| | |
| Return to Entertainment News Main Page NEWS FROM 2006-05-05
Anna Nicole Smith Pregnancy Rumors Swirl
(AP)
AP - Reports published Thursday claim former reality TV star and Playboy playmate Anna Nicole Smith is pregnant. In response, Smith's lawyer and spokesman, Howard K. Stern, issued a statement that makes the matter as clear as a blurred sonogram image. ]]>
Richards No Longer Friends With Locklear
(AP)
AP - Denise Richards, who is seeking a divorce from Charlie Sheen, says she is no longer friends with Heather Locklear, in the next issue of People magazine. ]]>
'Sopranos' Star Takes a Spill From Scooter
(AP)
AP - "Sopranos" actor James Gandolfini took a tumble after his motor scooter collided with a taxi, but was said to be unhurt. ]]>
Vince Vaughn Sort of Talks About Aniston
(AP)
AP - Though Vince Vaughn and Jennifer Aniston have been mum about their romantic relationship, they aren't fooling David Letterman. ]]>
Nicole Richie Trying to Gain Weight
(AP)
AP - Nicole Richie, whose drastic weight loss spawned speculation that she has an eating disorder, acknowledges she is "too thin" and is getting treatment to add pounds, in an interview in Vanity Fair. ]]>
Del Toro presses play on "Sundown" game
(Reuters)
Reuters - Mexican director
Guillermo del Toro is helping to develop a video game in which
players will have to survive an apocalypse that leaves a world
infected with zombies and other potentially fatal horrors.
Jack White Adds Touch of Scarlett
(E! Online)
E! Online - White Stripes rocker Jack White and his wife, model Karen Elson,
announced Thursday that they had their first child together Tuesday in
Tennessee. They named their baby girl Scarlett Teresa, according to
White's rep, Chloe Walsh. ]]>
NBC, HBO order series as networks ponder pilots
(Reuters)
Reuters - Aaron Sorkin is heading
back to NBC next season.
Univision 1Q Earnings Climb 21 Percent
(AP)
AP - Univision Communications Inc. said Thursday first-quarter profits rose 21 percent on increased TV advertising sales and viewership for the Spanish-language broadcaster.
Four World Premieres, Two English-Language Premieres Add Flavor to Toronto Tarragon Season
(Playbill)
Playbill - Tarragon Theatre in Toronto will again prove itself as one of Canada's major homes of new work when its gives world premieres to four plays in its 2006-07 season.
Del Toro presses play on "Sundown" game
(Reuters)
Reuters - Mexican director
Guillermo del Toro is helping to develop a video game in which
players will have to survive an apocalypse that leaves a world
infected with zombies and other potentially fatal horrors.
Third "Saw" getting ready to draw blood
(Reuters)
Reuters - "Saw III," the latest
installment in the horror franchise, begins shooting in Toronto
Monday, ahead of a planned release at Halloween.
Kutcher blooms in romantic comedy
(Reuters)
Reuters - Ashton Kutcher is set to
star in a romantic comedy described as a modern-day "Shampoo"
set amid the world of florists. ]]>
Trio crowned for Showtime's "Tudors" cast
(Reuters)
Reuters - Sam Neill, Jeremy
Northam and Henry Cavill have joined the cast of Showtime's
Henry VIII drama "The Tudors."
Actress Mitra fires up "Shooters" thriller
(Reuters)
Reuters - Actress Rhona Mitra, who
starred in the first season of "Boston Legal," has joined Mark
Wahlberg and Michael Pena in the political thriller "Shooters."
Purveyors of "Truth" are thinking globally
(Reuters)
Reuters - "An Inconvenient Truth"
is no ordinary documentary. Nor are the people behind it
marketing it in the usual way. ]]>
"Gehry" gives Pollack direction to build on
(Reuters)
Reuters - Among the long list of
independent filmmakers at this year's Tribeca Film Festival,
one name stands out: veteran studio director Sydney Pollack. ]]>
"Star Wars" on DVD, Again... For the First Time
(E! Online)
E! Online - Star Wars fan Philip Wise has purchased a home-video copy
of George Lucas' seminal sci-fi film six times--"seven, including the
Beta edition"--and he's not done yet. Because Lucas isn't done yet. ]]>
Japanese horror producer signs deal with Fox
(Reuters)
Reuters - Japanese horror film
producer Taka Ichise has signed a three-year production deal
with 20th Century Fox, his first pact with a Hollywood studio.
'Sopranos' Star Takes a Spill From Scooter
(AP)
AP - "Sopranos" actor James Gandolfini took a tumble after his motor scooter collided with a taxi, but was said to be unhurt. ]]>
Jack White Adds Touch of Scarlett
(E! Online)
E! Online - White Stripes rocker Jack White and his wife, model Karen Elson,
announced Thursday that they had their first child together Tuesday in
Tennessee. They named their baby girl Scarlett Teresa, according to
White's rep, Chloe Walsh. ]]>
Drive-By Truckers deliver a ferocious show
(Reuters)
Reuters - Taken by itself, the
Drive-By Truckers show at the House of Blues was typically
devastating -- a visceral slab of countrified three-guitar hard
rock packed into killer songs and played with passion and
raucous fury.
Jack White and Karen Elson Have Baby Girl
(AP)
AP - It's a girl for White Stripes frontman Jack White and his wife, model Karen Elson. ]]>
Rihanna's "SOS" rockets to No. 1 on singles chart
(Reuters)
Reuters - R&B singer Rihanna's "SOS" surged 33
places to seize the top spot on the Billboard Hot 100 singles
chart Thursday, ending the five-week run of Canadian singer
Daniel Powter's "Bad Day," which slipped to No. 2. ]]>
Questions for "Bad Day" Singer-Songwriter
(AP)
AP - Daniel Powter knows a little something about being bounced off of a talent competition. ]]>
Crimefighter Recalls Woodstock Gig
(AP)
AP - As he walks to the stage of a Hofstra University lecture hall, Robert Leonard's attire is every bit the college professor: blue blazer and shirt, charcoal slacks, yellow tie, glasses. ]]>
Radio City Music Hall Sues Over LED Screen
(AP)
AP - The operators of the famed Radio City Music Hall have sued a Belgium-based media company for breach of contract over the purchase of a giant high-definition video screen they say never worked properly. ]]>
Sony Music Can't Stop Master P And Lil' Romeo
(Yahoo! Music)
Yahoo! Music - Hip-hop mogul Master P says that Sony Music executives are trying to keep Romeo's "U Can't Shine Like Me" from getting played on radio.
Gas Explosions Nix Goo Goo Dolls Concert
(AP)
AP - A failure in an underground electrical line apparently caused a series of gas explosions that sent utility hole covers flying and forced cancellation of a Goo Goo Dolls concert, officials say.
Rolling Stones, Guns N' Roses reunite in Europe
(Reuters)
Reuters - Guns N' Roses will open two German
dates on the Rolling Stones' upcoming tour of Europe, a role
they last performed during the Stones' 1989 U.S. trek. ]]>
|
|
|
|