Today's Entertainment - Reuters Celebrity/Gossip News Headlines - Yahoo! News: | | China Disney project secures $2 billion loan: media Tue,10 Apr 2012 09:30 PM PDT Reuters - SHANGHAI (Reuters) - The operator of the planned Shanghai Disney theme park has secured a 12.9 billion yuan ($2 billion) syndicated loan for the construction of the park, Chinese media reported on Wednesday, a boost for Walt Disney Co as it embarks on a newly announced animation venture in China. Shanghai Securities News cited Shao Xiaoyun, a vice president of Shanghai Shendi Group, the Disney theme park operator, as saying the project will receive two syndicated loan amounts, the first of which is 12.9 billion yuan. ... Full Story | Top | Robin Gibbs fighting pneumonia, misses concert Tue,10 Apr 2012 07:47 PM PDT Reuters - (Reuters) - Singer Robin Gibb is fighting pneumonia in hospital and was too ill to attend the London premiere of his first classical work, "The Titanic Requiem," his son said on Tuesday, adding that future hospitalizations were likely. The 62-year-old founding member of disco-era hit machine the Bee Gees, said in February that he had made a "spectacular" recovery from cancer, but had intestinal surgery last month. He was hospitalized late last year for stomach and colon problems. ... Full Story | Top | Four more contestants eliminated from "The Voice" Tue,10 Apr 2012 07:43 PM PDT Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters) - Kim Yarbrough and Karla Davis of Team Adam and Tony Vincent and Erin Martin of Team Cee Lo were eliminated from TV singing competition "The Voice" on Tuesday. The three Ks on coach Adam Levine's team - Kim Yarbrough, Karla Davis, and Katrina Parker - found themselves "singing for their lives" after their performances on Monday's episode failed to secure enough audience votes to keep them in the top tier of the Maroon 5 frontman's team. ... Full Story | Top | Rock week rolls Shepherd off "Dancing With the Stars" Tue,10 Apr 2012 07:30 PM PDT Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters) - Rock week got Sherri Shepherd bounced from the ballroom on Tuesday after her tango to "Come On Feel the Noize" failed to impress judges and fans of "Dancing With the Stars" enough to keep her feet on the floor. An emotional Shepherd, co-host of talk show "The View," had tears streaming down her face after she became the third star eliminated from season 14 of the hit television competition. "Thank you for letting me live a dream that I've always had," said Shepherd, 44, who was paired with professional dancer Valentin Chmerkovskiy. ... Full Story | Top | Jazz musician Herbie Hancock to pen memoir Tue,10 Apr 2012 07:00 PM PDT Reuters - (Reuters) - Jazz musician Herbie Hancock will reveal intimate details of his career in a memoir due for release in fall 2014, Viking Press said on Tuesday. Hancock, 71, has become a pioneering force in the jazz and blues music world, earning 14 Grammy awards and an Academy Award over his five-decade career, and seeing many of his songs become music staples. "There are few artists in any genre who have had a career as rich and influential as Mr. ... Full Story | Top | UK's One Direction sued by US band with same name Tue,10 Apr 2012 06:09 PM PDT Reuters - (Reuters) - Simon Cowell's British boy band One Direction, among the hottest new acts in the music business, has been sued for trademark infringement because it is using the same name as a small California pop-rock group. In what is expected to be a multi-million dollar lawsuit, attorneys for the California band are seeking an injunction that would stop Cowell's Syco Entertainment and Sony Music from using the name One Direction in promotional materials. They also want a share of the profits earned by the chart-topping British boys. The five Britons, who have taken the U.K. ... Full Story | Top | DreamWorks Studios gets more financing-source Tue,10 Apr 2012 05:04 PM PDT Reuters - LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - DreamWorks Studios, the film company headed by director Steven Spielberg, will get around $200 million from its partner Reliance Entertainment to continue making films, according to a person with knowledge of the transaction. The financing is the second part of a 2009 agreement to finance the studio. In that agreement, Reliance Entertainment, a unit of Reliance ADA Group, provided the partnership with $325 million of capital for an undisclosed stake. ... Full Story | Top | DreamWorks Studios gets more financing-source Tue,10 Apr 2012 03:40 PM PDT Reuters - LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - DreamWorks Studios, the film company headed by director Steven Spielberg, will get around $200 million from its partner Reliance Entertainment to continue making films, according to a person with knowledge of the transaction. The financing is the second part of a 2009 agreement to finance the studio. In that agreement, Reliance Entertainment, a unit of Reliance ADA Group, provided the partnership with $325 million of capital for an undisclosed stake. ... Full Story | Top | 'Simpsons' creator reveals the real Springfield Tue,10 Apr 2012 03:03 PM PDT Reuters - LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The tales of Homer Simpson and his family have become embedded in television lore, but ever wonder where Springfield, the illustrious hometown of "The Simpsons," is really based? The town of Springfield has become a character of its own on the popular animated TV show, serving as the backdrop to the adventures of the Simpson family. But in 23 years on air, the show's creator has kept the real location of the town veiled, saying he didn't want to "ruin it for people" -- until now. ... Full Story | Top | Ron Wood says Rolling Stones headed back to studio Tue,10 Apr 2012 02:45 PM PDT Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Rolling Stones are heading back to the studio this month to toss around ideas and try new material, Ronnie Wood said, taking the guitarist away for a time from his first love, painting. At the opening of his new art show, 'Faces, Time and Places,' in New York City on Monday, Wood was far more focused on his art work than the Stones' plans to celebrate the band's 50 years in music. But he did allow that he and his bandmates were "kicking at the heels" to record again. ... Full Story | Top | Macy Gray lends raspy voice to others' songs Tue,10 Apr 2012 02:27 PM PDT Reuters - LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - After selling 15 million albums worldwide and winning a Grammy over her 12-year career, Macy Gray has taken a break from singing her own songs to channel her unique raspy voice in a new direction - singing favorite tunes by other artists. "Covered" features 10 tracks of popular R&B, soul, rap and rock hits, including lead single "Sail," originally by electro-rock band Awolnation, a duet with Idris Elba on pop singer Colbie Caillat's "Bubbly," and an uptempo jazz-inspired rendition of Kanye West's "Love Lockdown. ... Full Story | Top | 'Girls': It's sex and New York city for new generation Tue,10 Apr 2012 12:34 PM PDT Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters) - The central premise of the new U.S. TV show "Girls," might seem familiar: Four women in New York sharing friendship in their journey through relationships and sex in the city famed for its frenetic lifestyle. Yet "Girls" is no "Sex and the City". Its women are far younger, its tone more quirky and the half hour comedy drama show is being applauded as the most realistic portrait yet of young women, sex and femininity. ... Full Story | Top | Tom Hanks, Emma Thompson in talks for "Saving Mr. Banks" Tue,10 Apr 2012 11:20 AM PDT Reuters - LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Tom Hanks and Emma Thompson are in talks to star in "Saving Mr. Banks," an individual with knowledge of the negotiations told TheWrap. The movie is a behind-the-scenes look at how Walt Disney was able to convince P.L. Travers to let his studio adapt "Mary Poppins" for the big screen. The result, of course, was an Oscar-winning film that made Julie Andrews a movie star and in many ways surpassed the fame of Travers' book. However, it was an enjoyable confection that Travers hated. Hanks would play Disney, while Thompson is being eyed for Travers. ... Full Story | Top | Fox Saturdays: more sports, fewer "Cops" episodes Tue,10 Apr 2012 11:19 AM PDT Reuters - LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Bad boys, bad boys, whatcha gonna do now that Fox is planning fewer episodes of "Cops"? The show will be MIA on the network's Saturday primetime schedule for much of the rest of the year, as Fox plans almost 100 hours of live Major League Baseball, college football, NASCAR and UFC programming through December. The plethora of sports programming comes on the heels of a report that Fox is planning to launch a new national sports network. ... Full Story | Top | Review: Monica's "New Life" sounds sleepy Tue,10 Apr 2012 11:18 AM PDT Reuters - LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Former teen R&B queen Monica sounds excessively mature, if not downright snoozy, before her time in "New Life," a virtually all-ballad collection from the 31-year-old. It's as if the very picture of '90s adolescence skipped directly to middle-age while we weren't looking. The stage is set in her seventh album with a spoken-word intro that has Monica talking on the phone with Mary J. Blige (whose part sounds to have been lifted off a voicemail). ... Full Story | Top | "Bully": a victory in the ratings war? Tue,10 Apr 2012 11:17 AM PDT Reuters - LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - "Bully," the Weinstein Co. documentary that has made about $250,000 at the box office and stirred up weeks of controversy as it fought the R rating handed down by the Motion Picture Association of America, is this year's cinematic cause célèbre. But as a case study, "Bully" might not have the lasting impact its supporters hope. The controversy drew an enormous amount of attention to a film that deserves to be widely seen. ... Full Story | Top | Son of Bogart and Bacall to sail on restored African Queen Tue,10 Apr 2012 10:52 AM PDT Reuters - MIAMI (Reuters) - The son of actor Humphrey Bogart will follow in his father's wake by taking a ride on the African Queen to help relaunch the newly restored riverboat that co-starred in the classic movie by that name. Stephen Bogart will board the 100-year-old steamboat on Thursday as it plies the waters off the Florida Keys for the first time since undergoing a $60,000 renovation. "I'm going to see it and take a little ride," said Bogart, a 63-year-old real estate agent who lives in Naples on Florida's southern Gulf Coast. ... Full Story | Top | Lindsay Lohan says club battery claim "one big lie" Tue,10 Apr 2012 10:51 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 week who claimed that Lohan had pushed and shoved her in an argument over a man at a nightclub at the Standard hotel last Thursday. ... Full Story | Top | 'Lion King' takes Broadway crown from 'Phantom' Tue,10 Apr 2012 10:50 AM 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. ... Full Story | Top | Melissa Gilbert rushed to hospital during "DWTS" Tue,10 Apr 2012 10:48 AM PDT Reuters - LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Melissa Gilbert is the latest contestant to fall victim to the "Dancing with the Stars" curse. Former "Little House on the Prairie" star Gilbert was rushed to the hospital during the broadcast of Monday night's "DWTS," after hitting her head on the dance floor during her Paso Doble performance with partner Maksim Chmerkovskiy, the actress' representative told TheWrap. Following the bump to her head, Gilbert complained of dizziness. Gilbert tweeted later that she's "alright," though she had sustained a mild concussion and whiplash during the incident. ... Full Story | Top | Stallone has kitchen troubles and a lawsuit Tue,10 Apr 2012 10:48 AM PDT Reuters - LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Sylvester Stallone says he was ripped off, and part of the blame goes to "Real Housewives of Beverly Hills" star Lisa Vanderpump. "Rocky" star Stallone filed a lawsuit in Los Angeles Superior Court on Monday, claiming that he's out $1.4 million after hiring a contractor in part on the recommendation of Vanderpump. According to the suit, Stallone hired Mohamed Hadid in December 2009 to revamp his kitchen, including a 1,200 square foot extension, new cabinets, hardware, appliances and other improvements. ... Full Story | Top | Protect your eyes, The Three Stooges are back Tue,10 Apr 2012 10:03 AM PDT Reuters - LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Maybe it was just a matter of time before Peter and Bobby Farrelly, the brothers who wrote and directed the comedy "Dumb & Dumber," made a movie about their original dimwitted inspiration, The Three Stooges. The result of the Farrelly brothers' work, "The Three Stooges" movie (bravely being released on Friday 13th), is an updated take on team Larry, Curly and Moe with all their misadventures, slapstick humor, eye pokes and iconic Stooge sound effects - finger-snaps, 'nyuk-nyuks' and 'boinks. ... Full Story | Top | Talk show host Ricki Lake marries Tue,10 Apr 2012 10:01 AM PDT Reuters - LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Talk show host Ricki Lake has married her jewelry designer fiancé in southern California. Lake, 43, told People magazine that she and Christian Evans, 40, married on Sunday in a secret ceremony. The pair had been dating for about 18 months. It's the second time at the wedding altar for Lake, whose 10-year marriage to artist Rob Sussman ended in divorce in 2004. She has two children. "It was a beautiful moment I will never forget," Lake told People, which will publish details and pictures of the wedding in its Friday edition. "I wasn't anxious or nervous. ... Full Story | Top | Miss Universe changes rules to include transgender women Tue,10 Apr 2012 06:03 AM PDT Reuters - (Reuters) - The Miss Universe pageant is changing its rules and will allow transgender women to take part in all of its competitions starting in 2013, the organization and gay rights group GLAAD said on Tuesday. Tuesday's decision follows a media outcry over the disqualification of Canadian contestant Jenna Talackova from the upcoming Miss Universe Canada contest because she was not a "naturally born female. ... Full Story | Top | 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. ... Full Story | Top | 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 ... Full Story | Top | 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. ... Full Story | Top | 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. ... Full Story | Top | 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. ... Full Story | Top | 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. ... Full Story | Top | 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. ... Full Story | Top | 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. ... Full Story | Top | 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. ... Full Story | Top | 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 |
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