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| US-ARTS Summary Thursday, Apr 04, 2013 12:15 PM PDT Sex, murder and conspiracy sheds new light on Edward VIII-Book LONDON (Reuters) - King Edward VIII may be best known for giving up the throne to marry American divorcee Wallis Simpson, but it wasn't the first time his love affairs posed a threat to the British monarchy. A new book by British barrister and former judge Andrew Rose unearths a little-known affair with a French courtesan 20 years before Edward's abdication, which ended in a rigged trial at the behest of the British establishment trying to protect a future king's reputation. ... Full Story | Top |
| Ukraine ballet star Polunin vanishes from another London show Thursday, Apr 04, 2013 12:15 PM PDT LONDON (Reuters) - Ukrainian ballet star Sergei Polunin, who dramatically quit Britain's Royal Ballet last year, has dropped out as the lead of a London performance just days before the show was due to start. Polunin, who at 21 was the youngest dancer to be made a principal with the Royal Ballet, was tagged as ballet's wild child after walking out of the company in January 2012 just a week before he was due to dance in "The Dream". ... Full Story | Top |
| CA-ENTERTAINMENT Summary Thursday, Apr 04, 2013 11:59 AM PDT UK rock star cancels Russia gigs over rights groups "crackdown" MOSCOW (Reuters) - British rock star and founder of the band Dire Straits, Mark Knopfler, said on Thursday he had canceled two concerts in Russia due to what he called a crackdown on human rights groups. Russian prosecutors and tax officials searched the offices of Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International and Memorial, Russia's oldest rights group, and other such organizations last month in what Kremlin critics said were raids aimed at stifling criticism of President Vladimir Putin. ... Full Story | Top |
| US-TELEVISION Summary Thursday, Apr 04, 2013 11:59 AM PDT New "Arrested Development" season to stream online on May 26 LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The anticipated return of cult television series "Arrested Development" will premiere on May 26 with the entire 15-episode new season available to stream online, Netflix said on Thursday, seven years after the show ended on network television. The Emmy-winning series, which was canceled after three seasons by U.S. network Fox in 2006 because of poor ratings, will be streamed online beginning at 12:01 a.m. PST (03.01 EDT), the Internet subscription service said. ... Full Story | Top |
| New "Arrested Development" season to stream online on May 26 Thursday, Apr 04, 2013 11:59 AM PDT  LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The anticipated return of cult television series "Arrested Development" will premiere on May 26 with the entire 15-episode new season available to stream online, Netflix said on Thursday, seven years after the show ended on network television. The Emmy-winning series, which was canceled after three seasons by U.S. network Fox in 2006 because of poor ratings, will be streamed online beginning at 12:01 a.m. PST (03.01 EDT), the Internet subscription service said. ... Full Story | Top |
| UK rock star cancels Russia gigs over rights groups "crackdown" Thursday, Apr 04, 2013 11:55 AM PDT  By Alexei Anishchuk MOSCOW (Reuters) - British rock star and founder of the band Dire Straits, Mark Knopfler, said on Thursday he had canceled two concerts in Russia due to what he called a crackdown on human rights groups. Russian prosecutors and tax officials searched the offices of Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International and Memorial, Russia's oldest rights group, and other such organizations last month in what Kremlin critics said were raids aimed at stifling criticism of President Vladimir Putin. ... Full Story | Top |
| US-REVIEW Summary Thursday, Apr 04, 2013 09:45 AM PDT New Hillary Clinton memoir likely to fuel 2016 speculation WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Hillary Clinton, already the front-runner in the minds of many Democrats for the 2016 U.S. presidential election, is writing a memoir about world affairs and her time as secretary of state that will likely fuel more speculation about her political future. The presidential prospects of Clinton, the wife of former President Bill Clinton, are a subject of feverish speculation in Washington and elsewhere as Democrats look to see over the horizon past President Barack Obama. ... Full Story | Top |
| New Hillary Clinton memoir likely to fuel 2016 speculation Thursday, Apr 04, 2013 09:45 AM PDT  By Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Hillary Clinton, already the front-runner in the minds of many Democrats for the 2016 U.S. presidential election, is writing a memoir about world affairs and her time as secretary of state that will likely fuel more speculation about her political future. The presidential prospects of Clinton, the wife of former President Bill Clinton, are a subject of feverish speculation in Washington and elsewhere as Democrats look to see over the horizon past President Barack Obama. ... Full Story | Top |
| Actress Jessica Pare finds fame with TV's "Mad Men" Thursday, Apr 04, 2013 08:42 AM PDT  By Jill Serjeant LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - With her coquettish French song "Zou Bisou Bisou" and her sex scenes with new screen husband Don Draper, little-known French-Canadian actress Jessica Pare was the breakout star of TV advertising drama "Mad Men" last season. Pare, 30, returns on Sunday as Megan Draper, the most vibrant of Don Draper's mysterious assets, while her character forges ahead with her new career as an actress in late 1960s New York. Reuters spoke with Pare about playing Megan, how she deals with her new found fame, and the hardest thing about being part of "Mad Men. ... Full Story | Top |
| UK's Tate removes prints by artist guilty of child sex offenses Thursday, Apr 04, 2013 06:56 AM PDT  LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's Tate gallery has removed more than 30 prints by artist Graham Ovenden from its online collection after the 70-year-old, whose major works feature young girls, was found guilty of sex offenses against children. The internationally acclaimed artist was found guilty by a court in Truro, southwest England, on Tuesday of six charges of indecency with a child and one count of indecent assault. ... Full Story | Top |
| US-PEOPLE Summary Thursday, Apr 04, 2013 02:30 AM PDT Conductor Salonen dashes from Frank Zappa to Stravinsky LONDON (Reuters) - Finnish conductor and composer Esa-Pekka Salonen dislikes musical anniversaries but he is celebrating so many this year he failed to notice one - the 20th anniversary of the death of the anarchic American rock innovator Frank Zappa. ... Full Story | Top |
| US-MUSIC Summary Thursday, Apr 04, 2013 02:30 AM PDT Conductor Salonen dashes from Frank Zappa to Stravinsky LONDON (Reuters) - Finnish conductor and composer Esa-Pekka Salonen dislikes musical anniversaries but he is celebrating so many this year he failed to notice one - the 20th anniversary of the death of the anarchic American rock innovator Frank Zappa. ... Full Story | Top |
| Conductor Salonen dashes from Frank Zappa to Stravinsky Thursday, Apr 04, 2013 02:29 AM PDT  By Michael Roddy LONDON (Reuters) - Finnish conductor and composer Esa-Pekka Salonen dislikes musical anniversaries but he is celebrating so many this year he failed to notice one - the 20th anniversary of the death of the anarchic American rock innovator Frank Zappa. ... Full Story | Top |
| The man who climbed Everest, the wife who waited Thursday, Apr 04, 2013 02:14 AM PDT  By Elaine Lies TOKYO (Reuters) - Author Tanis Rideout never hiked, hated the cold and at one time had barely heard of British climber George Mallory, who may have been one of the first men to make it to the top of Mount Everest before perishing on its slopes. But an Everest-obsessed coworker at an outdoor equipment store introduced her to Mallory, the controversy about whether he summited the world's highest peak, and video footage from his 1920s expeditions, and she found it impossible to get him out of her head - until finally writing, years later, her debut novel, "Above all Things". ... Full Story | Top |
| Award-winning author Ruth Prawer Jhabvala dies at age 85 Thursday, Apr 04, 2013 01:07 AM PDT  (Reuters) - Award-winning novelist and screenwriter Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, author of "Heat and Dust" and many other books set in India, died on Wednesday at the age of 85, her Los Angeles agent said. Jhabvala died at her home in New York City, a spokesman for Hollywood agency Paradigm told Reuters. The spokesman did not give the cause of her death but said she had been sick for some time. Jhabvala also worked on several movie adaptations with filmmakers James Ivory and Ismail Merchant, winning two Academy Awards for her screenplays for 1985 movie "A Room With a View" and "Howards End" in 1992. ... Full Story | Top |
| Sex, murder and conspiracy sheds new light on Edward VIII-Book Thursday, Apr 04, 2013 01:05 AM PDT  By Belinda Goldsmith LONDON (Reuters) - King Edward VIII may be best known for giving up the throne to marry American divorcee Wallis Simpson, but it wasn't the first time his love affairs posed a threat to the British monarchy. A new book by British barrister and former judge Andrew Rose unearths a little-known affair with a French courtesan 20 years before Edward's abdication, which ended in a rigged trial at the behest of the British establishment trying to protect a future king's reputation. ... Full Story | Top |
| US-INDUSTRY Summary Thursday, Apr 04, 2013 12:00 AM PDT Disney to shut LucasArts games studio, lay off workers LOS ANGELES/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Walt Disney Co plans to shut the 30-year-old LucasArts studio it inherited with the acquisition of George Lucas' film company last year, and focus on licensing its "Star Wars" brand externally, a spokesman said on Wednesday. The closure will involve an unknown number of layoffs. A "small team" will remain to handle licensing partnerships but all inhouse development has been halted, including its much-anticipated title "Star Wars 1313", said Miles Perkins, a spokesman for Lucasfilm Ltd. ... Full Story | Top |
| Vivendi to name new head of French telecoms: paper Thursday, Apr 04, 2013 12:00 AM PDT  PARIS (Reuters) - Vivendi plans to name its top telecoms executive Jean-Yves Charlier as head of French telecoms division SFR, newspaper Les Echos reported on Thursday. The appointment is likely to be announced around the time of the group's annual shareholder meeting on April 30, Les Echos said. Charlier, 49, will replace Stephane Roussel, the former Vivendi human resources chief who took the reins of SFR last summer after the departure of group Chief Executive Jean-Bernard Levy. Roussel will become chairman of SFR and will take on a new strategic role within Vivendi, Les Echos added. ... Full Story | Top |
| US-FILM Summary Wednesday, Apr 03, 2013 11:11 PM PDT "Jurassic Park" 3D re-release looks like a profit-saurus for Universal By Todd Cunningham LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Twenty years after its original release, Steven Spielberg's groundbreaking "Jurassic Park" returns to movie theaters Friday - in 3D. U.S. film critic Roger Ebert says cancer has returned (Reuters) - Pulitzer Prize-winning U.S. film critic Roger Ebert says he is battling cancer again and that he will scale back his writing by taking a "leave of presence" from his more than four-decade career. ... Full Story | Top |
| "Jurassic Park" 3D re-release looks like a profit-saurus for Universal Wednesday, Apr 03, 2013 11:10 PM PDT  By Todd Cunningham LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Twenty years after its original release, Steven Spielberg's groundbreaking "Jurassic Park" returns to movie theaters Friday - in 3D. Big, loud and scary, "Jurassic Park" was a box-office hit and a cultural phenomenon when it came out in June 1993; it made dinosaurs cooler than they'd ever been, for school kids and sci-fi fans. The computer-generated imagery used to create the velociraptors and a terrifying T-Rex awed moviegoers and changed - for better and worse - the way Hollywood made movies. ... Full Story | Top |
| Bon Jovi guitarist Sambora leaves tour due to "personal issues" Wednesday, Apr 03, 2013 05:05 PM PDT  NEW YORK (Reuters) - Bon Jovi's Richie Sambora has dropped out of the current leg of the rock band's tour because of "personal issues," but the guitarist, who has done stints in rehab for problems with alcohol, tweeted fans on Wednesday that he was "well." "Thank you everyone for your concern," Sambora said on Twitter. "I'm well, but had to stay in LA to take care of a personal matter. Love you all and see you very soon. ... Full Story | Top |
| Alex Reid signs with Sony TV, will co-run NBC's Michael J. Fox comedy Wednesday, Apr 03, 2013 04:14 PM PDT By Jethro Nededog LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Sony Pictures Television is going into business with comedy writer/producer Alex Reid, who will also be installed as the co-showrunner for NBC's untitled Michael J. Fox comedy series from the studio. The two-year overall deal begins on June 1, a Sony TV rep confirms to TheWrap. Reid will executive produce and co-run the new 22-episode series with creator Sam Laybourne. The series will also be executive produced by the pilot's director, Will Gluck, and co-EP Richard Schwartz. ... Full Story | Top |
| "Young & Restless" encore episodes move from soapnet to TV guide network Wednesday, Apr 03, 2013 04:13 PM PDT By Greg Gilman LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - "The Young and the Restless," network television's number one daytime drama, will be moving it's day-and-date encore episodes from Soapnet to TV Guide Network this summer. This marks the first synergistic programming move since CBS Corporation acquired 50 percent stake of TVGN. "Y&R," which airs weekday afternoons on CBS, will continue to air its reruns in the 7 p.m. time slot, the cable network announced on Wednesday. ... Full Story | Top |
| Sex, murder and conspiracy shed new light on Edward VIII: book Wednesday, Apr 03, 2013 03:48 PM PDT  By Belinda Goldsmith LONDON (Reuters) - King Edward VIII may be best known for giving up the throne to marry American divorcee Wallis Simpson, but it wasn't the first time his love affairs posed a threat to the British monarchy. A new book by British barrister and former judge Andrew Rose unearths a little-known affair with a French courtesan 20 years before Edward's abdication, which ended in a rigged trial at the behest of the British establishment trying to protect a future king's reputation. ... Full Story | Top |
| Reebok's ties with rapper slammed over song said to boast of date rape Wednesday, Apr 03, 2013 03:46 PM PDT By Chris Michaud NEW YORK (Reuters) - A women's rights organization will protest outside Reebok's Manhattan store on Thursday, demanding the athletic goods retailer cut ties with rapper Rick Ross over a song whose lyrics it says boasts about drugging and raping a woman. The Miami-based rapper released the song "U.O.E.N.O." in January featuring lyrics that seem to reference drugging and having sex with a woman who is unaware of what is happening. ... Full Story | Top |
| Jimmy Fallon to succeed Jay Leno as "Tonight Show" host Wednesday, Apr 03, 2013 02:44 PM PDT  By Chris Michaud NEW YORK (Reuters) - Jimmy Fallon will take over from veteran Jay Leno next year as host of the NBC flagship talk program "The Tonight Show," NBC said on Wednesday, bringing a younger feel to the competitive late-night landscape on U.S. television. Leno, 62, will wrap up what will be 22 years as host of "The Tonight Show" in the spring of 2014 - some seven months before his contract was officially due to end. ... Full Story | Top |
| Who's the Youngest "Tonight" Host? Not Fallon. And Oldest Is a Shocker Wednesday, Apr 03, 2013 02:02 PM PDT  By Tim Molloy NEW YORK (TheWrap.com) - Jimmy Fallon will be the next "Tonight Show" host because NBC hopes he can draw younger viewers. But he isn't the youngest person to get the job. Not by a longshot. And the oldest person to take the job is a shocker: At 46, Conan O'Brien was older than any other full-time host when they first got the job. (Jay Leno was older, of course, when he took it back from Conan. ... Full Story | Top |
| USA sets summer premiere dates: "Burn Notice", "Covert Affairs", "Graceland" debut Wednesday, Apr 03, 2013 01:59 PM PDT By Jethro Nededog LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - USA Network has set the summer return dates for fan favorites "Burn Notice," "Covert Affairs" and "Royal Pains." Additionally, the cable network announced premiere dates for the much-anticipated spy procedural "Graceland" and new unscripted series, "Summer Camp." "Burn Notice" returns with its seventh season on Thursday, June 6 at 9 p.m. "Covert Affairs" will make its Season 4 return on Tuesday, July 16 at 9 p.m. "Suits" will be back for a third season on Tuesday, July 16 at 10 p.m. ... Full Story | Top |
| John Travolta's lawyer slams "outrageous false" sex-assault payout story Wednesday, Apr 03, 2013 01:58 PM PDT  By Tim Kenneally LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - John Travolta's attorney is lashing out at Gawker over a report suggesting that the "Grease" star shelled out more than $84,000 to settle sexual assault claims, calling the story "outrageous" and "false." Gawker published the storyTuesday, along with a document that the site claimed is an "internal report" of insurance claims indicating that the actor's insurer paid out a total of $84,500 to two parties after they issued attorney demand letters alleging sexual assault. ... Full Story | Top |
| E!'s "Fashion Police" writers claim they're not getting paid Wednesday, Apr 03, 2013 01:53 PM PDT By Todd Cunningham LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Eight writers on E!'s reality show "Fashion Police" on Wednesday filed a claim with state labor officials alleging that they're not being fairly compensated for the hours they've been working. "The most I've been paid for a show has been for eight hours of work," said "Fashion Police" writer Eliza Skinner. "In reality, I put in anywhere from 12 to 32 additional hours on each show - time I should have been compensated for. On top of that is all the unpaid overtime we regularly work. ... Full Story | Top |
| "Twilight" director Catherine Hardwicke tapped for "The Age of Miracles" Wednesday, Apr 03, 2013 01:41 PM PDT  By Brent Lang LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Catherine Hardwicke, who tapped into the world of a lovelorn teenage to great profits with "Twilight," will once again oversee the story of a young girl's coming of age with "The Age of Miracles." The film, an adaptation of Karen Thompson Walker's bestselling debut novel, centers on an 11-year-old girl growing up in California who finds, along with the rest of the world, that the rotation of the earth has suddenly begun to slow, potentially spelling doom for the planet. Seth Lochhead ("Hanna") has adapted the screenplay. ... Full Story | Top |
| David Ellison's skydance productions launches TV division Wednesday, Apr 03, 2013 01:38 PM PDT By Lucas Shaw NEW YORK (TheWrap.com) - David Ellison, a major film financier and provider of Paramount's biggest movies, is getting into the television business. Skydance Productions, Ellison's company that co-finances and co-produces big-budget films like the recent hit "G.I. Joe: Retaliation," will launch a TV division May 1 and has hired former Fox executive Marcy Ross to run it. The announcement comes less than a week after TheWrap reported that Paramount CEO Brad Grey wants to bring TV production back to the studio and has been meeting with candidates to help run a new division. ... Full Story | Top |
| AMC Orders Unscripted Pilot With "Fanboys" Writer as Host Wednesday, Apr 03, 2013 01:35 PM PDT By Jethro Nededog LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - AMC is targeting obsessive fans with a pilot order for an unscripted show, which will be executive produced and co-hosted by "Fanboy" screenwriter Ernest Cline. The project, with the working title, "Geek Out," will take ultimate fans through adventures that connect them with the objects of their obsession. ... Full Story | Top |
| Netflix's "House of Cards" Getting DVD, Blu-ray Release Wednesday, Apr 03, 2013 01:34 PM PDT By Brent Lang LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - "House of Cards" may be upending the way viewers watch television by releasing all of its episodes in one binge-friendly gulp, but Netflix's series will have a rather conventional afterlife. The glossy, 13-episode political thriller will be released on DVD and Blu-ray on June 11, according to Home Media Magazine, which noted that the series is available for pre-sale on Amazon. The discs will be distributed by Sony Pictures. The Blu-ray set will sell for $$65.99 and the DVD set will retail for $55.99. ... Full Story | Top |
| Movie market research fractures more: Who will change the game? Wednesday, Apr 03, 2013 01:29 PM PDT By Sharon Waxman LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Once again, the movie industry fractured just a little bit more today. Ipsos OTX, one of the leading market research firms, sold its worldwide motion picture group to a group of investors led by Vincent Bruzzese. That's the same impulse that propelled Reed Elsevier to sell Marketcast, another major market researcher, to a similar group about a year ago. These are the outfits that quietly rule over Hollywood marketing: testing trailers, conducting research screenings, tracking opening weekend and gauging consumer fandom. ... Full Story | Top |
| Tim Burton to direct Christoph Waltz in film about famous painting duo Wednesday, Apr 03, 2013 01:22 PM PDT  By Lucas Shaw NEW YORK (TheWrap.com) - Tim Burton has signed on to direct "Big Eyes," a long-gestating film project that The Weinstein Company is on the verge of acquiring, according to two individuals with knowledge of the director's plans. Two-time Oscar winner Christoph Waltz will star as Walter Keane, one-half of a husband-wife duo that became famous for painting children with massive eyes. Deadline Hollywood, which broke the news of Burton's attachment, also reported that Amy Adams will star as Walter's wife Margaret. ... Full Story | Top |
| Wake up and embrace the technology, urges napster documentary "downloaded" Wednesday, Apr 03, 2013 01:13 PM PDT By Steve Pond LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - It was perhaps inevitable that at the Q&A that followed a screening of Alex Winter's Napster documentary "Downloaded" on Monday night, one audience member would ask if the movie was going to be available on the internet for free. The film, after all, chronicles the rapid rise and equally rapid fall of the file-sharing service that fundamentally changed the music industry, ushering in a generation of music fans who got their music for free online rather than paying for it in record stores. ... Full Story | Top |
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