AP - The Screen Actors Guild on Thursday gave its most detailed explanation yet for its rejection of a final contract offer by Hollywood studios, citing shortfalls in pay and union jurisdiction on made-for-Internet productions.
E! Online - Sure he has the name for the job, but who could have expected that Rainn Wilson would turn to weather forecasting while his acting career is doing so well?
AP - MONTREAL (AP) — Paul McCartney told Quebec nationalists on Thursday "to smoke the pipes of peace" over their opposition to his free concert celebrating the city's 400th anniversary.
AP - WASHINGTON (AP) — During his tenure at the Federal Communications Commission, Jonathan Adelstein has been a fierce critic of government policies that allow big media companies to get bigger. So it came as a surprise when the Democratic commissioner put forth a proposal that would allow the nation's only two satellite radio companies to merge.
Reuters - When the new Batman movie "The Dark
Knight" began screenings last month before its U.S. debut on
Friday, some moviegoers saw Heath Ledger as an instant Oscar
candidate as the deranged villain, The Joker.
Reuters - Three cable TV shows from three
networks, "Mad Men," "Damages" and "Dexter," claimed Emmy
nominations for best drama on Thursday, marking a turning point
in the 60-year-old competition for U.S. television's highest
honors.
Reuters - The lead singer of the popular Canadian
band the Barenaked Ladies will fight a recent cocaine charge in
the United States, the band said in a statement posted on its
website on Thursday.
E! Online - Finally! It's here! Starting tonight, The Dark Knight invades more than 4,300 screens—many of them IMAX—bringing the return of Batman, one of the most beloved characters in American pop culture.
E! Online - Who won diddly-squat? Other than Diddy? Here are some more of Emmys' snubs, surprises—and surprising factoids. (Hint: High School Musical 2 didn't sing, but it didn't croak, either):
