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 Harry Potter Spoilers Proliferate |
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Wednesday, July 18 2007 @ 09:40 AM CDT 0 comments Post a comment
In the final days before the world learns whether Harry Potter lives or dies, spoilers — or those pretending to spoil — are spreading on the Internet.
On Tuesday, digital images of what may be the entire text of "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows," including 36 chapters and a seven-page epilogue, were circulating among Web users. The book was apparently photographed as it lay on a carpet speckled with green and red, a hand at the bottom holding down the pages.
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| Moore Calls Truce With CNN Over 'Sicko' |
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Tuesday, July 17 2007 @ 09:48 AM CDT 0 comments Post a comment
"Sicko" filmmaker Michael Moore called a truce Monday in his weeklong fight with CNN that flared when the network accused him of fudging facts in his popular documentary about the health-care system.
Moore had promised the network over the weekend that "I'm about to become your worst nightmare," leading CNN to post on its Web site a remarkably lengthy response to his accusations.
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| Mandy Patinkin Departs 'Criminal Minds' |
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Tuesday, July 17 2007 @ 09:42 AM CDT 1 commentsMost Recent Post: 07/19 03:56PM by mijoksis
Mandy Patinkin is leaving CBS' "Criminal Minds," saying his departure is the result of creative differences.
Patinkin, 54, asked to be released from his role as FBI profiler Jason Gideon last week, CBS Paramount Network Television and series producer ABC Studios said Monday in a statement.
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| 'Apprentice' to Return With Celebrities |
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Tuesday, July 17 2007 @ 09:41 AM CDT 0 comments Post a comment
Check your publicist at the boardroom door — NBC is inviting celebrities to try to wow Donald Trump in the next version of "The Apprentice." And while it would make for a marquee matchup, don't expect Rosie O'Donnell to be among them.
"It will never happen in this lifetime or beyond," said Cindi Berger, O'Donnell's spokeswoman.
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| Art Owner Alleges Warhol Conspiracy |
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Tuesday, July 17 2007 @ 09:40 AM CDT 0 comments Post a comment
The owner of a silkscreen self-portrait of Andy Warhol is suing the late artist's estate, saying it conspired for 20 years to control the market for Warhol's work with authority to stamp "DENIED" on any work it claimed was fake.
In a $20 million lawsuit filed Monday in U.S. District Court, Joe Simon-Whelan said the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts Inc. and the Andy Warhol Art Authentication Board force owners of each Warhol work to sign contracts giving them a "perpetual veto right over its authenticity."
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| 'Potter' Works Magic in $77.4M Debut |
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Monday, July 16 2007 @ 09:49 AM CDT 0 comments Post a comment
Harry Potter remains a box-office charmer.
The Warner Bros. fantasy sequel "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" conjured up a $77.4 million debut to lead the weekend box office, according to studio estimates Sunday.
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| Ivanka Trump to Join Trump Board |
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Monday, July 16 2007 @ 09:48 AM CDT 0 comments Post a comment
Heiress and former runway model Ivanka Trump is joining the board of the gaming company that bears her flamboyant father's name.
"She's been outstanding in everything she has done, and she will be an outstanding board member," Donald Trump told The Press of Atlantic City for Saturday editions.
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| Dave Matthews Urges Better Care for Troops |
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Monday, July 16 2007 @ 09:47 AM CDT 0 comments Post a comment
The Dave Matthews Band is urging fans to push Congress to do more to ensure that U.S. troops coming home traumatized by combat get the help they need.
A petition on the band's Web site has 23,000 signatures so far, singer Dave Matthews said in an interview aired Sunday on ABC's "This Week."
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| BET Exec Defends 'Hot Ghetto Mess' |
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Monday, July 16 2007 @ 09:47 AM CDT 0 comments Post a comment
"Hot Ghetto Mess," a BET series that has provoked criticism and sent advertisers fleeing before it has even aired, will prove detractors wrong, BET entertainment head Reginald Hudlin said.
"It's unfortunate that people are making an erroneous presumption based on absolutely zero information," Hudlin told a meeting Sunday of the Television Critics Association.
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| Vt. Town Named 'Simpsons' Official Home |
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Wednesday, July 11 2007 @ 09:38 AM CDT 0 comments Post a comment
Maybe it was the pink doughnut. Maybe it was the clever homemade video, or small-town charm. Maybe Homer just figured it was time to go green.
Whatever the reason, this much is true: Tiny Springfield, Vt., beat out 13 other like-named cities Tuesday for the right to host the premiere of "The Simpsons Movie," winning an online poll it wasn't even invited to participate in.
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| Bill Clinton Book Due Out Sept. 4 |
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Wednesday, July 11 2007 @ 09:37 AM CDT 0 comments Post a comment
Former President Clinton's planned book on citizen activism, "Giving: How Each of Us Can Change the World," will come out Sept. 4 with a first printing of 750,000, publisher Alfred A. Knopf announced Tuesday.
Clinton, whose memoir "My Life" was a million seller, will tour nationwide to promote the book and will narrate the audio version.
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| 'Live Earth' Concerts No Big TV Draw |
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Wednesday, July 11 2007 @ 09:36 AM CDT 0 comments Post a comment
Given a choice among the Police, John Mayer and Madonna on television or a summer's night out, millions of Americans chose the latter.
The Live Earth concert, Al Gore's sprawling worldwide effort to raise environmental awareness, wasn't a big television draw. NBC's Saturday-night highlights show was seen by 2.75 million people, according to Nielsen Media Research, or fewer people than watched the soccer match between Argentina and Peru that night on Univision.
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| Plea Deal Possible in Richie DUI Case |
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Wednesday, July 11 2007 @ 09:35 AM CDT 0 comments Post a comment
Nicole Richie will have to decide Wednesday whether to accept a plea deal offered by prosecutors in her driving-under-the-influence case, according to a court spokesman.
Richie was not required to attend the court hearing because she faces a misdemeanor charge. Her attorney, Shawn Chapman Holley, was expected to appear on behalf of her client and either accept or reject the plea deal, said Allan Parachini, a spokesman for the Los Angeles County Superior Court.
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| Singer Lavigne Fires Back at Plagiarism Claims |
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Tuesday, July 10 2007 @ 08:39 AM CDT 0 comments Post a comment
Chart-topping Canadian pop singer Avril Lavigne is firing back at accusations that she ripped off other artists’ work, calling the claims false and saying she is considering legal action.
A lawsuit filed last week by two songwriters, claiming her hit “Girlfriend” sounds like a track their California-based pop band, The Rubinoos, recorded in the 1970s, has no merit, she said.
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| 19 Million Tune Into Live Earth Concerts |
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Tuesday, July 10 2007 @ 08:36 AM CDT 0 comments Post a comment
Nineteen million people tuned in to watch the Live Earth concerts on NBC and cable channels affiliated with the network, according to Nielsen Media Research.
The total audience of 18.995 million includes viewers who watched at least six minutes of the telecasts on NBC, CNBC, Telemundo, the Sundance Channel, Bravo, MSNBC and Universal HD.
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| Beyonce Visits Fans Hurt by Fireworks |
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Tuesday, July 10 2007 @ 08:36 AM CDT 0 comments Post a comment
Two people injured when pyrotechnics went awry at Beyonce Knowles' concert in St. Louis received a surprise emergency room visit from the singer.
The accident happened Sunday night, just as the R&B star's concert began. A spokeswoman for Scottrade Center didn't return phone calls seeking comment, but broadcast reports said pyrotechnics meant for the stage accidentally spilled into the front row.
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| Disney's 'Gourd' Makes $1M in China |
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Monday, July 09 2007 @ 10:02 AM CDT 0 comments Post a comment
The Walt Disney Co.'s first non-Hollywood movie made more than US$1 million (euro740,000) at Chinese box offices in its first week, but "The Secret of the Magic Gourd," lagged far behind two of this year's biggest American releases, the company said Monday.
Disney's first major venture into localized Chinese content, made more than US$1 million (euro740,000), or 7.6 million Chinese yuan in the week since its debut on June 29, the company said in a statement.
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| 'Transformers' Sets Biggest First Week Revenues Ever |
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Monday, July 09 2007 @ 09:59 AM CDT 0 comments Post a comment
The shape-shifting robots of "Transformers" have taken on a new form: Huge piles of cash.
The sci-fi saga "Transformers," DreamWorks and Paramount's big-screen take on the Hasbro toys, debuted with $67.6 million in ticket sales in its first weekend, according to studio estimates Sunday. That gave it $152.5 million since opening with preview screenings Monday night.
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| Katie Couric Unsure of Her Move to CBS |
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Monday, July 09 2007 @ 09:59 AM CDT 0 comments Post a comment
Katie Couric admits she sometimes wishes she hadn't made the move from NBC's "Today" to the "CBS Evening News."
"Of course," she said in an interview with New York magazine. "I'm human. I'm not going around `dee-da dee-da dee.' I have days when I'm like, `Oh my God, what did I do?' But for some weird reason, they don't happen that often."
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| Clay Aiken Gets Into Fight With Woman on Plane |
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Monday, July 09 2007 @ 09:58 AM CDT 0 comments Post a comment
Singer Clay Aiken apparently got into a dispute with a woman during a flight to Tulsa, drawing some scrutiny from FBI agents but no charges, a newspaper reported.
The 2003 "American Idol" runner-up was on the Saturday morning Continental Airlines flight for a evening show, and concertgoers said afterward that Aiken joked on-stage about being beaten up by a girl earlier in the day.
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