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Source: Entertainment - Google News | 23 May 2010 | 2:59 am Lindsay Lohan tosses back wine on flight just days before her DUI hearing - New York Daily News
Source: Entertainment - Google News | 23 May 2010 | 2:30 am $20 to see 'Shrek' on IMAX? That's a lot of green (AP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment News | 23 May 2010 | 2:16 am $20 to see 'Shrek' on IMAX? That's a lot of greenA few theaters seemed to flirt with the idea of raising the adult ticket price to $20 to the IMAX 3-D family movie "Shrek Forever After," opening this weekend. Four AMC theaters in...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsEnter | 23 May 2010 | 2:15 am Cannes finale: Festival readies for awards nightThree past winners of the top prize at the Cannes Film Festival _ Ken Loach, Mike Leigh and Abbas Kiarostami _ are in the running for the same award again as 19 films compete at the world'sSource: RSS feed - channel BNewsEnter | 23 May 2010 | 1:34 am Life-affirming French film closes Cannes - The Associated Press
Source: Entertainment - Google News | 23 May 2010 | 1:31 am Life-affirming French film closes Cannes (AP)AP - A hopeful tale of a family rebuilding after tragedy will close this year's rather dour edition of the Cannes Film Festival on an optimistic note Sunday.Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment News | 23 May 2010 | 1:24 am On Movies: Recess for the serious Jake Gyllenhaal - Philadelphia Inquirer
Source: Entertainment - Google News | 23 May 2010 | 1:05 am Life-affirming French film closes CannesA hopeful tale of a family rebuilding after tragedy will close this year's rather dour edition of the Cannes Film Festival on an optimistic note Sunday. "The Tree" tells the story of a...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsEnter | 23 May 2010 | 1:04 am Lohan back in Los Angeles for court hearingActress Lindsay Lohan arrived in Los Angeles on Saturday after failing to appear for a court hearing because she said she lost her passport in France.Source: CNN.com - Entertainment | 23 May 2010 | 12:56 am Michael Kuchwara, AP drama critic, dies at 63 - The Associated Press
Source: Entertainment - Google News | 23 May 2010 | 12:42 am Cannes finale: Festival readies for awards night (AP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment News | 23 May 2010 | 12:13 am Cannes finale: Festival readies for awards night (AP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment News | 23 May 2010 | 12:13 am Michael Kuchwara, AP drama critic, dies at 63 (AP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment News | 23 May 2010 | 12:12 am Michael Kuchwara, AP drama critic, dies at 63 (AP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment Reviews | 23 May 2010 | 12:12 am Authorities can't locate ex-'Survivor' producer after wife's deathThe family of a Los Angeles woman killed in Cancun, Mexico last month said their "greatest fears about the investigation" into her death have been realized.Source: CNN.com - Entertainment | 22 May 2010 | 11:49 pm 24's Best VillainsJack Bauer (Kiefer Sutherland) is one heck of a CTU agent. Unfortunately, this superagent has encountered trouble in every shape and form over the last eight seasons of 24, from former CTU agent-turned-mole Nina Meyers to President Charles Logan to Jack's own father. TVGuide.com takes a look back at the best baddies in Jack's wake.
Source: FOXNews.com | 22 May 2010 | 11:33 pm A Nepalese villager herds goats towards sparse grazing in the village of BhattegaunFile photo of a villager herding goats in Nepal. Anthropologist Stephane Breton made a film in Nepal last year in the village of Nuwakot.Source: RSS feed - channel BNImagesEnter | 22 May 2010 | 11:09 pm Documentary makers peek at unvisited nooks of the worldIn the mountains of central Nepal, two men with a young boy in tow take cows and goats to graze on verdant slopes, huddling under an umbrella when the summer showers come. At the villageSource: RSS feed - channel BNewsEnter | 22 May 2010 | 11:09 pm Nepalese children play in an alley in Lukla village, some 140 kilometres (87 miles) northeast of KathmanduFile photo of Nepalese children playing in an alley in Lukla village, some 140 kilometres (87 miles) northeast of Kathmandu. Anthropologist Stephane Breton made a film in Nepal last year the rural village...Source: RSS feed - channel BNImagesEnter | 22 May 2010 | 11:09 pm Yak haul goods on a trail at Syangboche some 140 kilometres (87 miles) northeast of KathmanduFile photo of yak hauling goods on a trail at Syangboche some 140 kilometres (87 miles) northeast of Kathmandu.Source: RSS feed - channel BNImagesEnter | 22 May 2010 | 11:09 pm Lindsay Lohan back in LA for Monday court showdownLOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Lindsay Lohan returned to Los Angeles from France on Saturday night, two days after missing a probation hearing that caused a judge to briefly issue a warrant for...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsEnter | 22 May 2010 | 10:47 pm Mick Jagger (L) and US stylist L'Wren Scott arrive for the screening of "Stones in Exile"The Rolling Stones British singer Mick Jagger (L) and US stylist L'Wren Scott arrive for the screening of "Stones in Exile". Jagger amused fans at the launch of "Stones In Exile", a documentary about the...Source: RSS feed - channel BNImagesEnter | 22 May 2010 | 9:29 pm Australian actors Russell Crowe andCate BlanchettAustralian actors Russell Crowe and Cate Blanchett kicked off the festival with the blockbuster "Robin Hood". Blanchett charmed the red carpet while Crowe's odd accent in the title role brought him some...Source: RSS feed - channel BNImagesEnter | 22 May 2010 | 9:29 pm Highlights of Cannes film festivalHere is a selection of treats, shocks, rows and other highlights from the 63rd Cannes film festival which ran from May 12 to 23. The prizes are awarded on Sunday evening. Robin the richSource: RSS feed - channel BNewsEnter | 22 May 2010 | 9:29 pm The festival and the French government condemned the jailing of Iranian film-maker Jafar PanahiThe festival and the French government condemned the jailing of Iranian film-maker Jafar Panahi, (pictured), prevented from sitting on the festival jury. French actress Juliette Binoche wept to hear that...Source: RSS feed - channel BNImagesEnter | 22 May 2010 | 9:29 pm Spanish actor Javier Bardem moved audiences with an acclaimed performance in "Biutiful"Spanish actor Javier Bardem and British actress Lesley Manville moved audiences with two of the most acclaimed performances of the festival: he in "Biutiful" by Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu and she in Mike...Source: RSS feed - channel BNImagesEnter | 22 May 2010 | 9:29 pm The Lohan Has Landed Having given up yachts for airplanes, Lindsay Lohan has finally made her way back to the U.S.A. today after a party-hearty sojourn in Cannes.
After claims of a stolen passport sent...
Source: E! Online (US) - Top Stories | 22 May 2010 | 9:20 pm 'Idolatry': Breaking down the Crystal-Lee finale (and bidding adieu to Casey ... - Entertainment Weekly
Source: Entertainment - Google News | 22 May 2010 | 8:35 pm Michael Kuchwara, AP drama critic, dies at 63Michael Kuchwara, The Associated Press' longtime drama critic whose thoughtful, fair-minded reviews made him beloved and respected in the theater world and influential beyond, died...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsEnter | 22 May 2010 | 6:26 pm British, French films in frame for top Cannes awardCANNES, France (Reuters) - The curtain comes down on the 2010 Cannes film festival on Sunday night with British director Mike Leigh and France's Xavier Beauvois firmly in the frame for the...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsEnter | 22 May 2010 | 5:19 pm British, French films in frame for top Cannes award (Reuters)
Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment News | 22 May 2010 | 5:17 pm No Ordinary Family Recruits Smallville WritersABC's new superhero drama No Ordinary Family has recruited longtime Smallville scribes Darren Swimmer and Todd Slavkin.
Source: FOXNews.com | 22 May 2010 | 4:58 pm Quebec filmmaker Xavier Dolan nets youth prize at Cannes film festempty handed. His film, "Heartbeats," won the "Regards jeunes" prize on Saturday at the prestigious film festival. The prize is awarded by a European jury of seven young cinephiles.Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsEnter | 22 May 2010 | 3:27 pm Time Warner Has a Plan to Bring Movies to TVs 30 Days After Release Time Warner Cable and the major Hollywood studios are in discussions to set up something called "home theater on demand," which would allow viewers to watch movies at home 30 days after their theater release for somewhere between $20 and $30. There is no plan, as of yet, to bring $12 buckets of popcorn to the consumers at home. [WSJ] Read more posts by Adam K. Raymond Filed Under: theaterpocalypse, movies, on demand, the industry, theaters, time warner
Source: Vulture | 22 May 2010 | 1:45 pm US director Gregg ArakiUS director Gregg Araki poses during the photocall of "Kaboom" presented out of competition at the 63rd Cannes Film Festival on May 15 in Cannes. Araki on Saturday scooped the first Queer Palm ever handed...Source: RSS feed - channel BNImagesEnter | 22 May 2010 | 1:33 pm Cannes' first 'Queer Palm' to US director Gregg ArakiUS director Gregg Araki on Saturday scooped the first Queer Palm ever handed out at the Cannes film festival. Awarded to a film for "its contribution to lesbian, gay, bi or trans"...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsEnter | 22 May 2010 | 1:33 pm Elena Kagan Doesn’t Get Aroused by 2 Live Crew The new question that all potential Supreme Court justices are judged on (Does 2 Live Crew turn them on?) has been answered for Elena Kagan. The answer's no. We know this because in 1990 Kagan wrote an amicus brief for the RIAA that argued that the the Crew's 1989 album As Nasty As They Wanna Be is not obscene:
That's right, it doesn't excite anyone. Not a single solitary person has been aroused by this album. That doesn't mean she's not a fan, though. She also wrote that the album has "serious artistic value." So there you have it. Kagan's RIAA brief revealed: 'As Nasty As They Wanna Be' fails to 'physically excite,' 'arouse' [Copyrights and Campaigns via Newser] Read more posts by Adam K. Raymond Filed Under: the supremes, 2 live crew, elena kagan, politics, supreme court
Source: Daily Intel | 22 May 2010 | 1:30 pm Bret Michaels Taking 'Every Precaution Possible' After Health Scares - People Magazine
Source: Entertainment - Google News | 22 May 2010 | 1:08 pm Long Movie Titles: What’s Up With That? The Times goes all Andy Rooney on us today in a story about movie titles that are just too damn long. With nostalgia for the days of Speed, Armageddon, and Twister, the Times lists some upcoming movies that take just as long to type as they'll take to see, including Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time, Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore, and The Twilight Saga: Eclipse. But long movie titles aren't just a hassle to those people who have put them on marquees, they may also be bad for the bottom line.
Then there's the issue of saying the name of the film during commercials. If simply identifying the thing takes up twenty seconds, that only leaves ten seconds to get the audience excited. That's what the Times says, at least. We're not so sure they're giving movie titles a fair shake. Sure they've found a lot of long ones, but out this weekend are movies like MacGruber and Holy Rollers. In fact, there are more one-word movie titles (Centurion, Takers, Killers, Twelve, Predators, Inception, Salt, Beastly, Marmaduke, Splice, Ondine, Cyrus) out this summer than absurdly long ones. But which of these is worse? We're not sure. Someone ask Andy Rooney.
Read more posts by Adam K. Raymond Filed Under: the industry, movies, titles
Source: Vulture | 22 May 2010 | 1:00 pm 'Sex and the City 2': Shop Carrie's closet - Entertainment Weekly
Source: Entertainment - Google News | 22 May 2010 | 12:30 pm Rand Paul Cancels on Meet the Press Rand Paul has successfully canceled his scheduled appearance on Meet the Press tomorrow. A spokesman for Paul's campaign said: "Rand did 'Good Morning America' today, set the record straight, and now we are done talking about it. No more national interviews on the topic." Paul now joins a small but illustrious group of two who have canceled on Meet the Press: Louis Farrakhan and Saudi Prince Bandar bin Sultan. [WP] Read more posts by Adam K. Raymond Filed Under: tea time, bandar bin sultan, louis farrakhan, meet the press, rand paul, twitter
Source: Daily Intel | 22 May 2010 | 12:15 pm Is Jason Statham’s Girlfriend the New Megan Fox? The rumor mill surrounding Megan Fox's replacement in Transformers 3 continues to swirl. Now GeekWeek is reporting that an "inside source" has tipped it off that Victoria's Secret model and girlfriend to Jason Statham Rosie Huntington-Whiteley is the girl. We've spent the last couple of hours looking long and hard at pictures of Huntington-Whiteley and cannot confirm whether she has "one small tattoo," as a rumor from yesterday said. Don't worry, though — we'll keep searching. And The Replacement For Megan Fox in TRANSFORMERS 3 Is.... [GeekWeek via Latino Review] Read more posts by Adam K. Raymond Filed Under: transformers, megan fox, movies, rosie huntington-whiteley, transformers 3
Source: Vulture | 22 May 2010 | 12:00 pm Is It Smart for Bret Michaels to Fly to Apprentice Finale? All this talk about the recently hospitalized, then discharged, then re-hospitalized and again released Bret Michaels flying across the country to attend the Celebrity Apprentice finale has us...
Source: E! Online (US) - Top Stories | 22 May 2010 | 11:33 am Glenn Beck Is No Fan of Weiner Anthony Weiner continued his needling of the Tea Party this week when he put out a report blasting the gold dealer Goldline for preying "on the public's fears of inflation and socialist takeovers." The report didn't sit well with Glenn Beck, who endorses Goldline and is an all-around gold fanboy. Beck accused Weiner of trying to shut down his show and going all Joseph McCarthy on him. But more hilarious, Beck launched WeinerFacts.com, a website dedicated to all things Weiner. The Observer spoke with the Weiner himself about the site.
Read more posts by Adam K. Raymond Filed Under: wieners, anthony weiner, glenn beck, gold, politcs
Source: Daily Intel | 22 May 2010 | 11:15 am Buffy's James Marsters Is Getting Hitched! Since loads of Buffy stars have resurfaced in the news over the past few weeks—some for less flattering reasons than others!—it's only fitting that one of our faves of all faves...
Source: E! Online (US) - Top Stories | 22 May 2010 | 11:15 am From L: Philippe Laudenbach, Xavier Beauvois, Lambert Wilson and Xavier Maly leave the screening of "Of God and Men"From L: French actor Philippe Laudenbach, French director Xavier Beauvois, French actor Lambert Wilson and French actor Xavier Maly leave after the screening of "Des Hommes et des Dieux" (Of God and Men)...Source: RSS feed - channel BNImagesEnter | 22 May 2010 | 10:50 am Jafar Panahi in 2006A group of 85 Iranian film-makers called for the release of acclaimed director Jafar Panahi, in jail since March and reportedly on hunger strike for seven days, ILNA news agency reported Saturday.Source: RSS feed - channel BNImagesEnter | 22 May 2010 | 10:47 am Bob Kerrey Will Probably Be the New Head of the MPAA Former senator and current New School president Bob Kerrey is in line to be the next head of the MPAA. According to the Wrap, Kerry has been given the nod of approval from the heads of Hollywood's major movie companies. He hasn't yet signed a deal to take the gig, but it's apparently "his to lose." [Wrap] Read more posts by Adam K. Raymond Filed Under: mpaa, bob kerrey, movies, the industry
Source: Vulture | 22 May 2010 | 10:30 am California Teen Becomes Youngest to Climb Mount Everest Jordan Romero became the youngest person to climb Mount Everest yesterday after he reached its summit with his father and three Sherpas. The 13-year-old broke a record held by a 16-year-old Nepalese boy. We hope Jordan is proud of his accomplishment, but also that he's aware of one thing: It's all downhill from here. [LAT] Read more posts by Adam K. Raymond Filed Under: wunderkinder, accomplishments, jordan romero, kids who make us feel bad about oursellves, mountains
Source: Daily Intel | 22 May 2010 | 10:15 am Week in Review: So, Anyone Heard From Lindsay Lohan Lately? America's anti-sweetheart made quite the splash this week, and if you didn't keep abreast of every poor life decision, bench warrant, flimsy excuse or court order that followed her over...
Source: E! Online (US) - Top Stories | 22 May 2010 | 10:10 am One More Art Theft and We’ve Got a Trend Thieves in Marseilles stole a Picasso lithograph and four paintings from a collector this week, French officials said today. According to the police, the two crooks managed to get past two security gates and knock on the door of the collector's home. When he answered, they beat him up and stole his art. This theft comes just a few days after works by Picasso, Matisse, Braque, Modigliani, and Fernand Leger were stolen from Paris's Museum of Modern Art after thieves outsmarted its security system. Seems like it's time for Broadview Security to head to France. [AP] Read more posts by Adam K. Raymond Filed Under: break-ins, art, france, picasso, theft
Source: Vulture | 22 May 2010 | 9:45 am It Sucks to Be a Lost, 24 or Celebrity Apprentice Fan True, summer is bringing us more Toddlers & Tiaras. Alas, it's also time to say goodbye to some of TV's most entertaining shows:
Lost: Love it or hate it, the six-season...
Source: E! Online (US) - Top Stories | 22 May 2010 | 9:15 am France seeks Interpol help after $125 million art heist (Reuters)Reuters - France has asked Interpol for help in tracking down five paintings stolen in a 100 million euro ($125 million) art heist at a Paris museum, suggesting the artworks have already left the country.Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment News | 22 May 2010 | 9:03 am Jonah Hill: The Good Word on "Bad Boy" Diddy Daily 10 movie maven Ben Lyons can't get enough of Get Him to the Greek funnyman Jonah Hill, and neither can we. Ben, after confabbing with Jonah & costar Russell Brand in NYC (where...
Source: E! Online (US) - Top Stories | 22 May 2010 | 9:03 am Chelsea Lately Blog: No Longer Jesse's Girl Jesse James reportedly cried during a yet-to-be-aired interview with Nightline. This is his first time speaking out to the press since his affairs were revealed. I, for one, am sitting on the...
Source: E! Online (US) - Top Stories | 22 May 2010 | 9:00 am Andrew Cuomo Makes It Official: He’s Running for Governor He's in! Attorney General Andrew Cuomo finally announced that he's running for governor this morning in a video released on his website. In the 21-minute video (eesh) he rails against the current state of New York politics, which he calls "upside down and backwards" and a "national disgrace." Then he outlines his "New New York Agenda," which includes things like ethics reform in Albany and fixing the state's fiscal problems. But because a web video is only sorta official, he'll make the announcement official-official this afternoon with a press conference in Lower Manhattan. Attorney General Andrew Cuomo will run for governor; New York Democrat announces run via web video [NYDN] Read more posts by Adam K. Raymond Filed Under: early and often, andrew cuomo, elections, politics
Source: Daily Intel | 22 May 2010 | 8:30 am What Julia Roberts Told Oprah About Her Kids Julia Roberts may be the world's most famous pretty woman who can also command a big-ass paycheck, but she insists it's the simpler things in life that make her smile.
During a...
Source: E! Online (US) - Top Stories | 22 May 2010 | 7:03 am What We’re Really Not Talking About When We Talk About Elena Kagan As the questions over Elena Kagan’s sexuality — the short hair, the cigar smoking, the softball playing — finally die down, what’s depressing is not that we indulged in this conjecture, it’s that we’re indulging in it yet again. Donna Shalala, Janet Reno, Condoleezza Rice, Janet Napolitano, Sonia Sotomayor ... didn’t this same speculation swirl around these women, too, at some point or another? Is there not a pattern here? Some of these women probably are gay. And some, one can fairly assume, are not. But what’s interesting — and depressingly clear — is that a disproportionate number of women who’ve made it to the tippy-top of the executive and judicial branches in the last three administrations have shared a similar profile: unmarried, outspoken, partial to pantsuits, and child-free. Which would seem to suggest a few things, right? Like, No. 1, that it’s these women who survive the vetting process. And, No. 2, that something about being unmarried, outspoken, partial to pantsuits, and child-free has made it possible for them to get to the top in Washington ... or that getting to the top in Washington, at least for this generation of ceiling-crackers, has resulted in being single, outspoken, partial to pantsuits, and child-free. First, the vetting. This can more or less be explained in four words: Zoe Baird, Kimba Wood. These two women were, respectively, Bill Clinton’s first and second choices for attorney general, and both were undone by their failure to pay their nannies’ Social Security taxes. When Clinton finally selected Janet Reno, who had neither a husband nor children, he unwittingly alighted on a formula for the ideal female nominee. The less complex her personal life, the less apt she is to have nanny problems or high-powered spouses with conflicts of interest or dubious ties (cf Geraldine Ferraro). But second — and far more poignant — the less complex a woman’s personal life, the more apt she is to have poured her considerable energies into her professional life. Remember that offhand comment Ed Rendell, the governor of Pennsylvania, made about Janet Napolitano when she was nominated to run the Department of Homeland Security? "Janet’s perfect for that job. Because for that job, you have to have no life. Janet has no family. Perfect. She can devote, literally, nineteen, twenty hours a day to it." Or how about the endless, tedious fuss that was made over Condi’s slip of the tongue, when she accidentally referred to W. as her husband? (Or, for that matter, the enduring image of her waking at 4:30 every morning to get in her 40 minutes of cardio.) Whether being single and without children is the cause or the effect of so much hard work is hard to say (though we do know that until recently, the more education a woman had the less likely she was to marry, and it’s still true that never-married women are more likely than married women to outearn men). But regardless of how these formidable women got there — whether it was by default or by design — Kagan, Rice, Reno, et al. all serve as painful reminders that women without families may have an easier time of it, still, when it comes to getting ahead. And that’s the dirty, undiscussed truth here. It’s not whether these women are gay. Read more posts by Jennifer Senior Filed Under: the supremes, elena kagan, politics, supreme court
Source: Daily Intel | 22 May 2010 | 7:01 am
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