AFP - Boyzone singer Stephen Gately, 33, died on Saturday while on holiday in Majorca off the coast of Spain, the Irish band said on its website. Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment News | 11 Oct 2009 | 3:02 am
LONDON - Stephen Gately, a singer with the Irish boy band Boyzone, has died while on vacation in Spain, the group said on its Web site Sunday. He was 33. Gately "tragically died" on... Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsEnter | 11 Oct 2009 | 2:45 am
AFP - Lindsay Lohan's widely panned appearance on Paris catwalks for luxury label Ungaro could signal a shift away from high end brands seeking creative input from celebrities, analysts say.
Perhaps Kanye West is finally taking that much-needed "time off" from his stage-hijacking shenanigans.
After infamously stealing Taylor Swift's spotlight at the MTV...
T.I. didn't need to attend the BET Hip-Hop Awards to win two trophies on Saturday. The rapper, who is locked up in an Arkansas penitentiary on a federal weapons conviction, won the best... Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsEnter | 10 Oct 2009 | 8:19 pm
After months of rewatching that supercute teaser trailer (and over 10 years of wishing and hoping for another sequel), we're finally getting a glimpse of...
In a "rap" video that has to be seen for its awfulness to be believed, young Miley Cyrus and her fly girls or whatever explain why Miley quit Twitter: to protect her private life, to "live for the moment" instead of "living for people," and because she's just "too busy." On that last one, at least, Miley doth protest too much, 'cause this video, while bad, probably took her at least an entire day to put together (not that she bothered to memorize her lyrics.)
Remember that this weekend is "subway hell" weekend -- 18 out of 20 lines will have significant and social-life-altering diversions until the wee hours of Monday morning. Just think of it as good news for those looking for an excuse to miss a boring social obligation. If last night was any indication, cabs and car services are in predictable reactionary short supply. [Gothamist]
(AP) AP - He may be married to Queen Elizabeth II, but Prince Philip has the same technological troubles as millions of commoners. Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment News | 10 Oct 2009 | 11:56 am
Abraham Lincoln came to New York City only five times in his life, yet the growing 19th century metropolis played a central role in burnishing his enduring public image. That's the point Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsEnter | 10 Oct 2009 | 11:56 am
(Reuters) Reuters - Most of the time, test-driving a car results in nothing more than a sales pitch, automobile envy and a brief sample of that new car smell. But for music fans in select markets, taking a Kia Soul out for a spin gets them something more: a free concert. Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment News | 10 Oct 2009 | 11:11 am
In Everybody's Fine, a remake of Guiseppe Tornatore's Stanno Tutti Bene Robert De Niro plays a widower who takes a road trip to visit his adult children for the holidays, played by Drew Barrymore, Kate Beckinsale, and Sam Rockwell. The trailer is surprising in that there are literally no surprises: we've all seen this movie before, usually because it's preferable to actually talking to our relatives at the holidays (oh, the irony!) It's kind of odd, though, that Miramax used the "zany comedy" trailer voice-over guy for this one, lending it an air of wackiness that doesn't seem like the movie will bear out. With a current release date of December 4, let's just hope it's still in theaters on Christmas Day, when the two-hour distraction will be most needed.
Shabbos elevators, which are programmed to stop on every floor from Friday evening to Saturday evening so that Orthodox Jews can use them without pushing buttons, were ruled a possible “desecration of the Sabbath" last week by a group of prominent Rabbis in Israel, and the news is trickling down to NYC's Orthodox community. The Rabbis claim the decision is based on their research into "new technology," which the Times guesses is probably an elevator mechanism that measures the weight of its load and adjusts its power accordingly. So far, though, the Times couldn't find a member of NYC's Orthodox community who was fazed by the decision: “Look,” said Jacob Goldman, 38, walking on Friday morning on Grand Street. “Just because there is one opinion doesn’t mean that it is everyone’s opinion. One of the wonderful things about Judaism is that there are competing opinions about everything.” [NYT]
In an exclusive interview with EW's Michael Ausiello following NBC's abrupt and illogical decision to renew the critically-acclaimed gritty cop drama Southland and then cancel it five weeks later, actor Michael Cudlitz wastes no opportunity to diss the network that technically still employs him. While the interview is a publicist's nightmare and Cudlitz's final (duh) point is that NBC is "obviously only in it for the money," the guy comes off as pretty punk rock.
On NBC's puny little 30 second Southland promo campaign:
"When you have a network that nobody’s watching, it doesn’t benefit you to only advertise on your network."
On NBC's possible fears of alienating the audience with dark new episodes:
"What audience are they afraid of pissing off? They don’t have an audience…"
On fairness:
"I don’t just walk in one day and go, “Eh, I’m not going to act today. I know I told you I was going to act, but I’m not going to do my thing.” But I guess because they own the ball and the ballpark they get to do that. It’s kind of cheap."
Hopefully the critically-lauded show will find a home on another network, and Michael Cudlitz will never get media training. Fight the power!
Doesn't it seem as if, just a few weeks ago, Jon and Kate Gosselin were slowly edging off the radar...
Maybe they sensed they were losing their tabloid stamina and couldn't...
In a column published today in Cuba's state-run media, Former Cuban President Fidel Castro praised the Nobel committee's controversial decision to award this year's prize to Barack Obama, sort of, saying "Many will say that he still hasn't earned the right to receive such distinction. We prefer to see in the decision, more than a prize for the president of the United States, a criticism of the genocidal policies that not a few presidents of that country have followed." He then went on to criticize the U.S. for policies on global warming, among other things. [Reuters]
One way or another, Kate Gosselin is getting her money back: The reality mom is seeking child support and temporary spousal support from her spelling-challenged, account-draining...
America's Got Talent judge David Hasselhoff clearly has a talent...for bad publicity, if nothing else. According to reports, the Baywatch bruiser and popular-in-Germany crooner had too much to...
A scene from the Mohamed al-Daradji's 2005 debut feature film "Ahlaam" (Dreams) in Baghdad. The Iraqi director says a lack of government support is threatening his country's nascent post-war film industry,... Source: RSS feed - channel BNImagesEnter | 10 Oct 2009 | 9:20 am
Iraqi film director Mohamed Al-Daradji -- pictured in New York City -- says a lack of government support is threatening his country's nascent post-war film industry, crucial to eroding a culture of violence... Source: RSS feed - channel BNImagesEnter | 10 Oct 2009 | 9:20 am
An Iraqi film-goer look at the posters of current or upcoming presentations at the entrance of the Atlas cinema, one of the most famous movie theatres in downtown Baghdad. Iraqi director Mohamed al-Daradji... Source: RSS feed - channel BNImagesEnter | 10 Oct 2009 | 9:20 am
Until we find out whether Miley will ever Tweet again—and we care, God knows we care—we'll have to content ourselves with other important showbiz nonsense. Such...
Reuters - The world's book trade meets in Frankfurt next week on the brink of a long-feared transformation of the industry for which few are well prepared. Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment News | 10 Oct 2009 | 9:10 am
Last night Jon Hamm went on Letterman to talk about sports and his early acting days as a set dresser on what he appears to be hinting was soft-core Skinemax porn. Hamm was probably booked before Letterman's extortion scandal (though it's a little late in the Mad Men season for a stop on the Late Show, hmmm), but either way it was a smart strategy: it's almost impossible to see David Letterman as some sort of powerful womanizer with Jon sitting there next to him, dwarfing what little sexuality the old guy has left with his overwhelming Jon Hamm-ness. Yeah, this was probably on purpose.
Perhaps Kanye West is finally taking that much-needed "time off" from his stage-hijacking shenanigans.
After infamously stealing Taylor Swift's spotlight at the MTV...
Doesn't it seem as if, just a few weeks ago, Jon and Kate Gosselin were slowly edging off the radar...
Maybe they sensed they were losing their tabloid stamina and couldn't...
One way or another, Kate Gosselin is getting her money back: The reality mom is seeking child support and temporary spousal support from her spelling-challenged, account-draining...
America's Got Talent judge David Hasselhoff clearly has a talent...for bad publicity, if nothing else. According to reports, the Baywatch bruiser and popular-in-Germany crooner had too much to...
Until we find out whether Miley will ever Tweet again—and we care, God knows we care—we'll have to content ourselves with other important showbiz nonsense. Such...
Bye-bye Beckham in briefs!
Our favorite soccer stud, David Beckham, is being replaced as the face of Emporio Armani men's underwear with Cristiano...
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