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| Jury clears promoter of liability in Michael Jackson's death Wednesday, Oct 02, 2013 07:48 PM PDT  By Eric Kelsey and Dana Feldman LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A Los Angeles jury cleared concert promoter AEG Live of liability on Wednesday in a wrongful death lawsuit brought by the family of Michael Jackson, in a trial that offered a glimpse into the private life and final days of the so-called King of Pop. The verdict, which concluded that the doctor the company hired to care for the singer was not unfit for his job, capped a sensational five-month trial that was expected to shake up the way entertainment companies treat their most risky talent. ... Full Story | Top |
| Analysis: Jackson case will change the tune for concert, artist insurance Wednesday, Oct 02, 2013 04:13 PM PDT  By Sue Zeidler LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - When Britney Spears takes the stage this December for the first of a heavily hyped 100-show two-year residency at Planet Hollywood in Las Vegas, the loudest cheers may come from her insurance underwriters. Along with the sound engineers and roadies who help stage a concert, insurance underwriters play a large role in making sure a star can get onstage and grab the microphone. Insurers are also key during those times when stars do not show and concerts get canceled. ... Full Story | Top |
| Model for Chicago Picasso sculpture could fetch $35 million: Christie's Wednesday, Oct 02, 2013 03:40 PM PDT  By Mary Wisniewski CHICAGO (Reuters) - A model for the cubist sculpture that Pablo Picasso gave to the city of Chicago could fetch as much as $35 million when it is sold at auction next month - a record for a sculpture by the artist, Christie's said on Wednesday. Picasso never visited Chicago but he admired the city and donated a 50-foot-tall (15-meter) steel work, which was completed in 1967 and sits in the city's Daley Plaza. Picasso made two scale models for the sculpture. ... Full Story | Top |
| Tom Clancy, U.S. master of spy thriller novels, dies at 66 Wednesday, Oct 02, 2013 03:33 PM PDT  By Scott Malone (Reuters) - Best-selling U.S. author Tom Clancy, who thrilled readers with vivid descriptions of soldiers and spies in novels including "The Hunt for Red October" and "Patriot Games," has died at 66, his publisher said on Wednesday. Clancy, whose books sold more than 100 million copies, died on Tuesday in his hometown of Baltimore, Maryland, Penguin said. "I'm deeply saddened by Tom's passing," said David Shanks, a Penguin executive who had worked with Clancy from the start of his writing career through the upcoming "Command Authority," which is due out in December. ... Full Story | Top |
| LA jury reaches verdict in Michael Jackson wrongful death lawsuit Wednesday, Oct 02, 2013 03:33 PM PDT  LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A Los Angeles jury reached a verdict on Wednesday in the wrongful death lawsuit filed by the family of pop singer Michael Jackson against concert promoter AEG Live, a spokeswoman for the Los Angeles Superior Court said. The verdict, which will be read at 3:30 p.m. PT (2230 GMT), caps a five-month trial that opened a window into the singer's private life and final days. Jackson's mother, Katherine, and his three children sued AEG Live over the singer's 2009 death at age 50 in Los Angeles from an overdose of the surgical anesthetic propofol. ... Full Story | Top |
| Home of British film launches online player Wednesday, Oct 02, 2013 11:42 AM PDT By Paul Casciato LONDON (Reuters) - The British Film Institute plans to launch a digital service this month offering access to one of the world's richest movie collections stretching from rare Edwardian footage to contemporary cinema. Founded 80 years ago, the BFI will introduce its BFI Player on October 9 to a rapidly growing video-on-demand (VOD) market worth some 243 million pounds ($393.75 million) in Britain in 2012. "I think this is our most important moment since I've been here," BFI Chairman Greg Dyke told Reuters on Wednesday. ... Full Story | Top |
| Canadian rapper Drake lands third No. 1 album on Billboard chart Wednesday, Oct 02, 2013 11:31 AM PDT  By Piya Sinha-Roy LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Rapper Drake vaulted straight to No. 1 on the weekly Billboard 200 album chart on Wednesday, as his latest album garnered the second-largest sales week of the year so far. "Nothing Was the Same," the third studio album from the Canadian rapper, sold 658,000 copies in its first week, according to figures from Nielsen SoundScan. Only Justin Timberlake's "The 20/20 Experience," which opened with 968,000 copies in March, outsold "Nothing Was the Same" in a one-week period. All three of Drake's studio albums have debuted at No. ... Full Story | Top |
| Actress Mia Farrow says Frank Sinatra could be father of her son Wednesday, Oct 02, 2013 11:23 AM PDT  NEW YORK (Reuters) - Singer Frank Sinatra was the great love of actress Mia Farrow's life and could "possibly" be the father of her son Ronan Farrow, the actress said in an interview published on Wednesday. Ronan, a 25-year-old Rhodes scholar and human rights activist, is thought to be the biological son of Farrow and Oscar-winning director Woody Allen. But when asked in an interview with Vanity Fair magazine if her former husband Sinatra could be Ronan's father, Farrow, the star of 1968's "Rosemary's Baby" said, "Possibly. ... Full Story | Top |
| In thriller 'Runner Runner,' Timberlake, Affleck explore gambling's underside Wednesday, Oct 02, 2013 11:20 AM PDT  By Sue Zeidler LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The dark and murky world of online gambling comes alive in new film "Runner Runner," a thriller exploring the depths of greed starring Justin Timberlake and Ben Affleck. Writers David Levien and Brian Koppelman, who penned the 1998 gambling drama "Rounders," return to the poker world with "Runner Runner," out in U.S. theaters on Friday. While gambling is a core theme, the writers said they were inspired by the behaviors and motivations of shady operators from many other industries as well. "We never set out to intentionally hit a topic. ... Full Story | Top |
| Designer Marc Jacobs leaves Vuitton to float own brand Wednesday, Oct 02, 2013 11:17 AM PDT  By Astrid Wendlandt and Pascale Denis PARIS (Reuters) - Marc Jacobs, the star designer who turned Louis Vuitton from a staid luggage-maker into the world's biggest luxury brand, is leaving to take his own label public, a source close to the French company's parent, LVMH, said on Wednesday. The move follows a series of leadership changes at Louis Vuitton, LVMH's biggest source of profit and revenue, aimed at helping the brand regain some of its lost prestige after a decline in sales growth over the past year. ... Full Story | Top |
| 'Physician to the Stars,' Rexford Kennamer, dies in Alabama Wednesday, Oct 02, 2013 10:29 AM PDT By Verna Gates BIRMINGHAM, Alabama (Reuters) - Rexford Kennamer, the so-called "Physician to the Stars" who told actor Gary Cooper he had terminal cancer and whose high profile client list included Rock Hudson and Frank Sinatra, has died in Alabama at 93, his nephew said on Wednesday. Kennamer, who long worked as an internist and cardiologist in Beverly Hills, died of natural causes on September 28 at the Montgomery home of his nephew, Richard Kennamer. "He was always interesting and very, very sharp. He practiced medicine past 80. ... Full Story | Top |
| Minute With: Paul Giamatti on films about JFK assassination and slave trading Wednesday, Oct 02, 2013 02:02 AM PDT  By Mary Milliken LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - It's been almost a decade since actor Paul Giamatti introduced himself to the world as the hapless and neurotic but lovable wine aficionado Miles in "Sideways." Since then, he's played a U.S. president (John Adams) and a Federal Reserve chairman (Ben Bernanke) and this fall he has two more roles based on real-life characters to add to the list. In "Parkland," a drama about the aftermath of President John F. ... Full Story | Top |
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