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| Tribune Co hires bankers to sell newspapers: source Tuesday, Feb 26, 2013 10:48 AM PST  (Reuters) - Tribune Co has hired investment bankers to sell off its newspaper unit, which includes The Los Angeles Times and Chicago Tribune, according to a person familiar with the situation. The company has hired Evercore and J.P. Morgan to run an auction for the newspapers, the person said. Tribune, J.P. Morgan and Evercore declined to comment. A move to sell the newspapers has been widely expected since Tribune emerged from a four-year bankruptcy process late last year. Tribune's new chief executive and some of its board directors have broadcasting backgrounds. ... Full Story | Top |
| Barbara Walters to return to TV's 'The View' next week Tuesday, Feb 26, 2013 10:42 AM PST  (Reuters) - Barbara Walters said on Tuesday she will return to the daytime TV talk show "The View" next week after more than a monthlong absence due to illness. The broadcast journalist, who has been recovering from chicken pox and a concussion, made the announcement in a call-in to a taping of the show. "Like it or not, I'm coming back on the show again," Walters, 83, said about her plans to return on Monday. Walters was hospitalized last month after fainting and hitting her head while at the British ambassador's residence in Washington during President Barack Obama's inauguration weekend. ... Full Story | Top |
| Seth MacFarlane says "no way" he would host Oscars again Tuesday, Feb 26, 2013 10:40 AM PST  LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Comedian Seth MacFarlane said on Tuesday that he would not host the star-studded Academy Awards ceremony again, after TV critics panned Sunday's show. "Family Guy" creator and star MacFarlane was asked on Twitter whether he would host the Oscars a second time after making his debut in Sunday's show, and replied: "No way. Lotta fun to have done it, though." MacFarlane's response came after TV critics slammed the telecast, in which 40.3 million Americans saw Iran hostage thriller "Argo" take home the top prize for Best Picture. ... Full Story | Top |
| Bowie is back to best on new album, critics say Tuesday, Feb 26, 2013 09:48 AM PST  LONDON (Reuters) - David Bowie's first album of new music in a decade sees the influential musician back to his best, critics said in reviews rushed out on Tuesday, two weeks before its release. "The Next Day", which hits stores in Britain on March 11 and a day later in the United States, could even be the "greatest comeback in rock'n'roll history", according to The Independent's Andy Gill. ... Full Story | Top |
| Dark looks rule the Milan catwalks for autumn/winter season Tuesday, Feb 26, 2013 09:45 AM PST  MILAN (Reuters) - Fashion designers at Milan fashion week delivered a dark palette and masculine styles for autumn-winter wardrobes in a reflection of Italy's bleak economic and political landscape. Giorgio Armani, Gucci and Roberto Cavalli were among the fashion houses whose darkly colored catwalk collections for the 2013-14 autumn/winter season catwalk shows evoked the anxiety over grim expectations for Italian fashion sales, worries over European economic health and uncertainty over domestic politics. ... Full Story | Top |
| Buffett picks up daily newspaper in Tulsa, Oklahoma Tuesday, Feb 26, 2013 05:35 AM PST  (Reuters) - Warren Buffett added another newspaper to his growing chain - this time in Tulsa, Oklahoma - as he scours the United States for papers in small, community-focused markets. A subsidiary of Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway, BH Media Group, said on Monday that it bought the 95,000 daily circulation Tulsa World from the Lorton family for an undisclosed sum. The deal is expected to close in March. The Lortons have published Tulsa World for more than a century. ... Full Story | Top |
| Music sales post small rise in 2012, first since '99 Tuesday, Feb 26, 2013 05:09 AM PST  LONDON (Reuters) - The music business broke a 12-year losing streak in 2012, posting a small but symbolic 0.3 percent rise in trade revenues to $16.5 billion, figures from the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) showed on Tuesday. The slight increase will come as a relief to record label bosses who have watched the value of sales plummet from a peak of $28.6 billion in 1999, as illegal downloads and a reluctance to embrace the digital age hit revenues hard. ... Full Story | Top |
| Former Swissair manager says 'Argo' scenes realistic Tuesday, Feb 26, 2013 02:51 AM PST  GENEVA (Reuters) - A former Swissair official said the airport scenes in Oscar-winning film "Argo" were a realistic depiction of the airline's unwitting role in the rescue of American diplomats from Tehran during the 1979 Islamic Revolution. Heinz Koch, who was in charge of the now defunct air carrier's operations in Tehran at the time, said Swissair was not told about the true identities of the "very important Canadian passengers" until months after it carried the six U.S. diplomats to safety aboard one of its airplanes. ... Full Story | Top |
| U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee drops bin Laden film probe Monday, Feb 25, 2013 07:36 PM PST  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - One day after "Zero Dark Thirty" failed to win major awards at the Oscars, a congressional aide said on Monday the Senate Intelligence Committee has closed its inquiry into the filmmakers' contacts with the Central Intelligence Agency. The intelligence committee gathered more information from the CIA and will not take further action, according to the aide, who requested anonymity. Sony Pictures Entertainment, which distributed the film in the United States, said it was in touch with the filmmakers but had no immediate comment. ... Full Story | Top |
| Rachel Griffiths to star in NBC's 'Camp' comedy Monday, Feb 25, 2013 05:15 PM PST  LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Rachel Griffiths is going to "Camp" it up on NBC. The "Brothers & Sisters" actress will star in the network's upcoming series "Camp," from "Deception" duo Liz Heldens and Peter Elkoff. The series, which is in the vein of cult comedies "Meatballs" and "Dazed and Confused," is set at Little Hawk Family Camp, where parents decompress with gin while teens take mischief and fall in and out of love. Griffiths will play Mackenzie, the camp's relentlessly upbeat director. ... Full Story | Top |
| Nine Inch Nails to go back on road after reinventing itself Monday, Feb 25, 2013 05:13 PM PST  LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Industrial rock group Nine Inch Nails is planning to hit the road again for a world tour after reinventing itself and adding new musicians. Founder Trent Reznor, who took a hiatus after the band's "Wave Goodbye" tour in 2009, told music website Pitchfork.com on Monday that the band is "reinventing itself from scratch. ... Full Story | Top |
| International Herald Tribune renamed International New York Times Monday, Feb 25, 2013 04:24 PM PST  (Reuters) - The New York Times Co said on Monday that it was changing the name of the International Herald Tribune (IHT) to the International New York Times, putting an end to a more than 40-year-old brand that served as the hometown paper for Americans living abroad. The move to re-brand the IHT is not entirely unexpected. The New York Times has stepped up efforts to strengthen its global recognition, and it is in the process of shedding most of its properties, including the Boston Globe. ... Full Story | Top |
| Pirates, beware: industry, ISPs launch copyright alert system Monday, Feb 25, 2013 04:07 PM PST LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - The entertainment's industry new piracy warnings to computer users started flowing Monday as the industry and internet service providers finally launched their long-promised Copyright Alert System. Announced in 2011 and originally set to begin by the end of 2012, the alert system is an effort by the movie, TV and recording industries and major cable providers to move much more swiftly to issue warnings whenever copyright owners discover that an account is being used to access or download pirated content. ... Full Story | Top |
| Sorry 'Arrested Development' fans, Netflix series is probably a 'One-Off' Monday, Feb 25, 2013 04:05 PM PST NEW YORK (TheWrap.com) - "Arrested Development" fans who want the show to come back for good had better start looking for someone to help them out. Netflix will release the fourth season of the show in May, but CEO Reed Hastings said that's all his company has signed up for. Speaking at Morgan Stanley's Technology, Media & Telecom Conference in San Francisco on Monday, Hastings said he didn't anticipate being able to do season five, six or seven - just the forthcoming fourth season. ... Full Story | Top |
| Christina Applegate weds musician Martyn LeNoble Monday, Feb 25, 2013 04:04 PM PST  LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Emmy-winning actress Christina Applegate quietly married rock musician Martyn LeNoble at a wedding in Los Angeles, a representative of the "Anchorman" star said on Monday. Applegate, 41, and LeNoble, 43, exchanged vows on Sunday while the entertainment world was trained on the Academy Awards, the film industry's biggest night. The couple was "surrounded by family in a private ceremony at their home in Los Angeles," Applegate's spokeswoman said in a statement. The couple, who have been together since 2008, engaged in 2010 and have a 2-year-old daughter, Sadie. ... Full Story | Top |
| Oscar TV audience rises to 40.3 million, show gets mauling Monday, Feb 25, 2013 03:51 PM PST  LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Sunday's Oscar ceremony scored the biggest TV audience in three years, and edgy new host Seth MacFarlane helped boost interest from young men, despite getting a mauling from TV critics. Nielsen ratings data on Monday showed that 40.3 million Americans watched the Academy Awards ceremony on ABC television, up three percent from 2012. ABC said it was the largest Oscar audience in three years. ... Full Story | Top |
| Former Surgeon General C. Everett Koop dies at 96 Monday, Feb 25, 2013 03:36 PM PST  (Reuters) - Former Surgeon General C. Everett Koop, a pediatric surgeon known for his anti-smoking campaigns and efforts to improve diet and nutrition, died at his home in Hanover, New Hampshire, on Monday. He was 96 years old. Koop served as Surgeon General from November 1981 until October 1989, taking stern and sometimes controversial stands on abortion, AIDS, fatty foods, drugs and cigarettes. In the process, he became one of the most recognizable figures in the Reagan administration, elevating a formerly obscure government position. ... Full Story | Top |
| Actor Andy Samberg, musician Joanna Newsom engaged Monday, Feb 25, 2013 02:35 PM PST  LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Comic actor Andy Samberg and musician Joanna Newsom are engaged to be married, a representative of Samberg said on Monday. "I can confirm that Andy Samberg and Joanna Newsom are engaged," Samberg's publicist, Carrie Byalick, said in an email. The former "Saturday Night Live" comedian and the harpist have kept a low public profile since they began dating five years ago. Newsom, 31, was spotted on Saturday with a diamond ring on her left ring finger at the Film Independent Spirit Awards in Santa Monica, California. A wedding date has not been announced. ... Full Story | Top |
| Oscars 2013 may have felt long, but it's no record-breaker Monday, Feb 25, 2013 02:02 PM PST  LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - It's curtains on the 85th annual Academy Awards, but despite a run time that clocked in at three hours and 35 minutes, this edition of the Oscars was a relatively brief affair. True, it was longer than the previous two shows, but it was a far cry from the late 1990s and early aughts when the program occasionally topped four hours of entertainment and acceptance speeches. or now, the 74th Academy Awards in 2002 will retain its crown as the longest show in Oscar history. ... Full Story | Top |
| Lindsay Lohan guesting on "Anger Management" as Charlie Sheen patient Monday, Feb 25, 2013 01:59 PM PST  NEW YORK (TheWrap.com) - Lindsay Lohan is going in for some therapy - but unfortunately it's with Charlie Sheen. The actress will play herself in an April episode of Sheen's FX sitcom "Anger Management." She will be treated by Sheen's character, a therapist, and the two develop a romantic relationship. Sheen and Lohan also recently worked together in the upcoming "Scary Movie 5," also set to debut in April. Their relationship isn't merely professional: In November, Sheen's publicist told TheWrap that he gave Lohan $100,000 to help pay her taxes. ... Full Story | Top |
| Gillian Anderson cast in NBC's Rand Ravich Pilot Monday, Feb 25, 2013 01:57 PM PST  LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - The truth is out there - Gillian Anderson has lined up a new television role. The "X-Files" alum has signed on to co-star in the upcoming Rand Ravich drama pilot, which has been ordered by NBC. Much like her previous TV gig, Anderson's new project involves federal agents exploring conspiracy territory. Written and executive produced by Ravich ("Life"), the pilot concerns an international conspiracy that pulls in Washington's most powerful players. ... Full Story | Top |
| Cellar victim Kampusch raped, starved in film of ordeal Monday, Feb 25, 2013 12:48 PM PST  VIENNA (Reuters) - A new film based on the story of Austrian kidnap victim Natascha Kampusch shows her being repeatedly raped by the captor who beat and starved her during the eight-and-a-half years that he kept her in a cellar beneath his house. Kampusch was snatched on her way to school at the age of 10 by Wolfgang Priklopil and held in a windowless cell under his garage near Vienna until she escaped in 2006, causing a sensation in Austria and abroad. Priklopil committed suicide. ... Full Story | Top |
| Janet Jackson says she has married Qatari billionaire Monday, Feb 25, 2013 12:27 PM PST  LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Singer Janet Jackson said on Monday that she married her Qatari businessman boyfriend last year, quashing media reports of upcoming nuptials. Jackson, 46, the younger sister of the late singer Michael Jackson, was engaged to billionaire Wissam Al Mana, 37, last year but kept the news under wraps. "The rumors regarding an extravagant wedding are simply not true. Last year we were married in a quiet, private, and beautiful ceremony," Jackson and Al Mana said in a statement to Entertainment Tonight. ... Full Story | Top |
| Oscars telecast review: Guys, it's not about you Monday, Feb 25, 2013 12:24 PM PST  NEW YORK (TheWrap.com) - Would it shock you to learn that this year's Oscars producers also produced "Chicago"? Not at all? OK. Self-referencing was the order of the evening Sunday at an overstuffed Oscars telecast where host Seth MacFarlane and producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron decided the ceremony was All About Them. That was the only explanation for a lengthy opening sequence centered on how MacFarlane would fare as host, and numerous reminders throughout the show of how much we all enjoyed "Chicago. ... Full Story | Top |
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