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'Fever' singer is hot again (AP)AP - Music buyers still have the fever for Peggy Lee.Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment News | 17 May 2010 | 4:16 am 'Fever' singer is hot again (AP)AP - Music buyers still have the fever for Peggy Lee.Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment News | 17 May 2010 | 4:16 am Banderas back as voice of Puss in 'Shrek 4' (AP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment News | 17 May 2010 | 4:09 am Banderas back as voice of Puss in 'Shrek 4' (AP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment News | 17 May 2010 | 4:09 am Banderas back as voice of Puss in 'Shrek 4' (AP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment News | 17 May 2010 | 4:09 am Cannes Film Festival Hits Halfway Short on Buzz - ABC News
Source: Entertainment - Google News | 17 May 2010 | 3:36 am Cannes film festival hits halfway short on buzz (Reuters)
Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment News | 17 May 2010 | 3:34 am All roads lead to Rolling Stones' 'Main Street' - Chicago Sun-Times
Source: Entertainment - Google News | 17 May 2010 | 3:33 am Robin Hood misses US box office target - BBC News
Source: Entertainment - Google News | 17 May 2010 | 3:18 am Arab-American from Michigan crowned 2010 Miss USA (AP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment News | 17 May 2010 | 3:16 am Arab-American from Michigan crowned 2010 Miss USA (AP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment News | 17 May 2010 | 3:13 am Morricone, Bjork share Sweden's Polar Music Prize (AP)AP - Italian composer Ennio Morricone and Icelandic singer Bjork have won the 2010 Polar Music Prize, the prize committee said Monday.Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment News | 17 May 2010 | 2:52 am Poison singer Bret Michaels set for US Apprentice final - BBC News
Source: Entertainment - Google News | 17 May 2010 | 2:04 am Ronnie James Dio dies at 67; legendary heavy metal singer - Los Angeles Times
Source: Entertainment - Google News | 17 May 2010 | 1:00 am The Upfronts: NBC going back to basics for fall - Los Angeles Times
Source: Entertainment - Google News | 17 May 2010 | 1:00 am Arab-American Crowned 2010 Miss USAA 24-year-old Arab American beat out 50 other women to take the 2010 Miss USA title Sunday night, despite nearly stumbling in her evening gown.
Source: FOXNews.com | 17 May 2010 | 12:55 am A bad "Year" for Ellen Barkin (Reuters)
Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment Reviews | 17 May 2010 | 12:27 am Buzzworthy "Baby Jesus" completely uncommercial (Reuters)Reuters - There's already a buzz stirring in the Directors' Fortnight sidebar at Cannes for the highly auteur "Little Baby Jesus of Flandr," by 24-year-old newcomer Gust Van den Berghe. Originally begun as a student film, the Flemish director's low-budget roots are apparent from the crooked, handwritten opening credits themselves.Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment Reviews | 17 May 2010 | 12:24 am Halle Berry impresses as stripper in "Frankie" (Reuters)
Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment Reviews | 17 May 2010 | 12:22 am Japanese director's Chatroom a dull teen thriller (Reuters)Reuters - A cinematic visualization of how interactions take place in Internet chatrooms may sound like a brilliant concept at co-financing pitches.Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment Reviews | 17 May 2010 | 12:19 am Serbian love story is surprisingly feel-good (Reuters)Reuters - Having passed below the radar despite winning two significant awards at the 2009 Tribeca Film Festival, Darko Lungulov's "Here and There" deserves all the attention it can get for its limited release. Beautifully executed, the semi-autobiographical film is set between the director's adopted New York and his native Belgrade, Serbia.Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment Reviews | 17 May 2010 | 12:19 am Rockers remember Ronnie James DioCondolences continued to pour in late Sunday night following the death of heavy metal rocker Ronnie James Dio, who lost his battle with stomach cancer earlier in the day.Source: CNN.com - Entertainment | 16 May 2010 | 11:55 pm Industry Roundup: Swank Signs On To Dying Heart, Hoffman Joins Pair of Films Swanky: Hilary Swank has signed on to star in Dreams of a Dying Heart, a "post-Iraq War film," directed by Shawn Lawrence Otto, in which a soldier (Swank) struggles to readjust to civilian life after she survives a combat chopper crash during her time in the army. Ultimately, she becomes plagued by ghostly visions and nightmares. "When I first read the screenplay for Dreams of a Dying Heart I was on an airplane and I couldn't put it down," Swank said. "By the end, I was weeping. The same thing happened to me with Million Dollar Baby." Translation: "After that whole Amelia mess, this better get me Oscar #3." [Variety] Dustin's Duo: Dustin Hoffman has signed on to star in Nightwork, an adaptation of Irwin Shaw’s novel, a caper about a man who finds a fortune hidden in a hotel corpse and then must flee, evading the treasure’s actual owners. Additionally, Hoffman will star alongside Anthony Hopkins in The Song of Names, based on the award-winning novel by Norman Lebrecht. This one tells the story of two Jewish boys, a Polish refugee and a violin prodigy; the prodigy vanishes on the eve of his international debut - 40 years later, the refugee attempts to unravel the mystery of what happened to his brother. Seems a safe bet he's gonna find him, since otherwise, uh, who is the other actor gonna play? [Deadline, HR] 20,000 x 2: Disney is in negotiations with David Fincher to direct and Scott Z. Burns (The Bourne Ultimatum) to write 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, an updated take on the Jules Verne story “about a group of men who encounter a vengeful scientific genius and his warlike submarine.” Meanwhile, Fox is moving forward with its own version of the tale, produced by Ridley and Tony Scott and with a script from Clash of the Titans co-scribe Travis Beacham. Competing projects on the same subject: so trendy right now. [Heat Vision/HR] Time To Kill: Zoe Saldana is in early negotiations to star in Columbiana, about a young woman who witnesses her parents’ murder as a child and then grows up to become a "stone-cold assassin." She’s a hitman during the day, and she spends her nights searching for the mobster responsible for her parents’ death. Sounds like a cross between Dexter Morgan and Lost's Sawyer, with a sprinkling of Lara Croft. [Heat Vision/HR] Passengers Seat: Morgan Creek has licensed Passengers, directed by Gabriele Muccino and starring Keanu Reeves. Set in the future, the film follows a mechanic (Reeves) on a 120-year journey to a faraway colonized planet, who wakes up 100 years too soon and is subsequently stranded in the “world of an interstellar spaceship” with only robots and androids to keep him company. A year later, he decides to wake his fellow passenger - a “beautiful journalist” named Aurora; of course, they fall in love, though they must deal with “the revelation of [his] misjudged act of waking her” as well as a malfunction of their ship, which - at least to us - seem to be issues of slightly different magnitudes. [HR] Tall Dark Stranger: Adrien Brody has joined Woody Allen’s romantic comedy Midnight in Paris, which will begin shooting this summer in Paris. The large cast already includes Owen Wilson, Marion Cotillard, Rachel McAdams, Kathy Bates, Michael Sheen and Carla Bruni. As if this group isn't glistening enough on its own, Brody’s role is described as “flashy.” [HR] On A Loop: Bruce Willis is joining the cast of Looper, a sci-fi time travel tale starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt and directed by Rian Johnson. Willis will be playing the older version of Gordon-Levitt’s character in the film, which is sort of surprising, right? We envision grown up JG-L as more of a Hugh Jackman type. [Deadline] The Couple That Slashes Together...: Real-life couple Marilyn Manson and Evan Rachel Wood will star in David Gordon Green’s “retro slasher film” Splatter Sisters, described as a “sexploitation-serial-killer-slasher-road-movie circa 1989.” Green said of the project: "This is a role Marilyn Manson was born to play, and with Evan Rachel Wood bringing dramatic gravity to the ensemble, I have no doubt this will take the horror genre to a new level." Let's hope they don't break up again during filming or this could get ugly. [Variety] Among The Elite: Robert De Niro will star opposite Jason Statham and Clive Owen in The Killer Elite, directed by Gary McKendry. De Niro will play the mentor of Stratham’s character, who has to come out of retirement when De Niro’s character is kidnapped by the enemy. Unclear who Clive Owen is playing, but we're just going to guess he spends much of the movie in a trench coat. [Variety] Read more posts by Josh Duboff Filed Under: the industry, 20000 leagues under the sea, adrien brody, anthony hopkins, bruce willis, columbiana, david fincher, dreams of a dying heart, dustin hoffman, evan rachel wood, hilary swank, keanu reeves, looper, marilyn manson, midnight in paris, movies, nightwork, passengers, robert de niro, scott z. burns, splatter sisters, the killer elite, the song of names, travis beacher, zoe saldana
Source: Vulture | 16 May 2010 | 11:55 pm 'Devil's horns' music legend Dio 'passes peacefully' (AP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment News | 16 May 2010 | 11:53 pm Korean "Bedevilled" an exhausting horror tale (Reuters)Reuters - Cheol-soo Jang's "Bedevilled" tells of two young Korean women raised on a remote island in a brutally uncaring community. One has escaped to the big city but remains wrapped seriously tight and when she returns to visit her friend, whose plight is dire, one of them goes batty and kills everyone.Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment Reviews | 16 May 2010 | 11:47 pm "Sandcastle" tackles sensitive issue in Singapore (Reuters)Reuters - "Sandcastle" is a sensitive and personal work that makes unforced associations between memory and repression, male rite de passage and historical consciousness, aging and national amnesia, idealism and death.Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment Reviews | 16 May 2010 | 11:46 pm Infidelity tale weighed down by rambling details (Reuters)Reuters - More than slice-of-life, Romanian director Radu Muntean's "Tuesday, After Christmas" is dice-of-life -- but the dissected minutiae of this adultery drama unfortunately doesn't add up to a very original or moving whole. Lovers of neo-neo-realism will extol the film's painstaking honesty so "Tuesday" can count on extensive festival exposure and auteur venues -- Muntean's forte. It will not have much television or DVD play across borders though.Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment Reviews | 16 May 2010 | 11:45 pm "Silent House" an innovative haunted-house movie (Reuters)Reuters - As basic as its title, "The Silent House" is about as classic a horror film as you can get. A young woman and her father spend the night in a remote farmhouse, where a psychopath is on the loose.Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment Reviews | 16 May 2010 | 11:35 pm Italian "Four Times" a wordless tour-de-force (Reuters)Reuters - Staring at goats has become all the rage this past year. First George Clooney did it, and now Michelango Frammartino in "The Four Times," a wordless portrait of the cyclical nature of rural life in a tiny, southern Italian town.Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment Reviews | 16 May 2010 | 11:34 pm Arab-American Woman Wins Miss USA Pageant For (Likely) The First Time Rima Fakih, a 24-year-old Lebanese immigrant from Michigan, was crowned Miss USA 2010 tonight. Fakih, who said she “celebrates both Muslim and Christian faiths,” is "believed to be" the first Arab-American and Muslim to become Miss USA, according to the Detroit Free Press. (Pageant officials told the AP that their records aren’t detailed enough to verify whether she is definitively the first Arab-American, Muslim or immigrant to win the title.) Perhaps as notable is that Fakih managed to win despite nearly tripping on the train of her evening gown during the competition. [The Lede/NYT] Read more posts by Josh Duboff Filed Under: pageants, miss usa
Source: Daily Intel | 16 May 2010 | 11:10 pm Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains Finale: Who Won? Heroes always triumph.
Except in reality television.
Although the Heroes tribe was physically dominant, in the end the good guys were no match for the axis of...
Source: E! Online (US) - Top Stories | 16 May 2010 | 10:51 pm Bank teller Sandra Diaz-Twine wins 'Survivor' - The Associated Press
Source: Entertainment - Google News | 16 May 2010 | 10:50 pm Something Finally Works in BP's Cleanup Effort BP had some rare good news today in its oil spill cleanup effort, as it was successful in connecting a mile-long funnel which will collect leaking crude oil and transport it to a ship at the surface. The progress was described as an “important step,” though the Obama administration emphasized it isn’t a solution (in fact, the funnel only captures "part" of the spillage), and is continuing to put pressure on the company to work harder, especially in light of news that the leaking oil may have already entered a major current moving toward the Florida Keys. [BusinessWeek]
Read more posts by Josh Duboff Filed Under: cleaning up, bp, oil spills
Source: Daily Intel | 16 May 2010 | 10:45 pm "Dark Stranger" a serviceable Woody Allen comedyCANNES (Hollywood Reporter) - The grass is always greener in "You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger," Woody Allen's roundelay of perplexed characters chasing illusions rather than reality.Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsEnter | 16 May 2010 | 10:43 pm "Dark Stranger" a serviceable Woody Allen comedy - Reuters
Source: Entertainment - Google News | 16 May 2010 | 10:14 pm TBS' new Conan O'Brien talk show to originate from studio with rich movie historyNEW YORK, N.Y. - Conan O'Brien will host his new TBS talk show from a California studio that most recently housed "America's Best Dance Crew." But it does have a rich movie history. ...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsEnter | 16 May 2010 | 10:06 pm Bret Michaels will keep rocking for next week's 'Celebrity Apprentice' finaleNEW YORK, N.Y. - Rock star Bret Michaels will get to play the final round of "The Celebrity Apprentice." The Poison frontman passed muster with host Donald Trump on Sunday's edition...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsEnter | 16 May 2010 | 10:06 pm True Blood Season 3 Trailer Promises Sexy Werewolves, Sookie-Eric Heat After HBO teased us with a 30-second clip on Friday, a longer, two-minute preview of the upcoming third season of True Blood has been released - and it’s all kinds of great. Though we would have liked to see more of Pam and Lafayette, our favorite characters appear to be back doing what they do best: Sookie’s determined to fight for the people she loves (and playing bait at bars not meant for her), Tara’s getting manipulated by someone nefarious, Jason’s having trouble thinking thoughts (“Santa?”) and Eric is, well, smoldering. And the arrival of brooding werewolves and the hint of Sookie-Eric bedroom scenes (!) just further indicate we're in for the satisfying hit of V we've been craving. Read more posts by Josh Duboff Filed Under: true blood, hbo, tv, video
Source: Vulture | 16 May 2010 | 9:41 pm Cannes Notebook: Jennifer Hudson Talks Baby and Wedding Long engagement or not, Jennifer Hudson is getting married, folks.
In fact, she says it's "coming up."
E! News caught up with her at the Cannes Film Festival where...
Source: E! Online (US) - Top Stories | 16 May 2010 | 9:30 pm Conan O'Brien to work from Warners lotConan O'Brien will host his new TBS talk show from a California studio that most recently housed "America's Best Dance Crew." But it does have a rich movie history. His show begins in...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsEnter | 16 May 2010 | 9:04 pm Arab-American from Michigan crowned 2010 Miss USAA 24-year-old Arab American from Michigan beat out 50 other women to take the 2010 Miss USA title Sunday night, despite nearly stumbling in her evening gown. Rima Fakih of Dearborn,...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsEnter | 16 May 2010 | 8:56 pm Kagan Gets Surprise Stamp of Approval from Laura Bush Though some (Newt Gingrich, for example) spoke out strongly against Elena Kagan on the morning show circuit this morning, the Supreme Court nominee got an unexpected endorsement from... former First Lady Laura Bush. “I think it’s great. I’m really glad that there will be three [women on the Supreme Court] if she is confirmed,” Bush said on Fox News Sunday. “I like to have women on the Supreme Court… I just like women to be represented in all parts of American political and civic life.” Not sure where this Laura Bush - giving both gay marriage and Elena Kagan the stamp of approval (in the same week, no less!) - came from, but we're certainly not complaining. Read more posts by Josh Duboff Filed Under: endorsements, elena kagan, laura bush, supreme court, the supremes
Source: Daily Intel | 16 May 2010 | 8:46 pm Bret Michaels makes 'Celebrity Apprentice' finalsRock star Bret Michaels will get to play the final round of "The Celebrity Apprentice." The Poison frontman passed muster with host Donald Trump on Sunday's edition. On next week's live...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsEnter | 16 May 2010 | 8:34 pm Mark Zuckerberg Portrayed As Conniving, Hampered By 'Sexual Insecurity' in Network It hasn’t been the best few weeks for Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg. His site has come under increasing scrutiny in recent weeks for its new privacy policy, and now the Times of London has revealed that Zuckerberg, 26, may be in for even more damage control come October when the Aaron Sorkin-scripted The Social Network - which details the creation of Facebook - hits theaters. Apparently the film, directed by David Fincher, portrays Zuckerberg (played by Jesse Eisenberg) as something of a “borderline-autistic conniver.” The script has Zuckerberg cutting out Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss - who provided the initial funding for the site - after Facebook takes off (the twins were eventually awarded $65 million in court). The movie also shows Zuckerberg “indulging his fantasies” with a string of groupies after he quits Harvard and moves to Silicon Valley, where he built Facebook with Napster-co founder Sean Parker (played by Justin Timberlake). "Sorkin’s screenplay suggests Parker knew Zuckerberg was driven not just by money or fame but also sexual insecurity. While he is depicted as receiving sex in bars, Parker runs the business."
Movie depicts seamy life of Facebook boss [The Times of London] Read more posts by Josh Duboff Filed Under: facebook, aaron sorkin, mark zuckerberg, movies, the social network
Source: Vulture | 16 May 2010 | 8:32 pm Robert Munsch admits to depression, cocaine, and alcohol addictionreaders with his unique stories that have made his books staples of any child's library. But it is his latest story, one of admission to cocaine and alcohol addictions, that has becomeSource: RSS feed - channel BNewsEnter | 16 May 2010 | 8:31 pm NBC Preps for The Office Without Steve Carell and a Possible Heroes Movie Can you picture The Office without Steve Carell? Yeah, we can't either, but NBC's top brass just filled us in about their plans in light of his recent admission he's ready to walk. And...
Source: E! Online (US) - Top Stories | 16 May 2010 | 8:30 pm Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains Winner RevealedSpoiler Alert: The following reveals the winner of Sunday night's Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains finale.
Source: FOXNews.com | 16 May 2010 | 8:27 pm Bank teller Sandra Diaz-Twine wins 'Survivor'The numbers were in Sandra Diaz-Twine's favor on "Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains" again. The brazen 34-year-old bank teller from Fayetteville, N.C., overcame her fellow villains,...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsEnter | 16 May 2010 | 8:19 pm Michigan woman crowned 2010 Miss USA in Las VegasA 24-year-old woman from Michigan recovered after nearly stumbling in her evening gown and beat out 50 other women to take the 2010 Miss USA title on Sunday. Rima Fakih of Dearborn,...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsEnter | 16 May 2010 | 8:17 pm Cannes Weekend: Lopez and Beckinsale, Woody and Watts, Stone and Pharrell The red carpet premieres and parties rolled on at Cannes this weekend, including Woody Allen's You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger starring Naomi Watts, and the Vanity Fair party, where cameras caught the wonderfully odd pairing of Oliver Stone and hip-hop super-producer Pharrell Williams. Click through for pictures of regal Catherine Deneuve, Jennifer Lopez's floral fashion, directors Michael Haneke and Mike Leigh, and many more. Filed Under: cannes 2010, benicio del toro, cannes, catherine deneuve, ellen barkin, jennifer lopez, juliette binoche, karolina kurkova, kate beckinsale, martin scorcese, meg ryan, mike leigh, naomi watts, oliver stone, people, pharrell williams, slideshow, terry gilliam, woody allen
Source: Vulture | 16 May 2010 | 8:12 pm Miss Michigan USA Crowned MISS USA 2010 During Live NBC TelecastSource: RSS feed - channel BNewsEnter | 16 May 2010 | 8:11 pm House's Lisa Edelstein: The Exploration of House and Cuddy Isn't OverIt always hurts when someone you love moves on, and especially painful when that person moves on to someone else. It's even worse when you still have to see the object of your desire every day. And what's worst of all is when you're the star of a medical drama, and for the season finale, you and the woman you love have to spend hours together, treating a victim trapped in the rubble of a crane collapsed. A crane collapsed like your hopes and dreams.
Source: FOXNews.com | 16 May 2010 | 8:00 pm TV eyes online, races to save biz modelFront Page: Webs know Internet is the future; question is how to monetize it -- The major networks have their sights set on the 2010-11 television season at this week's upfront presentations in Gotham, but there's another behind-the-scenes frenzy taking place that's all about the not-too-distant future.
Source: Variety.com - Front Page | 16 May 2010 | 8:00 pm Cannes Notebook: Woody Allen on Polanski Sex Scandal--Just Crimes and Misdemeanors Forget Hannah and Her Sisters. It's more like Roman and his defenders.
During an interview with a French radio station at the Cannes Film Festival, Woody Allen stood by director...
Source: E! Online (US) - Top Stories | 16 May 2010 | 8:00 pm Miss Michigan Nabs the 2010 Miss USA Crown And then there was one.
Rima Fakih, aka Miss Michigan, nabbed the coveted Miss USA crown on Sunday evening in Las Vegas at Planet Hollywood Resort Casino.
The 24-year-old...
Source: E! Online (US) - Top Stories | 16 May 2010 | 7:45 pm Spitzer: I 'Don't Have Any Thoughts' About Running For Office Eliot Spitzer has attempted to put to rest rumors (which he's fueled himself, of course) that he’s planning to run for political office in the near future, as the former governor told PIX News’ Marvin Scott that, despite encouragement, he's not planning to launch a campaign. "I don't have any thoughts about running for political office right now,” he said. “It is not what I am doing. People have been encouraging me to run for office. I am flattered, and I'm thankful. It feels nice, but it's not happening… I'm not running for comptroller." And when pressed about his raised profile recently, Spitzer said that things aren’t always what they seem. When Scott started, “When it walks like a duck and it quacks like a duck..." Spitzer interrupted with, "But every duck doesn't run for office, you know." Eliot Spitzer Speaks Out [wpix.com] [via Gothamist] Read more posts by Josh Duboff Filed Under: denials, eliot spitzer, politics
Source: Daily Intel | 16 May 2010 | 7:30 pm Delko's Investigation Kicks Into Overdrive on CSI: MiamiEric Delko's investigation of his friends at the crime lab on CSI: Miami is about to take a serious turn.
Source: FOXNews.com | 16 May 2010 | 6:49 pm NBC Exec Explains Decision To Hold Parks and Recreation One of the more surprising revelations in NBC’s (leaked) fall schedule, which will be formally presented at tomorrow's upfronts presentation, was the absence of comedy Parks and Recreation, widely heralded as one of this season’s creative success stories, from the Thursday night comedy lineup, as the show will be held until January. Though star Amy Poehler is currently pregnant, it turns out that is not the reason that the show is being shelved until midseason. NBC West Coast Chairman Jeff Gaspin told reporters that the decision was made to give new comedy Outsourced (which will air at 9:30 p.m.) a prime timeslot. “It was our toughest decision to make,” he said. “But to get new comedies on our schedule, Thursday is still the best place to launch. We expect Parks and Recreation to be back on the schedule Thursday and it’s not any way an indication that we don’t think it’s as good as any other comedy. We’ve learned from cable that you can wait as long as a year, create more anticipation and not lose any momentum.”
NBC fall schedule: Possible farewell movies for 'Law & Order' and 'Heroes' [Hollywood Insider/EW] Read more posts by Josh Duboff Filed Under: parks and recreation, nbc, tv
Source: Vulture | 16 May 2010 | 6:39 pm Conan O'Brien Moves to Warner Bros. Lot for New Late-Night ShowConan O'Brien isn't just moving to a new network, he's moving to a new office.
Source: FOXNews.com | 16 May 2010 | 6:17 pm London's Heathrow Airport Closed Monday Due To Volanic Ash Like Georgina Sparks, or a persistent rash, the volcanic ash just keeps coming back to wreck havoc. London’s Heathrow Airport (as well as the city's other airports) will be closed Monday, according to Britain’s National Air Traffic Service, as the “dense cloud” of ash moves across England from Iceland. And travelers may be in for years of this fun: the last time Eyjafjallajokul erupted, in 1821, emissions lasted for two years. [NYT] Read more posts by Josh Duboff Filed Under: air travel, london, vocanoes
Source: Daily Intel | 16 May 2010 | 6:02 pm Lenny Kravitz, John Legend and More Raise Funds for Gulf Aid Lenny Kravitz, Mos Def and John Legend took to the stage in New Orleans on Sunday to help out the Gulf Coast.
The pop stars, along with local legends like Dr. John, Allen Toussaint and...
Source: E! Online (US) - Top Stories | 16 May 2010 | 6:00 pm Cannes Snapshot: The Secret Film Industry Moral of Robin Hood The champagne is still flowing in the beachfront lounges at Cannes, but this year’s festival is also shot through with a real sense of anxiety, thanks to the end of hedge-fund easy money, the rise of 3-D, the looming threat of piracy, and the rapid shift toward digital distribution. Mix said champagne with nervous producers whose jobs are on the line, and you hear some frank assessments about the state of the business that are typically watered down in the festival’s official "whither film?" panels. At a bar near the Croisette, we bumped into one hard-drinking, red-faced British producer who had his own unique read of Robin Hood. Griping about filmmakers who demand to shoot on 35mm instead of embracing digital cameras — and theater owners who insist on using expensive physical prints of films, instead of embracing digital distribution — the producer (who asked not to be named) compared the traditionalists to Robin Hood’s arrow makers, about to be made obsolete by “guys selling muskets.” “Well, half of the people out here are all just crying, saying: Please, don't use the muskets—arrows have worked for such a long time!” he ranted. “What about all the men who pluck the feathers? Think of all the jobs lost: those poor women who make the bows? The men who make the quivers?”
Read more posts by Logan Hill Filed Under: cannes 2010, robin hood
Source: Vulture | 16 May 2010 | 5:40 pm Mike LeighBritish director Mike Leigh arrives for the screening of "Another Year" presented in competition at the 63rd Cannes Film Festival on May 15, in Cannes. A tale of family ties and the pain of single life,...Source: RSS feed - channel BNImagesEnter | 16 May 2010 | 5:33 pm Rock Singer Ronnie James Dio Passes Away Heavy metal legend Ronnie James Dio, who fronted Black Sabbath after Ozzy Osbourne left the band in 1979, passed away Sunday morning after a battle with stomach cancer. Dio, who at different stages in his career also sang with bands Rainbow, Dio and Heaven and Hell, is credited with inventing the “devil horns” hand gesture. The Times described Dio, who was 67, as “one of the best-loved figures in classic heavy metal.” [ArtsBeat/NYT] Read more posts by Josh Duboff Filed Under: sad things, music, obits, ronnie james dio
Source: Vulture | 16 May 2010 | 5:16 pm Black Sabbath's Ronnie James Dio Dies at 67 A metal legend has fallen.
Ronnie James Dio, former frontman of Black Sabbath and his own band Dio, died today from stomach cancer. He was 67.
His wife, Wendy, posted the sad...
Source: E! Online (US) - Top Stories | 16 May 2010 | 3:50 pm Spawn of Amy Poehler Not to Blame for NBC's Changes to Thursday Night Lineup (K)nooooo(pe)!
NBC's 2010-11 schedule has been leaked and in a surprise move, NBC has pushed back the third season of Parks & Recreation to midseason (likely January 2011), and...
Source: E! Online (US) - Top Stories | 16 May 2010 | 3:35 pm Robin Hood Right on Target—Behind Iron Man 2 Robin Hood wasn't supposed to beat Iron Man 2. And it didn't.
The Russell Crowe-Ridley Scott bow-and-arrow epic opened in second place at the weekend box office with an...
Source: E! Online (US) - Top Stories | 16 May 2010 | 2:05 pm Britney Spears Hits Hollywood (Sans Boyfriend) Britney Spears made a rare social appearance Saturday night at Phil Maloof's birthday party at Drai's Hollywood.
Britney arrived around 9 p.m. with a handsome, dark-haired guy...
Source: E! Online (US) - Top Stories | 16 May 2010 | 1:45 pm President Obama and the White House Press Corps Walk Into a Hoverboard Factory ... At first this video of President Obama walking through some kind of workshop in Buffalo looks like it's going to be the latest edition of him feigning interest in mundane things. But then we find out that this is not a mundane thing at all. It's a hovercraft! And if that's not awesome enough, Obama awkwardly strong-arms Times political reporter Sheryl Gay Stolberg into riding the thing. And dammit, it works (barely). Maybe Back to the Future 2 wasn't so far off after all.
Read more posts by Adam K. Raymond Filed Under: the future, hoverbaords, in other news, media, president obama, sheryl gay stoldberg
Source: Daily Intel | 16 May 2010 | 1:30 pm Vulture Learns the Location of Conan’s New Studio If you're a Conan O'Brien fan planning a trip out to sunny Burbank, California, next fall, a Warner Bros. studio tour is now essential. That's because Vulture has learned the historic Warner's lot is expected to be the home of O'Brien's new TBS late-night show. The decision is pretty logical: TBS is owned by Time Warner, which in turn owns Warner Bros. And the lot is already home to the network's George Lopez late-night show (soon to be O'Brien's after-hours partner) and Ellen DeGeneres's syndicated daytime series. O'Brien actually owns his new show, so he could've set it up anywhere. And indeed, there had been talk that perhaps Coco might end up back in his recently vacated NBC studio on the Universal lot. After all, NBC spent tens of millions to build the new home, which has been vacant since January (the Conan Wi-Fi signal still works, however. Don't ask how we know that, but we do). But while it might've made business sense for both NBC and Conan to do a deal, in the end, choosing Warner's seemed to be the best solution (and probably made the most financial sense). O'Brien will officially begin promoting his new TBS show Wednesday, when he (briefly) interrupts his national tour to appear at the Turner upfront presentation and lunch in New York. Read more posts by Josef Adalian Filed Under: conan, conan o'brien, late shifting, latenight, studio, tbs, the industry, tv, waner brothers
Source: Vulture | 16 May 2010 | 1:10 pm Flying Dog Survives Five-Story Fall Remember a couple of weeks ago when thunderstorms were whipping all around the city? Alfie, a 4-year-old terrier in Tribeca, does. On May 3 the little guy was out on his owner's eleventh-floor terrace, probably enjoy a nice milk bone, when a gust of wind lifted him in the air. He flew down five stories and 30 feet to the east before landing on a rooftop. Fighter that he is, Alfie jumped right up and walked away with only a few scratches. If the best part of this story is the flying dog (it obviously is), the second-best part is the doorman who helped Alfie find his owner.
Gust-blown pup survives 5-floor fall [NYP] Read more posts by Adam K. Raymond Filed Under: animals in the sky, alfie, animanhattan, dogs
Source: Daily Intel | 16 May 2010 | 12:30 pm B-Movies For Sale at Cannes! That's right ladies, it's Guido Superstar! Cannes is not all tuxedoed paparazzi on mopeds, or gray-haired auteurs like Mike Leigh, Woody Allen, and Manoel de Oliveira. There’s also a massive B-movie market taking place just behind all those fancy red-carpet screening rooms. Pick up any industry paper here, and you see literally hundreds and hundreds of films advertised — most of which will go straight to DVD or thrive as local cult hits (if they make it that far). Below, a few of the fun titles that caught our eye. The Christmas Clause (Tagline: “Be careful what you wish for!”) Read more posts by Logan Hill Filed Under: cannes 2010, b-movies, guido superstar, movies
Source: Vulture | 16 May 2010 | 12:30 pm Alec Baldwin Ties Saturday Night Live Hosting - FOXNews
Source: Entertainment - Google News | 16 May 2010 | 11:57 am The GOP Will Not Filibuster Elena Kagan Republican Senator Jon Kyl, a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, told CBS's Face the Nation this morning that the GOP will not filibuster Elena Kagan's nomination to the Supreme Court. "The filibuster should be relegated to the extreme circumstances, and I don't think Elena Kagan will represent that," he said. Newt Gingrich, who thinks President Obama should withdraw Kagan's nomination before she even has a chance at a confirmation hearing, couldn't disagree more. [Politico] Read more posts by Adam K. Raymond Filed Under: the supremes, elena kagan, john kyl, newt gingrich, politics, supreme court
Source: Daily Intel | 16 May 2010 | 11:45 am Iron Man 2 Remains on Top Iron Man 2 fought off Robin Hood to win the battle of the box office this weekend. Tony Stark brought in $53 million, bringing its two-week total to $212 million. Robin Hood took down the No. 2 spot with $37.1 million domestically (it fared much better at the international box office with another $74 million). Letters to Juliet rounded out the top three with $13.75 million. [Hollywood.com] Read more posts by Adam K. Raymond Filed Under: weekend box office, iron man 2, letters to juliet, movies, robin hood, the industry
Source: Vulture | 16 May 2010 | 11:15 am It Just Keeps Getting Worse for Cougars First science tells cougars that their penchant for young studs may send them to an early grave, and now Google is coming out against the big cats. What a week! According to the Times, Google has decided that cougar dating sites, like CougarLife.com, are too risqué to be a part of its ad network. That means ads for cougar-y websites will no longer appear on "more than 6,700 Web sites, including Ask.com, YouTube and MySpace." Those ads account for 60 percent of CougarLife.com's traffic. The funny thing is, Google is okay with dating websites that work in the reverse, setting up older men with younger ladies. The other funny thing is that Google is filtering out these websites by searching for the word "cougar." That means they can go right by the filter by renaming the cougar. Here's a suggestion: Mellencamps. Read more posts by Adam K. Raymond Filed Under: the twilight of the cougar, ashton kutcher, cougars, demi moore, google
Source: Daily Intel | 16 May 2010 | 11:00 am The cast of "Chatroom" arrives for the screening of their movieThe cast of "Chatroom" arrives for the screening of their movie presented in the Un Certain Regard selection at the 63rd Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, on May 14. The dark side of the virtual world descended...Source: RSS feed - channel BNImagesEnter | 16 May 2010 | 10:27 am Massive Oil Plumes Discovered Under GulfAs nasty and scary as the oil floating on top of the Gulf of Mexico is, things are only worse underneath. That became clear once again yesterday when scientists discovered massive oil plumes floating underwater, including one that's ten miles long, three miles wide, and 300 feet thick. The plumes, which deplete the oxygen in the water, are threatening to kill off much of the sea life around them. Meanwhile, BP's latest plan to stem the flow of oil into the Gulf with a mile-long tube that would siphon it to a tanker is still not working. [NYT] Read more posts by Adam K. Raymond Filed Under: cleaning up, barack obama, bp, oil, video
Source: Daily Intel | 16 May 2010 | 10:15 am Alec Baldwin Ties Saturday Night Live Hosting RecordNo would want to follow Betty White's turn on Saturday Night Live, but veteran host Alec Baldwin stepped up to the challenge by closing out Season 35 -- and in the process tying Steve Martin for hosting the most times.
Source: FOXNews.com | 16 May 2010 | 10:11 am From left: Director Lucy Walker, Queen Noor of Jordan and former CIA agent Valerie Plame WilsonFrom left: British film director Lucy Walker, Queen Noor of Jordan and former CIA officer Valerie Plame Wilson pose during the photocall for "Countdown to Zero" presented in a special screening at the...Source: RSS feed - channel BNImagesEnter | 16 May 2010 | 9:55 am Jensen Ackles and Danneel Harris WedJensen Ackles and Danneel Harris wed Saturday in Dallas, People reports.
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