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China tells Ai Weiwei no public trial for tax case
Wed,28 Mar 2012 11:16 PM PDT
Reuters -  BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese authorities have told dissident artist Ai Weiwei he will not be given a public hearing to reconsider a 15 million yuan ($2.4 million) tax evasion penalty allegedly due from the company he works for, Ai said on Thursday, a move he denounced as "inconceivable". Supporters of Ai, whose 81-day secret detention last year sparked an international outcry, have said the tax case is part of Beijing's efforts to muzzle China's most famous social critic. Ai, 54, told Reuters by telephone he received the notice, dated March 23, from tax authorities on Tuesday. ...
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Banjo innovator, music pioneer Earl Scruggs dies at 88
Wed,28 Mar 2012 10:00 PM PDT
Reuters -  NASHVILLE, Tennessee (Reuters) - Banjo innovator and bluegrass legend Earl Scruggs, a member of the Country Music Hall of Fame, died on Wednesday at a Nashville hospital at age 88. He had been in failing health for some time, according to his son, Gary Scruggs, who played bass guitar with his father. Talking about his father's death, he said with a cracking voice: "He's 88 and it's a slow process. ...
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Pioneering feminist poet Adrienne Rich dead at 82
Wed,28 Mar 2012 09:59 PM PDT
Reuters - LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Poet and essayist Adrienne Rich, a feminist literary figure celebrated as much for deeply personal reflections on her own life as for sometimes-biting social commentary, has died at age 82, family members said on Wednesday. Rich, who received a galaxy of honors, including the Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize and National Book Award, for a body of work that spanned seven decades and ranks among the most anthologized of the 20th century, died on Tuesday at her home in Santa Cruz, California, daughter-in-law Diana Horowitz said. ... Full Story | Top |
SAG-AFTRA merger: judge won't block vote
Wed,28 Mar 2012 08:21 PM PDT
Reuters - NEW YORK, March 28 (TheWrap.com) - Federal judge James Otero on Wednesday rejected a lawsuit that would have blocked the proposed merger of the Screen Actors Guild and the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists. The results of the vote by the roughly 130,000 members of the two unions are to be announced Friday. A yes vote by 60 percent of the voters is required for passage. Otero, a judge in the Central District of California, turned down the request for an injunction filed by more than 60 SAG members, including Martin Sheen and Ed Harris. ... Full Story | Top |
News Corp's Fox ponders sports network change: source
Wed,28 Mar 2012 05:16 PM PDT
Reuters - LOS ANGELES/NEW YORK (Reuters) - News Corp's Fox Sports unit is contemplating steps to overhaul "Fuel", but has no immediate plans for its fledgling action-sports channel to go toe-to-toe with industry heavyweight ESPN, according to a source with knowledge of the review. Rumors that Fox would take Fuel well beyond its traditional fare of skateboarding, surfing and other so-called extreme sports and create its own mainstream channel persist among TV executives, with Fox routinely dismissing them. Should Fox attempt that, its first step would have been to contact cable operators who carry Fuel. ... Full Story | Top |
Bad boy Sheen on a comeback - starring as himself
Wed,28 Mar 2012 04:52 PM PDT
Reuters -  LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A year after his public meltdown, Charlie Sheen is returning from Hollywood's purgatory with a flourish, appearing in two commercials ahead of a new TV show this summer -- all playing off the bad boy image that got him in trouble in the first place. ...
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"The Hunger Games" soundtrack tops Billboard chart
Wed,28 Mar 2012 04:51 PM PDT
Reuters -  LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - "The Hunger Games" official soundtrack shot to the top of the Billboard 200 album chart on Wednesday, following the film's record-setting opening weekend. "The Hunger Games" soundtrack sold 175,000 copies last week, according to Nielsen SoundScan and is the first film soundtrack to debut at No. 1 since Michael Jackson's concert film "This Is It" topped the chart following his sudden death in 2009. ...
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One 'Bully' in theaters, but bigger bullies on Web
Wed,28 Mar 2012 04:48 PM PDT
Reuters -  LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - New film documentary "Bully" has made big headlines in recent weeks over its U.S. film rating, but larger than the topic of who can see the movie is bullying itself and its spread due in part to social networking and technology. Bullying has existed for centuries and likely dates back to the dawn of mankind. But in recent years, speaking out against it has become a rallying cry for parents, educators and celebrities from Ellen DeGeneres to Lady Gaga. ...
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Bobby Brown charged with drunk driving
Wed,28 Mar 2012 04:47 PM PDT
Reuters -  LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Singer Bobby Brown, ex-husband of the late Whitney Houston, was charged on Wednesday with drunk driving and driving on a suspended license, Los Angeles prosecutors said. Brown, 43, was arrested on Monday and failed a sobriety test after being pulled over by traffic police for talking on a cellphone. He will make a first appearance in court on the charges on April 16. Brown, a singer with 1980s boy band New Edition, was married to Houston for almost 15 years but their relationship was marked by what Houston later described as heavy cocaine use and bizarre behavior. ...
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Aerosmith says new album brings "a little of 1975 back"
Wed,28 Mar 2012 04:45 PM PDT
Reuters -  LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Veteran rock band Aerosmith said on Wednesday they were bringing "a little of 1975 back" on a long-delayed album of new material to be released this summer to coincide with a U.S. tour. The band said they were working on finishing up the album - the first of new material since 2001's "Just Push Play" - ahead of the tour, but kept the title under wraps. "The camaraderie's there, there's some songs that are new rock, and old rock and middle-of-the-road rock, and blues, piano. ...
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Barbara Walters wins defamation lawsuit
Wed,28 Mar 2012 04:23 PM PDT
Reuters -  LOS ANGELES, March 28 (TheWrap.com) - Barbara Walters is off the hook for a lawsuit filed by a woman who once dated her adopted daughter. Judge George O'Toole of the U.S. District Court in Massachusetts ruled Tuesday that Nancy Shay's defamation lawsuit had insufficient merit, ending a legal drama that began last year, when Shay filed the suit. Shay, who befriended Jacqueline Gruber, when the pair attended school together in the 1980s, sued Walters following the publication her 2008 memoir, "Audition." "Jackie started to refuse to come home on weekends," Walters' book reads. ...
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OWN viewers up as Oprah's added presence pays off
Wed,28 Mar 2012 03:35 PM PDT
Reuters -  LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Oprah Winfrey's fledgling OWN television channel saw a 21 percent rise in total daily viewers in the first quarter of 2012, as the talk show's queen decision to put more of herself on the network began to pay off. But the 15-month-old venture is still attracting only 180,000 viewers a day, on average, to its mix of feel-good, lifestyle programming, according to first quarter data released by OWN on Wednesday. But what viewers like best is Winfrey herself mixing it up with A-list celebrities. ...
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Chaz Bono flirts with reality TV dating series
Wed,28 Mar 2012 02:26 PM PDT
Reuters - LOS ANGELES, March 28 (TheWrap.com) - We've seen him transition from a woman to a man in "Becoming Chaz," propose to his girlfriend in "Being Chaz" and go "Dancing With the Stars." For Chaz Bono's next reality TV project, we may see him looking for a new love. World of Wonder producers Fenton Bailey and Randy Barbato -- the team behind "Becoming Chaz" and "Being Chaz" -- told TheWrap that they are in discussions with Bono to develop a reality dating series. "He's an extraordinary person living an ordinary life, and I think that's what the show would be about," Bailey said. ... Full Story | Top |
'Bully' can be seen by minors with a note at AMC Theaters
Wed,28 Mar 2012 02:21 PM PDT
Reuters - LOS ANGELES, March 28 (TheWrap.com) - When it opens March 30, minors will be allowed to see the controversial documentary "Bully" at at least one theater chain -- despite the MPAA's decision to rate the film R and the Weinstein Company's subsequent decision to release the film unrated. The chain? AMC Theaters. But there's a catch: Those younger than 17 will have to be accompanied by a guardian, or bring a signed permission slip, available for download. "AMC Theaters believes people of all ages can benefit from the message of this film," the theater chain said on its website. ... Full Story | Top |
'Bully' can be seen by minors with a note at AMC Theaters
Wed,28 Mar 2012 02:17 PM PDT
Reuters - LOS ANGELES, March 28 (TheWrap.com) - When it opens March 30, minors will be allowed to see the controversial documentary "Bully" at at least one theater chain -- despite the MPAA's decision to rate the film R and the Weinstein Company's subsequent decision to release the film unrated. The chain? AMC Theaters. But there's a catch: Those younger than 17 will have to be accompanied by a guardian, or bring a signed permission slip, available for download. "AMC Theaters believes people of all ages can benefit from the message of this film," the theater chain said on its website. ... Full Story | Top |
News Corp unit let piracy thrive at DirecTV: paper
Wed,28 Mar 2012 01:31 PM PDT
Reuters -  LONDON (Reuters) - A News Corp subsidiary providing security for pay-TV smartcards let piracy go unchecked at U.S. satellite broadcaster DirecTV less than a year before News Corp looked into buying the business, an Australian paper said. The article in the Australian Financial Review, citing internal emails from NDS, added to questions over News Corp practices after reports that NDS promoted the piracy of rivals and after scandals at News Corp's British newspapers. NDS said in a statement that it "completely rejects the allegations made by the Australian Financial Review. ...
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Singer Robin Gibb has surgery, cancels commitments
Wed,28 Mar 2012 01:01 PM PDT
Reuters -  LONDON (Reuters) - Singer Robin Gibb, who spoke last month of making a "spectacular" recovery from cancer, has had further surgery, according to a statement released to the British media on Wednesday. The 62-year-old, a founding member of the disco-era hit machine the Bee Gees, has been forced to cancel several commitments due to the operation. "On Sunday 25 March, Robin Gibb underwent further intestinal surgery," the statement read. "He is currently recovering in hospital and therefore, for the time-being, all existing commitments prior to the Titanic Requiem concert, have had to be ...
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Chris Rock producing late-night talk show on FX
Wed,28 Mar 2012 12:20 PM PDT
Reuters -  NEW YORK, March 28 (TheWrap.com) - FX has ordered six episodes of an untitled late-night talk show executive produced by Chris Rock and starring comedian W. Kamau Bell, the network announced Wednesday. The weekly half-hour series, in which Bell will discuss politics, politics, pop culture, race, religion, the media and sex, joins an FX late-night lineup that also includes Russell Brand's "Strangely Uplifting." Brand's show debuts June 28, and Bell's series will premiere at an undetermined date during the summer. ...
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'Mad Men' creator Matt Weiner to direct first movie
Wed,28 Mar 2012 11:54 AM PDT
Reuters - LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Emmy-winning "Mad Men" creator Matthew Weiner has signed up to direct his first movie -- a project he also wrote years ago. Called "You Are Here", the movie will star Owen Wilson as a free-wheeling bachelor and Zach Galafinakis as his bi-polar best friend who take a road trip after a family death. Los Angeles production company Gilbert Films said on Wednesday that "Parks and Recreation" star Amy Poehler is in discussions to co-star as Wilson's ambitious sister. ... Full Story | Top |
Jean-Pierre Dardenne to chair Cannes short films jury
Wed,28 Mar 2012 11:08 AM PDT
Reuters - LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Jean-Pierre Dardenne, who has directed such films as "The Kid With a Bike" and "Lorna's Silence" with his brother Luc, will serve as chair of the Cannes Film Festival's jury for shorts and student films, Cannes organizers announced on Wednesday. The Belgian director will preside over a five person jury that also includes Canadian actress Arsinee Khanjian, Brazilian writer-director Karim Ainouz, French writer-director Emmanuel Carrere and Chinese director-cinematographer Yu Lik-Wai. ... Full Story | Top |
"Dancing With the Stars" results show down, CBS wins night
Wed,28 Mar 2012 10:34 AM PDT
Reuters - LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - The first "Dancing With the Stars" results show of the season took a big hit Tuesday night as CBS ruled in the ratings with "NCIS," according to preliminary numbers. CBS came in first in the advertiser-coveted 18-49 demographic and total viewers with an average 2.8 rating/8 share in the demo and 14.5 million. "NCIS" at 8 was the night's top-rated and most-watched program with a 3.4/10 in the demo and 18.2 million total viewers, even though it tied last week's season low in the ratings. "NCIS: LA" the following hour inched up from last week's season low with a 2. ... Full Story | Top |
Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe preview "Les Miserables"
Wed,28 Mar 2012 09:12 AM PDT
Reuters -  LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Hugh Jackman says he is thrilled to be co-starring alongside Russell Crowe in the big screen version of "Les Miserables," but the latest set picture from the film shows the "Wolverine" star looking positively miserable. "Very excited about how the first days of filming are going!! Check out my convict look...but its changing soon," Jackman tweeted. He included an image of himself with a prodigious beard. The good news is that his character, Jean Valjean, gets to clean up after reforming himself into a successful businessman in the second part of the musical. ...
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"The Avengers" to close Tribeca film festival
Wed,28 Mar 2012 08:45 AM PDT
Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters) - Superhero blockbuster "Marvel's The Avengers" featuring Robert Downey Jr. and Scarlett Johansson has been chosen as Tribeca Film Festival's closing night film, festival organizers said on Wednesday. The big budget Hollywood film that is based on the Marvel comic book series, "The Avengers," first published in 1963, tells the story of the recruitment effort of Marvel Comics super heroes Iron Man, The Incredible Hulk, Thor, Captain America, Hawkeye and Black Widow to save the world. Besides Downey Jr. ... Full Story | Top |
Disney signs UK movie rental pact with YouTube, Google Play
Wed,28 Mar 2012 08:37 AM PDT
Reuters - LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - "Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl," "Bedknobs and Broomsticks" and "Con Air" will soon be available to rent for YouTube and Google Play users in the United Kingdom, thanks to a new deal between Disney UK & Ireland and Google. The pact also includes Disney's distribution partner DreamWorks, which will make such titles as "Real Steel" and "Fright Night" available. Prices range from £2.49 ($3.97) for standard definition to £3.49 ($5.57) for high definition films. ... Full Story | Top |
Ken Howard joins ABC pilot 'Counter Culture'
Wed,28 Mar 2012 06:19 AM PDT
Reuters -  LOS ANGELES, March 27 (TheWrap.com) - Ken Howard has joined the cast of ABC's comedy pilot "Counter Culture." The multi-camera project, written by former "MADtv" cast member Stephnie Weir, centers on three aging sisters who run their family diner together in West Texas and find that sibling dynamics are always getting in the way of getting the job done. ...
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A Minute With: Jon Hamm on Don Draper and directing
Wed,28 Mar 2012 05:26 AM PDT
Reuters -  LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Jon Hamm insists he is nothing like Don Draper, the cool and mysterious advertising genius at the center of TV's "Mad Men". But Hamm, 41, who struggled for years to make it in Hollywood, says playing the character on the critically-acclaimed show has been a dream job, and Sunday's second episode of the long-delayed fifth season of "Mad Men" marks a milestone for the actor. It is his debut as a director. ...
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Susan Boyle musical a hit with fans and critics
Wed,28 Mar 2012 05:18 AM PDT
Reuters -  NEWCASTLE, England (Reuters) - Fans came from as far as Australia to see the premiere of a new musical based on the life of reality TV star Susan Boyle, and early reviews suggested the trip was not wasted. "I Dreamed a Dream", named after the song that made Boyle a global celebrity via YouTube in 2009, premiered at Newcastle's Theatre Royal in northern England late on Tuesday and the reviews have been mainly glowing. ...
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Titanic in 3D cranks up experience, director says
Wed,28 Mar 2012 05:03 AM PDT
Reuters -  LONDON (Reuters) - "Titanic" director James Cameron said the 3D version of his 1997 blockbuster, released to coincide with the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the luxury liner, "turns up" the experience of the original. He also denied suggestions that the film, which hits U.S. and British theatres on April 6, was a way of cashing in on the tragedy, which happened on April 15, 1912 with the loss of more than 1,500 lives. "I just think it makes it more immersive," Cameron said of the 3D re-make. ...
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Ken Howard joins ABC pilot "Counter Culture"
Tue,27 Mar 2012 10:55 PM PDT
Reuters - LOS ANGELES, March 27 (TheWrap.com) - Ken Howard has joined the cast of ABC's comedy pilot "Counter Culture." The multi-camera project, written by former "MADtv" cast member Stephnie Weir, centers on three aging sisters who run their family diner together in West Texas and find that sibling dynamics are always getting in the way of getting the job done. ... Full Story | Top |
"Dancing With the Stars" gives Navratilova the boot
Tue,27 Mar 2012 07:47 PM PDT
Reuters -  NEW YORK (Reuters) - Tennis star Martina Navratilova became the first casualty on "Dancing With the Stars" 14th season on Tuesday, as judges and the TV show's fans gave her jive to "Tell Her About It" the thumbs down. Navratilova, dancing with partner Tony Dovolani, was booted from the popular television ballroom contest show after their jive dance on Monday received the lowest scores from the judges in the second week of competition. ...
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New reality show challenges couples to sexathon
Tue,27 Mar 2012 07:26 PM PDT
Reuters - LOS ANGELES, March 27 (TheWrap.com) - If you thought "Jersey Shore" leaned a little too heavy on the steamy hook-ups, wait until you see Lifetime's latest offering. The network will launch a new reality series, "7 Days of Sex," on April 26, the network said Tuesday. The show will challenge couples "to have sex for one week straight with the hope of saving their marriage," the network said, presumably because they'll be too exhausted to file for divorce. ... Full Story | Top |
Ken Howard joins ABC pilot "Counter Culture"
Tue,27 Mar 2012 07:25 PM PDT
Reuters - LOS ANGELES, March 27 (TheWrap.com) - Ken Howard has joined the cast of ABC's comedy pilot "Counter Culture." The multi-camera project, written by former "MADtv" cast member Stephnie Weir, centers on three aging sisters who run their family diner together in West Texas and find that sibling dynamics are always getting in the way of getting the job done. ... Full Story | Top |
Lindsay Lohan lands guest spot on "Glee"
Tue,27 Mar 2012 05:24 PM PDT
Reuters -  LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Actress Lindsay Lohan will appear as a guest star on TV musical comedy "Glee", her spokesman said on Tuesday, in the latest step of a comeback for the once rising star whose career has been tarnished by drinking, drugs and legal troubles. Lohan's spokesman declined to give details of the episode involving the "Mean Girls" actress. But entertainment website TVLine.com said Lohan would play herself and serve as a celebrity judge when the "Glee" choir performs at a key contest toward the end of this current season. ...
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"Lorax" statue stolen from California home of Dr. Seuss
Tue,27 Mar 2012 04:19 PM PDT
Reuters -  LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A 300-pound (136-kg) bronze statue of the Lorax, a character from the Dr. Seuss book and hit movie of the same name, has been stolen from the late author's San Diego estate, police said on Tuesday. The 3-foot-high (1-meter) statue of the Lorax standing on a tree stump with his arms outstretched was reported missing from the hillside property on Monday morning, San Diego Police Lieutenant Andra Brown said. Theodor Geisel, who wrote The Lorax and other best-selling children's books under the pen-name Dr. Seuss, died in 1991 at the age of 87. ...
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Lionel Richie goes country on new album 'Tuskegee'
Tue,27 Mar 2012 03:49 PM PDT
Reuters -  NASHVILLE, Tenn (Reuters) - If he hadn't known better, Lionel Richie jokes that he might have felt insulted when initially sitting down with some of today's top country stars to record his new album of duets, "Tuskegee." "I pulled out the lyrics to the songs, and they were like, 'what's that?' "I said, 'here are the lyrics.'" Richie says with a mock look of astonishment, then smiles. "They said, 'Oh no, man. I know this. I've been singing it since 1983 or 1987,'. Someone even said, 'I've been singing these songs since I was in elementary school. ...
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Mayan documentary to warn humans of impending catastrophe
Tue,27 Mar 2012 03:11 PM PDT
Reuters - LOS ANGELES, March 27 (TheWrap.com) - Mayan writings do not predict the end of the world when the calendar cycle ends in December - but according to the producer of an upcoming documentary about the Central American civilization, they do make the sobering prediction that three-quarters of the earth's population will be wiped out in the ensuing 15 to 20 years. And those who live, insisted producer Raul Julia-Levy, will need to quickly colonize outer space, just as he said the Mayans did. ... Full Story | Top |
"Hunger Games," Lenny Kravitz criticized in racist tweets
Tue,27 Mar 2012 02:50 PM PDT
Reuters -  LOS ANGELES, March 27 (TheWrap.com) - "The Hunger Games" and stars Lenny Kravitz and Amandla Stenberg have been targeted in a series of racist tweets. The bulk of the complaints center on the casting of black actors as characters that some Twitter users argue were portrayed as white in the Suzanne Collins' hit book. Kravitz plays a stylist named Cinna. Stenberg portrays Rue, the brave little girl who nurses Katniss (Jennifer Lawrence) back to health at a key point in the film. As E! Online notes, contrary to these complaints, Collins actually depicts Rue as having "dark brown skin and eyes. ...
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All-American Rejects experience growing pains on 'Kids'
Tue,27 Mar 2012 02:46 PM PDT
Reuters -  LOS ANGELES, March 27 (TheWrap.com) - On their fourth album, "Kids in the Street," the All-American Rejects sacrifice a lot of their youthful vigor and spunk for a newfound maturity and balladry. Whether that's been influenced more by actual growing up or having some success placing songs on movie soundtracks is anyone's guess. Call it Goo Goo Dolls syndrome. If you took the title of "Kids in the Street" to mean that the band would be acting like scrappy youths 13 years into their career, you'd be mistaken. ...
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Gordon Ramsay files $2.5 million lawsuit against former partner
Tue,27 Mar 2012 02:41 PM PDT
Reuters - LOS ANGELES, March 27 (TheWrap.com) - Gordon Ramsay has found yet another restauranteur to lay into -- and this time it's his former business partner. The "Hell's Kitchen" hothead has filed a lawsuit seeking more than $2.5 million from Danny Lavy and Lavy's business 9226-7558 Quebec Inc., claiming that Lavy and the company breached their contract with Ramsay and made several false and defamatory comments about him in relation to a Canadian restaurant that they were involved in. ... Full Story | Top |
Al-Jazeera refuses to air video of French shootings
Tue,27 Mar 2012 02:39 PM PDT
Reuters - NEW YORK, March 27 (TheWrap.com) - Al Jazeera has declined to air a haunting video of three separate shooting attacks that occurred in southern France earlier this month. The video, delivered to Al Jazeera's Paris bureau on a USB stick, portrays the three attacks, executed by Mohammed Merah in Toulouse and Montauban, in chronological order. Merah said the shootings, which resulted in the deaths of three soldiers, three Jewish children and a rabbi, were inspired by Al Qaeda. He titled the video "Al Qaeda attaque la France," meaning Al Qaeda attacks France. ... Full Story | Top |
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