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Gavin DeGraw dances final dance on 'Stars'
Tue,17 Apr 2012 07:40 PM PDT
Reuters -  NEW YORK (Reuters) - Latin week, capped by a decisive cha-cha, spelled the end of Gavin DeGraw's "Dancing With the Stars" on Tuesday when fans failed to vote for him in large numbers and the judges gave him a final thumbs down, having first tarred the musician with low marks. DeGraw, who had found himself among the bottom two finishers during every week of the hit show's 14th season except for one, seemed resigned to his fate after his samba on Monday's performance episode garnered a paltry score of 19 from the panelists. ...
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RaeLynn and Ashley De La Rosa leave 'The Voice'
Tue,17 Apr 2012 07:31 PM PDT
Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters) - RaeLynn of Team Blake and Ashley De La Rosa of Team Christina were sent home from popular TV singing competition "The Voice" on Tuesday night. Host Carson Daly pressed a hesitating coach Blake Shelton to choose between RaeLynn, who goes by her first name, and teammate Erin Willett as the show's credits began to role. After some hemming and hawing, country singer Shelton announced he was keeping Willett. Raelynn, who sang "If I Die Young" by The Band Perry, hugged Willett and appeared to tear up as the show ended. ... Full Story | Top |
'Bachelor' to be hit with race discrimination lawsuit
Tue,17 Apr 2012 07:30 PM PDT
Reuters -  (Reuters) - A pair of African American men expect to file a lawsuit against ABC television and the producer of reality dating shows "The Bachelor" and "The Bachelorette" charging racial discrimination, attorneys said on Tuesday. The class action, to be filed in federal court on Wednesday, is being brought by two residents of Nashville, Tennessee who claim the popular shows intentionally exclude people of color. ...
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Tom Petty gets guitars back, security guard arrested
Tue,17 Apr 2012 05:39 PM PDT
Reuters -  LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The waiting might have been the hardest part, but rockers Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers have gotten back the missing guitars they were seeking and police said on Tuesday a security guard has been arrested on suspicion of stealing the instruments. The five guitars - which included Petty's 1967, 12-string Rickenbacker made of maple - were reported stolen on Thursday from a sound studio in Culver City, west of Los Angeles, and the band announced it would pay a $7,500 reward for information leading to their recovery. ...
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Axl Rose "blown away" by support on Hall of Fame snub
Tue,17 Apr 2012 05:39 PM PDT
Reuters -  (Reuters) - Guns N' Roses frontman Axl Rose said on Tuesday he was "humbled, (and) blown away" by the support he had received from media and fans over his decision to decline his induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and snub last weekend's ceremony. Rose said in a letter on the band's official website that he was relieved at the unexpected "overwhelmingly positive response and public support" for his decision. ...
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Four-legged US viewers wag tails for DogTV channel
Tue,17 Apr 2012 04:58 PM PDT
Reuters - LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Two months after its San Diego debut, canine cable channel DogTV is keeping tails wagging at a local animal shelter, is available on the Internet and is headed for national distribution, an executive for the enterprise said on Tuesday. The advertising-free programming is aimed at stay-at-home pooches whose work-a-day masters fret about the separation anxiety their pets suffer, and the trouble they get into, when left unattended for long stretches of time. ... Full Story | Top |
Book lovers react bitterly to no fiction Pulitzer
Tue,17 Apr 2012 04:01 PM PDT
Reuters -  NEW YORK (Reuters) - Disappointed book lovers and the publishing world lashed out on Tuesday at the refusal to declare a Pulitzer fiction winner, saying it would hurt sales and gave the impression that 2011 was a bad year for novels. Monday's lack of a decision by the Pulitzer board could also hurt an industry accused of fixing prices for e-books, critics said. It was the first time since 1977 that no fiction winner was chosen for the prestigious awards that usually spells guaranteed free publicity and a boost in sales for the author who wins as well as their publisher. ...
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"Shock jock" Stern lawsuit vs Sirius XM thrown out
Tue,17 Apr 2012 03:54 PM PDT
Reuters -  (Reuters) - A judge has dismissed radio DJ Howard Stern's $330 million lawsuit accusing Sirius XM Radio of failing to pay him stock awards he was due for helping the dominant U.S. satellite radio company exceed growth targets. New York State Supreme Court Justice Barbara Kapnick in Manhattan said Stern and his agent Don Buchwald were bound by the language of the 2004 agreement that brought the now 58-year-old "shock jock" to what became Sirius XM from traditional radio. ...
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Dwayne Johnson, Electus team up for new series
Tue,17 Apr 2012 02:49 PM PDT
Reuters -  LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Dwayne Johnson is on a quest to find the next great hero. The movie and wrestling star frequently referred to as "The Rock" is teaming up with Ben Silverman's Electus on a new television and social media competition series, "The Hero." Johnson will executive produce the show with producing partner Dany Garcia. Electus International, Electus' global distribution arm, will introduce the series at the NAB Show in Las Vegas this week. "The Hero" will take ordinary people and immerse them in a high-stakes global adventure, the producers say. ...
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The Band drummer Levon Helm in final stages of cancer
Tue,17 Apr 2012 02:38 PM PDT
Reuters -  LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Drummer Levon Helm, a longtime member of The Band, is in the final stages of cancer, his family said on Tuesday. Helm, 71, who also toured with Ringo Starr's All Star band in the 1980s and won a Grammy Award for his 2011 release "Ramble at the Ryman," had canceled a series of recent gigs, raising fears about his health. A message posted on his official website by his wife Sandy and daughter Amy, said that Helm "is in the final stages of his battle with cancer. Please send your prayers and love to him as he makes his way through this part of his journey. ...
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Country legend George Jones postpones two shows
Tue,17 Apr 2012 02:01 PM PDT
Reuters -  (Reuters) - Country music star George Jones has been forced to postpone upcoming shows as he continues to recover from upper respiratory infection. The 80-year-old singer, best known for hits such as "White Lightning" and "He Stopped Loving Her Today," postponed shows in Minnesota and South Dakota on April 20 and 21 after doctors advised the singer to remain resting for another week. The shows will be rescheduled for a future date. "I never want to cancel a show, but I have to do what the doctors tell me," Jones said in a statement on Tuesday, thanking fans for their prayers. ...
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Hezbollah chief tells Russian TV tried to mediate in Syria crisis
Tue,17 Apr 2012 01:18 PM PDT
Reuters -  MOSCOW (Reuters) - Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah told a Russian television channel on Tuesday that his Syria-backed group had tried to act as a mediator in the Syrian conflict but failed to persuade the opposition to come to the negotiating table. Nasrallah made the remarks on the Kremlin-funded English language television station during the first broadcast of a new talk show hosted by WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. ...
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Jon Stewart: Rosen made Republicans "pro-choice"
Tue,17 Apr 2012 01:13 PM PDT
Reuters -  NEW YORK (TheWrap.com) - Jon Stewart says Hilary Rosen's contention that multi-millionaire mom Ann Romney "never worked a day in her life" has had the unexpected effect of making "the Republican Party pro-choice." The criticism of Romney by Rosen, a Democratic strategist, led to a flood of Republicans making the point that motherhood is a full-time job -- and that Romney raised five boys. Romney herself made the point in a clip Stewart played on Monday's "Daily Show." "My career choice was to be a mother. ...
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"The Lucky One" finds romance amid trauma of Iraq war
Tue,17 Apr 2012 11:26 AM PDT
Reuters - LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - When it comes to romantic drama, Nicholas Sparks has the Midas touch. All of his books have been global best-sellers, and six of them - including "The Notebook" and "Nights in Rodanthe" - have been turned into hit films. Now Sparks' 2008 book "The Lucky One" has been given the Hollywood treatment, with a cast that includes Zac Efron ("Hairspray"), Blythe Danner ("Meet the Parents"), Jay R. Ferguson ("Mad Men") and newcomer Taylor Schilling. "The Lucky One", released in U.S. movie theaters on Friday, tells the story of a U.S. ... Full Story | Top |
Disabled woman sues Johnny Depp over concert melee
Tue,17 Apr 2012 10:38 AM PDT
Reuters - LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Johnny Depp is being sued by a disabled woman who claims that the "Pirates of the Caribbean" star's security detail physically assaulted her at a concert in December. In the suit, the plaintiff -- listed as Jane Doe -- claims that Depp's security guards caused severe pain, injuries and emotional distress by brutalizing her during a December 1, 2011 Iggy and the Stooges concert at the Hollywood Palladium. ... Full Story | Top |
Marcel Beyer revisits post-war Germany in "Kaltenburg"
Tue,17 Apr 2012 10:31 AM PDT
Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters) - Marcel Beyer's latest novel takes place in postwar Dresden, but the award-winning German author didn't actually set foot there until the mid-1990s. When he did, he knew "from the very first day" that he had a book to write. That book is "Kaltenburg." Originally published in Germany several years ago, it was released in the United States on Tuesday and is Beyer's latest book to be translated into English by the writer who the New Yorker magazine designated as one of the current best young European novelists. ... Full Story | Top |
Ryan O'Neal says he has prostate cancer
Tue,17 Apr 2012 10:29 AM PDT
Reuters -  LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - "Love Story" actor Ryan O'Neal has been diagnosed with prostate cancer but says his doctors expect him to make a full recovery. O'Neal, 70, whose long time partner Farrah Fawcett died of anal cancer in June 2009, said he was shocked by the news but was glad that it had been detected early. "Recently I was diagnosed with Stage 2 prostate cancer. Although I was shocked and stunned by the news, I feel fortunate that it was detected early and according to my extraordinary team of doctors the prognosis is positive for a full recovery," the actor said in a statement. ...
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Jolie fame to highlight humanitarian crises: UNHCR
Tue,17 Apr 2012 07:13 AM PDT
Reuters -  GENEVA (Reuters) - Film star Angelina Jolie will use her powerful box office fame to draw wider attention to some of the world's worst humanitarian disasters, the U.N. refugee agency said on Tuesday. Jolie, who has already served more than 10 years as goodwill ambassador for the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), is taking on a new role as special envoy for large-scale crises that cause huge numbers of civilians to flee their homelands. ...
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Dark political satire "Veep" takes aim at Washington
Tue,17 Apr 2012 05:32 AM PDT
Reuters - LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Selina Meyer is a U.S. vice president whose office has anti-suicide windows, whose boss never calls, and whose jaded press secretary pretends to have a dog (dubbed a 'bull-shitzu') so that he won't have to stay late at work. Sounds familiar? Armando Iannucci, the creator of HBO's new satirical TV series "Veep", hopes it all rings true because he knows Washington will be watching his cynical view of a political system where idealism has been trumped by compromise and endless damage control. "Veep", which premieres on Sunday and in a U.S. ... Full Story | Top |
Steve Harvey tells moviegoers how to "Think Like a Man"
Tue,17 Apr 2012 05:01 AM PDT
Reuters - LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Comedian Steve Harvey is a veteran of stand-up comedy and television with programs like his sitcom "The Steve Harvey Show" and the game show "Family Feud," which he currently hosts. This Friday, his 2009 bestselling, non-fiction book "Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man: What Men Really Think About Love, Relationships, Intimacy, and Commitment" gets the big screen treatment in comedy film, "Think Like a Man." With an all-star cast including Gabrielle Union, Kevin Hart, Michael Ealy, Romany Malco, hip-hop singer Chris Brown and Oscar nominated actress Taraji P. ... Full Story | Top |
Three Americans up for Orange female fiction prize
Tue,17 Apr 2012 04:54 AM PDT
Reuters - LONDON (Reuters) - Ann Patchett, who won the Orange Prize for Fiction for female writers in 2002, was nominated again on Tuesday with "State of Wonder", her sixth novel. She was one of three U.S. authors on a shortlist of six, including Cynthia Ozick, who turned 84 on Tuesday and was the oldest nominee for the annual award. "My only regret is that the rules of the prize don't permit a longer shortlist," said author Joanna Trollope, chair of the judges. "However, I am confident that the 14 novels we had to leave out will make their own well-deserved way. ... Full Story | Top |
Females led by Adele dominate songwriting shortlist
Tue,17 Apr 2012 04:37 AM PDT
Reuters -  LONDON (Reuters) - British singer-songwriter Adele was nominated for four Ivor Novello Awards on Tuesday and female acts dominated the shortlist for the coveted songwriting honors. Adele, who conquered the 2011 charts with her second album "21" and swept all before her at the Grammys and BRITs earlier this year, was nominated for best song for "Rolling in the Deep" which she co-wrote with Paul Epworth. Epworth was also involved in creating rival nominee "Shake It Out" performed by Florence + The Machine, while Ed Sheeran rounded out the category with his hit "The A Team". ...
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Chef Amaro wins Poland's first Michelin Rising Star
Tue,17 Apr 2012 04:08 AM PDT
Reuters -  WARSAW (Reuters) - You will find it in an inconspicuous little red-brick building hidden in a small park in the heart of Warsaw - between the prime minister's office and the museum of modern art. Poland's first restaurant to receive Michelin's Rising Star award guides its guests through a modern and modest version of Poland's culinary traditions. Its top chef and owner, Wojciech Amaro, created his auteur restaurant after 20 years of searching for tastes, ideas and exquisite products all over Europe. ...
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World Chefs: Canada's McNish trades steaks for raw foods
Tue,17 Apr 2012 03:40 AM PDT
Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters) - Classically trained Canadian chef Douglas McNish was overweight and unhappy when he decided he needed to make a change in his life and his diet, and he hasn't looked back since. In his first cookbook, "Eat Raw, Eat Well," the 29-year-old Toronto-based executive chef, teacher and raw food consultant provides 400 raw, vegan and gluten-free recipes and explains why he switched from a traditional diet and cooking steaks professionally and decided to give up meat and become a vegan and then a raw food chief. "One day I woke up and decided to change my life. ... Full Story | Top |
China's music industry sings the blues over new copyright rules
Tue,17 Apr 2012 01:49 AM PDT
Reuters - BEIJING (Reuters) - New music copyright rules proposed by China threaten to roll back protection for musicians and record companies and hand the government control over royalties, moves that have sparked an outcry from the local music industry and among legal experts. The draft rules from the National Copyright Administration partly aimed at reining in rampant piracy would, if they become law, also apply to foreign music distributed in China, which has long been a frontline in battles over intellectual property. ... Full Story | Top |
Check that bought Superman rights for $130 sells for $160,000
Mon,16 Apr 2012 06:59 PM PDT
Reuters -  NEW YORK (Reuters) - Decades after two young cartoonists from Cleveland sold the rights to Superman for $130, their 1938 paycheck fetched $160,000 on Monday in an online auction. The winning bid landed the check that Detective Comics, later known as DC Comics, wrote to Jerome Siegel and Joe Shuster for the comic-book character with the "S" emblazoned on his chest. "The concept of the superhero was born with Superman," said Vincent Zurzolo, co-owner of New York-based ComicConnect, which held the online auction. ...
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'Captain America' costume grabs $228,000 at auction
Mon,16 Apr 2012 06:38 PM PDT
Reuters - LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Captain America isn't just saving the nation from bad guys - the patriotic superhero is also apparently saving the country's auction houses from the still-grim economy. An auction of memorabilia from the 2011 film "Captain America: The First Avenger" and other big-screen Marvel offerings grossed $1.1 million over the weekend, with a costume from the film accounting for about a quarter of the haul. ... Full Story | Top |
James Bond stuntman crashes in Istanbul bazaar
Mon,16 Apr 2012 05:27 PM PDT
Reuters -  ISTANBUL (Reuters) - A stuntman in the new James Bond film "Skyfall" now shooting in Istanbul lost control of his motorcycle and smashed into the window of a 330-year-old shop in the city's 15th-century Grand Bazaar, Turkish media said on Monday. The stuntman swerved to avoid hitting extras while careering through the Grand Bazaar at high speed, the NTV news channel said, but then crashed into the jewellery shop and smashed its crystal glass window. "It is very nice for the Grand Bazaar to be chosen as a location for shooting this kind of movie. But the bazaar's administration ... ...
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Court upholds convictions in John Stamos extortion plot
Mon,16 Apr 2012 05:09 PM PDT
Reuters -  (Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court on Monday upheld the convictions and sentences of a Michigan couple who tried to extort $680,000 from "Full House" actor John Stamos. Allison Coss and Scott Sippola were convicted in 2010 of concocting an elaborate plot to extort money from Stamos by threatening to release pictures of him at a party where there were strippers and cocaine. The defendants were each sentenced to four years in prison. Coss and Sippola challenged their convictions, claiming the extortion law was vague and therefore unconstitutional. ...
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Court upholds convictions in Stamos extortion plot
Mon,16 Apr 2012 04:37 PM PDT
Reuters -  (Reuters) - An appeals court on Monday upheld the convictions and sentences of a Michigan couple charged with trying to extort $680,000 from actor John Stamos. Allison Coss and Scott Sippola were convicted in 2010 of concocting an elaborate plot to extort money from Stamos by threatening to release pictures of him at a party where there were strippers and cocaine. The defendants were each sentenced to four years in prison. Coss and Sippola, who were in a relationship at the time, challenged their convictions, claiming the extortion law was vague and therefore unconstitutional. ...
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Tribeca broadens film slate for festival's second decade
Mon,16 Apr 2012 04:24 PM PDT
Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Tribeca Film Festival kicks off this week with a greater emphasis on independent foreign films in competition, stars such as Justin Bieber on red carpets and a broader overall program heading into its second decade. The festival, one of the largest in the United States and co-founded by Robert De Niro as a way to revive downtown Manhattan after the September 11 attacks, opens on Wednesday with high-profile Hollywood comedy, "The Five-Year Engagement" starring Jason Segel and Emily Blunt. ... Full Story | Top |
New JFK film based on Secret Service member's book
Mon,16 Apr 2012 04:00 PM PDT
Reuters - NEW YORK (TheWrap.com) - The producers of a film planned to coincide with the 50th anniversary of President Kennedy's assassination say it will set "the record straight in answer to Oliver Stone's fanciful 'JFK.'" Ramos & Sparks Group of Tallahassee, Fla. and Los Angeles-based Atchity Entertainment International announced Monday that they had obtained the rights to "The Kennedy Detail." The book was written by former Secret Service agent Gerald Blaine and journalist Lisa McCubbin. ... Full Story | Top |
'Mad Men' star Harris signs for 'The Quiet Ones'
Mon,16 Apr 2012 03:49 PM PDT
Reuters -  LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Jared Harris, who plays the very proper advertising executive Lane Pryce on "Mad Men," will go ghost hunting for Hammer Studios. Harris has signed to star as Professor Joseph Coupland in the supernatural thriller "The Quiet Ones," Hammer's parent company Exclusive Media said Monday. In the film, Harris' charismatic professor convinces his students to participate in an experiment to try to create a poltergeist. John Pogue ("Quarantine 2") will direct the film, which James Gay-Rees ("Senna") will produce in association with TPSC Films. ...
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Local Pennsylvania paper wins Pulitzer for coach sex-abuse scandal
Mon,16 Apr 2012 03:47 PM PDT
Reuters -  NEW YORK (Reuters) - A central Pennsylvania newspaper, The Patriot-News, took home a Pulitzer Prize in local reporting on Monday for its coverage of the Penn State child sex abuse scandal, while another of the state's papers, The Philadelphia Inquirer, won the coveted public service award. The Philadelphia newspaper won for what for the board described as "its exploration of pervasive violence in the city's schools," beating out nominees The New York Times and the Miami Herald. ...
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Beard recounts personal torment in revealing book
Mon,16 Apr 2012 01:33 PM PDT
Reuters -  NEW YORK (Reuters) - When Amanda Beard climbed the podium at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, clutching her teddy bear as she collected her first gold medal, no one could see the torment that was starting to brew inside of her. Whenever she smiled, cameras clicked and crowds roared with approval. She was just 14 at the time and apparently living the ultimate American dream. Or so it seemed. The medals, the cheesy grin, even the bear, were all just a mask for the demons she was battling. Privately, her life was starting to unravel. Her parents had just divorced and she did not know how to cope. ...
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Sarah Silverman tweets about burrito "abortion"
Mon,16 Apr 2012 12:47 PM PDT
Reuters -  NEW YORK (TheWrap.com) - There's a long tradition of edgy comedians sanding down their edges as they try to make themselves generically likable enough to score network sitcoms. Sarah Silverman is not part of that tradition. With NBC soon to decide whether to give her a show in the fall, the "Sarah Silverman Program" star made an abortion joke that struck some as too flippant - and quickly caught the attention of the conservative Drudge Report, which made the remark one of its main stories. Silverman posted two photos on Twitter last week. ...
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Cardboard cathedral to be built in quake hit New Zealand city
Mon,16 Apr 2012 12:44 PM PDT
Reuters - WELLINGTON (Reuters) - New Zealand's Anglican church will build a temporary cathedral made of cardboard in earthquake-devastated Christchurch as it works towards a permanent replacement for its 131-year old landmark destroyed last year. The Victorian-era, Gothic-style cathedral, which dominated the city's central square, was badly damaged in the February 2011 quake, and is being demolished. The replacement, an A-frame structure designed by Japanese architect Shigeru Ban, will be built on the site of another historic church, which was also destroyed in the 6.3 magnitude quake. ... Full Story | Top |
Corrected: "Devastated" Rod Stewart skips Rock Hall ceremony
Mon,16 Apr 2012 12:33 PM PDT
Reuters -  LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Rod Stewart, who gained rock 'n' roll fame with the band Faces before going on to solo superstardom, said on Friday he will miss his old group's induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame this weekend as he battles the flu. "I'm absolutely devastated," Stewart said. "Shattered that I'm going to miss my second induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame - and this time alongside my mates. ...
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"Devastated" Rod Stewart skips Rock Hall ceremony
Mon,16 Apr 2012 12:29 PM PDT
Reuters - LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Rod Stewart, who gained rock 'n' roll fame with the band Faces before going on to solo superstardom, said on Friday he will miss his old group's induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame this weekend as he battles the flu. "I'm absolutely devastated," Stewart said. "Shattered that I'm going to miss my second induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame - and this time alongside my mates. ... Full Story | Top |
Axl Rose booed at Rock Hall of Fame induction
Mon,16 Apr 2012 11:11 AM PDT
Reuters -  Cleveland (Reuters) - A range of musicians from rockers Guns N' Roses to R&B legends the Miracles where inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on Saturday in a night as notable for who was not there as who was. Axl Rose, frontman for Guns N' Roses, earlier this week refused to be honored by the Cleveland-based Rock Hall after years of bitter feuding with his former "Appetite for Destruction" bandmates, and his name earned catcalls from the crowd when it was mentioned. ...
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