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Cruise Says Holmes 'Digs' Scientology (AP)
AP - Tom Cruise says girlfriend Katie Holmes "digs" the Church of Scientology. In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, Cruise says the 26-year-old "Batman Begins" actress is curious about Scientology, founded by L. Ron Hubbard.
Rice Takes to Stage to Aid Ailing Soprano (AP)
AP - A musician long before she became an academic and then a world-famous diplomat, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice took to the Kennedy Center concert stage Saturday to accompany a young soprano battling an often-fatal disease.
Jackson Jurors Face Daunting Instructions (AP)
AP - Jurors deciding the child molestation case against Michael Jackson may have to reach as many as 20 separate decisions because of the complicated instructions given to them by the judge. It could take them a long time to sort it all out.
Prince William Gets Master's in Geography (AP)
AP - Prince William learned Saturday that he had achieved a master of arts degree in geography. The 22-year-old son of Prince Charles and the late Princess Diana logged onto the Internet to discover that he had received a 2:1 grade for his four-year course at St. Andrews University, Scotland.
Mandela, Musicians Call for AIDS Action (AP)
AP - Nelson Mandela and international music stars pressed the world's richest nations to save lives with increased action against AIDS and poverty at a benefit concert under the midnight sun on Saturday in Tromsoe, the main city of Norway's Arctic.
Cruise Says Holmes 'Digs' Scientology (AP)
AP - Tom Cruise says girlfriend Katie Holmes "digs" the Church of Scientology. In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, Cruise says the 26-year-old "Batman Begins" actress is curious about Scientology, founded by L. Ron Hubbard.
Rice Takes to Stage to Aid Ailing Soprano (AP)
AP - A musician long before she became an academic and then a world-famous diplomat, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice took to the Kennedy Center concert stage Saturday to accompany a young soprano battling an often-fatal disease.
Spears to Debut Video on Show's Finale (AP)
AP - Britney Spears has a parting gift for fans of her UPN reality show: the world premiere of the video for her new single, "Someday (I Will Understand)."
Gallup: Public Confidence in Newspapers, TV News Falls to All-Time Low (Editor and Publisher)
Editor and Publisher - NEW YORK Public trust in newspapers and television news continued to decline in Gallup's annual survey of "public confidence in major institutions" in the United States, reaching an all-time low this year.
Romanov Sisters Roam 'The Cherry Orchard' in Atlantic 453's 'OTMA' in NYC (Playbill)
Playbill - Atlantic Theater Company's Atlantic 453 initiative, offering a platform to new and developing works, presents a June 14-July 3 staging of Kate Moira Ryan's OTMA, a new play about the four Romanov duchesses awaiting their fate in 1918 Russia.
Cruise Says Holmes 'Digs' Scientology (AP)
AP - Tom Cruise says girlfriend Katie Holmes "digs" the Church of Scientology. In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, Cruise says the 26-year-old "Batman Begins" actress is curious about Scientology, founded by L. Ron Hubbard.
Hollywood's Halo Effect (E! Online)
E! Online - Universal
Pictures and 20th Century Fox are teaming up to bring to the big screen
the Marine protagonist of Microsoft's megaselling shoot-'em-up videogame
Halo.
Microsoft nears movie deal for 'Halo' videogame (Reuters)
Reuters - Microsoft Corp. was near a deal on
Friday to sell the rights to make a movie based on hit video
game series "Halo" after a recent round of Hollywood talks in
which a high asking price and demands for creative input drew
the ire of some parties, sources said.
Actor Corin Redgrave in Critical Condition (AP)
AP - Actor Corin Redgrave, the brother of actresses Vanessa and Lynn Redgrave, was in critical condition Friday after suffering a heart attack, the hospital treating him said.
George Lucas' All-Star AFI Party (E! Online)
E! Online - As a certain little green Jedi master might say, an affair to
remember, it was.
Naomi Watts Celebrates IFC Center Opening (AP)
AP - Naomi Watts, along with Harvey Weinstein, John Sayles, Alfonso Cuaron and 400 movie-lovers, celebrated the grand opening of the Independent Film Channel's new independent cinema hub.
Pitt Keeps It Light in L.A. Interviews (AP)
AP - Good luck trying to get a serious answer out of Brad Pitt, especially regarding the topic of Angelina Jolie, during promotional stops for their new movie "Mr. and Mrs. Smith."
Star Wars creator George Lucas receives top honor (Reuters)
Reuters - "Star Wars" creator George Lucas
received a top Hollywood honor on Thursday at a dinner where he
was embraced by Chewbacca the Wookiee and jokingly denounced by
Princess Leia as the man "who ruined my life."
Fox Searchlight takes a 'History' lesson (Reuters)
Reuters - Arthouse studio Fox
Searchlight said Thursday it will make a movie based on the
British play "The History Boys," which centers on an unruly
class of bright, funny teenage boys in pursuit of sex, sport
and a college degree.
DVD suppliers tie new releases to movie debuts (Reuters)
Reuters - As the summer movie
season gets under way, home video suppliers are scrambling to
schedule DVDs to piggyback on the theatrical momentum of the
year's biggest potential blockbusters.
Rice Takes to Stage to Aid Ailing Soprano (AP)
AP - A musician long before she became an academic and then a world-famous diplomat, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice took to the Kennedy Center concert stage Saturday to accompany a young soprano battling an often-fatal disease.
Mandela urges rich world to act against AIDS (Reuters)
Reuters - Nelson Mandela joined some of
the world's top musicians Saturday in pressing the rich world
to act against AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa.
Mandela, Musicians Call for AIDS Action (AP)
AP - Nelson Mandela and international music stars pressed the world's richest nations to save lives with increased action against AIDS and poverty at a benefit concert under the midnight sun on Saturday in Tromsoe, the main city of Norway's Arctic.
Spears to Debut Video on Show's Finale (AP)
AP - Britney Spears has a parting gift for fans of her UPN reality show: the world premiere of the video for her new single, "Someday (I Will Understand)."
Stretch of Highway Named for B.B. King (AP)
AP - Motorists driving on a stretch of U.S. 61 in Tennessee will be traveling the B.B. King Highway. A ceremony noting a name change for the highway was held last week at the Beale Street nightclub that also bears King's name.
Estefans Get Adjacent Stars in Hollywood (AP)
AP - They're partners in music and life, and now singer Gloria Estefan and her husband, Emilio, have stars next to one another on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Jackson Jurors Face Daunting Instructions (AP)
AP - Jurors deciding the child molestation case against Michael Jackson may have to reach as many as 20 separate decisions because of the complicated instructions given to them by the judge. It could take them a long time to sort it all out.
Bulgarian Opera Singer Dimitrova Dies (AP)
AP - Bulgarian opera singer Ghena Dimitrova, an internationally renowned soprano with a lyrical voice whose career spanned four decades, died Saturday. She was 64.
Coldplay album set to be huge seller (Reuters)
Reuters - Coldplay's much anticipated album "X &
Y" is set to enter the record books by shifting as many as
450,000 copies in its first week, retailer HMV said on Friday.
Michael Jackson Jurors Have Weekend Off (AP)
AP - Jurors in Michael Jackson's child molestation trial have the weekend off from their deliberations. The eight women and four men headed home Friday afternoon after wrapping up their fifth full day of talks.
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