AP - Elton John's spokesman says the singer is recovering in the hospital after illness forced him to cancel three concerts in the United States. Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment News | 2 Nov 2009 | 3:36 am
AP - Elton John's spokesman says the singer is recovering in the hospital after illness forced him to cancel three concerts in the United States. Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment News | 2 Nov 2009 | 3:36 am
Associated Press Writer BERLIN This time it's Berlin calling. The MTV European Music Awards (EMAs) are coming to the German capital with an international cast, featuring performances... Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsEnter | 2 Nov 2009 | 3:10 am
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AP - "Michael Jackson's This Is It" pulled in $101 million worldwide in its first five days, and distributor Sony is extending the farewell performance film beyond its planned two-week run.
AP - "Michael Jackson's This Is It" pulled in $101 million worldwide in its first five days, and distributor Sony is extending the farewell performance film beyond its planned two-week run.
Reuters - Rena Sofer has joined CBS' "NCIS" in a potentially recurring role as a no-nonsense attorney with mysterious motives. Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment News | 2 Nov 2009 | 1:15 am
Reuters - MTV Urge ... Yahoo Music Unlimited ... Virgin Digital ... Since 2003 -- when iTunes launched in the United States -- all of these digital music services have come and gone, without challenging Apple's market dominance, despite the backing of resource-rich parent companies. Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment News | 2 Nov 2009 | 1:04 am
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LOS ANGELES (Billboard) - Just in case you've been in a sight-, sound- and Twitter-deprivation tank for the past two years, here's the lowdown on the "Twilight" franchise: It's a series of... Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsEnter | 2 Nov 2009 | 12:44 am
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LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Several weeks after David Letterman was shaken by a sex-and-extortion scandal, CBS' "Late Show With David Letterman" has shown little sign of weakening... Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsEnter | 1 Nov 2009 | 11:59 pm
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A second attempt to sell a crypt on top of Marilyn Monroe's final resting place has failed, with not a single bid received for the burial spot in a celebrity-filled... Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsEnter | 1 Nov 2009 | 10:44 pm
Two-Hour Viagra Commercial: Warner Bros. has picked up an untitled comedy from writers Josh Cagan and Greg Coolidge with Morgan Freeman attached to star. The script, which has the working title Dirty Old Men, is about an old playboy who meets the love of his life. His wingman of 40 years (Freeman) is not too keen on this development and tries to break up the new couple. Warner Bros. is hoping to snag Jack Nicholson to star as the playboy, reuniting the duo from your grandpa's favorite movie of 2007: The Bucket List. [THR]
Class Reunion:Katie Holmes is set to replace Liv Tyler in The Romantics, an independent film about eight college friends who reunite for a wedding. Holmes will play Laura, the maid of honor to the bride played by Anna Paquin. The film also includes Josh Duhamel, Malin Akerman, Elijah Wood, Adam Brody, Jeremy Strong and an album's worth of Feist songs. [Variety]
Howdy Neighbor:Julia Roberts's production company has picked up the rights to In the Neighborhood, a nonfiction book by Peter Lovenheim set to come out next April. The story revolves around a man trying to fight suburban isolation. He tries to get to know his neighbors by sleeping over at their houses but it backfires when his neighbors realize he's a really weird guy. [Variety]
They're Back: Paramount is now the proud owner of Marc Haimes's family action flick Jitters. The script is being kept secret but is said to be in the vein of Gremlins, which as we all know, is a very good vein. [Variety]
At It Like Rabbits:Robert Zemeckis is at work on the sequel to Who Framed Roger Rabbit. The writers of the original, Jeffery Price and Peter Seaman, are on board to write this latest attempt to revive Roger. We'll be interested in seeing how Jessica Rabbit has aged in the 21 years since we last saw her. Surely gravity hasn't been kind. [MTV]
Al Sharpton's oldest daughter and his ex-wife were treated "unfairly" by police who arrested the duo in Harlem on Friday, according to the good Reverend's Twitter. Dominique, Sharpton's 23-year-old daughter, and Kathy Jordan, his "best friend and top supporter," got into it with cops after Dominique was pulled over for running a red light. Both were charged with disorderly conduct and obstruction of governmental administration.
"I cannot imagine how two unarmed women with no record, could be taken in cuffs from a traffic dispute with NO personal or property damage involved," Sharpton angrily Tweeted. "Well this is what we deal with everyday. We will never accept unfairness."
Where Sharpton takes this from here is anyone's guess, but if the comments on the Daily News story are any indication, it's going to get ugly.
There were no big stars like Jude Law in the current commercial hit 'Hamlet,' there was no marketing campaign that framed the Simon play as a can’t-miss theatrical event, and there was no wow factor that brought the period piece to life, like the breakneck pacing of the popular farce 'Boeing-Boeing' last year. But the failure also reflects America’s evolving sense of humor and taste.
How exactly has our sense of humor evolved? We've left behind the snappy dialogue of Simon's sitcom-style plays in favor of "reality shows like American Idol," the "sardonic humor of The Office," the "wit of Up" and the "fratty banter of The Hangover." The result: a $3 million production by one of America's most celebrated playwrights that can't make more than $125,000 a week. Thanks a lot Simon Cowell. And Steve Carell. And Pixar. And Mike Tyson's tiger.
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SYDNEY (Reuters) - Actor Mel Gibson and his Russian girlfriend Oksana Grigorieva are celebrating the birth of a daughter, according to media reports. Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsEnter | 1 Nov 2009 | 9:12 pm
If you were planning on spending the next two days trying to predict the results of the congressional race in New York's 23rd district, don't bother. From political polling wonder boy Nate Silver:
Let me declaim that the utterly fascinating special election in NY-23 has become nearly impossible to forecast. Special elections, with their low turnout, are intrinsically pretty difficult to predict. So are multi-candidate races. And certainly, races where there are substantial late-breaking developments — such as the Republican candidate dropping out four days before the election and endorsing her Democratic rival — present especial difficulties for forecasters. Here, you have all three of those circumstances, producing a perfect storm of uncertainty.
Reuters - After about 25 years, those sneaky, lizard-like aliens are back. Once again, they want to take over Earth and, maybe, destroy or consume the populace. But so what? In exchange for their malevolence, they promise to provide a world of fast-paced, eye-catching action and provocative drama. Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment Reviews | 1 Nov 2009 | 7:06 pm
Front Page: Red Om acquires screen rights to book -- Julia Roberts' production shingle Red Om Films has acquired screen rights to "In the Neighborhood," a nonfiction book by Peter Lovenheim to be published next April by Perigee.
This is how it went down: As the flight to Kansas City was preparing for take-off, Carter had to pee. On his way down the aisle he bent over to tie his shoe and in the process bumped into the flight attendant, who was not pleased. "This man deliberately slammed into me, I want him off the plane," the flight attendant yelled. The cops were called, Carter and his wife were removed from the plane and questions were asked. Police decided not to file charges and blamed the altercation on the flight attendant. The airline later apologized, Carter said.
Sounds pretty annoying, but that's what life is like for an alleged wife-abusing secret family-having high-profile journalist.
Last week Microsoft got nervous after watching Fox's upcoming special Family Guy Presents: Seth & Alex's Almost Live Comedy Show. The company was supposed to provide all of the advertising but too many unsavory jokes led to it pulling out. Apparently Microsoft had never seen Family Guy. Now Warner Bros. has come to the rescue, agreeing to make its new Robert Downey Jr.-starring Sherlock Holmes the special's sole advertiser. That means an extended trailer for the movie will play sometime during the special. So just think of it as watching 25 minutes of commercial for an awesome five minute show.
Embattled small-business lender CIT can now be called bankrupt small-business lender CIT. The company filed for Chapter 11 today under a plan allowing it to emerge from court protection by the end of the year. But this is one of the first times a financial firm has tried to restructure through bankruptcy, so no one really knows if it will work. CIT's filing was the fifth largest bankruptcy in U.S. history and while you may be thinking "sucks for them," it actually sucks for you too. CIT received $2.3 billion in bailout money late last year. The bankruptcy filing is expected to erase that debt.
This Is It? Hardly.
Sony announced today the Michael Jackson concert movie, originally billed as a two-week-only event, will stay in theaters through Thanksgiving...
"I am supporting Bill Owens for Congress and urge you to do the same," she said. "In Bill Owens, I see a sense of duty and integrity that will guide him beyond political partisanship. He will be an independent voice devoted to doing what is right for New York. Bill understands this district and its people, and when he represents us in Congress he will put our interests first."
If you called in sick last week in order to cram a screening of This Is It into your busy schedule since it was advertised as a two-week-only event, boy do we have a Halloween-themed Facebook gift (just 400 left!) to sell you. But Nikki Finke is still outraged that Sony is extending the film's theatrical run in the U.S. and Canada. Sure, it's shady, but forget it, it's movie marketing. CON ARTISTS! Sony Extends 2-Week Limited Run Of Michael Jackson's 'This Is It' Through Thanksgiving [Deadline Hollywood]
Halloween audiences picked beats over blood this weekend, pushing "Michael Jackson's This Is It" to the top spot, while horror phenomenon "Paranormal Activity" scored a strong second-place finish.
After his lawyers' non-cash bail offer to Swiss authorities was rejected on Friday, Polanski's lawyer announced that he will be presenting a new offer tomorrow in hopes of winning the 76-year-old director's freedom while he awaits extradition to the U.S., claiming that it will be a "very, very significant" cash amount. The lawyer, Herve Temime, told a French radio station that if given temporary freedom, his client would never "behave like a fugitive." Why, the very idea is just ludicrous! [AP]
Meb Keflezighi, an American who was born in Eritrea, crosses the finish line with a time of 2 hours, 9 minutes, and 15 seconds. He's the first American to win since 1982. [NYT]
In honor of today's NYC Marathon, the New York Times has a story about the approximately 0.01% of marathon runners who cheat (at least 46 last year), either by taking a shortcut or by giving their numbered bibs to faster runners. Men and women are represented equally in this strange little club, the most famous of whom was Rosie Ruiz, who took the subway in the 1979 marathon. It's all very funny, because why bother? [NYT]
AP - Rush Limbaugh says President Barack Obama's bid to overhaul the health care system is a government attempt to seize control of a big chunk of the country's economy. Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment News | 1 Nov 2009 | 11:35 am
What a roller-coaster weekend for lovers of British comedy! First, Stephen Fry threatened to quit Twitter, where he has nearly a million followers (ourselves included), because some random called @brumplum called Fry's tweets "boring." Then, Fry's threat made national news in the UK and this brumplum guy got bombarded by angry tweets from Fry's fans. Then, the two Twitter users made up, Fry took back his threat, and urged everyone to move on with their lives. But we're not, quite yet, because the whole thing is just too ridiculous. Gordon Brown should invite the two men to have a pint at 10 Downing Street. Which has its own Twitter! What a world. Stephen Fry in a flutter at horrid tweeters on Twitter [TimesOnline]
Ticket holders for Elton John's Red Piano Tour will have to have to wait a little longer to see the Grammy winner tickle his famed ivories.
The 62-year-old "Rocket Man"...
In an appearance on the BBC 1's Friday Night with Jonathan Ross on Friday, The Walken had a special Halloween surprise for viewers: a dramatic reading of the song "Poker Face" by Lady GaGa. If the whole acting thing doesn't work out, Walken already has an entire sideline in reading things. How great would "Christopher Walken Presents: The Bible" be, for example?
Hugh Jackman's out. Ricky Gervais's taken. Neil Patrick Harris' moving up the Academy Awards' invite list.
Not so fast on that last one.
On Friday, we asked...
Even the pouring rain didn't deter thousands of soaked revelers at last night's Halloween parade. Photographer Jim Kiernan captured the streets of Greenwich Village, where New Yorkers were more than willing to pose in their often indecipherable costumes. (This was a big year for corsets. Just: corsets.) We loved this lil' joker and two guys dressed as walk/don't walk signs the best, but the whole gallery is pretty great. (Napoleon Dynamite, it seems, will always be with us.)
[Jim Kiernan's Flickr set]
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This Is It? Hardly.
Sony announced today the Michael Jackson concert movie, originally billed as a two-week-only event, will stay in theaters through Thanksgiving...
Ticket holders for Elton John's Red Piano Tour will have to have to wait a little longer to see the Grammy winner tickle his famed ivories.
The 62-year-old "Rocket Man"...
Hugh Jackman's out. Ricky Gervais's taken. Neil Patrick Harris' moving up the Academy Awards' invite list.
Not so fast on that last one.
On Friday, we asked...
What, you couldn't make it to the hottest star-studded parties this week? No problem, we've got you covered. Come party-crashing with me as I count down the three hottest celeb bashes of...