Reuters - Shares of Blockbuster Inc rose
nearly 13 percent on what one analyst said was investor
speculation that the movie rental company's deal to buy Circuit
City Stores Inc is falling apart.
Reuters - With three days to go before Glastonbury
there are still tickets available, an unusual situation for the
annual celebration of pop music and mud which many people blame
on this year's controversial line up. -- read full article
Tue, 24 Jun 2008 18:46:05 GMT - Yahoo! News: Entertainment News
AP - An Italian businessman who has been romantically linked to movie star Anne Hathaway has been arrested on wire fraud conspiracy and money laundering charges, Manhattan prosecutors said Tuesday.
AP - Do they really want to hurt him? That's the question Boy George's managers are asking U.S. authorities now that the 47-year-old singer has been denied a visa to enter the country.
AP - The New York businessman known in the hip-hop world as "Jacob the Jeweler" was sentenced Tuesday to 2 1/2 years in federal prison for lying to investigators looking into a multistate drug ring.
AP - An Italian businessman who has been romantically linked to movie star Anne Hathaway has been arrested on wire fraud conspiracy and money laundering charges, Manhattan prosecutors said Tuesday.
AP - Don Imus said Tuesday morning on his radio show that he was trying to "make a sarcastic point" with his latest on-air remarks about race, but that they had been misunderstood.
AP - "Presidential Travel. The Journey From George Washington to George W. Bush" (University Press of Kansas. 328 pages. $34.95), by Richard Ellis: In 1833, President Andrew Jackson was a steamboat passenger when a lieutenant he had once fired asked him if he was, in fact, President Jackson. Jackson allowed as how he was, and was greeted with a punch in the nose. -- read full article
Mon, 23 Jun 2008 21:21:11 GMT - Yahoo! News: Entertainment News
Reuters - Smart-casual fashion house Tommy
Hilfiger is focusing on expansion after turning around its U.S.
business and currently has no plans for a stock market listing,
its chief executive said.
Reuters - A diverse group of
actors -- including French Oscar winner Marion Cotillard and
"Borat" star Sacha Baron Cohen -- have been invited to join the
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Reuters - Paramount Pictures said on Monday
it had topped $1 billion in sales at U.S. and Canadian box
offices, boosted by hit films "Iron Man" and the latest
"Indiana Jones" saga, and become the first studio to pass that
benchmark this year.
AP - Taiwan is considering letting mainland Chinese stars perform on the island amid warming ties between the two rivals, a Taiwanese official said Tuesday.
