Reuters - A sympathetic portrayal of
heavyweight boxer Mike Tyson brought one of the most fearsome
and controversial fighters in the sport's history to the red
carpet at the Cannes film festival. -- read full article
Sat, 17 May 2008 08:42:01 GMT - Yahoo! News: Entertainment Industry News
AP - Legendary Hollywood press agent Warren Cowan, who represented such stars as Elizabeth Taylor, Paul Newman and Frank Sinatra, has died. He was 87. -- read full article
Thu, 15 May 2008 13:01:23 GMT - Yahoo! News: Entertainment Industry News
Reuters - The Screen Actors Guild and major
Hollywood studios agreed to return to the bargaining table by
May 28 to resume contract talks that broke off more than a week
ago, sources close to the talks said on Thursday.
Reuters - The Senate voted on Thursday to
overturn new, looser media ownership restrictions in the 20
biggest U.S. cities, defying a White House threat to veto the
measure. -- read full article
Fri, 16 May 2008 02:06:23 GMT - Yahoo! News: Entertainment Industry News
Reuters - Sci-fi action dramas and
hourlong reality shows populate Fox's schedule for next season,
which includes new shows from top producers J.J. Abrams
("Lost") and Joss Whedon ("Buffy the Vampire Slayer").
Reuters - Fox Broadcasting said
Thursday it would drastically reduce the commercial levels of
two upcoming action dramas -- "Fringe" and "Dollhouse" -- in an
effort to reinvigorate broadcast television.
AP - The U.S. Olympic Committee's aggressive plan to start its own cable network is moving forward, though officials are giving no indications that the network will be on the air before the Beijing Olympics, as the federation had once hoped. -- read full article
Fri, 16 May 2008 07:59:11 GMT - Yahoo! News: Entertainment Industry News
Reuters - When director Andrew
Adamson began promoting "The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince
Caspian," which opens in theaters Friday, he prepared for
specific questions about the Christian audience that helped
2005's "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe" gross $292
million at the domestic box office.
AP - A letter in which Albert Einstein dismissed the idea of God as the product of human weakness and the Bible as "pretty childish" has sold at auction for more than $400,000.
Reuters - R&B singer Rihanna's "Take a Bow"
soared 52 places to No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles
chart Thursday, the second-biggest jump to the top in the
chart's 50-year history.
Reuters - France is ready to offer tax breaks to
attract big-budget Hollywood productions as a way to boost the
economy, the culture minister said on Wednesday. -- read full article
Wed, 14 May 2008 17:18:11 GMT - Yahoo! News: Entertainment Industry News