Relative unknown to take lead in BBC's 'Dr Who' (AP)

AP - The BBC says little-known actor Matt Smith will take over the title role in the long-running sci-fi series "Doctor Who."
Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment News | 5 Jan 2009 | 12:28 pm

Universal sells Rogue to financing partner (AP)

AP - Universal Pictures, a division of General Electric Co., has sold horror and thriller film label Rogue Pictures to its longtime financing partner Relativity Media LLC.
Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment News | 5 Jan 2009 | 12:26 pm

Cruise says church helped him overcome dyslexia (AP)

In this file photo of Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2008 Tom Cruise arrives for a taping of 'The Late Show with David Letterman,' in New York. U.S. actor Tom Cruise has told a Spanish magazine that Church of Scientology teachings helped him overcome dyslexia. 'I came to asked myself if I was normal or an idiot. I would try to concentrate but my memory was short and I felt anxiety, frustration, boredom. When I graduated (from school) in 1980 I was functionally illiterate,' Cruise says in the interview posted on the magazine's Web site Sunday Jan. 4, 2009. (AP Photo/Charles Sykes)AP - Actor Tom Cruise said Scientology teachings helped him overcome childhood dyslexia, a Spanish magazine reported.



Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment News | 5 Jan 2009 | 12:17 pm

Cruise says church helped him overcome dyslexia (AP)

In this file photo of Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2008 Tom Cruise arrives for a taping of 'The Late Show with David Letterman,' in New York. U.S. actor Tom Cruise has told a Spanish magazine that Church of Scientology teachings helped him overcome dyslexia. 'I came to asked myself if I was normal or an idiot. I would try to concentrate but my memory was short and I felt anxiety, frustration, boredom. When I graduated (from school) in 1980 I was functionally illiterate,' Cruise says in the interview posted on the magazine's Web site Sunday Jan. 4, 2009. (AP Photo/Charles Sykes)AP - Actor Tom Cruise said Scientology teachings helped him overcome childhood dyslexia, a Spanish magazine reported.



Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment News | 5 Jan 2009 | 12:17 pm

Universal sells Rogue Pictures to Relativity: report - Reuters


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Source: Google News - Entertainment | 5 Jan 2009 | 11:10 am

Universal sells Rogue Pictures to Relativity: report (Reuters)

Reuters - ABC's "Homeland Security USA" tracks the cops who save our nation from illegal aliens, drug smugglers and the occasional scofflaw belly dancer.
Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment Reviews | 5 Jan 2009 | 6:24 am

"Scrubs" brings hospital hijinks to ABC (AP)

Actor John Travolta and actress-wife Kelly Preston arrive at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival's Kirk Douglas Award for Excellence in Film in this Thursday, Nov. 15, 2007 file photo taken in Santa Barbara, Calif. Travolta's teenage son has died after injuring himself at the actor's vacation home. Police spokeswoman Loretta Mackey says 16-year-old Jett Travolta hit his head in a bathtub Friday Jan. 2, 2009. She said he was declared dead at Rand Memorial Hospital on Grand Bahama Island. (AP Photo/Michael A. MariantAP - John Travolta and Kelly Preston are "heartbroken" over the death of their chronically ill 16-year-old son, who collapsed at the family's vacation home on Grand Bahama, the actors said Sunday.



Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment News | 5 Jan 2009 | 3:54 am

Billy Ray Cyrus: Our Thoughts and Prayers Are With Travolta Family

Billy Ray CyrusBilly Ray Cyrus took a moment to deliver a message of prayer and support to John Travolta and his family on the loss of their son Jett.


Source: E! Online - Top Stories | 5 Jan 2009 | 2:22 am

John Curran to direct 'Damned'

Front Page: Filmmaker to helm Keira Knightley drama -- John Curran is set to direct "The Beautiful and the Damned," a Film Department period drama that will star Keira Knightley. Pic begins production in March.

Source: CNN.com - Entertainment | 5 Jan 2009 | 1:46 am

The Curious Case of Sheridan and Spade Continues

David Spade, Nicollette Sheridan Are Nicollette Sheridan and David Spade actually becoming a couple? The two had dinner together on Saturday at Sushisamba in the Palazzo in Las Vegas. "Although there...

Pretty cute,...

Citing an unnamed source, People is reporting that the 33-year-old American Pie actress checked out of Promises Treatment...


Source: Variety.com - Front Page | 4 Jan 2009 | 8:43 pm

'Marley' on top for second straight week

If the box office this weekend is any indication of what 2009 will be like, maybe there is a reason for some optimism.

Source: CNN.com - Entertainment | 4 Jan 2009 | 8:28 pm

Star Trek's Grand Dame Laid to Rest

Majel Barrett, Star TrekThe First Lady of Star Trek was sent off into the final frontier Sunday by family, friends and fellow Trekkers. Majel Barrett Roddenberry, who died Dec. 18 at age 76, was laid to rest...


Source: E! Online - Top Stories | 4 Jan 2009 | 8:08 pm

Charlie Rose Mistakenly Declares Friend Dead

PBS' Charlie Rose apologizes after mistakenly declaring a friend dead
Source: ABC News: Entertainment | 4 Jan 2009 | 7:40 pm

Relativity snaps up Rogue

Front Page: Film unit closes deal to buy horror label -- After more than two months of negotiations, Relativity Media has closed a deal to buy Rogue Pictures from Universal Pictures for roughly $150 million.


Source: Variety.com - Front Page | 4 Jan 2009 | 7:35 pm

Jennifer Aniston Dog Tale Nabs Another B.O. Win (E! Online)

Jennifer Aniston Dog Tale Nabs Another B.O. Win(E! Online)E! Online - The dog days of winter are here to stay, apparently.



Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment News | 4 Jan 2009 | 7:00 pm

CBS holds strong in year-end ratings

Front Page: Cable gains ground from broadcast networks -- When it comes to momentum heading into the new year, the Eye has it -- and it's pretty much alone.


Source: Variety.com - Front Page | 4 Jan 2009 | 6:54 pm

Travolta Family Speaks Out: "We are Heartbroken"

Jett Travolta, John TravoltaThe family of John Travolta and Kelly Preston have issued their first statement via John's official website about the tragic death of their 16-year-old son, Jett, on Friday...


Source: E! Online - Top Stories | 4 Jan 2009 | 6:40 pm

Jennifer Aniston Dog Tale Nabs Another B.O. Win

Marley and MeThe dog days of winter are here to stay, apparently. For the second time, Marley & Me, the Jennifer Aniston-Owen Wilson-Lab love story, finished atop the weekend box...


Source: E! Online - Top Stories | 4 Jan 2009 | 6:40 pm

Groggy, Bloggy: All You Need Is Love, Courtney Love

Courtney LoveOkay, she may just be a media whore always trying to score some cheap train-wreckognition, but you've got to hand it Courtney Love. Because she probably couldn't find it otherwise. But...


Source: E! Online - Top Stories | 4 Jan 2009 | 6:39 pm

Sunday, Funday: Our Poll of Polls & Bonus Suri Pix

Suri CruiseAs regular readers of this blog know, when it's a slow news day in Celebrityville we often toss up a poll to stir the conversation pot. Either that, or we just slap up some cute pictures of...


Source: E! Online - Top Stories | 4 Jan 2009 | 6:30 pm

Best Picture Race Gets Animated; Sean Penn Milks Another Win

Milk, Sean PennAn animated film won the latest pre-Oscar prize. But it wasn't WALL-E. Waltz with Bashir, filmmaker Ari Folman's stylish documentary about the 1982 Israeli invasion of Lebanon,...


Source: E! Online - Top Stories | 4 Jan 2009 | 5:28 pm

Best Picture Race Gets Animated; Sean Penn Milks Another Win (E! Online)

Best Picture Race Gets Animated; Sean Penn Milks Another Win(E! Online)E! Online - An animated film won the latest pre-Oscar prize. But it wasn't WALL-E.



Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment News | 4 Jan 2009 | 5:26 pm

Foreign grosses rise to new record

Front Page: International box office hits new high in 2008 -- With tentpoles driving overseas moviegoing, Hollywood majors saw 2008 foreign grosses rise 4% and set a new record of $9.9 billion.


Source: Variety.com - Front Page | 4 Jan 2009 | 4:40 pm

Bon Jovi to Hillary Clinton: I'll Be There for You (E! Online)

Bon Jovi to Hillary Clinton: I'll Be There for You(E! Online)E! Online - Forget government bailouts! Former first lady Hillary Clinton is hoping Jon Bon Jovi can help with her financial crisis.



Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment News | 4 Jan 2009 | 4:26 pm

'Marley' still top dog at box office

Front Page: Four films find favor over holiday frame -- Twentieth Century Fox's Owen Wilson-Jennifer Aniston starrer "Marley and Me" remained best in show at the weekend box office, fetching a winning gross of $24 million from 3,505 runs for a cume of $106.5 million in only 11 days.


Source: Variety.com - Front Page | 4 Jan 2009 | 3:35 pm

Need Exercise Inspiration? Watch 'Sahara'

Runners in Matt Damon-produced "Running the Sahara" ran 2 marathons per day.
Source: ABC News: Entertainment | 4 Jan 2009 | 3:29 pm

Grateful Dead plans tour

Front Page: Band to hit the road for first time in five years -- It looks like the old Dead are gettin' on.


Source: Variety.com - Front Page | 4 Jan 2009 | 2:43 pm

EMT: Travolta, Preston Begged Son to Wake Up

John Travolta and Kelly Preston pled repeatedly with their son Jett to regain consciousness in the ambulance as it raced from their house to the hospital, Bahamanian EMT Chief Marcus Garvey says in an exclusive interview.
Source: FOXNews.com | 4 Jan 2009 | 2:40 pm

Celebs' 'Sinsational' Vegas Tales Exposed

Insider shares stars' exploits that happened in Vegas but didn't stay there.
Source: ABC News: Entertainment | 4 Jan 2009 | 2:14 pm