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| CA-ENTERTAINMENT Summary Tuesday, Apr 02, 2013 11:49 AM PDT ''Finding Nemo'' film sequel ''Finding Dory'' gets 2015 release LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Following years of speculation about whether it would be produced, the sequel to the Oscar-winning animated film "Finding Nemo" will be released in 2015, studio Disney-Pixar said on Tuesday. "Finding Dory" will focus on the absent-minded and chatty blue tang fish voiced by comedienne Ellen DeGeneres, who was a big hit with audiences. ... Full Story | Top |
| US-FILM Summary Tuesday, Apr 02, 2013 11:49 AM PDT ''Finding Nemo'' film sequel ''Finding Dory'' gets 2015 release LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Following years of speculation about whether it would be produced, the sequel to the Oscar-winning animated film "Finding Nemo" will be released in 2015, studio Disney-Pixar said on Tuesday. "Finding Dory" will focus on the absent-minded and chatty blue tang fish voiced by comedienne Ellen DeGeneres, who was a big hit with audiences. ... Full Story | Top |
| ''Finding Nemo'' film sequel ''Finding Dory'' gets 2015 release Tuesday, Apr 02, 2013 11:49 AM PDT  LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Following years of speculation about whether it would be produced, the sequel to the Oscar-winning animated film "Finding Nemo" will be released in 2015, studio Disney-Pixar said on Tuesday. "Finding Dory" will focus on the absent-minded and chatty blue tang fish voiced by comedienne Ellen DeGeneres, who was a big hit with audiences. "I'm excited that it's finally happening," DeGeneres said on her daytime talk show, "Ellen." "I read the script and it's fantastic, it's hilarious, it's warm, it's everything that you want it to be," she added. ... Full Story | Top |
| US-TELEVISION Summary Tuesday, Apr 02, 2013 10:22 AM PDT Tom Hanks makes solid Broadway debut in so-so play: critics NEW YORK (Reuters) - Tom Hanks impressed critics with his Broadway debut in "Lucky Guy", Nora Ephron's final play, but the late Hollywood writer and director did not fare so well with her newsroom-set drama that opened on Monday night. As tabloid journalist Mike McAlary, who won a Pulitzer Prize covering New York police scandals and lurid crimes for the Daily News and New York Post, Hanks rewards audiences "with a committed, generous performance by the real-deal star," Entertainment Weekly said. ... Full Story | Top |
| Trump withdraws "orangutan" lawsuit against comic Bill Maher Tuesday, Apr 02, 2013 10:21 AM PDT  By Joseph Ax NEW YORK (Reuters) - Donald Trump is withdrawing his lawsuit against television host and comedian Bill Maher seeking $5 million that Maher said he would give to charity, in a seemingly facetious offer, if Trump could prove he was not the son of an orangutan. The lawsuit stems from comments Maher made during an appearance on NBC's "The Tonight Show" in January in which he said an orangutan's fur was the only thing in nature that matches the shade of Trump's trademark hair. ... Full Story | Top |
| Tom Hanks makes solid Broadway debut in so-so play: critics Tuesday, Apr 02, 2013 10:04 AM PDT  By Chris Michaud NEW YORK (Reuters) - Tom Hanks impressed critics with his Broadway debut in "Lucky Guy", Nora Ephron's final play, but the late Hollywood writer and director did not fare so well with her newsroom-set drama that opened on Monday night. As tabloid journalist Mike McAlary, who won a Pulitzer Prize covering New York police scandals and lurid crimes for the Daily News and New York Post, Hanks rewards audiences "with a committed, generous performance by the real-deal star," Entertainment Weekly said. ... Full Story | Top |
| US-INDUSTRY Summary Tuesday, Apr 02, 2013 07:13 AM PDT DISH Network announces debt offering (Reuters) - DISH Network Corp said it plans to offer around $1 billion in debt, potentially using the money for wireless and spectrum-related transactions. It will offer about $1.0 billion of its senior notes, subject to market and other conditions, the company said in a statement on Tuesday. Greek court rules deliberations in suit against Reuters invalid ATHENS (Reuters) - A Greek court has ruled deliberations in a lawsuit by Piraeus Bank against Reuters over a story it published were inadmissible on technical grounds. ... Full Story | Top |
| DISH Network announces debt offering Tuesday, Apr 02, 2013 07:12 AM PDT  (Reuters) - DISH Network Corp said it plans to offer around $1 billion in debt, potentially using the money for wireless and spectrum-related transactions. It will offer about $1.0 billion of its senior notes, subject to market and other conditions, the company said in a statement on Tuesday. DISH has been looking to diversify beyond its core pay-TV business, which has matured and faces tough competition from cable, telecom and Internet video providers. In January, DISH put in a bid of $3.30 per share for Clearwire, which had already agreed to sell itself to majority owner Sprint Nextel for ... Full Story | Top |
| US-MUSIC Summary Tuesday, Apr 02, 2013 04:02 AM PDT Meat Loaf says he really is on his final tour LONDON (Reuters) - After more than 35 years of touring, American rocker Meat Loaf is quitting the road. Meat Loaf, whose 1977 "Bat Out Of Hell" remains one of the biggest selling albums, said his "Last At Bat" tour starting in Britain this week and heading through Europe, would be his last, after struggling with health problems in recent years. ... Full Story | Top |
| Meat Loaf says he really is on his final tour Tuesday, Apr 02, 2013 04:02 AM PDT  By Edward Baran LONDON (Reuters) - After more than 35 years of touring, American rocker Meat Loaf is quitting the road. Meat Loaf, whose 1977 "Bat Out Of Hell" remains one of the biggest selling albums, said his "Last At Bat" tour starting in Britain this week and heading through Europe, would be his last, after struggling with health problems in recent years. While other ageing rockers like the Rolling Stones are returning to the lucrative tour circuit, Meat Loaf said he has had enough. "This is really it ... ... Full Story | Top |
| Australia lures "20,000 Leagues" Down Under with $22.5 million grant Monday, Apr 01, 2013 11:44 PM PDT  SYDNEY (Reuters) - The Australian government has granted the Walt Disney Studios production of "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea" a one-off A$21.6 million ($22.50 million) grant to film the remake of the classic film Down Under. Prime Minister Julia Gillard said in a statement on Tuesday that securing the shoot was a "huge coup" for the local film industry, which has struggled to attract Hollywood productions in recent years because of the strong Australian dollar. ... Full Story | Top |
| Psy to turn "Gentleman" in new song, rapper says Monday, Apr 01, 2013 11:32 PM PDT  SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korean rapper Psy plans to follow his "Gangnam Style" YouTube megahit with a single called "Gentleman" and a new dance, but is playing coy about everything else ahead of the song's release, which was moved up a day to April 12. The song will be available for Korean fans then, but Psy will perform it in public for the first time at an April 13 concert. "The new song is extremely fun and ... what I can tell you is the song title is 'Gentleman'", Psy told local television late on Monday. ... Full Story | Top |
| US-PEOPLE Summary Monday, Apr 01, 2013 07:27 PM PDT Angelina Jolie to sell jewelry line to fund overseas schools LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Angelina Jolie has opened another girls school in Afghanistan and plans to fund more from the proceeds of a jewelry line going on sale this week that she helped to design, celebrity website E! News reported on Monday. Jolie, a goodwill ambassador for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, funded the girls-only primary school in an area outside Kabul that has a high refugee population, E! News said in an exclusive report. ... Full Story | Top |
| Angelina Jolie to sell jewelry line to fund overseas schools Monday, Apr 01, 2013 07:26 PM PDT  LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Angelina Jolie has opened another girls school in Afghanistan and plans to fund more from the proceeds of a jewelry line going on sale this week that she helped to design, celebrity website E! News reported on Monday. Jolie, a goodwill ambassador for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, funded the girls-only primary school in an area outside Kabul that has a high refugee population, E! News said in an exclusive report. The school educates 200-300 girls, E! said. ... Full Story | Top |
| Bravo's ''Real Housewives of Atlanta'' Finale Caps Off Most-Watched Season Monday, Apr 01, 2013 06:04 PM PDT By Jethro Nededog LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Yet another dramatic sparring between show newbies Kenya Moore and Porsha Stewart attracted big increases for Bravo's "The Real Housewives of Atlanta." Sunday's episode attracted more than three million total viewers. The Season 5 finale saw a 33 percent increase over last season's finale among the advertiser-coveted 18-49 demo (about 1.9 million viewers). The fifth season, which also saw the departure of original castmember Kim Zolciak, has averaged more than three million viewers an episode, a seven percent increase over last season. ... Full Story | Top |
| US-REVIEW Summary Monday, Apr 01, 2013 04:05 PM PDT ''Big Short'' author Lewis did not defame money manager - judge NEW YORK (Reuters) - Author Michael Lewis did not defame a money manager in his best-selling 2010 book "The Big Short," according to a federal judge in Manhattan. In a lawsuit filed in 2011, Wing Chau, a manager of collateralized debt obligations, and his firm Harding Advisory LLC, accused Lewis of including a series of defamatory statements in a chapter revolving around a 2007 dinner in Las Vegas that included Chau and hedge fund manager Steven Eisman. ... Full Story | Top |
| ''Big Short'' author Lewis did not defame money manager - judge Monday, Apr 01, 2013 04:03 PM PDT  By Bernard Vaughan NEW YORK (Reuters) - Author Michael Lewis did not defame a money manager in his best-selling 2010 book "The Big Short," according to a federal judge in Manhattan. In a lawsuit filed in 2011, Wing Chau, a manager of collateralized debt obligations, and his firm Harding Advisory LLC, accused Lewis of including a series of defamatory statements in a chapter revolving around a 2007 dinner in Las Vegas that included Chau and hedge fund manager Steven Eisman. ... Full Story | Top |
| San Francisco Symphony musicians reach accord to end strike Monday, Apr 01, 2013 03:56 PM PDT By Ronnie Cohen SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - San Francisco Symphony musicians who went on strike nearly three weeks ago, forcing the cancellation of an East Coast tour, have reached a tentative labor deal with management of their Grammy-winning orchestra, the two sides said on Monday. No details of the settlement, reached on Sunday, were divulged. The agreement on a 26-month contract must be ratified in a vote by all 103 union musicians, who went on strike March 13 in a dispute over wages and benefits. ... Full Story | Top |
| FCC seeks public comment in review of TV, radio decency policy Monday, Apr 01, 2013 03:54 PM PDT  (Reuters) - Regulators on Monday launched a review of policy governing the way it enforces broadcasts of nudity and profanity on radio and television and asked for public comment on whether its current approach should be amended. The Federal Communications Commission issued a public notice inviting comment on whether it should focus its efforts on pursuing only the "most egregious" cases in which rules are broken, or focus on isolated cases of nudity and expletives uttered on radio and TV shows. ... Full Story | Top |
| Appeals court denies broadcaster request to shut Aereo Monday, Apr 01, 2013 01:08 PM PDT  By Erin Geiger Smith and Ronald Grover (Reuters) - An appeals court on Monday declined to temporarily shut down Aereo Inc, an online television venture backed by billionaire Barry Diller that broadcasters say is infringing their copyrights. The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals disagreed with the broadcasters, including Walt Disney Co's ABC and Comcast Corp's NBCUniversal, that Aereo should discontinue its service until litigation between the companies is resolved. The television industry is closely watching the case to see whether it could disrupt the traditional TV model. ... Full Story | Top |
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