Playbill - Godlight Theatre Company is developing a stage version of Jim Carroll's nonfiction book, "Basketball Diaries," adapted for the stage by Matt Pelfrey and directed by Joe Tantalo, to be seen in a two-week workshop production at 59E59 Theaters. -- read full article
Mon, 30 Jun 2008 20:59:15 GMT - Yahoo! News: Entertainment News
Reuters - The world's top cellphone maker Nokia
signed a deal with Warner Music Group to make Warner titles
available through its "Comes With Music" service and Nokia
music store, Nokia said on Tuesday.
Reuters - A new Indonesian film puts the
spotlight on the sensitive issues of racism and rape involving
the minority Chinese community during the bloody riots that led
to the downfall of former President Suharto 10 years ago. -- read full article
AP - Pamela Anderson has auctioned her sporty 2000 Dodge Viper for $65,000 as a donation to animal-rights activists to run an anti-snake slaughter campaign.
AP - The contract between movie and TV actors and major Hollywood studios expired early Tuesday after the studios made a final offer and the Screen Actors Guild said it would take more than a day to study it.
AP - "Executive Privilege" (HarperCollins Publishing. 368 pages. $25.95), by Phillip Margolin: It's a common plot ploy: A detective takes what looks like an easy job and winds up running for her life. -- read full article
Mon, 30 Jun 2008 18:14:23 GMT - Yahoo! News: Entertainment News
Fashion Wire Daily - If any fashion house in Europe set a new agenda on how men should dress in the future, it was Lanvin, which presented an exhilaratingly great collection Sunday morning in Paris.
Reuters - He hired actor Heath Ledger to
portray a frightening villain whose chaotic life threatens
audiences, and Chris Nolan, director of new Batman movie "The
Dark Knight," says he got exactly what he wanted.
Reuters - NBC Universal said on Monday it
promoted Vivi Zigler to president of its digital entertainment
division, putting her in charge websites such as NBC.com,
BravoTV.com, USANetwork.com and SciFi.com. -- read full article
Mon, 30 Jun 2008 18:13:15 GMT - Yahoo! News: Entertainment News
AP - Phil Griffin, the NBC News executive who oversees MSNBC, is a coiled mass of energy who needs little provocation to do battle. Now he's got something to fight for.