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News: Joss Stone sees positive side of kidnap/murder plot "Camelot" canned after one season on Starz Jon Stewart beats Jay Leno in Q2 demos "The Hobbit" like a family reunion for Elijah Wood Brooklyn Decker to play sports wife in "Expecting" Drew Barrymore to direct "Heist" thriller "Thor 2" headed to theaters in July 2013 Francis Ford Coppola back at Comic-Con after 20 years Beyonce album off to strong start despite bad buzz Selena Gomez not particularly appealing or funny Lynyrd Skynyrd hope to enter studio in November "Twilight" director to shoot Swedish movie Vince Vaughn joining Stiller in Neighborhood Watch "Voice" coaches to return to welcome NBC TV hit "Love, Etc." an unwelcome reality show on big screen Julia Roberts, Selena Gomez box office also-rans Comedian Colbert lampoons campaign finance laws Wayans brothers face trial for alleged joke theft Book Talk: Fresh mayhem in chilly Stockholm "Transformers" eyes best opening day of 2011 "Tudors" star Rhys Meyers hospitalized: report British writer risks death in the afternoon Forgotten Chaplin film fails to find buyer at auction Harry Potter to cast final spell with eighth, last film Chris Hemsworth to star in commando thriller "Juno" writer Diablo Cody to make directing debut New Cirque du Soleil show is sensory overload Disney prepping movie based on Matterhorn ride Country star's coming out gets sensitive treatment Man gets two years for Paris Hilton burglary attempt "Adjustment Bureau" tops DVD, Blu-ray sales charts Rihanna show is flashy, yet not overproduced New Yorkers get fresh look at Ai Weiwei's art David Duchovny and wife Tea Leoni separate again Author James Patterson eyes movies, kids reading Rapper Pitbull powers to No. 1 on singles chart "Transformers" debut ticket sales top $13 million The 10 biggest movie flops of 2011 (so far) Joe Rogan returning as "Fear Factor" host Raunchy movies in running for Teen Choice Awards Joss Stone sees positive side of kidnap/murder plot Thu,30 Jun 2011 08:56 PM PDT Reuters - DETROIT (Billboard) - Joss Stone has started her own label, recorded a new album and is working in the most talked-about supergroup of the year. Not bad for someone who was nearly the victim of a robbery and murder plot earlier this month. Full Story1 Top "Camelot" canned after one season on Starz Thu,30 Jun 2011 08:55 PM PDT Reuters - LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Starz has decided not to order a second season of its ambitious period drama "Camelot," citing "significant production challenges." Full Story1 Top Jon Stewart beats Jay Leno in Q2 demos Thu,30 Jun 2011 08:20 PM PDT Reuters - LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Jon Stewart has unseated Jay Leno to take the late-night ratings crown in the coveted adults 18-49 demographic during the second quarter. Full Story1 Top "The Hobbit" like a family reunion for Elijah Wood Thu,30 Jun 2011 07:11 PM PDT Reuters - LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Elijah Wood's return to New Zealand to shoot his part in "The Hobbit" falls on the 10th anniversary of "The Lord of the Rings," a fact not unnoticed to the actor, who likens it to a family reunion. Full Story1 Top Brooklyn Decker to play sports wife in "Expecting" Thu,30 Jun 2011 05:11 PM PDT Reuters - LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Brooklyn Decker, the model-turned-actress who made her feature debut opposite Adam Sandler in "Just Go With It," has joined the ensemble cast of "What to Expect When You're Expecting." Full Story1 Top Drew Barrymore to direct "Heist" thriller Thu,30 Jun 2011 05:10 PM PDT Reuters - LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Drew Barrymore has come aboard to direct and produce "Heist Society," a thriller based on the young-adult novel by Ally Carter. Full Story1 Top "Thor 2" headed to theaters in July 2013 Thu,30 Jun 2011 05:08 PM PDT Reuters - LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - By Odin's beard, get ready for "Thor 2." Full Story1 Top Francis Ford Coppola back at Comic-Con after 20 years Thu,30 Jun 2011 04:30 PM PDT Reuters - LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Francis Ford Coppola is returning to Comic-Con next month for the first time since 1991, presenting portions of his latest film, "Twixt." Full Story1 Top Beyonce album off to strong start despite bad buzz Thu,30 Jun 2011 04:29 PM PDT Reuters - DETROIT (Billboard) - After reports of dissatisfaction, panic and other pre-release drama, Columbia Records executives say Beyonce's new album "4" is off to a strong start since going on sale worldwide on Monday. Full Story1 Top Selena Gomez not particularly appealing or funny Thu,30 Jun 2011 04:28 PM PDT Reuters - LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Flat champagne for the under-aged, "Monte Carlo" lays out yet another banquet of materialist fantasies for aspiring American princesses cloaked in reminders to obey your conscience and not to forget your true self. Full Story1 Top Lynyrd Skynyrd hope to enter studio in November Thu,30 Jun 2011 03:54 PM PDT Reuters - DETROIT (Billboard) - Southern rockers Lynyrd Skynyrd are "just getting started" on a new album, their follow-up to 2009's "God & Guns," according to frontman Johnny Van Zant. Full Story1 Top "Twilight" director to shoot Swedish movie Thu,30 Jun 2011 02:59 PM PDT Reuters - COLOGNE, Germany (Hollywood Reporter) - "Twilight" filmmaker Catherine Hardwicke will direct Swedish actress Noomi Rapace ("The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo") in a biopic about '60s Swedish diva and pop culture icon Anita Lindblom. Full Story1 Top Vince Vaughn joining Stiller in Neighborhood Watch Thu,30 Jun 2011 02:33 PM PDT Reuters - LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Vince Vaughn is in negotiations to join Ben Stiller in "Neighborhood Watch," a sci-fi comedy set in the suburbs. Full Story1 Top "Voice" coaches to return to welcome NBC TV hit Thu,30 Jun 2011 02:25 PM PDT Reuters - LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Singers Christina Aguilera, Cee Lo Green, Blake Shelton and Adam Levine will return for a second season of "The Voice," which is ailing network NBC's most successful new show in years. Full Story1 Top "Love, Etc." an unwelcome reality show on big screen Thu,30 Jun 2011 02:24 PM PDT Reuters - NEW YORK (Hollywood Reporter) - Cheesy reality shows monopolize the TV schedule, but must they infect our multiplexes as well? "Love, Etc.," Jill Andresevic's documentary depicting the romantic travails of various New Yorkers, is a disturbing example of a trend that is to be soundly discouraged. Full Story1 Top Julia Roberts, Selena Gomez box office also-rans Thu,30 Jun 2011 01:44 PM PDT Reuters - LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - While there's no doubt that the new "Transformers" sequel will crush the competition at the weekend box office, fellow newcomers "Larry Crowne" and "Monte Carlo" will hope to pick up some modest scraps. Full Story1 Top Comedian Colbert lampoons campaign finance laws Thu,30 Jun 2011 01:35 PM PDT Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Political satirist Stephen Colbert won approval from the U.S. election regulatory agency on Thursday to form a political action committee that can raise and spend unlimited amounts of money on the 2012 elections. Full Story1 Top Wayans brothers face trial for alleged joke theft Thu,30 Jun 2011 12:45 PM PDT Reuters - NEW YORK (Hollywood Reporter) - Trial alert! On July 12th, the best comedy in Los Angeles will not be heard at the Improv, but rather a federal court as the Wayans brothers face down a former assistant who charges that they ripped off jokes for their book, "You Know You're a Golddigger When..." Full Story1 Top Book Talk: Fresh mayhem in chilly Stockholm Thu,30 Jun 2011 12:17 PM PDT Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters) - Winter nights are long and cold in Stockholm. Their chill permeates some recent Swedish fiction. Full Story1 Top "Transformers" eyes best opening day of 2011 Thu,30 Jun 2011 12:14 PM PDT Reuters - LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Paramount Pictures' "Transformers: Dark of the Moon" grossed $37.2 million on Wednesday in its first full day of play at U.S. and Canadian box offices, giving it the best opening-day gross of 2011. Full Story1 Top "Tudors" star Rhys Meyers hospitalized: report Thu,30 Jun 2011 11:20 AM PDT Reuters - LONDON (Reuters) - Actor Jonathan Rhys Meyers, star of the "Tudors" television series, was taken to hospital this week after what tabloid newspaper The Sun reported was a suspected suicide attempt. Full Story1 Top British writer risks death in the afternoon Thu,30 Jun 2011 07:19 AM PDT Reuters - LONDON (Reuters) - The pavement outside a tapas bar in London's Old Brompton Road is a far cry from a bullring in Spain. Full Story1 Top Forgotten Chaplin film fails to find buyer at auction Thu,30 Jun 2011 04:54 AM PDT Reuters - LONDON (Reuters) - A forgotten short film featuring footage of comic legend Charlie Chaplin failed to sell at a London auction despite expectations it could raise a "significant six-figure sum." Full Story1 Top Harry Potter to cast final spell with eighth, last film Thu,30 Jun 2011 04:13 AM PDT Reuters - LONDON (Reuters) - As the studio behind the Harry Potter films likes to remind us, "It all ends here." Full Story1 Top Chris Hemsworth to star in commando thriller Wed,29 Jun 2011 07:31 PM PDT Reuters - LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Sony is jumping into the black ops game again, picking up "Shadow Runner," an original thriller with "Thor" actor Chris Hemsworth attached to star. Full Story1 Top "Juno" writer Diablo Cody to make directing debut Wed,29 Jun 2011 07:00 PM PDT Reuters - LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Oscar-winning "Juno" scribe Diablo Cody will make her directing debut with "Lamb of God," a comedy she also wrote. Full Story1 Top New Cirque du Soleil show is sensory overload Wed,29 Jun 2011 06:57 PM PDT Reuters - NEW YORK (Hollywood Reporter) - A branding phenomenon with few equals in global entertainment, Cirque du Soleil needs no help from critics in finding its audience. Full Story1 Top Disney prepping movie based on Matterhorn ride Wed,29 Jun 2011 06:53 PM PDT Reuters - LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - As its fourth "Pirates of the Caribbean" film races to the billion-dollar mark at the worldwide box office, Disney is developing an adventure movie based on another theme-park attraction. Full Story1 Top Country star's coming out gets sensitive treatment Wed,29 Jun 2011 06:51 PM PDT Reuters - LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - With gay marriage legalized in New York state at the same time that some Republican candidates are reaffirming their opposition to gay rights, the issue continues to polarize the country. Full Story1 Top Man gets two years for Paris Hilton burglary attempt Wed,29 Jun 2011 05:59 PM PDT Reuters - LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A man who tried to break into Paris Hilton's house while wielding two large knives was sentenced to two years in prison on Wednesday. Full Story1 Top "Adjustment Bureau" tops DVD, Blu-ray sales charts Wed,29 Jun 2011 05:14 PM PDT Reuters - LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - "The Adjustment Bureau," a quirky sci-fi romance starring Matt Damon and Emily Blunt, debuted at No. 1 on the DVD sales chart Wednesday, followed by fellow rookies "Unknown" and "Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules." Full Story1 Top Rihanna show is flashy, yet not overproduced Wed,29 Jun 2011 05:13 PM PDT Reuters - LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Barbados-born beauty Rihanna isn't easy to forget. Without overly choreographed dance moves, her smoldering stare, powerful voice and swaggering strut are enough to captivate a packed house for nearly two hours. Full Story1 Top New Yorkers get fresh look at Ai Weiwei's art Wed,29 Jun 2011 03:49 PM PDT Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters) - A photography exhibit offering glimpses of Chinese artist and activist Ai Weiwei's time spent living in New York in the 1980s and early 1990s opened on Wednesday, marking the first major museum exhibit of his work since his release from detention. Full Story1 Top David Duchovny and wife Tea Leoni separate again Wed,29 Jun 2011 03:15 PM PDT Reuters - LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Actor David Duchovny, who once admitted an addiction to sex, and his wife Tea Leoni have separated again, his spokeswoman said on Wednesday. Full Story1 Top Author James Patterson eyes movies, kids reading Wed,29 Jun 2011 02:23 PM PDT Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters) - Prolific novelist James Patterson has raised the stakes on what it means to be a modern-day publisher, again, and this time he is doing it for one of his passions -- getting kids to read. Full Story1 Top Rapper Pitbull powers to No. 1 on singles chart Wed,29 Jun 2011 02:08 PM PDT Reuters - NEW YORK (Billboard) - Pitbull unleashed his first No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 Wednesday as "Give Me Everything" rose one place to the top, ending a record 19-week reign by lead female artists. Full Story1 Top "Transformers" debut ticket sales top $13 million Wed,29 Jun 2011 01:57 PM PDT Reuters - LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Action flick "Transformers: Dark of the Moon" opened to $13.5 million at box offices in its late night and midnight screenings in the United States and Canada, according to studio estimates released on Wednesday. Full Story1 Top The 10 biggest movie flops of 2011 (so far) Wed,29 Jun 2011 01:52 PM PDT Reuters - LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - It's been a rough six months for Hollywood, which turned out a string of disappointments at the domestic box office. Full Story1 Top Joe Rogan returning as "Fear Factor" host Wed,29 Jun 2011 01:51 PM PDT Reuters - LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Joe Rogan is coming back to NBC's rebooted "Fear Factor," which could return to the air in the fall after a five-year hiatus. Full Story1 Top Raunchy movies in running for Teen Choice Awards Wed,29 Jun 2011 12:31 PM PDT Reuters - LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Raunchy comedy movies "Hangover 2" and "Bridesmaids" will compete alongside old favorites like "Twilight" and "Harry Potter" at the 2011 Teen Choice Awards, where 13-19 year-olds celebrate their hottest icons in film, music and television. Full Story1 Top

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