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'Pirates' sets 1-day box office record
(AP)
 AP - Move over Darth Vader. Captain Jack Sparrow is king for a day. Preliminary estimates released by Disney show that "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest" earned $55.5 million on Friday, which would set the record for the largest one-day take at the box office.
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Marine recruiter in 'Fahrenheit' mourned
(AP)
 AP - He was a stern-faced sniper — and a soft-hearted Marine who handed out candy to kids in Iraq. He was a warrior who wrote poetry about life and death.
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Hatch helps spring Austin from Dubai jail
(AP)
 AP - U.S. Sen. Orrin Hatch of Utah, a musician in his own right, helped secure the release of Atlanta R&B producer Dallas Austin from a Dubai jail after a drug conviction, the senator's office confirmed Saturday.
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Guggenheim to build museum in Abu Dhabi
(AP)
 AP - The Guggenheim announced plans Saturday for a Frank Gehry-designed art museum in Abu Dhabi, a coup for the small Persian Gulf nation and the latest international franchise for the ambitious foundation.
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Liverpool's Penny Lane to keep its name
(AP)
AP - Penny Lane will keep its name. Liverpool officials said Saturday they would modify a proposal to rename streets linked to the slave trade when they realized the road made famous by the 1967 Beatles song was one of them.
'Pirates' sets 1-day box office record
(AP)
AP - Move over Darth Vader. Captain Jack Sparrow is king for a day. Preliminary estimates released by Disney show that "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest" earned $55.5 million on Friday, which would set the record for the largest one-day take at the box office.
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Mercury label co-founders were agents of change
(Reuters)
Reuters - But Green and Talmadge, who co-founded Mercury Records in
1944 with Berle Adams, were agents of change in their day,
creating new opportunities for black artists and developing new
ways to promote records.
CBS is outdanced but still wins Thursday
(Reuters)
Reuters - CBS lost the head-to-head
battle between "Rock Star: Supernova" and Fox's "So You Think
You Can Dance" but still won the night in primetime Thursday.
'Pirates' $55M estimated haul sets record
(AP)
AP - Move over Darth Vader. Captain Jack Sparrow is king for a day. Preliminary estimates released by Disney show that "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest" earned $55.5 million on Friday, which would set the record for the largest one-day take at the box office.
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Hal Linden to Play Evolution Theorist in Bay Street's 'Darwin in Malibu'
(Playbill)
Playbill - The Bay Street Theatre's production of Darwin in Malibu has its Darwin. Hal Linden will play the author of "The Origin of Species" in the Crispin Whittell comedy, set to run Aug. 15-Sept. 3 at the Long Island theatre.
'Pirates' sets 1-day box office record
(AP)
AP - Move over Darth Vader. Captain Jack Sparrow is king for a day. Preliminary estimates released by Disney show that "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest" earned $55.5 million on Friday, which would set the record for the largest one-day take at the box office.
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Marine recruiter in 'Fahrenheit' mourned
(AP)
AP - He was a stern-faced sniper — and a soft-hearted Marine who handed out candy to kids in Iraq. He was a warrior who wrote poetry about life and death.
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Court rules against sanitizing films
(AP)
AP - Sanitizing movies on DVD or VHS tape violates federal copyright laws, and several companies that scrub films must turn over their inventory to Hollywood studios, an appeals judge ruled.
"Superman" composer Ottman wears 2 hats
(Reuters)
 Reuters - Superman may be faster than a
speeding bullet, but he has nothing on John Ottman. The
composer not only wrote two hours of music for "Superman
Returns," but he also edited the Bryan Singer-directed summer
blockbuster, which opened June 28.
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Zhang aims to show different side of China
(AP)
 AP - There's more to Chinese culture than lanterns and opera, says film director Zhang Yimou — and he plans to prove it at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
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Venice honor, premiere for Lynch
(Reuters)
 Reuters - David Lynch, the
writer-director best known for "Blue Velvet," "The Elephant
Man" and "Mulholland Drive," will receive a lifetime
achievement award at the 63rd Venice Film Festival, organizers
announced Friday.
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Digital Superman is in league all his own
(Reuters)
 Reuters - "Superman Returns"
director Bryan Singer wasn't kidding last July when he promised
6,500 fans at Comic-Con "lots of spectacle" and "one of the
largest films Warner Bros. Pictures has ever made."
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Jonestown docu sheds light on "Life and Death" saga
(Reuters)
Reuters - The grisly end of Jim
Jones' would-be utopia has held a morbid fascination since
1978: How did a decades-long, church-based experiment in
communal living lead to the murder and "revolutionary suicide"
of more than 900 people in a tiny South American country?
"Titanic" director Cameron plots CG extravaganza
(Reuters)
 Reuters - Nine years after the
launch of his last feature film, James Cameron is targeting a
summer 2008 release for his next project, 20th Century Fox's
"Avatar," and he hopes to start shooting a cast of unknown
actors on a stage in Los Angeles by February.
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Dollywood to add $17.5M roller coaster
(AP)
 AP - Dolly Parton is putting some more big curves into her Dollyw ood theme park. And some big dips and spins, too.
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Mercury label co-founders were agents of change
(Reuters)
Reuters - But Green and Talmadge, who co-founded Mercury Records in
1944 with Berle Adams, were agents of change in their day,
creating new opportunities for black artists and developing new
ways to promote records.
"Superman" composer Ottman wears 2 hats
(Reuters)
Reuters - Superman may be faster than a
speeding bullet, but he has nothing on John Ottman. The
composer not only wrote two hours of music for "Superman
Returns," but he also edited the Bryan Singer-directed summer
blockbuster, which opened June 28.
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Marley brothers to top Roots, Rock, Reggae bill
(Reuters)
 Reuters - Brothers Stephen and Ziggy Marley
will reunite next month as co-headliners for the second Bob
Marley Roots, Rock, Reggae (RRR) Festival.
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Lupe Fiasco takes "do it yourself" approach
(Reuters)
Reuters - Gathering professional
skateboarders, wealthy contributors and their skate-enthusiast
kids, Tony Hawk held his annual fund-raiser late last year on a
spacious Beverly Hills estate.
Liverpool's Penny Lane to keep its name
(AP)
AP - Penny Lane will keep its name. Liverpool officials said Saturday they would modify a proposal to rename streets linked to the slave trade when they realized the road made famous by the 1967 Beatles song was one of them.
Comic Cosby returns to host annual Playboy jazz fest
(Reuters)
Reuters - At New York's Village Vanguard, club
matriarch Lorraine Gordon sternly forbids the audience to talk
during a set. Three thousand miles away at the Hollywood Bowl
in Los Angeles, patrons of the Playboy Jazz Festival receive
the opposite message: Eat, drink and converse through two days
of nonstop entertainment.
Low-key Spanish rock act La Oreja riding high
(Reuters)
Reuters - The group's most recent album, "Guapa," has surpassed
global sales of 600,000 since its May release, according to
Sony BMG. In Spain, where La Oreja is in the midst of a 50-city
tour, the album has spent eight weeks at No. 1.
Big & Rich pay tribute to Vietnam vets
(Reuters)
Reuters - Last year Big & Rich found
themselves crouching by a hole they had dug in Vietnam,
drinking shots of Crown Royal, then throwing the shot glasses
on top of a pair of bloody combat boots already nestled in the
ground.
"Low Rider" returns, with help from EWF vet
(Reuters)
Reuters - Maurice White, whose music is the
driving force behind Broadway's "Hot Feet," isn't the only
original member of Earth, Wind & Fire who's tapping into his
entrepreneurial spirit. His brother, EWF bassist Verdine White,
has jumped into the artist management/music production arena.
Hatch helps spring Austin from Dubai jail
(AP)
AP - U.S. Sen. Orrin Hatch of Utah, a musician in his own right, helped secure the release of Atlanta R&B producer Dallas Austin from a Dubai jail after a drug conviction, the senator's office confirmed Saturday.
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