Kong shows Chinese contemporary artist Zeng Fanzhi's Mask Series 1996 No.6 .The painting sold for 75,367,500 Hong Kong dollars (9,662,114...
Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesEnter | 25 May 2008 | 7:10 am

Chinese painting sells for record 9.7 million dollars in Hong Kong

A painting that uses imagery from China's Cultural Revolution sold for 9.7 million dollars at an auction in Hong Kong, setting yet another new record for Chinese contemporary art.
Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsEnter | 25 May 2008 | 7:10 am

Rapper has concert weekend after Paterson's pardon - Newsday


Fresh News

Rapper has concert weekend after Paterson's pardon
Newsday - 6 hours ago
BY SOPHIA CHANG | sophia.chang@newsday.com On his first day as a pardoned man, Ricky Walters - better known as rap legend "Slick Rick" - had a private celebration of a new freedom.
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Source: Google News - Entertainment | 25 May 2008 | 7:03 am

Billy Joel's Mohegan Sun shows prep for Shea gig - Newsday


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Billy Joel's Mohegan Sun shows prep for Shea gig
Newsday - 6 hours ago
BY GLENN GAMBOA | glenn.gamboa@newsday.com UNCASVILLE, Conn. - Billy Joel's spring training kicked off here at the Mohegan Sun Arena Friday night, as he prepares to transform his current roadshow into two historic concerts in July that will go down as ...
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Source: Google News - Entertainment | 25 May 2008 | 7:02 am

Guillermo del Toro

Sir Ian McKellen will return in the role of Gandalf for two big-budget movies based on the JRR Tolkein book "The Hobbit," the films' director Guillermo del Toro (seen here in 2007) confirmed Sunday. Del...
Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesEnter | 25 May 2008 | 6:29 am

Ian McKellen

Sir Ian McKellen, seen here in 2007, will return in the role of Gandalf for two big-budget movies based on the JRR Tolkein book "The Hobbit," the films' director Guillermo del Toro confirmed Sunday.
Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesEnter | 25 May 2008 | 6:29 am

McKellen, New Zealand location confirmed for Hobbit films

Sir Ian McKellen will return in the role of Gandalf for two big-budget movies based on the JRR Tolkein book "The Hobbit," the films' director Guillermo del Toro confirmed Sunday.
Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsEnter | 25 May 2008 | 6:29 am

'Laugh-In' comic Dick Martin dead at 86

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Source: CNN.com - Entertainment | 25 May 2008 | 5:49 am

TV's 'Laugh-in' comic Dick Martin dies at 86

Dick Martin, the zany half of the comedy team whose "Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In" took television by storm in the 1960s, making stars of Goldie Hawn and Lily Tomlin and creating such...
Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsEnter | 25 May 2008 | 4:51 am

'Indiana Jones' earns $56 million in first 2 days

He may be older, but Indiana Jones is still finding box office treasure. Paramount's "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull," the fourth film in the action-adventure...
Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsEnter | 25 May 2008 | 4:25 am

TV's 'Laugh-in' comic Dick Martin dies in Calif

Dick Martin, the zany half of the comedy team whose "Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In" took television by storm in the 1960s, making stars of Goldie Hawn and Lily Tomlin and creating such...
Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsEnter | 25 May 2008 | 4:11 am

Cannes prepares for prizes in festival finale

Established Hollywood stars and filmmakers such as Clint Eastwood and Angelina Jolie were competing against movies from acclaimed international directors for the top honors at the Cannes...
Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsEnter | 25 May 2008 | 4:01 am

TV's "Laugh-in" comic Dick Martin dies in Calif

Dick Martin, the zany half of the comedy team whose "Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In" took television by storm in the 1960s, making stars of Goldie Hawn and Lily Tomlin and creating such...
Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsEnter | 25 May 2008 | 3:40 am

Israeli war documentary, Clint drama leading Cannes pack

An Israeli animated documentary probing massacres in Lebanon and a Clint Eastwood drama starring Angelina Jolie led the running at Cannes Sunday as the festival prepared to crown the best...
Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsEnter | 25 May 2008 | 2:52 am

Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie and actor and director Clint Eastwood and his wife Dina

(From L) US actors Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie and actor and director Clint Eastwood and his wife Dina pose as they arrive to attend the screening of the film 'The Exchange' at the 61st Cannes International...
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A dirigible flies above the Festival palace during the 61st Cannes International Film Festival

Picture taken on May 18 shows a dirigible flying above the Festival palace during the 61st Cannes International Film Festival in Cannes, southern France. An Israeli animated documentary probing massacres...
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US actor and director and President of the Jury Sean Penn

US actor and director and President of the Jury Sean Penn is seen here on May 20, in Cannes, southern France. The May 14-25 festival winds up with the awards ceremony for the prestigious Palme d'Or, to...
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Russia wins its first Eurovision song contest

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"Campaign aides were taken aback by the quick reaction to her remarks, but then quickly realized that Mrs. Clinton had to backpedal. She then spoke to the traveling press corps for the first time in more than a week, at a supermarket here." [NYT]


[MacMotherShip]


“As I listened to my patients during consultations, many of them mentioned Balk by name,” Dr. Hefez said. “He’s penetrated some of their deepest fantasies. I noticed all this passion in people speaking of him, and I thought there is something particular about this man — he’s like a reflection of us in the mirror.”
The bloggers project themselves onto Mr. Balk, too, Dr. Hefez said.
“He’s the incarnation of the postmodern man, obsessed with himself, turned toward pleasure, autonomous and narcissistic,” the psychiatrist said. “And he exhibits his joys and sorrows, all his private life, his sentimental doubts and pleasures. He represents the individualism of the society to the extreme, that it’s the individual who counts, not the society.”

Eight months after leaving Gawker to take over at Radar Online, Mr. Balk can appear to be everywhere, particularly in the Tumblsphere. [UnbearablyBalk]

"I can say that your correspondent is off the mark on the substance, the drivers, the mood, and the implications. We're all pretty excited about the new direction, me included.

"I would only observe that we have a large and loyal readership in the New York suburbs, a bigger one than in the five boroughs. But those people mostly aren't reading the Times for detailed local coverage of suburban New Jersey and Connecticut. And such stories will not be what keeps Metro thriving and relevant in an era when the Times is a national and global platform.

"I know people like to dance on our grave out there, but this is a good and positive thing, not a cheap metaphor for decline."


Everyone in the audience got all happy and shouty when she said that. Yeah, I was there. I love Alanis Morrissette. Is that a problem? [Rolling Stone]



"I was able...

"The letter said Russians are fond of many of Ford’s other roles, but not this time. 'You have no future in Russia any more. Speaking plainly, it is better for you not to come here. You will be beaten and despised.'

"However, despite the protests, the film was released on Thursday on 808 screens in Russia — a record for a Hollywood film.

"The Communist Party has withered since the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, but it remains the second largest party in the Duma, the Russian parliament." [ShowbizSpy]



Communist Party members in Russia want to ban Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull from...

"At Gabriel’s, an Italian restaurant on the Upper West Side, Ms. Allen joined family and friends, including her son, Nick, 17; ex-husband, Kale Browne; manager, Joan Hyler; the poet Michael Lally and his son, Flynn, and friends Christy Zea and Frosty Montgomery.

"There was talk of whether Mr. Spielberg and George Lucas would make yet another Indy movie. 'George had been saying no,' Ms. Allen said with a poker face, 'but lately in the press, he doesn’t seem to be ruling it out.'

"In a lull between courses, she did her best to answer a barrage of questions about the movie: Where was it shot? (Los Angeles, mostly, she said.) Was the scene of a nuclear mushroom cloud made with government footage? (Hotly debated.) Was the motorcycle chase through the college library shot at Yale University? (Yes, Mr. Spielberg’s son studies there.)

"After dessert, 10-year-old Flynn looked up from his chocolate cake and offered Ms. Allen an unsolicited review of the film. 'The funny thing about the movie is that you punch him and then you kiss him,' he said.

“'Well, that’s love,' Ms. Allen said." [NYT]


Rapper Bow Wow is joining the fifth season of HBO's Emmy-winning series as Charlie, a stand-up comic who becomes a new...

Source: E! Online - Top Stories | 24 May 2008 | 5:00 pm

Britney's Ballyhoo Explained

Britney SpearsTrying to squeeze in a little gym time after a hard day's work? You're out of luck if Britney Spears is around! A number of exercise buffs at Bally Total Fitness were denied...

Source: E! Online - Top Stories | 24 May 2008 | 3:50 pm

The cast of Kimshi in Cannes

(From L) South Korean actors Song Kang-Ho, Lee Byung-Hun and Jung Woo-Sung and director Kim Jee-Woon pose during a photocall at the 61st International Cannes Film Festival. A mega-budget South Korean "kimshi"...
Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesEnter | 24 May 2008 | 3:27 pm

Zhang Ziyi Says She's Outraged by Ignorance About Quake

'Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon' star Zhang Ziyi says she's outraged by what she says is ignorance about the recent earthquake in China.
Source: FOXNews.com | 24 May 2008 | 3:05 pm

Rapper 'Slick Rick' Pardoned by New York Governor

Rapper Ricky 'Slick Rick' Walters, who spent more than five years in prison on a 1991 attempted murder conviction and faced threats of deportation, was granted a full and unconditional pardon Friday by New York Gov. David Paterson.
Source: FOXNews.com | 24 May 2008 | 2:47 pm

Flawed sporting legends shine at Cannes

Two documentaries at this year's Cannes Film Festival deal with sporting legends.


Source: CNN.com - Entertainment | 24 May 2008 | 1:36 pm

Cruise Control: Tom Targets Baby Store

Luxury store owner claims she never leaked info on Cruise's purchases.
Source: ABC News: Entertainment | 24 May 2008 | 12:56 pm