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'Lion King' takes Broadway crown from 'Phantom'
Mon,9 Apr 2012 06:14 PM PDT
Reuters -  LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Broadway has a new ruler, and its name is "The Lion King." The musical over the weekend ousted long-standing box-office hit "The Phantom of the Opera" from the top of the list of all-time Broadway box office hits, a Disney spokeswoman said on Monday. "The Lion King" has generated a cumulative gross of just over $853,800,000 on Broadway, pulling ahead of "Phantom" which has grossed slightly more than $853,100,000. "Naturally we're humbled by this milestone," Thomas Schumacher, producer and president of Disney Theatrical Productions, said in a statement. ...
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Canadian woman charged with stalking Alec Baldwin
Mon,9 Apr 2012 06:11 PM PDT
Reuters -  NEW YORK (Reuters) - A Canadian woman was charged on Monday with stalking actor Alec Baldwin after appearing outside his New York City apartment over the weekend following a series of e-mails and messages that in some cases referred to the bachelor as her husband. Genevieve Sabourin, 40, of Montreal was charged with five misdemeanor offenses including aggravated harassment and stalking, and she was released on her own recognizance. ...
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Kristen Wiig says leaving 'SNL' will be "hardest thing"
Mon,9 Apr 2012 03:12 PM PDT
Reuters -  (Reuters) - "Saturday Night Live" and "Bridesmaids" star Kristen Wiig said on Monday that leaving the TV sketch show "will be the hardest thing" but that everyone has to leave the things they love. Wiig, 38, would not confirm media reports that she would be moving on from "Saturday Night Live" when her contract ends later this year after seven years on the popular late-night program as a comic actress and sketch writer. But she told actor Alex Baldwin in his "Here's The Thing" twice monthly radio podcast for WNYC.org that she would be sorry to part company with the cast and writers on the ...
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Kerry Washington gets lucky with 'Scandal'
Mon,9 Apr 2012 01:42 PM PDT
Reuters -  NEW YORK (Reuters) - Actress Kerry Washington, star of the new ABC drama "Scandal", calls herself the "the luckiest broad in showbiz". Washington's lead role as a crisis management expert has not only won the actress over to television, but it's also the first drama series on a major broadcast TV network in recent memory to star a black actress in the lead role. "I wasn't looking for it," Washington, 35, told Reuters of her move to TV after years of movie and stage work. ...
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Washington's famed Howard Theater back from the brink
Mon,9 Apr 2012 12:50 PM PDT
Reuters -  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Washington's historic Howard Theater, a launching pad for black performers from Duke Ellington to The Supremes, reopened on Monday after a $29 million restoration saved it from the wrecking ball. Hundreds of people crowded outside the Howard to celebrate the rebirth of the century-old building, famed as the oldest legitimate theater aimed at a black audience. Speakers, including Mayor Vincent Gray, said the return of the theater with a Beaux Arts, neoclassical and Renaissance facade was a symbol of Washington's own renewal after decades of decline. ...
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Lindsay Lohan says club battery claim "one big lie"
Mon,9 Apr 2012 11:32 AM PDT
Reuters -  LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Lindsay Lohan, on the comeback trail after being released from formal probation last month, on Monday strongly denied a claim that she had shoved a woman in a West Hollywood nightclub. Lohan's spokesman said the 25 year-old "Freaky Friday" actress was never at the nightclub in question and called the allegations "malicious and unfounded." Police in West Hollywood said they were investigating a battery report filed by a woman who claimed that Lohan had pushed and shoved her in an argument over a man at a nightclub at the Standard hotel last Thursday. ...
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Bodies in the sea: Halifax recalls Titanic sinking
Mon,9 Apr 2012 09:50 AM PDT
Reuters -  HALIFAX, Nova Scotia (Reuters) - Canadian sailors spotted the tiny body floating among icebergs six days after the Titanic sank. The 19-month-old boy was wearing four layers of clothing and a pair of leather shoes - a futile shield against the icy waters but the best a parent could do as the liner foundered. The Unknown Child, as the infant became known, now lies in a graveyard with many other Titanic victims in the Atlantic Canadian port city of Halifax, which had to deal with the ghastly aftermath of a calamity that killed about 1,500 people. ...
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Citigroup cuts media companies on cable TV fatigue
Mon,9 Apr 2012 08:28 AM PDT
Reuters - (Reuters) - Citigroup analysts, saying they were "flummoxed" by a steep fall in cable network ratings and slowing advertising growth, lowered their ratings on the stocks of several U.S. media companies. The brokerage downgraded News Corp, Walt Disney Co, Discovery Communications Inc, CBS Corp and Scripps Network Interactive Inc to "neutral" from "buy." Historically, cable network advertising has outpaced overall advertising, but the gap has narrowed sharply over the past few quarters, Citi analysts led by Jason Bazinet said in a client note. ... Full Story | Top |
Media General says 1st quarter print, digital revenue to fall
Mon,9 Apr 2012 07:14 AM PDT
Reuters - (Reuters) - Broadcaster and Publisher Media General Inc expects first-quarter broadcast revenue to rise and print and digital revenue to fall, as the company battles higher publishing costs and a weak advertising market. The publisher of newspapers like The Tampa Tribune and the Winston-Salem Journal and owner of TV station WFLA-TV, said in a regulatory filing that it expects broadcast revenue to increase 12 to 13 percent in the first quarter. It sees print revenue declining 8 to 9 percent and digital revenue falling about 15 percent. ... Full Story | Top |
Photographer captures Soviet avant-garde architecture
Mon,9 Apr 2012 03:52 AM PDT
Reuters - BERLIN (Reuters) - British photographer Richard Pare is on a mission to capture Soviet avant-garde buildings before they turn to ruins in the hope of raising awareness about this little-known period of experimentation in modern architecture. The exhibition "Building the Revolution: Soviet Art and Architecture 1915-1935", which opened in Berlin on Thursday, displays his work in color alongside black-and-white archive photos of the buildings under construction and modernist Russian artworks. ... Full Story | Top |
Autopsy scheduled for painter Thomas Kinkade
Sun,8 Apr 2012 06:34 PM PDT
Reuters - LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A California coroner is due to conduct an autopsy of Thomas Kinkade on Monday, three days after the famed American painter died unexpectedly, the Los Angeles Times reported on Sunday. Kinkade, whose luminescent, homespun scenes captivated millions even as critics scoffed, died alone at his home in Los Gatos in northern California of apparently natural causes, according to family spokesman David Satterfield. Kinkade was 54. The Santa Clara County coroner will perform the autopsy. Officials have offered no further details on the case. ... Full Story | Top |
Three in a row: "Hunger Games" leads box office
Sun,8 Apr 2012 04:03 PM PDT
Reuters -  (Reuters) - Movie sensation "The Hunger Games" survived fresh competition from the "Titanic" and the gross-out "American Pie" gang to notch its third domestic box office win over the weekend. "Hunger Games" took in $33.5 million at U.S. and Canadian theaters from Friday through Sunday and lifted its domestic sales through three weekends to $302.8 million, according to studio estimates released on Sunday. ...
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Barbra Streisand won't sing at Obama's L.A. fund-raiser
Sun,8 Apr 2012 01:36 PM PDT
Reuters -  LOS ANGELES, April 8 (TheWrap.com) - Barbra Streisand is still backing President Obama's re-election campaign, but she won't be singing for the president on his next fund-raising stop in Southern California. Published reports had suggested that the singer -- who has lent her lungs to Democrats dating back to John F. Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson -- would entertain at a May 10 event to be hosted by DreamWorks Animation's Jeffrey Katzenberg. Party officials have set a $2 million goal for the event. But a source close to Streisand told TheWrap that she will not be performing. ...
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Factbox: Reactions to journalist Mike Wallace's death
Sun,8 Apr 2012 01:17 PM PDT
Reuters - Via statements and comments on Twitter, colleagues and friends reacted Sunday to the news that longtime CBS correspondent Mike Wallace, the "60 Minutes" interviewer, died Saturday at age 93: Former First Lady Nancy Reagan: "My heart is broken today over the death of my dear friend Mike Wallace. My parents introduced me to Mike more than 75 years ago and we've been fast friends ever since. ... Mike was an old school journalist and one of the most astute people I've ever met. ... Full Story | Top |
Veteran CBS journalist Mike Wallace dead at 93: network
Sun,8 Apr 2012 11:55 AM PDT
Reuters -  NEW YORK (Reuters) - Mike Wallace, the grand inquisitor of CBS's "60 Minutes" news show who once declared there was "no such thing as an indiscreet question," has died at the age of 93, the network said on Sunday. Wallace died on Saturday evening with his family by his side at Waveny Care Center in New Canaan, Connecticut, where he spent the past few years, CBS said in a statement and on its Sunday morning news broadcast. "His extraordinary contribution as a broadcaster is immeasurable and he has been a force within the television industry throughout its existence. ...
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Factbox: CBS newsman Mike Wallace's life and career
Sun,8 Apr 2012 10:51 AM PDT
Reuters - (Reuters) - Highlights of the life and career of CBS newsman Mike Wallace, the "60 Minutes" interviewer, who died Saturday at age 93: * He was born Myron Wallace but changed his first name to Mike because he thought Myron sounded wimpy. He went to the same Brookline, Massachusetts, elementary school as John F. Kennedy. * Wallace was on the premier of "60 Minutes" in 1968 and stepped down as a full-time correspondent after 38 years in 2006. His final interview for the show was with Roger Clemens, the baseball pitcher linked to steroid use. ... Full Story | Top |
The top films at the North American box office
Sun,8 Apr 2012 09:18 AM PDT
Reuters - LOS ANGELES, April 8 - Following are the top 10 movies at North American box offices for the three-day weekend starting April 6, led by "The Hunger Games" at No. 1, according to studio estimates compiled by Reuters. 1 (1) The Hunger Games .....................$ 33.5 million 2 (*) American Reunion .....................$ 21.5 million 3 (*) Titanic 3D ...........................$ 17.4 million 4 (2) Wrath of the Titans ..................$ 15.0 million 5 (3) Mirror Mirror ........................$ 11.0 million 6 (4) 21 Jump Street .......................$ 10.2 million 7 (5) Dr. Seuss' The Lorax ... Full Story | Top |
Israel bars German writer Grass from visiting over poem
Sun,8 Apr 2012 06:52 AM PDT
Reuters -  JERUSALEM/BERLIN (Reuters) - Israel declared Nobel Prize-winning German author Guenter Grass "persona non grata" on Sunday over a poem in which the former SS soldier described the Jewish state as a threat to world peace. Grass would be barred from visiting for his "attempt to inflame hatred against the State of Israel and people of Israel, and thus to advance the idea to which he was publicly affiliated in his past donning of the SS uniform," Interior Minister Eli Yishai said in a statement. ...
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Thousands of AT&T workers to stay on job as talks continue
Sun,8 Apr 2012 01:02 AM PDT
Reuters -  NEW YORK (Reuters) - More than 40,000 employees at AT&T Inc will keep working under the terms of an expired labor contract while their union continues negotiations with the telephone company, averting a potentially costly strike for now. The workers in AT&T's traditional wireline telephone business and some other units voted recently to give their union, the Communications Workers of America, authority to call a strike ahead of the expiration of four separate labor contracts at midnight local time April 7. ...
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National Review fires columnist accused of racism
Sat,7 Apr 2012 07:36 PM PDT
Reuters - (Reuters) - The National Review has fired columnist John Derbyshire over a web posting in which he wrote that black people are hostile to whites and that white people should stay out of black neighborhoods and away from black crowds. The magazine on Saturday night disavowed Derbyshire's "nasty and indefensible" posting - which ran on a website unrelated to the National Review - and said it amounted to a "letter of resignation" by the columnist. ... Full Story | Top |
"Painter of Light" Thomas Kinkade dead at 54
Sat,7 Apr 2012 11:55 AM PDT
Reuters - LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Painter Thomas Kinkade, whose works of luminescent, homespun scenes captivated millions of Americans even as some critics scoffed, died at his home in Northern California at age 54, a spokesman said. Kinkade died alone on Friday at his residence in Los Gatos, a small town about 45 miles south of San Francisco, from what appeared to be natural causes, family spokesman David Satterfield said. No other details were immediately available. "Thom provided a wonderful life for his family," his wife, Nanette, said in a statement. "We are shocked and saddened by his death. ... Full Story | Top |
Ousted Maldives leader fights political battle as movie premieres
Fri,6 Apr 2012 06:53 PM PDT
Reuters -  LOS ANGELES (ThwWrap.com) - "The Island President" at the center of Jon Shenk's documentary is no longer in office, but Mohamed Nasheed's environmental crusade on behalf of his island nation continues as the movie rolls into theaters Friday. Nasheed, the first democratically-elected president of the Maldives in 2008, led a crusade to get the world's governments to recognize and take steps to stem global warming. At risk: his nation, a low-lying string of islands that could be submerged by a rising Indian Ocean within decades. ...
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Review: "Keyhole" merges fantasy and reality
Fri,6 Apr 2012 06:46 PM PDT
Reuters - LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Decades before "The Artist," Canadian director Guy Maddin was mining the look, feel and sound of silent cinema and early talkies for his stylish and provocative films. When "Grindhouse" directors Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino were deliberately putting scratches and missing frames into their film to make it look like an old print from the 1970s, they were picking up tricks that Maddin was doing back in the '90s with early films like "Careful" and "Archangel. ... Full Story | Top |
Heidi Klum files for divorce from Seal
Fri,6 Apr 2012 04:33 PM PDT
Reuters -  LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Supermodel and TV host Heidi Klum on Friday filed for divorce from her husband, the singer Seal, following the pair's separation earlier this year, representatives for the couple said. Klum's spokeswoman declined to give further details and said the "Project Runway" television star would not be making a statement. Seal's spokeswoman also confirmed the divorce filing but offered no further comment. Celebrity website TMZ.com said divorce papers had been filed in Los Angeles, citing irreconcilable differences. ...
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Review: "Damsels in Distress" good but not great
Fri,6 Apr 2012 02:36 PM PDT
Reuters - LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - If you're an ardent fan of a singer whose glory days are now decades behind her, you'll still go see her in concert even if she isn't quite hitting those high notes anymore. And if you love the films of Whit Stillman — the writer-director of "Metropolitan," "Barcelona" and "The Last Days of Disco," who hasn't released a film since 1998 — you'll be thrilled to know that he's finally got a new movie in theaters, even if it doesn't quite recapture the old magic. ... Full Story | Top |
Schwarzenegger calls last "Terminator" awful
Fri,6 Apr 2012 02:36 PM PDT
Reuters - NEW YORK (TheWrap.com) - Arnold Schwarzennegger says "Terminator Salvation" was "awful," Collider reports. The former Governator seems to have displayed Terminator-like diplomacy in his assessment of the only "Terminator" film in which he didn't star. The site asked if he would consider sequels to his past films. " all those things, if it's 'True Lies,' 'Terminator,' a well-made 'Terminator' ... the last one was awful," he was quoted as saying. "It tried hard, not that they didn't try, the acting and everything. It missed the boat." A fifth "Terminator" film is in development. ... Full Story | Top |
TV actress Park Overall running for Senate
Fri,6 Apr 2012 02:34 PM PDT
Reuters - LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - "Empty Nest" sitcom star Park Overall is adding her name to the list of actors-turned-politicians with a run for a Senate seat in Tennessee. "I have officially filed (papers) to run against Bob Corker for the U.S. Senate," Overall told The Greenville Sun on Thursday. "Somebody had to do it and if nobody else will do it, I will do it." Let's hope that's not her campaign slogan. Tennessee native Overall, 55, is best known as sassy nurse Laverne on the 1988-1995 NBC sitcom "Empty Nest," a spin-off of "The Golden Girls. ... Full Story | Top |
Holiday weekend a battle at the box office
Fri,6 Apr 2012 02:33 PM PDT
Reuters - LOA ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - It has been nearly a decade since the gang from "American Pie" last grossed out moviegoers, but Universal is betting that there's still enough gas left in the yuks and cleavage franchise to hold off the 3D re-release of "Titanic" and "The Hunger Games" box-office phenomenon. "American Reunion," the fourth big-screen release in a series that also spawned a slew of direct-to-DVD titles, is on pace to earn as much as $30 million domestically in 3,192 theaters, according to box-office analysts. ... Full Story | Top |
Stars go to boot camp in new reality TV show
Fri,6 Apr 2012 02:32 PM PDT
Reuters -  LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Dick Wolf and Mark Burnett are sending Hollywood to boot camp. "Law and Order" executive producer Wolf and reality TV guru Burnett are teaming up for a new NBC reality show that will put celebrities through their paces -- all for a good cause. "Stars Earn Stripes" will bring nine celebrities from the film, music and sports world to "a top-notch, secret military training facility," where they'll be paired with trainers to prepare for a weekly challenge. ...
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Matt Lauer extends contract with NBC's "Today"
Fri,6 Apr 2012 02:31 PM PDT
Reuters -  NEW YORK (TheWrap.com) - Matt Lauer announced on "The Today Show" Friday that he has signed a long-term contract to remain with the morning program, NBC News confirmed. NBC has secured its marquee anchor as the morning shows are engaged in a fight for ratings. "Good Morning America" has been closing its ratings gap with the top-rated "Today." This week, "GMA" enlisted Lauer's former "Today" co-host Katie Couric as a guest anchor, and "Today" brought in Sarah Palin on Tuesday. ...
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Jimmy Smits rolls into "Sons of Anarchy"
Fri,6 Apr 2012 02:29 PM PDT
Reuters -  LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Jimmy Smits is heading for outlaw territory. Former "NYPD Blue" star Smits has signed on for a season-long arc on FX's biker drama "Sons of Anarchy." Smits will play Neron "Nero" Padilla, a gang member who ends up mentoring newly installed SAMCRO president Jackson "Jax" Teller. Smits recently starred as Supreme Court justice-turned-private attorney Cyrus Garza in the short-lived NBC series "Outlaw," and he had an arc as assistant district attorney on the Showtime series "Dexter" in 2008. The fifth season of "Sons of Anarchy" will premiere in September. ...
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Review: "The Hunter" takes Willem Dafoe to Tasmania
Fri,6 Apr 2012 02:27 PM PDT
Reuters -  LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Willem Dafoe, his gaunt, weathered face all sharply chiseled angles, determinedly hikes through dense foliage and across mountain meadows, setting and baiting traps. He's in the mountains of Tasmania, the Australian island state that's 150 miles south of the mainland. An American mercenary, he's trying to catch a Tasmanian tiger, a wolf-like marsupial believed to have been extinct since the early 1930s despite occasional reports of sightings. ...
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Morgan Spurlock gets inside Comic-Con with new film
Fri,6 Apr 2012 02:25 PM PDT
Reuters -  LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Famous for skewering fast food restaurants in "Super Size Me" and product placement in "The Greatest Movie Ever Sold," Morgan Spurlock's latest film documentary takes an empathetic view of Comic-Con, the world's largest pop culture trade convention that hosts some 130,000 fans each summer in San Diego. "Comic-Con Episode IV: A Fan's Hope," which opens in U.S. ...
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Morgan Spurlock gets inside Comic-Con with new film
Fri,6 Apr 2012 02:22 PM PDT
Reuters -  LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Famous for skewering fast food restaurants in "Super Size Me" and product placement in "The Greatest Movie Ever Sold," Morgan Spurlock's latest film documentary takes an empathetic view of Comic-Con, the world's largest pop culture trade convention that hosts some 130,000 fans each summer in San Diego. "Comic-Con Episode IV: A Fan's Hope," which opens in U.S. ...
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Current TV files countersuit against Olbermann
Fri,6 Apr 2012 02:16 PM PDT
Reuters -  LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Current TV on Friday counter-sued former host Keith Olbermann, claiming he failed to perform his duties for the progressive television network and saying it does not owe him "a dime" of the millions Olbermann claims he is owed. Current and Olbermann, who hosted his program "Countdown" on the network, have been locked in a war of words and legal filings since last week, when Current fired the commentator claiming he had breached his contract. ...
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Claude Miller, director of "La Petite Voleuse", dies at 70
Fri,6 Apr 2012 01:48 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 |
Political spending on TV ads may be posted online
Fri,6 Apr 2012 01:34 PM PDT
Reuters -  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. regulators on Friday proposed a rule that would move television broadcasters' public files to the Internet, making it easier to access information about political spending on TV advertising. The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) said it would host the files on its website, allowing people to easily track information about their local TV stations. Spending on TV ads is forecast to reach historic levels in 2012 ahead of the U.S. presidential election, as candidates blanket airwaves with commercials promoting their virtues or bashing their opponents. ...
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"Downton Abbey" Season 3 Death: who is it?
Fri,6 Apr 2012 12:57 PM PDT
Reuters -  LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - (Spoiler alert: Don't read this if you don't want to hear generally about the upcoming third season of "Downton Abbey.") "Downton Abbey" executive producer Rebecca Eaton says that in the third season of the hit British drama, "somebody will be born and somebody will die, somebody pretty key in the cast." He also promises Matthew and Mary will wed. Eaton also revealed why Cora (Elizabeth McGovern), and her mother-in-law, Violet (Oscar winner Maggie Smith), are so anxiously awaiting the arrival of new cast member Shirley MacLaine as Cora's mother, Martha Levinson. ...
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Amanda Bynes arrested in LA for drunk driving
Fri,6 Apr 2012 12:08 PM PDT
Reuters -  (Reuters) - Actress Amanda Bynes was arrested early Friday morning in the Los Angeles-area community of West Hollywood on suspicion of drunk driving after her car struck a sheriff's vehicle, a police spokesman said. Bynes, 26, was taken into custody around 3 a.m. after her black BMW apparently struck a Los Angeles County sheriff's patrol car that was stopped at an intersection, according to Lt. William Nash of the West Hollywood police station. "There was minor paint transfer damage to both vehicles. An investigation was conducted at the scene, and ... ...
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Ben Howard aims to conquer U.S. with "Every Kingdom"
Fri,6 Apr 2012 11:27 AM PDT
Reuters - LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - British folk singer Ben Howard admits he initially struggled with his entry onto the U.S. stage at last month's South by Southwest festival in Texas because the reception was overwhelmingly enthusiastic. Howard whose new album "Every Kingdom" was released in the United States this week, is the latest in a wave of British singer-songwriters such as Adele and Mumford & Sons who are rising up record charts and being embraced by U.S. fans. ... Full Story | Top |
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