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Corrected: Indian TV fights a bleeping battle with censors
Sun,3 Jun 2012 11:34 PM PDT
Reuters - MUMBAI (Reuters) - When Bollywood film-maker Kunal Deshmukh set out to make "Jannat 2" (Heaven 2), a raunchy tale about arms dealing with plenty of swearing and bare skin, he ended up shooting two versions - one for cinema audiences, and the other for television. Deshmukh was not being extravagant. Like many Indian movie producers and TV broadcasters, he walked a tightrope of catering to the tastes of a rapidly modernizing but largely conservative country, whose censors have scant tolerance for adult content. ... Full Story | Top |
"Hunger Games" scoops up four MTV movie awards
Sun,3 Jun 2012 10:00 PM PDT
Reuters -  LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - "The Hunger Games" won four MTV Movie Awards on Sunday but a "Twilight" film picked up the best movie honor for the fourth straight year in what proved to be a tame evening at the typically outrageous awards show. Post-apocalyptic film "The Hunger Games" nabbed MTV's golden popcorn trophies for best male performance by Josh Hutcherson, best female performance by Jennifer Lawrence, best transformation by Elizabeth Banks and best fight. ...
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Rhode Island's Olivia Culpo crowned Miss USA
Sun,3 Jun 2012 09:27 PM PDT
Reuters -  (Reuters) - Olivia Culpo of Rhode Island was named Miss USA on Sunday after saying it would be fair for transgendered contestants to win the pageant, giving her a crown that she will wear when representing the United States at the Miss Universe pageant later this year. Culpo, 20, competed in the traditional swimsuit and evening gown competitions at the Las Vegas pageant, but also answered a question - tweeted in from an audience member - about an issue that earlier this year vexed the organizers of the Miss Universe pageant in Canada when a transgendered woman wanted to compete. ...
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Winners at the MTV Movie Awards
Sun,3 Jun 2012 09:14 PM PDT
Reuters - LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The MTV Movie Awards, one of the most widely watched shows on the youth-oriented cable TV network, took place on Sunday night in Los Angeles. Following is a list of categories and winners. ... Full Story | Top |
Sarah Jessica Parker plans Obama fundraiser
Sun,3 Jun 2012 07:23 PM PDT
Reuters -  LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - "Sex and the City" star Sarah Jessica Parker is borrowing a tactic from the George Clooney fundraising book, planning a campaign dinner for President Barack Obama and offering a chance to win two tickets with $3 online donations. Parker, who is married to actor Matthew Broderick, sent an email to supporters and appeared in an advertisement on Sunday's MTV Movie Awards telling people of the online donations and tickets to the affair at her New York home. ...
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Drew Barrymore marries art dealer Will Kopelman
Sun,3 Jun 2012 12:15 PM PDT
Reuters -  LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Actress Drew Barrymore has tied the knot for the third time, marrying her art dealer fiance Will Kopelman this weekend in Southern California, media outlets reported on Sunday. The "Charlie's Angels" actress, 37, wore a Chanel gown and wed Kopelman on Saturday in a Jewish ceremony at their estate in Montecito, California, outside Los Angeles, with guests including Reese Witherspoon, Cameron Diaz, Jimmy Fallon and Busy Philips, according to People Magazine. The celebrity magazine also said Barrymore is pregnant with the couple's first child. ...
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The top films at the North American box office
Sun,3 Jun 2012 11:04 AM PDT
Reuters - (Reuters) - Following are the top 10 movies at North American box offices for the weekend starting June 1, led by "Snow White and the Huntsman" at No. 1 with $56.3 million, according to studio estimates compiled by Reuters. 1 (*) Snow White and the Huntsman..........$56.3 million 2 (1) Men In Black 3 ......................$29.3 million 3 (2) The Avengers ........................$20.3 million 4 (3) Battleship ..........................$ 4.8 million 5 (4) The Dictator ........................$ 4.7 million 6 (8) The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel.......$ 4. ... Full Story | Top |
"Snow White" zaps "Men in Black" at box office
Sun,3 Jun 2012 11:01 AM PDT
Reuters -  (Reuters) - "Snow White and the Huntsman" broke the spell of lackluster performances by many big-budget films this summer season at movie theaters, grabbing $56.3 million in its first weekend to top "Men in Black 3," according to studio estimates on Sunday. The film, a dark and sometimes violent take on the Brothers Grimm fairy tale, collected an additional $39.3 million in 45 international markets where it also opened this weekend. ...
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Richard Dawson, ''Family Feud'' host, dies at 79
Sun,3 Jun 2012 10:26 AM PDT
Reuters - (Reuters) - Richard Dawson, an actor and TV host best known for his work on the game show "Family Feud" and sitcom "Hogan's Heroes," has died from complications of esophageal cancer. He was 79. The British-born actor died on Saturday at Ronald Reagan Memorial hospital in Los Angeles, his son Gary Dawson said on Sunday. Dawson appeared on numerous TV shows in the 1960s, but it was his job as the emcee of "Family Feud" where his wit and charm served him best as he helped make the program a big hit of the 1970s. ... Full Story | Top |
TV's ''Push Girls'' break wheelchair boundaries
Sun,3 Jun 2012 06:01 AM PDT
Reuters -  LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Angela is a stunning model, Auti is a dancer who is trying for a baby, Tiphany is designing a clothes line and Mia works as a graphic designer. And all four women are paralyzed from the neck or waist down and are about to shatter widespread notions of what it's like to spend life in a wheelchair. "Push Girls", launching on the Sundance Channel on Monday, chronicles the lives of the ambitious and dynamic quartet in a way that producers say has never before been seen on U.S. television. ...
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Biden's daughter Ashley wed in private Delaware ceremony
Sat,2 Jun 2012 09:49 PM PDT
Reuters -  (Reuters) - Vice President Joe Biden's daughter, Ashley, was married in a private ceremony on Saturday evening in Delaware, he said in a statement. Ashley Blazer Biden was married to Dr. Howard Krein in Wilmington, Biden and his wife, Jill, said in a joint statement released by the vice president's office. "We're happy to welcome Howard into our family, and we wish them all the best in their new life together," the Bidens said. ...
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AOL urges shareholder approval of its board nominees
Sat,2 Jun 2012 06:26 PM PDT
Reuters -  (Reuters) - AOL Inc, waging a proxy fight with activist hedge fund Starboard Value, said on Saturday its shareholders should approve all eight nominees for its board of directors after an advisory service recommended the approval of only six. In a statement, the Internet and media company lauded a report by Institutional Investor Services calling for the rejection of Starboard's full slate of nominees, but said, "ISS reached the wrong conclusion in failing to recommend that AOL stockholders vote for all eight of the company's highly qualified director nominees. ...
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Venice environmentalists ask Sophia Loren to renounce ship
Sat,2 Jun 2012 04:37 PM PDT
Reuters -  MILAN, Italy (Reuters) - Environmentalists on Saturday urged film diva Sophia Loren to help stop a big cruise ship named in her honor from ever entering the Venice lagoon because of potential damage to the city and the lagoon's delicate ecosystem. The MSC Divina (Divine), which the actress christened last month in France, is a 139,500-tonne ship that can carry 3,500 passengers and nearly 1,000 crew. ...
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AOL urges shareholder approval of its board nominees
Sat,2 Jun 2012 03:37 PM PDT
Reuters -  (Reuters) - AOL Inc, waging a proxy fight with activist hedge fund Starboard Value, said on Saturday its shareholders should approve all eight nominees for its board of directors after an advisory service recommended the approval of only six. In a statement, the Internet and media company lauded a report by Institutional Investor Services calling for the rejection of Starboard's full slate of nominees, but said, "ISS reached the wrong conclusion in failing to recommend that AOL stockholders vote for all eight of the company's highly qualified director nominees. ...
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"Desperate Housewives" actress Kathryn Joosten dies at 72
Sat,2 Jun 2012 02:57 PM PDT
Reuters -  LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - "Desperate Housewives" actress Kathryn Joosten, who won two Emmy awards for her supporting role as a nosy neighbor on the recently ended hit show, died of lung cancer on Saturday, her spokeswoman said. She was 72. Joosten died with her family at her side at home in Westlake Village, 40 miles northwest of Los Angeles, said her publicist, Nadine Jolson. She had battled the disease since being diagnosed in 2001. ...
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Obama takes time to relax in Chicago hometown
Sat,2 Jun 2012 11:28 AM PDT
Reuters -  CHICAGO (Reuters) - Life's simple pleasures are complicated when you are the president of the United States. Barack Obama, savoring fine late spring weather after a rare night under his own roof - the first since April, 2011 - took a three-block stroll early on Saturday through his old Chicago neighborhood. He was preceded by a wave of dark-suited secret service agents and stalked by a slow-rolling convoy of armored SUVs. Looking relaxed and chatting with close adviser Valerie Jarrett, Obama was paying a visit on long-time Chicago friend Martin Nesbitt. ...
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How "Lord of the Rings" inspired "Snow White"
Sat,2 Jun 2012 03:16 AM PDT
Reuters -  NEW YORK (TheWrap.com) - What does Snow White, a fairly tale about the fairest woman in the land, have to do with "Lord of the Rings" and the battle for Middle-earth? Quite a bit, according to Evan Daugherty, who wrote a spec script nearly a decade ago that blended the two tales. Daughtery was enamored of the film version of "Lord of the Rings" trilogy while an undergraduate at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts. ...
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"Piranha 3DD" review: more silicone, less bite
Fri,1 Jun 2012 05:15 PM PDT
Reuters - LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - The Los Angeles theater Cinefamily hosts a late-night weekend series called" HFS"; the "H" is for "Holy," the "F" is a gerund and you can probably guess what the "S" stands for. It's a series dedicated to movies that are jaw-droppingly brilliant in their complete disregard for the general rules of cinema and good taste, and they go beyond "bad" into a loony realm of awesomeness all their own. Two years ago, "Piranha 3D" was one of those rare HFS movies to feature big names and to get a wide release. ... Full Story | Top |
Guy Ritchie attached to "Treasure Island" remake
Fri,1 Jun 2012 05:14 PM PDT
Reuters -  LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Guy Ritchie may bring the same splashy touch to Long John Silver that he already applied to Sherlock Holmes. The "Snatch" director is attached to "Treasure Island," a Warner Bros. spokesperson told TheWrap. If the script by Alex Harakis comes to fruition, Ritchie would direct and produce the project. Lionel Wigram and Kevin McCormick are also attached as producers. ...
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Bam Margera hospitalized after kayak stunt
Fri,1 Jun 2012 04:48 PM PDT
Reuters - LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Bam Margera's latest bit of daredevilry has landed him in the hospital. Margera was hospitalized and underwent a hernia operation after participating in a 100-foot kayak drop Wednesday, the "Jackass" star tweeted. Margera, 32, published a picture of himself in his hospital bed with the note, "Hernia operation after 100ft kayak drop." Earlier, the pro skater wrote, "Just did a 100ft tandem kayak jump with pro kayaker Steve Fisher in Oregon!" He also posted a photo of the jump. Margera's spokesman has not yet responded to TheWrap's request for comment. ... Full Story | Top |
Joe Eszterhas pens a Mel Gibson tell-all e-book
Fri,1 Jun 2012 03:23 PM PDT
Reuters -  LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Joe Eszterhas isn't done with Mel Gibson just yet. The screenwriter has written "Heaven and Mel," an eBook recounting in colorful detail his relationship with the disgraced director that Amazon will be released on June 6, TheWrap has learned. "I can't remember ever reading a more haunting, nuanced portrait of a Hollywood superstar in decline," Dave Blum, editor of Kindle Singles, told TheWrap exclusively. "This is an eyewitness account by a gifted storyteller of a man of faith at war with his demons. In the end, the demons win. ...
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"Toy Story 2," "Finding Nemo" get stamp of approval
Fri,1 Jun 2012 03:21 PM PDT
Reuters - LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - The characters from "Toy Story 2," "Finding Nemo," "The Incredibles" and other Disney/Pixar films just found themselves in a sticky situation. Woody, Bullseye and Nemo are among the animated characters to find their way onto a series of stamps issued Friday by the U.S. Postal Service, as part of the USPS's Mail a Smile campaign. The 125 million stamps that were issued as part of the campaign also feature Pixar offerings "The Incredibles," "A Bug's Life" and "Monsters, Inc. ... Full Story | Top |
In Portland, cello players lay down a hip-hop beat
Fri,1 Jun 2012 03:00 PM PDT
Reuters -  LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The people of Portland, Oregon enjoy a reputation for living somewhat outside the mainstream, so it should come as no surprise that a group of the city's cello players is using its classical instruments to lay down hip-hop beats. What rappers such as Kanye West and Jay-Z do with syncopated rhymes and rhythms, the Portland Cello Project bangs out with strings and bows. And they don't stop there. Pop tunes from Britney Spears' "Toxic" to Justin Timberlake's "What Goes Around" also bring cheer to their fans. ...
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Kathleen Kennedy joins Lucasfilm as co-chair
Fri,1 Jun 2012 02:22 PM PDT
Reuters -  NEW YORK (TheWrap.com) - Kathleen Kennedy will join George Lucas as a co-chair of Lucasfilm, the company announced on Monday. Though Lucas will remain CEO of the company he founded, the move advances his planned retirement, something he has mentioned on several occasions. Lucas and Kennedy will jointly run the film production side of the company while Micheline Chau will continue to run day-to-day operations as president and COO. Kennedy will leave her post at her production company, Kennedy/Marshall, which she founded with husband Frank Marshall. ...
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Dance movie "Battlefield America" has 2 left feet
Fri,1 Jun 2012 02:19 PM PDT
Reuters - LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Stop me if you've heard this one: Slick, callous executive type gets pulled over for DUI, gets stuck doing community service with a ragtag group of misfit kids, helps them win the big championship. Love, life lessons and fist-in-air victories ensue. No, Disney isn't rebooting the "Mighty Ducks" franchise - yet, anyway - but these familiar plot points get a thorough rehashing in "Battlefield America," a skimpy bit of fluff about pre-teen dance crews throwing down in Long Beach back alleys long after their bedtimes. ... Full Story | Top |
Edwards' lover Rielle Hunter writes tell-all memoir
Fri,1 Jun 2012 01:58 PM PDT
Reuters -  (Reuters) - Rielle Hunter, the woman whose affair with John Edwards wrecked both his U.S. presidential ambitions and his good name, will publish a tell-all memoir later this month. One day after the former U.S. Senator was acquitted on one charge of illegally using almost $1 million in campaign contributions to cover up the affair and the child he fathered, publishers BenBella Books told People magazine that the memoir will hit shelves on June 26. ...
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Comcast chief admits "Battleship" is a bomb
Fri,1 Jun 2012 01:08 PM PDT
Reuters - LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Comcast Chairman Brian Roberts publicly acknowledged Friday what has been largely ignored by the Hollywood media: "Battleship" is a big, bad, "John Carter"-sized flop. Speaking at the Sanford Bernstein Strategic decisions conference in New York City, Roberts said that the poor performance of the alien invasion film, which he labeled "an unfortunate, large miss," coupled with the failure of the comedy "The Five Year Engagement," will drag down earnings at NBCUniversal. ... Full Story | Top |
Michael Mann to chair Venice Film Festival jury
Fri,1 Jun 2012 12:53 PM PDT
Reuters - LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - The Venice International Film Festival said Friday that Michael Mann will chair its international jury, calling the director of "Heat" and "Public Enemies" a "total filmmaker." The jury will be responsible for selecting the recipient of the festival's top prize, the Golden Lion, and other awards. Mann is best known for his stylish big screen crime dramas like "Collateral." He has also won praise for his adventure film "The Last of the Mohicans," the boxing biopic "Ali," and the newsroom thriller "The Insider," for which he earned a best director Oscar nomination. ... Full Story | Top |
Gay Green Lantern appears in alternate universe
Fri,1 Jun 2012 11:44 AM PDT
Reuters -  NEW YORK (Reuters) - DC Comics is introducing a gay version of the Green Lantern, showing him in a romantic kiss with his partner in civilian life before donning his skin-tight unitard typically associated with straight superheroes. Alan Scott is the gay Green Lantern in the title "Earth 2" that goes on sale this coming Wednesday, competing for attention with the Marvel comics character Northstar who is due to marry his boyfriend in an "Astonishing X-Men" issue due on comic book shelves on June 20. ...
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Relativity, Netflix sued for $1.5 million over "Atlas Shrugged"
Fri,1 Jun 2012 11:01 AM PDT
Reuters - LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Perhaps the sequel to the 2011 film "Atlas Shrugged" should be titled "Atlas Sues." Relativity Media and Netflix are being sued for $1.5 million by the copyright holders of the Ayn Rand book "Atlas Shrugged," over claims that Relativity failed to pay a licensing fee. In the suit, filed in Los Angeles Superior Court on Wednesday, Atlas Productions claims that Relativity agreed to pay two installments of $750,000 each in licensing fees, but never paid the first installment, and likely won't pay the second installment. ... Full Story | Top |
Harvey Weinstein talks with Bill Clinton on CNN
Fri,1 Jun 2012 10:55 AM PDT
Reuters -  LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Those of us who turned on CNN (a dwindling number of people, to be sure) needed to pinch ourselves on Thursday when we found Harvey Weinstein, in his signature black suit with white shirt and black tie, seated in the host's chair. What was Harvey Weinstein doing on our television? Piers Morgan put him there. Weinstein - movie mogul, distributor of "The Artist" and maker of "Pulp Fiction"- turned newsman in a gig for the absent Piers Morgan. Even better: the guest was Bill Clinton. ...
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Green Lantern outed as gay superhero - sort of
Fri,1 Jun 2012 10:08 AM PDT
Reuters - LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Does Blake Lively know? It turns out Green Lantern is gay. Well, sort of. After teasing fans that one of its iconic characters was going to come out of the closet, DC Comics outed the lantern bearer this week. Except, it's not Hal Jordan, the ring wearing do-gooder played so forgettably by Ryan Reynolds in last summer's box office flop "Green Lantern" and the man over whom Ms. Lively swooned. Instead, it is Alan Scott, better known as the original Green Lantern. ... Full Story | Top |
Kate Walsh leaving "Private Practice"
Fri,1 Jun 2012 10:00 AM PDT
Reuters -  LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Kate Walsh, whose Dr. Addison Montgomery is the "Grey's Anatomy" character who sparked the "Grey's" spin-off "Private Practice," will be leaving "PP" next season. "Private Practice" was picked up for 13 episodes for its sixth season in the fall, and Walsh is committed to only those 13 episodes, Deadline.com reports. An ABC rep did not immediately respond to TheWrap's request for comment, while a rep for Walsh declined to comment. ...
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Turkish pianist charged with insulting Muslim values
Fri,1 Jun 2012 08:24 AM PDT
Reuters - ISTANBUL (Reuters) - An internationally acclaimed Turkish classical pianist is to stand trial on charges of insulting Muslim religious values in comments posted on Twitter, an Istanbul court ruled on Friday. Fazil Say has performed with the New York Philharmonic, Berliner Symphoniker, Israel Philharmonic, Orchestre National de France and Tokyo Symphony Orchetra and has served as a cultural ambassador to the European Union. The 42-year-old pianist quoted a well-known poem by the 11th Century Persian poet Omar Khayyam that ridiculed the hypocrisy of people who pretend to be pious. ... Full Story | Top |
Justin Bieber gives balcony concert in Paris
Fri,1 Jun 2012 08:11 AM PDT
Reuters -  PARIS (Reuters) - Teenage pop star Justin Bieber turned a quiet Paris street corner into an impromptu concert venue on Friday afternoon, crooning through a megaphone at a balcony window over the screams of hundreds of adoring female fans. Wearing a leather jacket and dancing under the watchful eye of his bodyguard and grinning guitarist, the 18-year-old sang hits like "Baby" and "One Time" to the increasingly frenzied crowd gathered at a street behind the Pantheon monument in the Latin Quarter. ...
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Kicking off tour, Madonna shows she's no lady (Gaga)
Fri,1 Jun 2012 06:37 AM PDT
Reuters -  TEL AVIV (Reuters) - Pop superstar Madonna kicked off a new world tour on Thursday wishing peace on the Middle East even as she showcased grim dance routines depicting violence and bloody gunmen among her more colorful numbers. Madonna, 53, mixed hit songs over three decades in music with tunes from her recent album, "MDNA," before a packed audience, and she took a sly dig at younger diva, Lady Gaga. "She's not me!" Madonna belted out at the end of "Express Yourself," which she had reworked to include a sampling of Lady Gaga's recent "Born This Way. ...
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U.S. director Michael Mann to head Venice jury
Fri,1 Jun 2012 06:36 AM PDT
Reuters -  ROME (Reuters) - U.S. director Michael Mann will head the jury at this year's Venice film festival which runs from August 29-September 8, organizers said on Friday. Best known for directing "The Last of the Mohicans", "Collateral", "Heat" and "Public Enemies", the 69-year-old film maker, scriptwriter and producer will preside over the panel which decides the main awards at the annual cinema showcase. They include the coveted Golden Lion for best picture, which last year went to "Faust", directed by Russia's Alexander Sokurov. ...
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Indian TV fights a bleeping battle with censors
Fri,1 Jun 2012 05:57 AM PDT
Reuters - MUMBAI (Reuters) - When Bollywood film-maker Kunal Deshmukh set out to make "Jannat 2" (Heaven 2), a raunchy tale about arms dealing with plenty of swearing and bare skin, he ended up shooting two versions - one for cinema audiences, and the other for television. Deshmukh was not being extravagant. Like many Indian movie producers and TV broadcasters, he walked a tightrope of catering to the tastes of a rapidly modernizing but largely conservative country, whose censors have scant tolerance for adult content. ... Full Story | Top |
Usher feels "near a rebirth" on new album
Fri,1 Jun 2012 05:23 AM PDT
Reuters -  NEW YORK (Reuters) - Almost 20 years have passed since R&B fans first took notice of Usher Raymond on 1994's debut album "Usher." At that time, he was just a baby-faced teenager singing about things he hadn't yet experienced. Over the years, fans have watched Usher grow into a man and become one of the top-selling pop stars of the last two decades, documenting his personal highs and lows through his music. But ask Usher, and he says his evolution has just begun. ...
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Morgan Freeman takes TV viewers into a "Wormhole"
Fri,1 Jun 2012 05:03 AM PDT
Reuters -  LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Oscar winner Morgan Freeman turns 75-years-old on June 1, but he's not slowing down a bit. This summer he'll be seen in the blockbuster Batman movie "The Dark Knight Rises," and he is currently shooting sci-fi epic "Oblivion" with Tom Cruise. But somewhere in his busy schedule, he finds time for his pet project, television show "Through the Wormhole with Morgan Freeman," which begins its third season on the SCIENCE channel June 6. Freeman is executive producer and host of the series. ...
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