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Foxx, Blige, Brown, T.I. among BET winners
(AP)
AP - Mary J. Blige, Kanye West, Jamie Foxx and Chris Brown were all double winners at Tuesday's BET Awards. ]]>
Reynolds' announcement upsets Walters
(AP)
AP - The gloves are off for the women on "The View." Creator Barbara Walters said she was "betrayed" by Star Jones Reynolds' surprise on-air announcement of her exit from the daytime talk show Tuesday. Reynolds said in a magazine interview she felt she was fired. ]]>
Limbaugh likely to wait several days
(AP)
AP - Rush Limbaugh will likely have to wait several days to find out if he violated his deal with prosecutors in a prescription fraud case when authorities found him in possession of a bottle of Viagra that was apparently prescribed to someone else, a spokesman for the state attorney's office said Tuesday. ]]>
Michael Jackson fires business managers
(AP)
AP - Michael Jackson has fired his business managers, has hired a New York firm to oversee his financial affairs and is moving to Europe, his spokeswoman said Tuesday. ]]>
Axl Rose to pay guard he allegedly bit
(AP)
AP - Axl Rose spent most of the day in a Stockholm jail cell after allegedly biting a security guard in the leg at his hotel, police said. ]]>
Dimension gets "Guidance" from Epstein, Jacobson
(Reuters)
Reuters - Dimension Films nabbed
rights to first-time feature directors Adam Jay Epstein and
Andrew Jacobson's multisketch sex comedy "Parental Guidance
Suggested."
Foxx, Blige, Brown, T.I. among BET winners
(AP)
AP - Mary J. Blige, Kanye West, Jamie Foxx and Chris Brown were all double winners at Tuesday's BET Awards. ]]>
AMC's cable TV western "Broken Trail" scores big
(Reuters)
Reuters - The debut of "Broken Trail," an AMC
network western starring Oscar winner Robert Duvall, rounded up
nearly 10 million viewers to rank as the biggest cable telecast
so far this year, Nielsen Media Research reported on Tuesday.
Warner Music bids $4.6 bln for EMI: report
(Reuters)
Reuters - U.S. Warner Music Group has bid 2.5
billion pounds ($4.6 billion) for Britain's EMI Group Plc in an
attempt to take control of the company that has been pursuing
it, the Financial Times said on Wednesday.
Cast Set for Adam Rapp's 'Essential Self-Defense' at Cape Cod Theatre Project
(Playbill)
Playbill - Ray Rizzo, Paul Sparks, Michael Chermus, Guy Boyd, Emily Cass-MacDonnell, Lucas Papaelias, Laura Heisler and Michael Cullen make up the cast of Essential Self-Defense, the new Adam Rapp play that will be workshopped at the Cape Cod Theatre Project July 6-8.
Dimension gets "Guidance" from Epstein, Jacobson
(Reuters)
Reuters - Dimension Films nabbed
rights to first-time feature directors Adam Jay Epstein and
Andrew Jacobson's multisketch sex comedy "Parental Guidance
Suggested."
"Electric" a potent hybrid of passion and politics
(Reuters)
Reuters - The promising life and
clandestine death of the electric vehicle is afforded a
thoroughly revealing autopsy (or is that auto-opsy?) in "Who
Killed the Electric Car?," a dynamic documentary by first-time
director and steadfast EV driver, Chris Paine. ]]>
Venice fest plans "Infamous" curtain-raiser
(Reuters)
Reuters - The world premiere of
writer-director Douglas McGrath's "Infamous," a biopic about
writer Truman Capote, will open the 63rd Venice International
Film Festival, organizers said Tuesday.
Series-into-film "Candy" has less bite on big screen
(Reuters)
Reuters - When Amy Sedaris turned
her face into a gargoyle as Jerri Blank for the Comedy Central
series "Strangers With Candy," something bracingly absurd hit
the small screen. The menopause-meets-puberty concept put a
47-year-old ex-con back in high school, the comic results often
as smart as they were outrageous.
DiCaprio's "Diamond" Dustup
(E! Online)
E! Online - At least that's what a group of gem industry bigwigs are
complaining about in the run-up to Leonardo DiCaprio's upcoming Warner
Bros. drama The Blood Diamond, in which he plays a diamond
smuggler who matches wits with a ruthless African diamond syndicate. ]]>
Portman and Bana flirting with "Boleyn"
(Reuters)
Reuters - Natalie Portman and Eric
Bana are in final negotiations to topline Columbia Pictures'
"The Other Boleyn Girl." ]]>
At the Movies: capsule reviews
(AP)
AP - Capsule reviews of films opening this week:
At the Movies: `Strangers With Candy'
(AP)
AP - "Strangers With Candy" is as joyfully twisted as the title would suggest. ]]>
Paramount mulls control of MTV, Nick film units
(Reuters)
Reuters - Film studio Paramount Pictures and
parent Viacom Inc. are considering whether to consolidate
sister companies MTV Films and Nickelodeon Movies under
Paramount, a spokeswoman said on Tuesday.
TV's Lois and Jimmy in Superman's return
(AP)
AP - Noel Neill and Jack Larson spent some of their best years in bondage, trussed up together waiting for Superman to break down a wall and save them. ]]>
Foxx, Blige, Brown, T.I. among BET winners
(AP)
AP - Mary J. Blige, Kanye West, Jamie Foxx and Chris Brown were all double winners at Tuesday's BET Awards. ]]>
Winners of the 2006 BET Awards
(AP)
AP - Winners of the sixth annual BET Awards: ]]>
Axl Takes a Bite Into Crime
(E! Online)
E! Online - Looks like Axl Rose's appetite for self-destruction has gotten
the better of him once again. ]]>
Ely rewards loyal fans with intimate troubadour's show
(Reuters)
Reuters - Though he headlined
Monday's latest installment of the new Rockin' Country Night
series at the Whisky a Go Go on the Sunset Strip, Joe Ely's
performance was acoustic and solo. But that didn't keep the
Texas legend from fanning sparks to catch fire.
Bailey Rae proves a gifted newcomer with a classic air
(Reuters)
Reuters - Truly great artists earn
their place through a delicate balancing act of two opposing
traits: the good taste to build on the foundations of the
accomplished performers who have come before them, and enough
independence to rearrange those influences in a way that makes
the newcomer unique. ]]>
Tori Amos boxes up hits, rarities for "A Piano"
(Reuters)
Reuters - Tori Amos will be the subject of the
five-disc boxed set "A Piano," which will be housed in a
piano-inspired package. ]]>
ASCAP honors 50 Cent, Dupri for their songs
(Reuters)
Reuters - Rapper 50 Cent and
producer-writer-executive Jermaine Dupri split songwriter of
the year honors at ASCAP's Rhythm & Soul Music Awards,
presented Monday at the Beverly Hilton Hotel. ]]>
Rockers Sleater-Kinney taking "indefinite" break
(Reuters)
Reuters - Esteemed indie rock trio
Sleater-Kinney is going on an indefinite hiatus and has no
plans for "future tours or recordings," according to a
statement released by its label, Sub Pop.
Guns N' Roses frontman fined over brawl in Sweden
(Reuters)
Reuters - Axl Rose, lead singer of rock band
Guns N' Roses, was released from custody late on Tuesday hours
after his arrest for a violent, drunken outburst at a hotel in
the Swedish capital, police said. ]]>
Michael Jackson moving to Europe to resume career
(Reuters)
Reuters - Michael Jackson, who earlier this
year shuttered his Neverland Valley Ranch in California, is
moving to Europe to reignite a musical career stalled by his
sex abuse trial. ]]>
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