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News: Martin Short to guest on "How I Met Your Mother" Tom Hanks explores lighter side of unemployment Tom Petty takes on Bachmann over "American Girl" Tom Petty takes on Bachmann over "American Girl" NBC's "Playboy" drama finds new home in Utah "Twilight" actress Maestro joins Oliver Stone film Global artist group LoNyLA hones work via webcasts "Ugly Betty" star America Ferrera marries "Twilight" actor says producing Whitey Bulger movie Mel Gibson reaches divorce deal with longtime wife Sarah Palin movie opens in hotbed state Iowa Lady Gaga denies Japan charity bracelet scam BCE pays $10.2 million to settle with watchdog "Transformers 3" a spectacularly empty product "True Blood" season 4 premiere matches ratings high Ryan Tedder eyes new OneRepublic song for 2012 Temptations Broadway musical in works, says singer Tom Hanks takes on recession in "Larry Crowne" China's Youku signs video deal with Warner Bros Hungarian photographers in frame in UK exhibition "Cars 2" races past "Kung Fu Panda 2" overseas China demands Ai Weiwei pay $1.85 million in taxes, fines Actress Yeoh blacklisted, deported from Myanmar Kate Middleton related to author Jane Austen Controversial Chuck Berry statue approved in St Louis "The Voice" contestants to tour, but not judges "Transformers 3" faces tough 3D market "Attack the Block" adds UK flavor to alien invasion genre Hollywood actress Elaine Stewart dies at 81 Hugh Hefner's new girlfriend a Canadian Playmate Michelle Trachtenberg dealing pot on "Weeds" Modest Mouse singer to score "Country" movie Berry Gordy's offspring battle for chart supremacy "Cold Case" veteran joins "Law & Order: SVU" Alicia Keys backs Broadway play about black America "Chipmunks" owner suing over tribute album BET Awards gets ratings boost amid on-stage snafu "Don't Be Afraid of the Dark" scary only in parts Nicole Kidman in talks to replace Vergara in film ABC unveils premiere dates for new TV season Martin Short to guest on "How I Met Your Mother" Tue,28 Jun 2011 06:04 PM PDT Reuters - LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Martin Short has been cast in a recurring guest role as Jason Segel's new boss on "How I Met Your Mother," a CBS spokesperson said. Full Story1 Top Tom Hanks explores lighter side of unemployment Tue,28 Jun 2011 05:36 PM PDT Reuters - LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Who knew that getting downsized could be such a "laff riot?" Full Story1 Top Tom Petty takes on Bachmann over "American Girl" Tue,28 Jun 2011 05:02 PM PDT Reuters - NEW YORK (Hollywood Reporter) - It's not even 2012 yet but election season is in full bloom. Full Story1 Top Tom Petty takes on Bachmann over "American Girl" Tue,28 Jun 2011 05:01 PM PDT Reuters - NEW YORK (Hollywood Reporter) - It's not even 2012 yet but election season is in full bloom. Full Story1 Top NBC's "Playboy" drama finds new home in Utah Tue,28 Jun 2011 04:59 PM PDT Reuters - LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - After being dumped by NBC's affiliate in Salt Lake City earlier this month, upcoming fall drama "The Playboy Club" has found a new home in the conservative Utah state capital. Full Story1 Top "Twilight" actress Maestro joins Oliver Stone film Tue,28 Jun 2011 04:36 PM PDT Reuters - LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - "Twilight" actress Mia Maestro is joining the cast of "The Savages," Oliver Stone's upcoming adaptation of the Don Winslow novel. Full Story1 Top Global artist group LoNyLA hones work via webcasts Tue,28 Jun 2011 04:05 PM PDT Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters) - The long struggle to get a show from script to stage or screen may be getting a lot shorter -- via the Web. Full Story1 Top "Ugly Betty" star America Ferrera marries Tue,28 Jun 2011 03:30 PM PDT Reuters - LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - "Ugly Betty" star America Ferrera has married longtime boyfriend Ryan Piers Williams, a representative for the actress said on Tuesday. Full Story1 Top "Twilight" actor says producing Whitey Bulger movie Tue,28 Jun 2011 03:08 PM PDT Reuters - BOSTON (Reuters) - Peter Facinelli, a co-star of TV's "Nurse Jackie" and a key actor in the "Twilight" movies, jumped on the Whitey Bulger bandwagon on Tuesday when he unveiled plans for a Hollywood film about the Boston mobster. Full Story1 Top Mel Gibson reaches divorce deal with longtime wife Tue,28 Jun 2011 03:07 PM PDT Reuters - LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Actor Mel Gibson and his longtime wife have reached a deal in their two-year-old divorce case, attorneys told a Los Angeles judge on Tuesday. Full Story1 Top Sarah Palin movie opens in hotbed state Iowa Tue,28 Jun 2011 02:54 PM PDT Reuters - PELLA, Iowa (Reuters) - A visit to Iowa by Republican Sarah Palin on Tuesday is either a timely political move to fuel speculation about a potential 2012 presidential run or simply an effort to take advantage of her star power. Full Story1 Top Lady Gaga denies Japan charity bracelet scam Tue,28 Jun 2011 02:16 PM PDT Reuters - LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Representatives of Lady Gaga on Tuesday denied claims of a scam over sales of the singer's wristbands for Japan's earthquake relief efforts. Full Story1 Top BCE pays $10.2 million to settle with watchdog Tue,28 Jun 2011 02:07 PM PDT Reuters - TORONTO (Reuters) - Canada's Competition Bureau said on Tuesday that BCE Inc's Bell Canada unit had agreed to pay C$10 million ($10.2 million) and to stop making what the watchdog called "misleading representations" about its prices. Full Story1 Top "Transformers 3" a spectacularly empty product Tue,28 Jun 2011 01:41 PM PDT Reuters - LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - When the 154-minute "Transformers: Dark of the Moon" finally ends, your feeling is one of exhaustion, not exhilaration. Full Story1 Top "True Blood" season 4 premiere matches ratings high Tue,28 Jun 2011 01:31 PM PDT Reuters - LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - The return of HBO's "True Blood" proved its worth in the ratings. Full Story1 Top Ryan Tedder eyes new OneRepublic song for 2012 Tue,28 Jun 2011 12:51 PM PDT Reuters - NEW YORK (Billboard) - After he finishes up a loaded songwriting slate that includes work with B.o.B, Carrie Underwood and Cobra Starship, Ryan Tedder plans on focusing solely on his band OneRepublic's follow-up to 2009 sophomore album "Waking Up." Full Story1 Top Temptations Broadway musical in works, says singer Tue,28 Jun 2011 12:49 PM PDT Reuters - DETROIT (Billboard) - The Temptations have been many places during their 50-or-so years together. Now Broadway beckons. Full Story1 Top Tom Hanks takes on recession in "Larry Crowne" Tue,28 Jun 2011 10:54 AM PDT Reuters - LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Tom Hanks has always enjoyed a challenge. After all, his break-out role came playing a woman in TV's "Bosom Buddies." Full Story1 Top China's Youku signs video deal with Warner Bros Tue,28 Jun 2011 10:28 AM PDT Reuters - SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China's Youku Inc has agreed with Warner Bros. Entertainment's local joint venture to offer pay per view movies on its newly launched online paid content platform, Youku said on Tuesday. Full Story1 Top Hungarian photographers in frame in UK exhibition Tue,28 Jun 2011 08:06 AM PDT Reuters - LONDON (Reuters) - Robert Capa once said "It's not enough to have talent, you also have to be Hungarian," and a new London exhibition on five leading figures of the medium shows that he was only partly joking. Full Story1 Top "Cars 2" races past "Kung Fu Panda 2" overseas Tue,28 Jun 2011 05:58 AM PDT Reuters - LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - New domestic champ "Cars 2" posted a swift No. 1 opening lap on the foreign box office circuit, beating comparable overseas debuts of previous Pixar outings. Full Story1 Top China demands Ai Weiwei pay $1.85 million in taxes, fines Tue,28 Jun 2011 05:29 AM PDT Reuters - BEIJING (Reuters) - Beijing's tax authorities have asked the dissident Chinese artist Ai Weiwei, released recently from more than two months in detention, to pay 12 million yuan ($1.85 million) in back taxes and fines, a friend of his said on Tuesday. Full Story1 Top Actress Yeoh blacklisted, deported from Myanmar Tue,28 Jun 2011 01:58 AM PDT Reuters - YANGON (Reuters) - Authorities in Myanmar have deported Hollywood actress Michelle Yeoh who plans to play pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi in an upcoming film, an immigration official said Tuesday. Full Story1 Top Kate Middleton related to author Jane Austen Mon,27 Jun 2011 09:57 PM PDT Reuters - LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Prince William's bride Kate Middleton is a distant relation of British novelist Jane Austen, genealogy website Ancestry.com said on Tuesday. Full Story1 Top Controversial Chuck Berry statue approved in St Louis Mon,27 Jun 2011 08:07 PM PDT Reuters - ST. LOUIS (Reuters) - An eight-foot statue of rock and roll pioneer Chuck Berry was approved on Monday over the opposition of some local residents including one who said the Hall of Fame singer/songwriter should not be honored because he is a "felon and not a friend of women." Full Story1 Top "The Voice" contestants to tour, but not judges Mon,27 Jun 2011 08:06 PM PDT Reuters - LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Like "American Idol" before it, NBC's hit music competition show "The Voice" has a summer tour in the works. Full Story1 Top "Transformers 3" faces tough 3D market Mon,27 Jun 2011 07:47 PM PDT Reuters - LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - "Transformers: Dark of the Moon" -- which begins its assault Tuesday night -- will be the biggest referendum yet on 3D, which is showing sudden signs of fatigue in North America. Full Story1 Top "Attack the Block" adds UK flavor to alien invasion genre Mon,27 Jun 2011 07:44 PM PDT Reuters - NEW YORK (Hollywood Reporter) - In Hollywood teens-in-peril movies, the protagonists -- aside from a token nerd or two -- usually have flawlessly sculpted noses, great hair, toned gym bodies and excellent teeth. Their most reprehensible behavior might be skipping class or talking back to a parent. Full Story1 Top Hollywood actress Elaine Stewart dies at 81 Mon,27 Jun 2011 05:01 PM PDT Reuters - LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Elaine Stewart, an alluring leading lady of the 1950s who went on to serve as a co-hostess of two hit game shows in the '70s, died Monday at her home in Beverly Hills after a long illness. She was 81. Full Story1 Top Hugh Hefner's new girlfriend a Canadian Playmate Mon,27 Jun 2011 04:53 PM PDT Reuters - LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Meet Hugh Hefner's new girlfriend, almost the same as the old one. Full Story1 Top Michelle Trachtenberg dealing pot on "Weeds" Mon,27 Jun 2011 04:45 PM PDT Reuters - LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" alum and "Gossip Girl" troublemaker Michelle Trachtenberg will guest-star on two episodes of "Weeds" this season. Full Story1 Top Modest Mouse singer to score "Country" movie Mon,27 Jun 2011 03:39 PM PDT Reuters - LOS ANGELES (Billboard) - Modest Mouse front man and songwriter Isaac Brock will compose his first feature film score for a movie based on an obsessive country music fan. Full Story1 Top Berry Gordy's offspring battle for chart supremacy Mon,27 Jun 2011 03:38 PM PDT Reuters - LOS ANGELES (Billboard) - Sibling rivalry makes for great drama. And while there's nothing Ewing-like about their relationship, two sons of Motown Records founder Berry Gordy are having a chart battle on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart -- albeit one spanning more than 27 years -- and the victor could be decided as early as this week. Full Story1 Top "Cold Case" veteran joins "Law & Order: SVU" Mon,27 Jun 2011 03:37 PM PDT Reuters - LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Former "Cold Case" co-star Danny Pino will join the cast of "Law & Order" SVU" next season, essentially replacing Christopher Meloni, who turned down an $8 million salary to stay with the cop show. Full Story1 Top Alicia Keys backs Broadway play about black America Mon,27 Jun 2011 03:01 PM PDT Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters) - R&B pop singer Alicia Keys is the latest music star to back a Broadway production, according to a statement issued by producers on Monday. Full Story1 Top "Chipmunks" owner suing over tribute album Mon,27 Jun 2011 01:41 PM PDT Reuters - NEW YORK (Hollywood Reporter) - The owner of the Alvin and the Chipmunks franchise, is suing the producers of an "artistically inferior knockoff" Chipmunks tribute album on iTunes, Amazon.com and other digital stores. Full Story1 Top BET Awards gets ratings boost amid on-stage snafu Mon,27 Jun 2011 01:26 PM PDT Reuters - LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - The BET Awards drew 7.7 million viewers on Sunday night, up from 7.4 million last year, as Chris Brown took the most honors and the wrong name was announced for the viewers' choice prize. Full Story1 Top "Don't Be Afraid of the Dark" scary only in parts Mon,27 Jun 2011 01:13 PM PDT Reuters - LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - The moral of "Don't Be Afraid of the Dark" is that what scares you as a child doesn't necessarily have the same effect on a grown-up. Full Story1 Top Nicole Kidman in talks to replace Vergara in film Mon,27 Jun 2011 01:12 PM PDT Reuters - LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - "The Paperboy" is running into some delivery issues. Full Story1 Top ABC unveils premiere dates for new TV season Mon,27 Jun 2011 12:38 PM PDT Reuters - LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - ABC on Monday announced premiere dates for the 2011-12 season that includes super-sized premieres for multiple series. Full Story1 Top

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