AP - A few overeager AT&T employees brought demo phones to "American Idol" viewing parties in Arkansas and helped fans text their votes, but their actions did not affect the outcome between native son Kris Allen and Adam Lambert, the company said Wednesday.
AP - On the day Chris Brown took to YouTube to say he's "not a monster," a photographer sued the R&B singer, saying Brown's bodyguards beat him as he tried to take pictures at a gym.
Newsarama.com - Last year, when Brad Meltzer's new novel The Book of Lies was
first released, the writer was able to take his lifetime love of comic
books and incorporate it into one of his best-selling mystery novels. -- read full article
Wed, 27 May 2009 17:30:43 GMT - Yahoo! News: Entertainment News
AP - The battered top hat of legendary French mime Marcel Marceau, his signature sailor suit and other belongings have fetched nearly 500,000 euros ($700,000) at a two-day auction.
Reuters - Auction house Christie's sold a total of $137 million worth of Asian art in its spring sales in Hong Kong, above pre-sales estimates, a sign the firm and dealers said would lift sentiment in the Asian art market. -- read full article
Wed, 27 May 2009 16:51:17 GMT - Yahoo! News: Entertainment News
AP - The makers of "Slumdog Millionaire" met the film's two impoverished child stars on Wednesday and reassured them they will soon have new homes. But the father of one of the children stormed out, saying the filmmakers have not done enough to help.
Reuters - Bookseller Borders Group Inc reported a smaller-than-expected loss that beat Wall Street estimates as cost cuts offset a protracted slump in book sales.
Reuters - Top-notch imperial Chinese ceramics and artworks were briskly hammered off at Christie's Hong Kong Spring sales, a sign the auction house and dealers said boded well for the fragile Asian art market. -- read full article
Wed, 27 May 2009 08:33:50 GMT - Yahoo! News: Entertainment News