Today's Entertainment - Reuters Celebrity/Gossip News Headlines - Yahoo! News: | | Demi Moore takes Steinem role in "Lovelace" film Mon,2 Jan 2012 05:49 PM PST Reuters - LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Demi Moore, Adam Brody and Eric Roberts have joined the cast of "Lovelace," a biopic about porn actress Linda Lovelace, the producers announced on Monday. Moore will play the iconic feminist Gloria Steinem, while Roberts will be play a lie-detector expert. Brody will play "Deep Throat" male lead Harry Reems. Lovelace's role in the notorious 1972 hardcore-porn movie made her one of the best-known figures in adult entertainment. ...
Full Story | Top | Aretha Franklin joins list of stars getting engaged Mon,2 Jan 2012 03:13 PM PST Reuters - LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - "Queen of Soul" singer Aretha Franklin has become the latest celebrity to announce an engagement over the holidays, joining a list including "Aerosmith" frontman Steven Tyler and basketball superstar LeBron James. Franklin, 69, and her friend William 'Willie' Wilkerson hope to marry later this year on a sandy Miami beach with a private party to celebrate afterward aboard a yacht, a spokeswoman for Franklin confirmed on Monday. "We're looking at June or July for our date, and no I'm not pregnant, LOL!," Franklin said in a statement. ...
Full Story | Top | "Iron Lady" enjoys strong bow in limited release Mon,2 Jan 2012 01:57 PM PST Reuters - LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - "The Iron Lady" proved her mettle this weekend. The Weinstein Company's biopic of Britain's former prime minister, Margaret Thatcher, opened to a remarkable $280,409 at four theaters -- a per-screen average of $70,102. That's the third-highest specialty opening of the year, after "Midnight in Paris," "The Tree of Life" and "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy." The PG-13 movie, starring Meryl Streep, will expand to more theaters January 13. "We couldn't be happier with the results," Erik Lomis, the Weinstein Company's distribution chief, told TheWrap on Monday. ...
Full Story | Top | Lythgoe to revamp "Dance" after Fox cuts results show Mon,2 Jan 2012 01:41 PM PST Reuters - NEW YORK (TheWrap.com) - "So You Think You Can Dance" judge and executive producer Nigel Lythgoe is planning to revamp the reality competition after Fox cut it from two nights a week to one for its next season. "FOX have canceled the results show so I will have to change the format of #SYTYCD," Lyhgoe announced on Twitter. "At least we have another season at the end of MAY." He added: I'm certainly not mad at FOX they have supported #SYTYCD FOR 9 seasons. With the help of (Fox president of alternative entertainment) Mike Darnell I think we have some great new ideas. ...
Full Story | Top | Giants-Cowboys game breaks TV records Mon,2 Jan 2012 01:40 PM PST Reuters - NEW YORK (TheWrap.com ) - NBC's "Sunday Night Football" matchup of the Dallas Cowboys and New York Giants scored the highest overnight ratings in the show's six-year history and the highest overnight ratings of any Sunday or Monday primetime game in 13 years, according to preliminary numbers. The game, in which the Giants beat the Cowboys 31-14 to win the NFC East, scored a 17.1 overnight rating and a 27 share in metered market household ratings. It was the best such rating for any primetime Sunday or Monday game since a Denver Broncos and Miami Dolphins game had a 17. ... Full Story | Top | "Tree of Life" tops Online Film Critics awards Mon,2 Jan 2012 01:39 PM PST Reuters - LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Terrence Malick's "The Tree of Life," which has already been named the year's best film in a number of critics' polls, picked up another victory on Monday when it was named number one by the Online Film Critics Society. The OFCA, which consists of about 200 critics whose work appears primarily on the Internet, honored the Malick film in five categories, adding Best Director, Best Supporting Actress (Jessica Chastain), Best Editing and Best Cinematography to its Best Picture award. ... Full Story | Top | Cruise, "MI4" lead box office at end of weak year Mon,2 Jan 2012 01:37 PM PST Reuters - LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Tom Cruise's fourth "Mission: Impossible" movie held on to the top of box office charts over New Year's weekend as Hollywood said goodbye to a sluggish year at domestic movie theaters. As 2011 ended, U.S. and Canadian revenue fell from last year and attendance slumped to its lowest level since 1995. The year's final weekend saw top movies add to ticket sales from the Christmas holiday one week earlier but no change in the top three chart positions. The "Sherlock Holmes" and "Alvin and the Chipmunks" franchise films took the No. 2 and 3 positions behind Cruise's film. ...
Full Story | Top | Cruise, "MI4" lead box office at end of weak year Mon,2 Jan 2012 01:35 PM PST Reuters - LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Tom Cruise's fourth "Mission: Impossible" movie held on to the top of box office charts over New Year's weekend as Hollywood said goodbye to a sluggish year at domestic movie theaters. As 2011 ended, U.S. and Canadian revenue fell from last year and attendance slumped to its lowest level since 1995. The year's final weekend saw top movies add to ticket sales from the Christmas holiday one week earlier but no change in the top three chart positions. The "Sherlock Holmes" and "Alvin and the Chipmunks" franchise films took the No. 2 and 3 positions behind Cruise's film. ...
Full Story | Top | Bret McKenzie discovers the secret of Muppets music Mon,2 Jan 2012 01:32 PM PST Reuters - LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Bret McKenzie had a simple approach to a gig that led to some of the year's most delightful onscreen musical numbers. "I took the job very seriously," he said, "even though it's also a very silly job." The New Zealand-based singer, songwriter and actor was talking about his role writing songs for "The Muppets." But he could have used the same words to describe the project for which he originally became known in the United States, the HBO series "Flight of the Conchords. ...
Full Story | Top | Top films at the North American box office Mon,2 Jan 2012 10:47 AM PST Reuters - LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Following are the top 10 movies at North American box offices for the four-day, New Year's holiday weekend ending on Monday with "Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol" at No. 1 , according to studio estimates compiled by Reuters. 1 (1) Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol..$ 38.3 million 2 (2) Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows....$ 26.5 million 3 (3) Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked..$ 21.0 million 4 (7) War Horse ............................$ 19.2 million 5 (4) The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo.......$ 19.0 million 6 (6) We Bought a Zoo ......................$ 16. ... Full Story | Top | UK's Prince Philip walks to church after operation Sun,1 Jan 2012 12:32 PM PST Reuters - LONDON (Reuters) - Queen Elizabeth's 90-year-old husband Prince Philip attended a new year's day church service Sunday, walking the short distance to the building in his first public appearance after a Christmas health scare. Philip, Britain's longest-serving consort, spent four nights in hospital - missing the royal family's Christmas celebrations - after suffering chest pains on December 23. He had an operation to ease a blocked heart artery - a minor procedure which does not require a general anesthetic - and left the Papworth hospital near Cambridge Tuesday. ... Full Story | Top | Zooey Deschanel finds music a (Pooh) bear necessity Sun,1 Jan 2012 10:38 AM PST Reuters - LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Writing a song for a Disney animated film puts a songwriter into a long and legendary line that has produced 30 nominations and 10 wins going back to "When You Wish Upon a Star" in 1940. And writing a song for a "Winnie the Pooh" movie is just as daunting a task, because it requires a songwriter to follow in the footsteps of Richard and Robert Sherman, who penned the well-known "Pooh" theme song and also wrote "Chim Chim Cher-ee," "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious," "It's a Small World" and "I Wan'na Be Like You," among many others. ...
Full Story | Top | Celebrities may temper Twitter comments after 2011 blunders Sun,1 Jan 2012 10:33 AM PST Reuters - LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Celebrities may want to resist the urge to send a stream of consciousness on Twitter in the new year after so many of them tweeted their way into trouble on everything from boxer briefs to breast-feeding in 2011. NASCAR driver Kasey Kahne became the latest celebrity to blunder on Twitter, when he had to apologize for a tweet critical of public breast-feeding. But Kahne has been far from alone in discovering Twitter's pitfalls. The year 2011 saw U.S. ...
Full Story | Top | Celebrities may temper Twitter comments after 2011 blunders Sat,31 Dec 2011 12:03 PM PST Reuters - LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Celebrities may resist the urge to send a stream of consciousness on Twitter in the new year, after famous people tweeted their way into trouble on everything from boxer briefs to breast-feeding in 2011. NASCAR driver Kasey Kahne became the latest celebrity to blunder on Twitter, when he recently had to apologize for a tweet critical of public breast-feeding. But Kahne has been far from alone in discovering Twitter's pitfalls. ...
Full Story | Top | "Merkozy" play leads in beloved German New Year skit Sat,31 Dec 2011 10:37 AM PST Reuters - BERLIN (Reuters) - A skit of "Dinner for One," the British vaudeville comedy sketch so loved in Germany it holds cult status and is screened every New Year's Eve, with Angela Merkel and Nicolas Sarkozy as "Miss Sophie" and her bumbling butler, has become an Internet smash. In the black and white original, filmed in 1963, Miss Sophie celebrates her 90th birthday with four imaginary guests as butler James darts around the table, pretending to be each of them and downing their drinks, becoming increasingly inebriated in the process. The skit, http://www.youtube. ... Full Story | Top | Singer Etta James breathing on her own again Fri,30 Dec 2011 04:41 PM PST Reuters - LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Soul singer Etta James, who is terminally ill with leukemia, has been taken off a respirator and is breathing on her own again, her friend and manager said on Friday. Lupe De Leon said the "At Last" singer, 73, is soon expected to leave the intensive care unit of a hospital near her home in Riverside, east of Los Angeles. "The hospital is preparing Etta for release from ICU to a step down unit. She is stable and breathing on her own. Her blood pressure is normal," De Leon said. James was admitted to the hospital last week because she was struggling to breathe. ...
Full Story | Top | Jim Morrison's Laurel Canyon home damaged in arson attack Fri,30 Dec 2011 03:39 PM PST Reuters - LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - A Laurel Canyon home once inhabited by Jim Morrison was damaged in one of the 19 overnight arson attacks that plagued Hollywood and West Hollywood early Friday morning, according to the Los Angeles Times. The fire -- at 8021 Rothdell Trail in Hollywood -- broke out at 1:20 a.m. in a nearby car, then spread to the house. Morrison lived in the 1922 Hollywood home with his girlfriend Pamela Courson. It's where he wrote the Doors album "Waiting for the Sun" and portions of "The Soft Parade. ... Full Story | Top | Spike Lee reprises Mookie role in "Red Hook Summer" Fri,30 Dec 2011 02:45 PM PST Reuters - LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Spike Lee is returning to familiar territory for his latest movie -- er, joint. "Red Hook Summer," which will premiere at the Sundance Film Festival on January 22, depicts a diverse set of characters sweating out the summer in Brooklyn, according to a new synopsis released by the festival. But it's not just summer in Brooklyn that Lee is going back to. He also reprises his role as Mookie from 1989's "Do the Right Thing," which launched Lee into the ranks of major filmmakers. ... Full Story | Top | ABC shuffles execs at Stephanopoulos' "This Week" Fri,30 Dec 2011 02:31 PM PST Reuters - NEW YORK (TheWrap.com) - With George Stephanopoulos taking the reins back from Christiane Amanpour on "This Week," ABC News is staging another renovation of the Sunday morning show. Jon Banner, who oversaw the show from 2000 to 2003, will return, taking the place of Rick Kaplan. The new version of "This Week" debuts January 8. Banner, senior executive producer for "division wide initiatives," will continue to oversee big projects for the network. "Jon and George have a long history working together," ABC News President Ben Sherwood said in a note to ABC News staff. ... Full Story | Top | Jennifer Hudson credits dead brother for comeback Fri,30 Dec 2011 02:31 PM PST Reuters - Jennifer Hudson surprised many when, just months after a family tragedy that saw her mother, brother and nephew murdered, she returned to the stage to sing the Star-Spangled Banner at Super Bowl XLIII. But as the "Dreamgirls" star and former "American Idol" favorite sees it, she didn't have a choice -- her murdered brother wouldn't have it any other way. Hudson appears on the January 8 edition of NBC's "Dateline" to discuss the tragedy, among other topics, and tells the show's Lester Holt that she heard her brother Jason's voice, which urged her to undertake the comeback performance. ... Full Story | Top | Russell Brand-Katy Perry 14-month marriage over Fri,30 Dec 2011 01:48 PM PST Reuters - LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - British comedian and actor Russell Brand called it quits on his 14-month marriage to "Teenage Dream" singer Katy Perry on Friday, filing for divorce on the grounds of irreconcilable differences. Brand, 36, star of the movie "Get Him to the Greek", and U.S. pop star Perry, 27, met in 2008 and married on October, 2010 in a lavish wedding in India. ...
Full Story | Top | Judge won't hear Tribune exit plan until May Fri,30 Dec 2011 01:16 PM PST Reuters - (Reuters) - A U.S. bankruptcy judge told Tribune Co and its creditors to aim for a May hearing date for the company's latest proposed creditor payback plan, further extending a long-running bankruptcy that Tribune had tried to end earlier this year. Judge Kevin Carey said in a court order issued late Thursday in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Delaware that Tribune and creditors should try to resolve ongoing scheduling disputes "with a view toward a confirmation hearing to be held in mid- to late-May 2012. ... Full Story | Top | SAG sends members postcards with voting instructions Fri,30 Dec 2011 11:04 AM PST Reuters - LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - It's time for Screen Actors Guild members to start paying close attention to their mailboxes. On Friday, three days after the Academy mailed out Oscar ballots, SAG sent postcards to nearly 100,000 of its members. And for members who want to have a say in this year's SAG Awards, those postcards are essential. The cards, which are being sent to every member of the guild eligible to vote, contain ballot instructions that will enable members to cast their ballots online for the 18th SAG Awards. ... Full Story | Top | "Big Bang" wins for CBS on another all-repeat night Fri,30 Dec 2011 11:03 AM PST Reuters - LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - The holiday programming lull has once again proven beneficial for CBS. On a night marked by an absolute lack of new programming across the board for the Big 4, the network took an overall win Thursday night with a roster of reruns spearheaded by "The Big Bang Theory," according to preliminary numbers. "The Big Bang Theory" at 8 p.m. was the highest-rated program of the night, drawing a 2.8 rating/9 share in the adults 18-49 demographic with 10.1 million total viewers, which also made it the most-watched program of the night. ... Full Story | Top | Lindsay Lohan not on board for Dubai New Year's boat bash Fri,30 Dec 2011 10:51 AM PST Reuters - LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Rest easy, everyone, Lindsay Lohan is not returning to her partying ways. At least not in Dubai on New Year's Eve. Despite earlier reports that the actress/recent Playboy cover model would be ringing in 2012 at a star-studded gala aboard the ocean liner QE2 in the United Arab Emirates city, Lohan's spokesperson says she won't be in attendance. "At no point was Lindsay ever considering going to Dubai for New Year's Eve," the actress' representative told TheWrap. ...
Full Story | Top | "17th Precinct" pilot - "Battlestar" reunion - pops up online Fri,30 Dec 2011 08:33 AM PST Reuters - LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - What could have been -- that's what "Battlestar Galactica" fans might be thinking as they get the chance to view the pilot for "17th Precinct," the supernatural cop drama created by "BSG" producer Ronald Moore. NBC passed on "Precinct" last May, but the pilot episode has leaked online at Vimeo.com. The cop series -- starring "Battlestar Galactica" alums Jamie Bamber, Tricia Helfer and James Callis -- is set in Excelsior, a supernatural world where magic is commonplace. ... Full Story | Top | "A Separation" builds Iranian Oscar hopes Fri,30 Dec 2011 07:48 AM PST Reuters - LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Hollywood has often criticized Tehran for stifling movie-making, but the acclaimed film "A Separation" is breathing life into Iran's hopes for a rare Oscar success. Released in the United States on Friday after a year of award wins, Iranian director Asghar Farhadi's morally complex look at two contemporary Tehran families could earn Iran's first foreign language Oscar nomination since 1998. "A Separation" began 2011 as the first Iranian movie ever to win the prestigious Golden Bear at the Berlin Film Festival in February. ...
Full Story | Top | Ben Kingsley on the art of "under-acting" in "Hugo" Thu,29 Dec 2011 07:08 PM PST Reuters - LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Sir Ben Kingsley plays silent film pioneer Georges Melies in Martin Scorsese's "Hugo." The film has proven to be a tricky sell commercially, and it's unlikely to be a moneymaker -- but the film is a marvelous and magical journey that fully justifies Scorsese's decision to adapt Brian Selznick's book "The Invention of Hugo Cabret," and to shoot it in 3D. And Kingsley is sly, sad and commanding as a man desperate to bury his glorious past. Were you familiar with the book, or with Georges Melies' work? Neither. Neither the book nor Georges' work. ...
Full Story | Top | Box office: "M:I:4" set to lead slow New Year's weekend Thu,29 Dec 2011 07:06 PM PST Reuters - LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - The 2011 box office will officially close its books this weekend, with no new movies debuting in wide release. Christmas holiday holdovers "Mission: Impossible -- Ghost Protocol" and "Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Thrones" are expected to lead what is typically a weak New Year's weekend frame. ... Full Story | Top | Box office: "M:I:4" set to lead slow New Year's weekend Thu,29 Dec 2011 07:06 PM PST Reuters - LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - The 2011 box office will officially close its books this weekend, with no new movies debuting in wide release. Christmas holiday holdovers "Mission: Impossible -- Ghost Protocol" and "Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Thrones" are expected to lead what is typically a weak New Year's weekend frame. ... Full Story | Top | Movie-camera maker accuses rival of corporate espionage Thu,29 Dec 2011 05:09 PM PST Reuters - LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Shots are being fired in the world of the digital camera. California-based Red Digital Cinema alleges that a former executive at Delaware-based Arri engaged in corporate espionage when he hacked into the email server of a third camera company, according to a complaint Red filed December 21 in U.S. District Court in California. According to the lawsuit, which was obtained by TheWrap, Red alleges Arri used the hacked emails to give its Alexa camera a competitive advantage over Red's Epic camera. ... Full Story | Top | Court upholds rapper C-Murder's 2009 murder conviction Thu,29 Dec 2011 04:00 PM PST Reuters - (Reuters) - A Louisiana appeals court this week upheld the 2009 murder conviction of Corey Miller, the rap artist who recorded and performed under the name C-Murder. Miller was convicted of second-degree murder and sentenced to life in prison two years ago for the 2002 killing of a 16-year-old fan at a nightclub in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana. Miller appealed the verdict, saying he had been denied a fair trial because the judge had allowed prosecutors to share "prejudicial and unsubstantiated" testimony with the jurors, including claims that Miller had threatened witnesses in the case. ... Full Story | Top | Summit purchase won't happen until 2012 Thu,29 Dec 2011 03:21 PM PST Reuters - LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Summit Entertainment is likely to remain its own company for the rest of the year. The studio, which had hoped to merge with another company before 2012, has not come to an agreement with potential purchaser, the Los Angeles Times is reporting. According to the Times, Summit had hoped to close a purchase deal before the end of the year in order to take advantage of tax and other financial incentives. But with two days left in the year, that's not going to happen. Summit is in talks with Lionsgate Entertainment and with Miramax co-owner Colony Capital. ... Full Story | Top | Meryl Streep gets glowing reviews as UK's Thatcher Thu,29 Dec 2011 01:55 PM PST Reuters - LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Meryl Streep looks set for an unprecedented 17th Oscar nomination after earning glowing reviews for her performance as Britain's Margaret Thatcher in the movie "The Iron Lady". "Virtuoso", "translucent", and "compelling" were among the words used by U.S. movie critics this week to describe Streep's turn as Britain's polarizing, and only female, prime minister. "Is there anything that Meryl Streep can't do as an actress? One can only marvel at her virtuoso performance as Britain's Margaret Thatcher," said Rolling Stone reviewer Peter Travers. ...
Full Story | Top | David Letterman's blackmailer gets gig on Paula Zahn show Thu,29 Dec 2011 01:44 PM PST Reuters - NEW YORK (TheWrap.com) - Robert "Joe" Halderman, the former CBS News producer who went to jail for trying to blackmail David Letterman, has secured a job at "On the Case with Paula Zahn," a weekly news magazine on the Investigation Discovery Channel. TheWrap confirmed that Halderman has already started working with "On the Case," which investigates crime mysteries. Scott Weinberger, a former deputy sheriff and investigative reporter, is the show's creator alongside Scott Sternberg. ... Full Story | Top | Sinead O'Connor: crack cocaine ended 16-day marriage Thu,29 Dec 2011 01:43 PM PST Reuters - LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Move over, Whitney and Bobby. Sinead O'Connor is wasting no time elaborating on the reasons why she broke up with her husband after 16 days of marriage. One of them? Crack cocaine. The Irish songstress previously revealed she and fourth husband Barry Herridge went on a search for marijuana on the night of their wedding in Las Vegas. It seems the singer's decision to bring her new husband, a drug-abuse counselor, along for a marijuana search in a seedy portion of Las Vegas on the night of their wedding wasn't such a great call. ...
Full Story | Top | "Sherlock Holmes" surpasses $100 million domestically Thu,29 Dec 2011 01:03 PM PST Reuters - LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - The world's most famous detective is uncovering money at the box office. "Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows" quietly surpassed the $100 million mark domestically Wednesday. Its total is $106,674,000 in North America, and $49 million internationally. The PG-13 adventure sequel from Warner Bros. is the first film of the holiday season to hit $100 million domestically and continues to be the highest-grossing domestic movie of December. Paramount/Skydance's "Mission: Impossible -- Ghost Protocol" had grossed about $86.2 domestically million as of Tuesday. ...
Full Story | Top | CNN launching new morning shows a week ahead of CBS Thu,29 Dec 2011 12:49 PM PST Reuters - LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - CNN will launch two new morning shows Monday, a week ahead of CBS's revamped morning show. "Early Start" with Ashleigh Banfield and Zoraida Sambolin will air weekdays from 5-7 a.m., followed by "Starting Point" with Soledad O'Brien, which will air from 7-9 a.m. CNN and CBS are both seeking a hard news niche against morning shows like NBC's "Today," ABC's "Good Morning America," Fox's "Fox and Friends" and MSNBC's "Morning Joe," all of which mix news and light entertainment. CBS trails its network competition, and CNN the other morning cable news shows. ... Full Story | Top | Meryl Streep is "brilliant" in "Iron Lady" Thu,29 Dec 2011 12:47 PM PST Reuters - LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - In interviews, star Meryl Streep and director Phyllida Lloyd ("Mamma Mia!") have joked that "The Iron Lady," their film about former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, is the girl version of "King Lear." It's not a bad comparison. Not that anyone will confuse "Iron Lady," essentially a TV movie blessed with a brilliant and deeply felt performance by Streep, with "Lear. ...
Full Story | Top | Kings of Leon frontman Caleb expecting first child Thu,29 Dec 2011 12:43 PM PST Reuters - LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Kings of Leon frontman Caleb Followill and his wife, Victoria's Secret model Lily Aldridge, said on Thursday they are expecting their first child, ending a rollercoaster year for the rock band. "We are thrilled to announce that we are expecting our first child together. We can't wait to meet the new addition to our family," Followill and Aldridge said in a statement. Followill, 29, and Aldridge, 26, married in May in California after dating for two years. This will be the first child for both. ...
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