Films, TV shows look to gain from Golden Globe nods

2011-12-15T12:00:43Z

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Movie studio The Weinstein Company and cable network HBO led rival companies at the Golden Globe...

Bardot protests New Jersey bear hunt 'carnage'

2011-12-09T12:31:41Z

French actress turned animal rights campaigner Brigitte Bardot on Friday urged authorities in New Jersey to halt what she called the "scandalous carnage" of an annual bear hunt.

Wildlife officials in the state say the six-day cull is needed to control a growing population of black bears. With two days of hunting to go, a total of 369 black bears have been killed, the Di...

Pippa Middleton, Kardashians among "most fascinating" of 2011

2011-11-30T17:30:12Z

(Reuters) - What do Britain's Pippa Middleton and the Kardashian family have in common?

They are all among the 10 most fascinating people of 2011, according to veteran journalist Barbara Walters.

Belfast braced for Bieber-mania at MTV awards

2011-11-04T08:30:22Z

LONDON (Reuters) - Teen stars Justin Bieber and girlfriend Selena Gomez perform at the MTV Europe Music Awards on Sunday in <...

Kim Kardashian on prenup: You do the math

2011-10-13T09:30:28Z

DUBAI (Reuters) - Reality star Kim Kardashian, who married basketball player Kris Humphries in a lavish made-for-TV wedding in August, refused to be drawn on questions about whether she arranged a pre-nuptial agreement before...

Same-sex kiss triggers spat with US airline

2011-09-27T19:30:36Z

Less than a month after telling a rock star to pull up his saggy pants, a US airline on Tuesday found itself in another celebrity row -- this time over a same-sex kiss.

Cable TV star Leisha Hailey and partner Camila Grey say they were ordered off a Southwest Airli...

A-listers not spared in pandemic film "Contagion"

2011-09-03T06:30:13Z

VENICE, Italy (Reuters) - Not even the A-listers are spared in "Contagion," a star-studded movie directed by Steven Soderbergh that recreates the outbreak of a global pandemic.

Audiences used to seein...

Taiwan's warrior epic "Seediq Bale" runs for the Lion

2011-08-31T19:30:24Z

Warrior cries and brutal decapitations colour the opening scenes in Wei Te-Sheng's "Seediq Bale," the fierce Taiwanese epic running against Hollywood favourites for the Golden Lion award at Venice this year.

With a record production cost of 24 million dollars, "Seediq Bale" brings to the big screen the true story about a rebellion of aboriginal tribes against their Ja...

Clooney to kick off star-studded Venice festival

2011-08-30T20:30:15Z

Venice's lagoon was awash with water taxis whisking cinema buffs and paparazzi to the Lido island for the world's oldest film festival on Wednesday, ahead of a star-studded opening evening ceremony.

Hollywood beau George Clooney's fourth film as a director, "

Bonham Carter, Neeson join new Gervais TV comedy

2011-08-19T05:30:12Z

LONDON (Reuters) - English actress Helena Bonham Carter and Irish actor Liam Neeson have joined the cast of comedian Ricky Gervais's new series "Life's Reuters) - Benjamin Pell made a second career out of digging through the contents of people's rubbish bags and selling it to the British press. The office cleaner, or 'Benji the Binman' as he was known to his clients on Fleet Street, regularly passed journalists the discarded papers of lawyers, celebrities and business executives. Benji's low-tech operations in the late 1990s ...

Tweeting celebrities risk boring fans: survey

2011-05-13T06:30:58Z

LONDON (Reuters) - Celebrities who bombard fans with Twitter updates are likely to have shorter careers than those who maintain an aura of mystique, according to a survey.

Easy access to stars through social networking websites has made them less appealing and increases the likelihood of followers getting bored, music consu...

Texas making a big play to steal ACMs from Vegas

2011-04-06T02:30:40Z

Country music fans, and even artists, clamoring for the Academy of Country Music Awards show to keep its Tony Lamas in Vegas should pay attention to the obvious:The Texas Legislature.

Well, maybe that's not so obvious. But to keep the ACM Awards' live broadcast and peripheral events from ...

The Rock in talks for "Snitch" action thriller

2011-03-23T13:30:22Z

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson is in negotiations to star in "Snitch," an action thriller that Ric Roman Waugh is writing and directing...

Composer Sondheim to receive London theatre award

2011-03-04T03:30:12Z

LONDON (Reuters Life!) - U.S. composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim will receive the Olivier Special Award when Britain's top theater honors are awarded on March 13.

The 80-year-old composer of hit shows including "A Comedian Joan Rivers has recorded a video urging New Yorkers to support the legalization of gay marriage

Comedian Joan Rivers has recorded a video urging New Yorkers to support the legalization of gay marriage.

“I'm Joan Rivers and I'm a native New Yorker and I totally support marriage equality,” Rivers says in the video.

“What is it?” she then asks.

“Only k...

Google buys SayNow, fflick

2011-01-26T15:00:24Z

SayNow, a California startup that connects celebrities with their fans with voice products, has been purchased by Google.

Technology blog TechCrunch reported meanwhile that the Internet search giant has also acquired fflick, a service founded by four former Jet Li publicly confirmed on Tuesday that he has become a Singaporean citizen, saying he wants his children to receive a bilingual education in the city-state.

Li -- whose film accolades include Hollywood blockbusters "The Expendables" and "...

Adam Lambert, Jai Rodriguez Spotted At 'RuPaul's Drag Race' Party

2011-01-23T05:30:10Z

Rocker Adam Lambert and 'Queer Eye' alum Jai Rodriguez were among the stars at the premiere party for 'RuPaul's Drag Race'

Rocker Adam Lambert and Queer Eye for the Straight Guy alum J...

A no-name actress may nab key "Snow White" role

2010-12-13T21:00:31Z

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - There's big movement on "Snow White and the Huntsman," Universal's take on the suddenly hot fairy tale, which is the subject of several competing movie projects.

The studio, clearly angling to beat Relativity's Tarsem-directed version, is in talks with Guest judges on the upcoming third season of 'RuPaul's Drag Race' include Fantasia, Carmen Electra, Margaret Cho and Johnny Weir

Guest judges on the upcoming third season of RuPaul's Drag Race include Fantasia, Ca...

Britney Spears' mom loses defamation appeal

2010-11-23T22:00:09Z

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Britney Spears' mother has lost an effort to convince a California appeals court to toss a defamation claim made by the singer's former manager.

Reuters) - Katy Perry and Justin Bieber will perform at a show to announce the Grammy nominations, organizers for the top music awards said on Wednesday.

The 16-year-old Bieber and Perry, whose song "Reuters) - The end is nigh for the blockbuster Harry Potter film franchise, with the premiere of the seventh and penultimate movie on Thursday and its young stars looking to life beyond the fictitious world of wizardry.

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South Korea Koreas Clash

2011-01-05T01:31:08Z

South Korean Foreign Minister Kim Sung-hwan, right, shakes hands with U.S. special envoy on North Korea, Stephen Bosworth before their meeting at the Foreign Ministry in Seoul Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2011. (AP Photo/Jung Yeon-je, Pool)

Hawks Kings Basketball

2011-01-04T22:01:19Z

Sacramento Kings forward Carl Landry, center, goes to the basket against Atlanta Hawks forward Al Horford, right, as Hawks center Zaza Pachulia, left, of Columbus Blue Jackets' R.J. Umberger (18) scores a goal against Phoenix Coyotes' Ilya Bryzgalov, of Russia, during the second period of an Ohio State forward Jared Sullinger, left, shoots over Iowa forward Andrew Brommer during the first half of an NCAA college basketb...

Archdiocese Bankruptcy

2011-01-04T16:30:52Z

Milwaukee Archbishop Jerome Listecki answers questions at a news conference Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2011, in St. Francis, Wis. Listecki said the Catholic Archdiocese of Milwaukee is directing its attorneys to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, saying that pending sexual-abuse lawsuits have left it w...

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