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| Al Jazeera buys Gore's Current TV, terms undisclosed Wednesday, Jan 02, 2013 08:36 PM PST  LOS ANGELES/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Al Jazeera said on Wednesday it will buy Current TV, the struggling cable channel founded by Al Gore and partners, in a move that will boost the Qatar-based broadcaster's footprint in the United States. Terms were undisclosed, but analysts estimated the deal could be worth as much as $500 million. Al Jazeera said it would start a new U.S.-based news channel with the acquisition, which will make it available in more than 40 million U.S. households, up from 4.7 million prior to the deal. ... Full Story | Top |
| Springsteen to be honored as MusiCares person of the year Wednesday, Jan 02, 2013 05:59 PM PST  (Reuters) - U.S. rocker Bruce Springsteen has been named MusiCares' 2013 Person of the Year in recognition of his artistic achievements as well as his philanthropic work, the Recording Academy said on Wednesday. Springsteen, 63, will be honored at a February 8 gala in Los Angeles hosted by comedian Jon Stewart and held in conjunction with the annual Grammy Awards, the recording world's most prestigious honors which will be handed out on February 10. ... Full Story | Top |
| ''Lincoln,'' ''Zero Dark Thirty,'' among Producers Guild nods Wednesday, Jan 02, 2013 04:16 PM PST  LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Steven Spielberg's presidential drama "Lincoln," musical "Les Miserables" and Kathyrn Bigelow's Osama bin Laden thriller "Zero Dark Thirty" were among 10 films earning Producers Guild Award nominations on Wednesday, as the Hollywood awards season gathered momentum. Ben Affleck and George Clooney, two of the producers behind Affleck's Iran hostage drama "Argo," and the team that brought Quentin Tarantino's darkly humorous slavery Western "Django Unchained" to the screen also won nods for the awards handed out by the Producers Guild of America. ... Full Story | Top |
| ''Lincoln,'' ''Zero Dark Thirty,'' up for Producers Guild awards Wednesday, Jan 02, 2013 03:03 PM PST LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Steven Spielberg's presidential drama "Lincoln," musical "Les Miserables" and Osama bin Laden thriller "Zero Dark Thirty" were among the movies earning Producers Guild Award nominations on Wednesday. The producers behind slavery film "Django Unchained," Iran hostage drama "Argo" and the latest James Bond film "Skyfall" were also on the list of 10 movies nominated for the awards handed out by the Producers Guild of America. ... Full Story | Top |
| Andrew Sullivan to leave Daily Beast, start new company Wednesday, Jan 02, 2013 01:55 PM PST (Reuters) - Popular political pundit Andrew Sullivan is leaving Tina Brown's Daily Beast to form an independent company for his blog The Dish. He wrote on Wednesday in a post on the Daily Beast that he decided to leave when his contract was up for negotiation, thanking Brown and Barry Diller, whose IAC/InterActivecorp backs the Daily Beast. "We felt more and more that getting readers to pay a small amount for content was the only truly solid future for online journalism," Sullivan wrote. ... Full Story | Top |
| U.S. pop singer Patti Page dies at age 85 Wednesday, Jan 02, 2013 01:18 PM PST  LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - American pop singer Patti Page, whose 1950 hit "Tennessee Waltz" topped the charts for months, has died in Southern California, her manager said on Wednesday. She was 85. Nicknamed "The Singing' Rage," Page sold more than 100 million albums in her 67-year career, which included 1950s chart toppers "(How Much Is That) Doggie in the Window," "I Went to Your Wedding" and "All My Love (Bolero)." She died on Tuesday in a nursing home in Encinitas, north of San Diego, after suffering congestive heart failure, her manager, Michael Glynn, told Reuters. ... Full Story | Top |
| 'American Idol' Kris Allen breaks arm; says wife expecting baby Wednesday, Jan 02, 2013 12:49 PM PST  (Reuters) - "American Idol" winner Kris Allen has broken his arm in a car crash, but also had good news for fans - he and his wife are expecting their first baby. "Yes, I got in a really bad wreck tonight," Allen, who won the 2009 season of "American Idol," posted on Twitter Tuesday. "And yes I'm having a lil baby," Allen, 27, also said in the message, announcing that his wife Katy was pregnant with their child. Allen's mother Kimberly earlier put word out on Allen's accident, writing in a Twitter message "From Kris: he's in a lot of pain, arm broke, may not play guitar for a while. ... Full Story | Top |
| Mantel, graphic book on all-female Costa winner list Wednesday, Jan 02, 2013 11:52 AM PST LONDON (Reuters) - Female authors scooped all five categories in the Costa Book Awards for the first time on Wednesday, with two-time Booker Prize winner Hilary Mantel up against a graphic memoir "Dotter of her Father's Eyes" for the overall title. Husband-and-wife team Bryan and Mary Talbot jointly won the Costa Biography Award for "Dotter of her Father's Eyes," a biography of James Joyce's daughter interwoven with a memoir of the author's own troubled relationship with her father, the Joycean scholar James S. Atherton. ... Full Story | Top |
| Justin Bieber calls paparazzo death tragic, urges action Wednesday, Jan 02, 2013 11:20 AM PST  LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Pop star Justin Bieber on Wednesday called the death of a paparazzo, who was chasing his white Ferrari in Los Angeles, a tragic accident and said he hoped it would spur action to safeguard the lives of celebrities, police and photographers. Police said the freelance photographer, whose name has not officially been released, was killed by another driver on Tuesday evening after he crossed a busy highway to snap pictures of the Ferrari that had been stopped by police for speeding. Bieber, 18, was not in the sports car, which was reportedly being driven by a friend. ... Full Story | Top |
| U.S. soul singer Bobby Womack says he has signs of dementia Wednesday, Jan 02, 2013 10:58 AM PST  (Reuters) - U.S. singer-songwriter Bobby Womack said he is beginning to show early symptoms of Alzheimer's disease, including trouble remembering names and song lyrics. "The doctor said, 'You have signs of Alzheimer's,'" Womack, 68, told Britain's BBC Radio 6 music station over the weekend. "He said it's not bad yet but it's going to get worse." He added: "How can I not remember songs that I wrote? That's frustrating. ... Full Story | Top |
| A Minute With: Singer Trey Songz on new movie "Texas Chainsaw 3D" Wednesday, Jan 02, 2013 10:50 AM PST  LOS ANGELES, January2 (Reuters) - R&B and hip-hop artists have appeared in horror films before, but 28-year old singer Trey Songz tackles a brand new incarnation of the "Texas Chainsaw Massacre" franchise with "Texas Chainsaw 3D." The film, which opens in U.S. theaters on Friday, follows a young woman who inherits a lavish, isolated mansion. When she visits it for the first time with her three friends, one of whom is played by Songz, they realize there is horror awaiting them in the basement. ... Full Story | Top |
| Oscar nomination voting extended after online hitches Wednesday, Jan 02, 2013 08:19 AM PST LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Voting for Oscar nominations was extended by a day after some people reported problems with a new online voting system, organizers of the movie industry's coveted awards said Monday. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences said the deadline for its 6,000 members to vote on nominations for the year's best films, performances, directors, screenplay and other achievements would be extended to Friday, January 4 - 24 hours after the original January 3 deadline. ... Full Story | Top |
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