Today's Entertainment - Reuters Celebrity/Gossip News Headlines - Yahoo! News: | | DeAndre Brackensick shown the door on "American Idol" Thu,5 Apr 2012 06:54 PM PDT Reuters - LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - DeAndre Brackensick, a curly-haired contestant adored by judge Jennifer Lopez, on Thursday became the third contestant booted from "American Idol," leaving seven of the original 10 finalists remaining on the top-rated TV singing contest. Brackensick received a hug from Lopez before exiting the stage. The pop superstar revealed she had voted to use the "save" allotted to the judges, but fellow panelists Randy Jackson and Steven Tyler had not agreed with her. The "save" allows judges to overrule audience votes and keep a singer on the show. ... Full Story | Top | "CSI" actor Gary Sinise cancels gigs after car accident Thu,5 Apr 2012 05:42 PM PDT Reuters - LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - "CSI:NY" star Gary Sinise has pulled out of several musical concerts with his band, and other appearances, after being injured in a car accident last week, his spokeswoman said on Thursday. Staci Wolfe gave no details of Sinise's injuries but said he was a passenger in a car involved in an accident and was recovering at home under his doctor's supervision. Sinise, who plays Detective Mac Taylor in the popular TV crime series, canceled one concert with his Lt. ... Full Story | Top | "Bully" film rating changed for younger audiences Thu,5 Apr 2012 05:38 PM PDT Reuters - LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The filmmaker and studio behind documentary "Bully" on Thursday won their battle to have the movie's rating lowered, allowing kids as young as 13 years-old to see it. Director Lee Hirsch said he was able to keep a key scene in the anti-bullying film for which he lobbied hard, but he edited out three uses of one certain word to appease the group that rates movies based on language, sex, violence and other content. "I'm just glad that we held strong. I think this is a great resolution," Hirsch told Reuters about his and distributor The Weinstein Co. ... Full Story | Top | Oprah's next mission: Win advertisers with OWN vision Thu,5 Apr 2012 05:01 PM PDT Reuters - LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Oprah Winfrey appears in New York on Thursday before her most important audience: potential advertisers who will decide how many more seasons her struggling cable network has to promote her mantra to "live your best life." The "queen of talk," having admitted in a CBS interview this week to "101 mistakes" in launching the Oprah Winfrey Network last year, must convince the media buyers who will crowd Lincoln Center that her formula of uplifting programs will attract more viewers than it did in its first year. ... Full Story | Top | Robert Towne talks film classic "Chinatown" on Blu-ray Thu,5 Apr 2012 04:46 PM PDT Reuters - LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - "Chinatown," the 1974 film classic released this week on Blu-ray, was forged by a grand design and a series of fortunate accidents. That's one of the takeaways from Paramount's feature-laden Blu-ray version, for which its Oscar-winning screenwriter Robert Towne oversaw the color timing work. The Blu-ray version does full justice to every artful detail, right down to the rich tapestry of browns that was the original. ... Full Story | Top | Science channel's new shows include zombies Thu,5 Apr 2012 04:44 PM PDT Reuters - NEW YORK (TheWrap.com) - Ricky Gervais and his "Idiot Abroad" cohorts are developing a new show for Discovery Science, but aren't saying what it is yet. James Woods, meanwhile, will appear in a new Science show about scientific breakthroughs. The network's new slate, unveiled Thursday, also includes the "Whale Wars"-inspired "Rhino Wars," about battling rhino poachers, a show about military dogs, and a show about people planning for the coming zombie apocalypse. Yes, really. ... Full Story | Top | Virgin Atlantic employee in paparazzi probe Thu,5 Apr 2012 04:42 PM PDT Reuters - LONDON (Reuters) - Virgin Atlantic said on Thursday it had launched an investigation over claims a member of staff had tipped off paparazzi about details of flights celebrities had booked with the airline. The employee is accused of passing details of eight high-profile customers including actress Sienna Miller and England soccer player Ashley Cole to the London-based photographic agency Big Pictures. "The allegations that have been raised are extremely serious and we have launched an immediate investigation," a spokeswoman for the airline said. ... Full Story | Top | Virgin Atlantic employee in paparazzi probe Thu,5 Apr 2012 04:42 PM PDT Reuters - LONDON (Reuters) - Virgin Atlantic said on Thursday it had launched an investigation over claims a member of staff had tipped off paparazzi about details of flights celebrities had booked with the airline. The employee is accused of passing details of eight high-profile customers including actress Sienna Miller and England soccer player Ashley Cole to the London-based photographic agency Big Pictures. "The allegations that have been raised are extremely serious and we have launched an immediate investigation," a spokeswoman for the airline said. ... Full Story | Top | Christian Bale, Casey Affleck to play brothers on film Thu,5 Apr 2012 04:40 PM PDT Reuters - LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Christian Bale and Casey Affleck are officially on board to star as brothers in the Rust Belt drama film "Out of the Furnace," Relativity Media said Thursday. They will be joined by Zoe Saldana ("Avatar"), who will play Bale's love interest, and Sam Shepard, who will play the two leads' uncle. In the film, Affleck is lured into a dangerous crime ring after his brother (Bale) is sent to prison. The film is set in an economically depressed section of the northeastern United States and will be directed by Scott Cooper ("Crazy Heart"). Cooper also wrote the screenplay. ... Full Story | Top | James Cameron, Mark Burnett team for 'Robogeddon' Thu,5 Apr 2012 04:37 PM PDT Reuters - LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - James Cameron and Mark Burnett are joining forces for a new television series called "Robogeddon," Discovery announced at its upfront presentation Thursday. The series from Oscar-winning director Cameron and reality TV mastermind Burnett will feature mechanical robots fighting, as on the Comedy Central show "BattleBots." That isn't the only upcoming Discovery series that Burnett will be taking part in. The "Survivor" producer, who made "Sarah Palin's Alaska," will once again explore the state for a new series on Discovery. ... Full Story | Top | Keith Olbermann sues Current TV over ouster Thu,5 Apr 2012 04:34 PM PDT Reuters - LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Fired TV commentator Keith Olbermann on Thursday filed a breach of contract lawsuit against Current TV, calling its management amateurs and claiming he is owed as much as $70 million. Olbermann, who was fired a week ago after about a year on the small progressive public affairs channel, said he was "enticed to leave" his old job at cable channel MSNBC and join Current with the promise of editorial control and professional support. But Olbermann described Current TV founders Joel Hyatt and former U.S. ... Full Story | Top | Stuntman takes legal action against Broadway's "Spider-Man" Thu,5 Apr 2012 04:07 PM PDT Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters) - A stuntman has filed court papers seeking information about acrobatic maneuvers on Broadway musical "Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark" in a prelude to a possible lawsuit against companies who worked on the troubled show. The legal action is the latest headache for producers of Broadway's most expensive production who have contended with performer injuries from falls or crash-landings during aerial stunts, a bitter dispute with original director and co-creator Julie Taymor, and reviews that have been mostly negative. Still, ticket sales have proven strong at box offices. ... Full Story | Top | ABC announces new summer shows Thu,5 Apr 2012 03:17 PM PDT Reuters - LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - ABC released its summer 2012 schedule Thursday, including the series premieres for shows "Duets" and "Final Witness," as well as the season premiere dates for returning series "Wipeout," "Rookie Blue," "The Bachelorette" and "Extreme Makeover." The summer schedule begins with the series premiere of "Duets" on May 24 at 8 p.m. The series will follow Kelly Clarkson, Jennifer Nettles, Lionel Richie and Robin Thicke as they mentor amateur musical talent, with the ultimate goal being a recording contract with Hollywood Records. ... Full Story | Top | "American Reunion" pie is tasteless Thu,5 Apr 2012 03:03 PM PDT Reuters - LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - It may or may not be true that you can't go home again, but perhaps you shouldn't — judging by "American Reunion," anyway, which brings back the cast of the 1999 sleeper hit "American Pie" and strands them in a dull and offensive movie that has none of the charm, smarts or sex appeal of the original. Everyone at East Great Falls High apparently missed their 10-year reunion, but they're all coming back for their 13th, a bit bruised by their experiences in the real world, which have apparently lacked the wacky shenanigans of their youth. ... Full Story | Top | Kanye West raps of love for Kim Kardashian Thu,5 Apr 2012 03:02 PM PDT Reuters - LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Kanye West professed his love for reality TV star Kim Kardashian in a new song leaked online on Thursday, and the pair were spotted out on the town in New York together. In "Theraflu," named after the over-the-counter cough medicine, West raps about falling in love with the "Keeping Up With The Kardashians" star at the same time she fell in love with Kris Humphries, who she divorced last November after 72 days of marriage. ... Full Story | Top | Older, raunchier "American Pie" gang back for "Reunion" Thu,5 Apr 2012 02:18 PM PDT Reuters - LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - It's been 13 years since the hit teen comedy "American Pie" introduced a pack of horny high-schoolers out to lose their virginity before graduation and made an unlikely star of a warm pie. Now the gang is back - a little older if not much wiser - in a fourth sequel, "American Reunion," in theaters on Friday, and they are again pushing the boundaries of good taste with plenty of full-frontal nudity and outrageous behavior. ... Full Story | Top | "Mummy" movie reboot in the works Thu,5 Apr 2012 01:07 PM PDT Reuters - LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - "The Mummy" will walk again. Universal Pictures is rebooting its "Mummy" movie franchise, with "Prometheus" writer Jon Spaihts penning the script. It is not known if the series' stars Brendan Fraser and Rachel Weisz will be involved in the reboot. The first three films raked in more than $1 billion worldwide combined. "The Mummy" in 1999 took in $415 million, with 2001's "The Mummy Returns" drawing $433 million and "The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor" amassing $401 million in 2008, according to Box Office Mojo. ... Full Story | Top | "Captain America" sequel to hit theaters in 2014 Thu,5 Apr 2012 12:42 PM PDT Reuters - LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Captain America is getting a sequel to his big screen debut, Disney said Thursday. He will bring his brand of star-spangled vigilantism back to theaters on April 4, 2014, the first major Marvel superhero film to debut outside of the summer movie season. "Ghost Rider" and "Daredevil" both featured characters from the comic book company's universe and had spring or winter movie premieres, but they were produced by Sony and Fox respectively, not Marvel and Disney. ... Full Story | Top | 'That "70s Show" actress denies assault Thu,5 Apr 2012 12:41 PM PDT Reuters - LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - "That '70s Show" star Lisa Robin Kelly told "Good Morning America" that she has battled a drinking problem but is not guilty of attacking a man over the weekend. Kelly was arrested in Los Angeles on Saturday and released on $50,000 bail. She was charged with corporal injury on a spouse, a felony. But on Twitter, she described alleged victim John Michas as a former roommate, not as her husband. "GMA" interviewer Abbie Boudreau referred to Michas as her "ex" or "ex-boyfriend" during the segment. "This is all a bunch of made-up stuff," Kelly told Boudreau. ... Full Story | Top | Claude Miller, director of "La Petite Voleuse", dies at 70 Thu,5 Apr 2012 12:38 PM PDT Reuters - PARIS (Reuters) - Claude Miller, a French director best known for discovering young actress Charlotte Gainsbourg in the 1985 film "La Petite Voleuse", has died at the age of 70 after a long illness, one of his production companies said on Thursday. A student of "Nouvelle Vague" directors Robert Bresson, Jean-Luc Godard and Francois Truffaut, Miller carried their artistic approach into the 21st century, writing, directing and producing dozens of films. ... Full Story | Top | "L'Effrontée" director Claude Miller dies at 70 Thu,5 Apr 2012 12:35 PM PDT Reuters - LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Claude Miller, the French film director and disciple of Francois Truffaut, has died, his production company said Thursday. He was 70 and was reportedly working on an adaptation of the novel "Thérèse Desqueyroux" as a vehicle for "Amelie" star Audrey Tautou. Miller is perhaps best known for "L'Effrontée," a 1985 drama about a young girl growing up in poverty, starring Charlotte Gainsbourg, and for "La Classe de Neige," a 1998 film about a young boy suffering anxiety attacks on a ski trip. ... Full Story | Top | "L'Effrontée" director Claude Miller dies at 70 Thu,5 Apr 2012 12:20 PM PDT Reuters - LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Claude Miller, the French film director and disciple of Francois Truffaut, has died, his production company said Thursday. He was 70 and was reportedly working on an adaptation of the novel "Thérèse Desqueyroux" as a vehicle for "Amelie" star Audrey Tautou. Miller is perhaps best known for "L'Effrontée," a 1985 drama about a young girl growing up in poverty, starring Charlotte Gainsbourg, and for "La Classe de Neige," a 1998 film about a young boy suffering anxiety attacks on a ski trip. ... Full Story | Top | Beyonce shares family photos on new fan website Thu,5 Apr 2012 12:09 PM PDT Reuters - LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - R&B superstar Beyonce gave fans some insight into her private life on Thursday with the relaunch of her website, featuring intimate snapshots of her daily routines the singer has carefully shielded from the public until now. "This is my life, today, over the years - through my eyes. My family, my travels, my love. This is where I share with you. This will continue to grow as I do," the singer wrote on her new website. Beyonce. ... Full Story | Top | Apple: too much power over Hollywood's future? Thu,5 Apr 2012 12:04 PM PDT Reuters - NEW YORK/LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - With Hollywood's help, Apple is on the verge of total domination of the digital movie market. The company already controls 65 percent of digital movie sales, according to research by IHS Screen Digest. Now, as Apple expands digital offerings into the cloud, it threatens to dwarf Hollywood's own UltraViolet cloud initiative with the only credible challenge coming from Amazon and Google, not the movie industry. "If they do this right, Apple is in the lead position," James McQuivey, an analyst with of Forrester Research told TheWrap. ... Full Story | Top | London music fest gambles on little-known Nancarrow Thu,5 Apr 2012 11:47 AM PDT Reuters - LONDON (Reuters) - Avant garde rock star Frank Zappa said his music sounded like "bionic ragtime", the U.S. government considered him an unwelcome communist and Spanish dictator Francisco Franco's soldiers wanted to kill him. So what else was Conlon Nancarrow, a native of Texarkana, Arkansas, to do but move to Mexico, give up his U.S. ... Full Story | Top | DirecTV, Tribune agreement will restore stations Thu,5 Apr 2012 10:31 AM PDT Reuters - NEW YORK (TheWrap.com) - Tribune Broadcasting and DirecTV have reached an agreement that will restore Tribune's television stations to the satellite provider's 5 million customers. Tribune's stations went dark over the weekend for those customers, which DirecTV blamed on Tribune's bankruptcy. Now, those customers will have access to Tribune's 23 local stations and its national cable network, WGN America. ... Full Story | Top | $5-6 million expected on first day for "Titanic" 3D Thu,5 Apr 2012 10:31 AM PDT Reuters - LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - The 3D re-release of James Cameron's "Titanic" was steaming toward a possible $6 million haul at the box office in its debut Wednesday, as the 100th anniversary approaches of the sinking of the real Titanic. Domestic distributor Paramount is projecting that the film, converted into 3D for a hefty $18 million, will take in around $20 million-$25 million over the five-day holiday weekend. Box-office observers outside the studio say it could do up to $30 million. ... Full Story | Top | Taylor Lautner to appear in Sandler's "Grown Ups 2" Thu,5 Apr 2012 10:30 AM PDT Reuters - LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Taylor Lautner is in negotiations to appear alongside Adam Sandler in the sequel to 2010's "Grown Ups." Lautner, who shot to teen heartthrob status as werewolf Jacob Black in the "Twilight" movie series, will have a small role in the Columbia Pictures film. The 2010 "Grown Ups" followed a group of friends who get together for a Fourth of July weekend after their high-school basketball coach dies. ... Full Story | Top | Creator of Porsche 911 sports car dies aged 76 Thu,5 Apr 2012 10:20 AM PDT Reuters - FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Ferdinand Alexander Porsche, the creator of Porsche's 911 sports car, has died at age 76, Porsche said on Thursday. A grandson of Ferdinand Porsche, who founded the Stuttgart-based sports car maker and developed the Volkswagen Beetle under a contract with the Nazis in the 1930s, Ferdinand Alexander Porsche invented the 911 model in 1963. Originally labeled as 901, Porsche's two-seater classic model has since been upgraded over seven generations of the car with the latest version unveiled at last September's Frankfurt Auto Show. ... Full Story | Top | Guitar amplifier pioneer Jim Marshall dies aged 88 Thu,5 Apr 2012 08:24 AM PDT Reuters - LONDON (Reuters) - Jim Marshall, dubbed the "Lord of Loud" for his pioneering work on guitar amplifiers used by some of the greatest names in rock music, has died aged 88. A spokeswoman for the company he founded said he passed away in Milton Keynes, southeast England, on Thursday morning. She could not confirm reports that he had been suffering from cancer and had a series of strokes. "It is with profound sorrow that we announce the passing of our beloved founder and leader for the past 50 years, Jim Marshall," said a statement on his company's website. ... Full Story | Top | Oprah's next mission: Win advertisers with OWN vision Thu,5 Apr 2012 07:00 AM PDT Reuters - LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Oprah Winfrey appears in New York on Thursday before her most important audience: potential advertisers who will decide how many more seasons her struggling cable network has to promote her mantra to "live your best life." The "queen of talk," having admitted in a CBS interview this week to "101 mistakes" in launching the Oprah Winfrey Network last year, must convince the media buyers who will crowd Lincoln Center that her formula of uplifting programs will attract more viewers than it did in its first year. ... Full Story | Top | Huffington Post snags NBC News executive Kapp Thu,5 Apr 2012 06:47 AM PDT Reuters - (Reuters) - Lauren Kapp, a senior vice president at NBC News, is joining the Huffington Post Media Group. Kapp will serve in the newly created role of senior vice president, global strategy, marketing and communications and will be a key adviser to President and Editor-In-Chief Arianna Huffington. Kapp is expected to lead Huffington Post's expansion into new markets and the impending launch of its streaming network. ... Full Story | Top | Boom in Nordic crowdsourcing takes in film, lawmaking Thu,5 Apr 2012 06:19 AM PDT Reuters - HELSINKI (Reuters) - Encouraged by the unexpected success of their homemade film spoofing Star Trek, Finnish filmmakers Samuli Torssonen and Timo Vuorensola decided to create a bigger-scale, sci-fi comedy about Nazis living in space. With little money or professional staff, the two asked fans for help and received 1 million euros ($1.31 million). That, in turn, convinced German and Australian investors to offer several million more. ... Full Story | Top | Malaysia denies tutus to blame for nixed ballet Thu,5 Apr 2012 03:33 AM PDT Reuters - SINGAPORE (Reuters) - The abrupt cancellation of shows by a Singaporean ballet troupe in Malaysia has caused a tempest in a tutu, with the government saying the dancers applied too late for a permit to perform, and a local group blaming cultural concern over "indecent" costumes. 'Ballet Illuminations' by the Singapore Dance Theatre was supposed to run this weekend, and many tickets had been sold for performances of The Nutcracker and other works. But without a permit, the show cannot go on. ... Full Story | Top | Disney Channel stars speak out against cyberbullying Thu,5 Apr 2012 03:04 AM PDT Reuters - LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Even some young Disney Channel stars, as popular as they seem to be, have suffered at the hands of bullies, and now dozens of them are urging kids to stand up against bullying - not by lashing out, but by speaking up. In a campaign launching on Thursday on Disney Channel, Disney XD and Disney.com, actors like Billy Unger, Bridgit Mendler and Bella Thorne are urging 6 to 14-year-olds to treat each other better, both in the playground and online. ... Full Story | Top | Book Talk: Wyoming author C.J. Box returns with "Force of Nature" Thu,5 Apr 2012 02:02 AM PDT Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters) - Wyoming-based author C.J. Box has just released "Force of Nature," the 12th in his series of mysteries starring Joe Pickett, a game warden in the Bighorn Mountains. "Force of Nature" features Pickett's longtime friend Nate Romanowski, a man with a secret past that comes back to haunt him and puts Pickett and his family in danger. Box spoke to Reuters about the series, developing his characters and the writing process. Q: You've said you never set out to write a series. ... Full Story | Top | Exclusive: Low ratings could end cable deal for Gore's Current TV Wed,4 Apr 2012 09:20 PM PDT Reuters - (Reuters) - Al Gore's Current TV has bigger problems to deal with than a potential lawsuit from fired news anchor Keith Olbermann - namely not getting kicked off Time Warner Cable for low ratings. According to three sources with knowledge of the situation, Time Warner Cable Inc's carriage agreement with Current TV stipulates that, if the left-leaning political news network fails to meet a minimum threshold for overall viewers in a given quarter, financial penalties such as Current TV being required to increase marketing and promotion spending on the cable operator's systems are triggered. ... Full Story | Top | Houston drowned in very hot water, cocaine in system Wed,4 Apr 2012 07:23 PM PDT Reuters - LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Whitney Houston drowned in a hot bathtub in a Beverly Hills hotel room with cocaine in her system and white powder nearby, a final coroner's report revealed on Wednesday. Detectives found white powdery substances, a rolled-up piece of paper, a small spoon and a mirror in the bathroom shortly after Houston's naked body was found face down in the bathtub on February 11, the 40-page Los Angeles County coroner's report said. Houston, 48, had a history of drug addiction. ... Full Story | Top | Planet Green channel to become Destination America Wed,4 Apr 2012 05:43 PM PDT Reuters - LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Discovery's Planet Green has been shrunken down to a single country. Planet Green, a cable TV channel focused on eco-friendly living, is being re-branded as "Destination America," effective Memorial Day weekend. Targeting the 25-54 demographic, Destination America will be available in 59.5 million homes. "Americans may be divided by politics, but we are united by our love of country," Henry Schleiff, the new channel's president and general manager, said. ... Full Story | Top | Bob Dylan's "Blood on the Tracks" to become movie Wed,4 Apr 2012 05:34 PM PDT Reuters - LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - From the classic western "Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid" to the painful ego-trip that was "Masked and Anonymous," Bob Dylan has a pretty extensive, if varied, movie resume for a rock star. But in a career that netted him a Best Song Oscar for his work on "Wonder Boys," Dylan has yet to see one of his albums adapted for the silver screen -- until now. Dylan's "Blood on the Tracks" will be turned into a feature length film from Brazilian-based RT Features. ... Full Story | Top |
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