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| US-INDUSTRY Summary Monday, Apr 08, 2013 12:33 PM PDT Fox makes threats to become cable channel amid Aereo dispute LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - Broadcast TV network Fox could become a subscription service that customers would have to pay for if the courts are not able to protect Fox's business from the startup Aereo, News Corp Chief Operating Officer Chase Carey said on Monday. Carey's comments come a week after a U.S. appeals court rejected a petition by the major broadcasters to stop the online service Aereo, which offers a cut-rate TV subscription for consumers by capturing broadcast signals over thousands of antennas at one time. ... Full Story | Top |
| Fox makes threats to become cable channel amid Aereo dispute Monday, Apr 08, 2013 12:33 PM PDT  By Liana B. Baker LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - Broadcast TV network Fox could become a subscription service that customers would have to pay for if the courts are not able to protect Fox's business from the startup Aereo, News Corp Chief Operating Officer Chase Carey said on Monday. Carey's comments come a week after a U.S. appeals court rejected a petition by the major broadcasters to stop the online service Aereo, which offers a cut-rate TV subscription for consumers by capturing broadcast signals over thousands of antennas at one time. ... Full Story | Top |
| Beyonce, Jay-Z Cuba trip was OK'd by U.S. Treasury Dept- source Monday, Apr 08, 2013 12:08 PM PDT  By David Adams MIAMI (Reuters) - A visit by American pop star Beyonce and rapper husband Jay-Z to Havana last week was a cultural trip that was fully licensed by the U.S. Treasury Department, a source familiar with the trip said on Monday. The longstanding U.S. trade embargo against Cuba prevents most Americans from traveling to the communist-led island without a license granted by the U.S. government. ... Full Story | Top |
| CA-ENTERTAINMENT Summary Monday, Apr 08, 2013 11:59 AM PDT Streep voices admiration for "Iron Lady" she played in film LONDON (Reuters) - Actress Meryl Streep, who won an Oscar for her portrayal of Margaret Thatcher in the 2011 film "The Iron Lady", praised the former British prime minister on Monday as a pioneer for the role of women in politics. Britain's first and only female political leader died on Monday, aged 87, after suffering a stroke. ... Full Story | Top |
| US-TELEVISION Summary Monday, Apr 08, 2013 11:58 AM PDT Egypt court turns down Islamist lawsuit against TV satirist CAIRO (Reuters) - An Egyptian court on Saturday threw out a lawsuit calling for a popular television satirist to be banned for insulting the president and Islam, but he still faces a criminal investigation on similar charges. Critics of the government see the cases against Bassem Youssef, who has cited U.S. satirist Jon Stewart's "The Daily Show" as a model, as part of a crackdown on dissent. This is denied by the government of President Mohamed Mursi and its Islamist allies, the Muslim Brotherhood. ... Full Story | Top |
| Sci-fi TV show ''Defiance'' dovetails drama with video game Monday, Apr 08, 2013 11:58 AM PDT  By Eric Kelsey LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Science-fiction drama "Defiance" wants to go where no television series has gone before, weaving a show with an online video game to achieve the elusive goal of parlaying success on one entertainment platform to another. The new series, which premieres on U.S. cable channel Syfy on April 15, tells the story of frontier town Defiance, formerly St. Louis, in the near future following a 30-year war between humans and seven alien races. ... Full Story | Top |
| Disney child star Annette Funicello dies at age 70 Monday, Apr 08, 2013 11:37 AM PDT  LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Annette Funicello, America's girl next door who captured the innocence of the 1950s and 1960s as a Disney Mouseketeer and the star of beach party movies, died on Monday at age 70, the Walt Disney Co. said. Funicello died at Mercy Southwest Hospital in Bakersfield, California, from complication of multiple sclerosis, the television and film studio said. Her family told celebrity news television program "Extra" that Funicello had been in a coma. ... Full Story | Top |
| "Star Trek" phaser fetches $231,000 at U.S. auction Monday, Apr 08, 2013 11:26 AM PDT  (Reuters) - Set phasers to sell - and sell big. Captain Kirk's "Star Trek" phaser gun from the second pilot of the wildly popular 1960s television series sold for a hefty $231,000 on Saturday in Los Angeles, Julien's Auctions said. The phaser, created at the request of "Star Trek" creator Gene Roddenberry for use by William Shatner, who played Kirk in the beloved sci-fi show, had been estimated to sell for about $50,000, but achieved more than four times that including commission. ... Full Story | Top |
| US-MUSIC Summary Monday, Apr 08, 2013 11:13 AM PDT Beyonce, Jay-Z Cuba trip was OK'd by US Treasury Dept - source MIAMI (Reuters) - American pop star Beyonce and rapper husband Jay Z visited Havana last week on a cultural trip that was fully licensed by the United States Treasury Department, according to a source familiar with the trip. Beyonce and Jay Z celebrated their fifth wedding anniversary in the Cuban capital, where big crowds greeted them as they strolled hand in hand through the city and posed for pictures with admiring Cubans. ... Full Story | Top |
| Beyonce, Jay-Z Cuba trip was OK'd by US Treasury Dept - source Monday, Apr 08, 2013 11:12 AM PDT  MIAMI (Reuters) - American pop star Beyonce and rapper husband Jay Z visited Havana last week on a cultural trip that was fully licensed by the United States Treasury Department, according to a source familiar with the trip. Beyonce and Jay Z celebrated their fifth wedding anniversary in the Cuban capital, where big crowds greeted them as they strolled hand in hand through the city and posed for pictures with admiring Cubans. The longstanding U.S. trade embargo against Cuba prevents most Americans from traveling to the island without a license granted by the U.S. ... Full Story | Top |
| US-PEOPLE Summary Monday, Apr 08, 2013 10:28 AM PDT Streep voices admiration for "Iron Lady" she played in film LONDON (Reuters) - Actress Meryl Streep, who won an Oscar for her portrayal of Margaret Thatcher in the 2011 film "The Iron Lady", praised the former British prime minister on Monday as a pioneer for the role of women in politics. Britain's first and only female political leader died on Monday, aged 87, after suffering a stroke. ... Full Story | Top |
| US-FILM Summary Monday, Apr 08, 2013 10:28 AM PDT Streep voices admiration for "Iron Lady" she played in film LONDON (Reuters) - Actress Meryl Streep, who won an Oscar for her portrayal of Margaret Thatcher in the 2011 film "The Iron Lady", praised the former British prime minister on Monday as a pioneer for the role of women in politics. Britain's first and only female political leader died on Monday, aged 87, after suffering a stroke. Actor Wesley Snipes to finish tax sentence under house arrest (Reuters) - U.S. ... Full Story | Top |
| Streep voices admiration for "Iron Lady" she played in film Monday, Apr 08, 2013 10:28 AM PDT  LONDON (Reuters) - Actress Meryl Streep, who won an Oscar for her portrayal of Margaret Thatcher in the 2011 film "The Iron Lady", praised the former British prime minister on Monday as a pioneer for the role of women in politics. Britain's first and only female political leader died on Monday, aged 87, after suffering a stroke. Streep, 63, described Thatcher as a trailblazer, "willingly or unwillingly", for female political leaders. "To me she was a figure of awe for her personal strength and grit," the American actress said in a statement. ... Full Story | Top |
| US-ARTS Summary Monday, Apr 08, 2013 09:53 AM PDT Chilean poet Neruda's body exhumed in murder probe ISLA NEGRA, Chile (Reuters) - The body of Chilean Nobel laureate Pablo Neruda, dead nearly four decades, was exhumed on Monday after his former driver said the poet was poisoned under Augusto Pinochet's dictatorship. Neruda, famed for his passionate love poems and staunch communist views, is presumed to have died from prostate cancer on September 23, 1973. ... Full Story | Top |
| Anne Frank's step-sister highlights post-Holocaust traumas Monday, Apr 08, 2013 09:53 AM PDT  By Belinda Goldsmith LONDON (Reuters) - As the step-sister of World War II diarist Anne Frank, Eva Schloss was in great demand when she went public with her story of surviving Auschwitz but now she hopes a new memoir will highlight another issue - surviving life after the Holocaust. Schloss, 83, said it was increasingly important that ageing Holocaust survivors pass on their stories while they still can so younger generations understand the suffering Jewish people faced and the consequences of prejudice. ... Full Story | Top |
| Spanish film legend Sara Montiel dead at 85 Monday, Apr 08, 2013 07:26 AM PDT  MADRID (Reuters) - Spanish film legend Sara Montiel, who featured in 1950s Hollywood films with the likes of Gary Cooper and smoked cigars with Ernest Hemingway, died on Monday at 85. Montiel, born Maria Antonia Abad, died at home in Madrid, according to Spanish actors' union AISGE. Among her best-known English-language films were "Vera Cruz", a 1954 film that starred Gary Cooper, and 1957 Western "Run of the Arrow", released as "Yuma" in Spanish, a Sam Fuller movie that also featured Charles Bronson and Rod Steiger. ... Full Story | Top |
| Chilean poet Neruda's body exhumed in murder probe Monday, Apr 08, 2013 07:11 AM PDT  By Rodrigo Garrido ISLA NEGRA, Chile (Reuters) - The body of Chilean Nobel laureate Pablo Neruda, dead nearly four decades, was exhumed on Monday after his former driver said the poet was poisoned under Augusto Pinochet's dictatorship. Neruda, famed for his passionate love poems and staunch communist views, is presumed to have died from prostate cancer on September 23, 1973. ... Full Story | Top |
| EU regulators to approve $15.8 billion Liberty, Virgin deal: sources Monday, Apr 08, 2013 04:29 AM PDT  By Foo Yun Chee and Kate Holton BRUSSELS/LONDON (Reuters) - John Malone's Liberty Global will get unconditional EU clearance for its $15.8 billion bid for Virgin Media, two people familiar with the matter said on Monday, in a move which pits the U.S. billionaire against rival Rupert Murdoch. Liberty Global, Europe's No. 1 cable operator, unveiled the takeover offer for Britain's second-biggest pay-TV provider in February. The move underscores the growing rivalry between cable groups and traditional telecoms operators. ... Full Story | Top |
| Record-breaking imperial Chinese bowl shines at Hong Kong sale Monday, Apr 08, 2013 04:04 AM PDT By Grace Li HONG KONG (Reuters) - A red bowl with a lotus pattern broke the world record for Chinese Kangxi ceramics on Monday, fetching over $9 million after a bidding war won by a Hong Kong ceramics dealer at the last day of spring sales for global auctioneer Sotheby's. The five days of sales in wine, jewelry, Asian and Chinese art, ceramics and watches, an indicator of China's appetite for luxury goods, are being keenly watched after sluggish economic growth in 2012 and a crackdown on lavish official spending. ... Full Story | Top |
| Les Blank, a filmmaker with an eye for the eccentric, dies at 77 Sunday, Apr 07, 2013 11:07 PM PDT (Reuters) - Filmmaker Les Blank, whose documentaries explored U.S. jazz, polka and Cajun music and also delved into more eccentric subjects including gap-toothed women and Chinese tea, died on Sunday, his son said. Blank died at his home in Berkeley, California, from bladder cancer, Harrod Blank said. He was 77. Blank might be most widely remembered for his 1982 documentary "Burden of Dreams", which chronicled the making of the epic "Fitzcarraldo" by German filmmaker Werner Herzog, a movie about a man determined to haul a steamship over a mountain in a South American jungle. ... Full Story | Top |
| Factbox: Winners at the Academy of Country Music awards Sunday, Apr 07, 2013 09:16 PM PDT (Reuters) - The Academy of Country Music awards were handed out in a televised ceremony on Sunday in Las Vegas. Following are a list of winners in key categories handed out during the show. ... Full Story | Top |
| Lambert, Bryan lead Academy of Country Music award winners Sunday, Apr 07, 2013 09:07 PM PDT  By Piya Sinha-Roy (Reuters) - Singers Miranda Lambert and Luke Bryan led the winners at the Academy of Country Music awards on Sunday, while leading nominees Taylor Swift and Hunter Hayes came away empty-handed in a night honoring top achievers in country music. Swift, 23, lost out on all five categories she was nominated in including Female Vocalist of the Year and the fan-voted Entertainer of the Year, a surprise for the country music favorite who won the award for the last two years. Newcomer Hayes, 21, who was nominated in six categories, also went home empty-handed. ... Full Story | Top |
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