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| US-PEOPLE Summary Wednesday, Apr 03, 2013 12:53 PM PDT 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. Ebert, 70, known for his rhetorical power and prolific output, said he will undergo radiation treatment that will force him to take time away from his job. Jim Carrey fires back at his gun-control critics By Tim Kenneally LOS ANGELES (TheWrap. ... Full Story | Top |
| US-FILM Summary Wednesday, Apr 03, 2013 12:53 PM PDT 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. Ebert, 70, known for his rhetorical power and prolific output, said he will undergo radiation treatment that will force him to take time away from his job. "Evil Dead" review: Great grey gobs of greasy, grimy ghoulish guts By Alonso Duralde LOS ANGELES (TheWrap. ... Full Story | Top |
| Matthew McConaughey confirms starring role in Christopher Nolan's sci-fi epic "Interstellar" Wednesday, Apr 03, 2013 12:53 PM PDT By Lucas Shaw NEW YORK (TheWrap.com) - Matthew McConaughey will star in Christopher Nolan's sci-fi epic "Interstellar," the director's follow-up to "The Dark Knight Rises" and McConaughey's first big-budget film in years. The actor told the Minneapolis Star-Tribune he had accepted the role in the film, confirming reports from about a week ago. The Texan has undergone a career renaissance over the past couple of years after close to a decade of making charming but redundant romantic comedies. ... Full Story | Top |
| "Evil Dead" review: Great grey gobs of greasy, grimy ghoulish guts Wednesday, Apr 03, 2013 12:45 PM PDT By Alonso Duralde LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - It's no easy feat to pull off "Evil Dead" in 2013; not only is director and co-writer Fede Alvarez's film treading on the sacred ground of Sam Raimi's 1981 horror classic "The Evil Dead," but he's also following up last year's "The Cabin in the Woods," which brilliantly celebrated and skewered the tropes of Raimi's movie and the many copycats which followed. ... Full Story | Top |
| Jim Carrey fires back at his gun-control critics Wednesday, Apr 03, 2013 12:35 PM PDT  By Tim Kenneally LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Jim Carrey, who raised the hackles of the right wing by calling Fox News - or, rather, "Fux News" - a "giant culture fart" and with his criticism of assault rifles, has fired off another round in the debate, calling some of his harsher critics "thugs" and "a minority." He also says that he doesn't want to infringe on anyone's Second Amendment rights. ... Full Story | Top |
| CA-ENTERTAINMENT Summary Wednesday, Apr 03, 2013 12:08 PM PDT Timberlake keeps Billboard No. 1 from Lil Wayne, Blake Shelton LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Justin Timberlake held onto the top spot of the Billboard 200 album chart on Wednesday, beating competition from new albums by rapper Lil Wayne and country singer Blake Shelton. Timberlake's chart-topping "The 20/20 Experience," which features the hit single "Suit & Tie," sold 318,000 copies in its second week, according to figures from Nielsen SoundScan. U.S. film critic Roger Ebert says cancer has returned (Reuters) - Pulitzer Prize-winning U.S. ... Full Story | Top |
| U.S. film critic Roger Ebert says cancer has returned Wednesday, Apr 03, 2013 12:07 PM PDT  (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. Ebert, 70, known for his rhetorical power and prolific output, said he will undergo radiation treatment that will force him to take time away from his job. "I must slow down now, which is why I'm taking what I like to call 'a leave of presence,'" Ebert said in a blog entry posted late on Tuesday, adding that he would scale back his workload. ... Full Story | Top |
| US-MUSIC Summary Wednesday, Apr 03, 2013 12:00 PM PDT Timberlake keeps Billboard No. 1 from Lil Wayne, Blake Shelton LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Justin Timberlake held onto the top spot of the Billboard 200 album chart on Wednesday, beating competition from new albums by rapper Lil Wayne and country singer Blake Shelton. Timberlake's chart-topping "The 20/20 Experience," which features the hit single "Suit & Tie," sold 318,000 copies in its second week, according to figures from Nielsen SoundScan. ... Full Story | Top |
| Timberlake keeps Billboard No. 1 from Lil Wayne, Blake Shelton Wednesday, Apr 03, 2013 12:00 PM PDT  By Piya Sinha-Roy LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Justin Timberlake held onto the top spot of the Billboard 200 album chart on Wednesday, beating competition from new albums by rapper Lil Wayne and country singer Blake Shelton. Timberlake's chart-topping "The 20/20 Experience," which features the hit single "Suit & Tie," sold 318,000 copies in its second week, according to figures from Nielsen SoundScan. Since its March 19 debut, Timberlake's album has sold 1.29 million copies in the United States, making it the biggest-selling album of 2013 so far. ... Full Story | Top |
| US-INDUSTRY Summary Wednesday, Apr 03, 2013 11:31 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. Dish raises $2. ... Full Story | Top |
| Disney to shut LucasArts games studio, lay off workers Wednesday, Apr 03, 2013 11:30 AM PDT  By Ronald Grover and Malathi Nayak 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 |
| US-TELEVISION Summary Wednesday, Apr 03, 2013 11:17 AM PDT Jimmy Fallon to succeed Leno as "Tonight Show" host: NBC NEW YORK (Reuters) - "Late Night" talk show host Jimmy Fallon will assume one of the most visible positions in U.S. television next year as new host of the "Tonight Show," succeeding Jay Leno who held the job for more than two decades, NBC said on Wednesday. Leno "will wrap up what will be 22 years of headlining the iconic late-night show in spring 2014," NBC said in a statement, adding that Fallon would "transition into new hosting duties on 'The Tonight Show'" after Leno ends his run. ... Full Story | Top |
| Jimmy Fallon to succeed Leno as "Tonight Show" host: NBC Wednesday, Apr 03, 2013 11:16 AM PDT  NEW YORK (Reuters) - "Late Night" talk show host Jimmy Fallon will assume one of the most visible positions in U.S. television next year as new host of the "Tonight Show," succeeding Jay Leno who held the job for more than two decades, NBC said on Wednesday. Leno "will wrap up what will be 22 years of headlining the iconic late-night show in spring 2014," NBC said in a statement, adding that Fallon would "transition into new hosting duties on 'The Tonight Show'" after Leno ends his run. ... Full Story | Top |
| Disney Channel Renews 'Austin & Ally' Wednesday, Apr 03, 2013 10:32 AM PDT By Jethro Nededog LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - "Austin & Ally's" young fans should be singing a happy tune. Disney Channel announced on Tuesday that it's renewing the musical comedy. Season 3 is slated to premiere in October 2013. "Austin & Ally" is one of the channel's most popular shows and the No. 1 comedy series for kids 2-11. Original programming SVP Adam Bonnett teases the new season: "'Austin & Ally' continues to hit high notes with kids and families, and the new season promises excitement for 'Auslly' fans as Austin's music career kicks into full gear and Ally's begins to take flight. ... Full Story | Top |
| Sam Shepard Starring in 'Klondike' for Discovery Channel Wednesday, Apr 03, 2013 10:31 AM PDT By Brent Lang LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Playwright and actor Sam Shepard has joined the cast of "Klondike," the Discovery Channel said Wednesday. The series about the gold rush that overtook Alaska's Yukon Territory in the 19th century will mark the network's first-ever, scripted miniseries. Shepard, who was nominated for an Oscar for his portrayal of aviation ace Chuck Yeager in 1983's "The Right Stuff," will play Father Judge. ... Full Story | Top |
| Award-winning author Ruth Prawer Jhabvala dies at age 85 Wednesday, Apr 03, 2013 10:22 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 |
| US-ARTS Summary Wednesday, Apr 03, 2013 08:55 AM PDT Madonna sells abstract painting to fund girls' education LONDON (Reuters) - Madonna is selling an abstract painting by French artist Fernand Leger worth up to $7 million, saying she wants to trade something valuable for something invaluable - art for education. The singer said she was selling the painting, "Trois Femmes a la table rouge", to raise funds for girls' education projects in Afghanistan, Pakistan and other countries where female education is rare or non-existent. ... Full Story | Top |
| Madonna sells abstract painting to fund girls' education Wednesday, Apr 03, 2013 08:55 AM PDT  LONDON (Reuters) - Madonna is selling an abstract painting by French artist Fernand Leger worth up to $7 million, saying she wants to trade something valuable for something invaluable - art for education. The singer said she was selling the painting, "Trois Femmes a la table rouge", to raise funds for girls' education projects in Afghanistan, Pakistan and other countries where female education is rare or non-existent. ... Full Story | Top |
| Two guilty of plot to kill British singer Joss Stone Wednesday, Apr 03, 2013 08:19 AM PDT  LONDON (Reuters) - Two men were found guilty on Wednesday of plotting to murder and rob British Grammy Award winning singer Joss Stone because they were angered by her links to the British royal family. Junior Bradshaw, 32, and Kevin Liverpool, 35, planned to behead the singer before throwing her body in a river near her rural home in southwest England, prosecutors said. The pair had a deep hatred for Stone because she had performed at a charity event organized by Princes William and Harry and she attended the wedding of William and the Duchess of Cambridge, formerly Kate Middleton. ... Full Story | Top |
| Rolling Stones unveil biggest tour in six years Wednesday, Apr 03, 2013 07:24 AM PDT  LONDON (Reuters) - The Rolling Stones unveiled details of their biggest tour in six years on Wednesday, playing dates in North America and Britain after a stage comeback last year to celebrate 50 years in music. The band said they would kick off their "50 and Counting" tour in Los Angeles on an unspecified date but would then play Oakland, California on May 5 and eight other cities including Toronto and London, UK. ... Full Story | Top |
| A Minute With: Danny Boyle and his hypnotic "Trance" Wednesday, Apr 03, 2013 07:14 AM PDT  . By Zorianna Kit LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - After producing last summer's London Summer Olympics opening ceremony, British filmmaker Danny Boyle is back in the movies with "Trance." The psychological caper, opening in U.S. movie theaters on Friday, stars James McAvoy as man who teams with a criminal (Vincent Cassel) to steal a painting, but suffers a blow to the head during the heist. Unable to remember where he hid the painting, the man works with a hypnotherapist (Rosario Dawson) to regain his memory. ... Full Story | Top |
| Dish raises $2.3 billion in debt for spectrum purchases Wednesday, Apr 03, 2013 06:02 AM PDT  (Reuters) - Dish Network, controlled by billionaire chairman Charlie Ergen, has priced a debt offering of $2.3 billion, more than double the amount of debt than it said it would offer a day ago. The company, which made a $2.3 billion bid to buy a minority stake in wireless service provider Clearwire Corp in January, said the proceeds of the debt offering could be used for "wireless and spectrum-related strategic transactions." The offering is expected to close April 5, Dish said in a statement. A spokesman for Dish was not immediately available for further comment on Wednesday. ... Full Story | Top |
| Muppets matriarch Jane Nebel Henson dies at age 78 Wednesday, Apr 03, 2013 05:46 AM PDT  LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Jane Nebel Henson, the former wife of Muppets creator Jim Henson who was influential in the creation of the popular U.S. TV puppet program, died on Tuesday following a long bout with cancer, The Jim Henson Company said. She was 78 years old. Henson, who died at her home in Connecticut, was an "integral creative and business partner" in the Muppets, the company, owned by the Hensons' five children, said in a statement. ... Full Story | Top |
| Popstar Justin Bieber given month to collect pet monkey Wednesday, Apr 03, 2013 05:20 AM PDT  BERLIN (Reuters) - Teenage pop sensation Justin Bieber has been given a month to provide German authorities with the papers they need to release his pet monkey "Mally". Customs officials seized Bieber's capuchin monkey at Munich Airport last week when the 19-year-old failed to present the health and species protection certificates required to bring the pet into the country. Bieber was visiting Munich to give a concert and has since continued on his tour. ... Full Story | Top |
| Scottish author Iain Banks has terminal cancer Wednesday, Apr 03, 2013 04:48 AM PDT LONDON (Reuters) - Scottish novelist Iain Banks, whose books include "The Wasp Factory" has revealed he is suffering from cancer and is unlikely to live "beyond a year". The author, who also wrote "The Crow Road" and "Complicity," announced his illness on his website on Wednesday and said he was cancelling all future public engagements. Banks, 59, said his problems came to light after a visit to his doctor about a sore back. Tests revealed he was not only suffering from jaundice but also cancer in his gall bladder. "I am officially very poorly ... ... Full Story | Top |
| McFly drummer says marathon training led to heart condition Wednesday, Apr 03, 2013 04:43 AM PDT LONDON (Reuters) - Drummer Harry Judd from the British boy band McFly has been diagnosed with a minor heart condition which he said he developed through training for this month's London Marathon. Judd, 27, told fans via Twitter that he had "acquired an ectopic heart beat through excessive exercise" which proved he had been pushing himself in his training. "It's known as a Wandering Pacemaker commonly seen in athletes ... it's really annoying!!!" He added it was nothing to worry about but it "just means I have to chill out a bit". ... Full Story | Top |
| "Mad Men" grapples with identity crisis in penultimate TV season Wednesday, Apr 03, 2013 04:39 AM PDT  By Jill Serjeant LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - "Mad Men" returns to television on Sunday to find suave advertising executive Don Draper on a beach in Hawaii reading Dante's epic poem "Inferno." That is about all the detail that Matthew Weiner, creator of the Emmy-winning 1960s-era drama, wants viewers to know ahead of the two-hour premiere of the sixth, penultimate season that he says is packed with more than its usual share of action. ... Full Story | Top |
| US-REVIEW Summary Wednesday, Apr 03, 2013 04:37 AM 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 |
| Sex, murder and conspiracy sheds new light on Edward VIII - Book Wednesday, Apr 03, 2013 04:37 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 |
| Korea's "Bourne Identity" film highlights peninsula tensions Tuesday, Apr 02, 2013 11:51 PM PDT  By Jane Chung SEOUL (Reuters) - When North Korean spy Pyo Jong-seong's arms deal for Pyongyang goes wrong in Berlin, he knows it is time to flee with his wife from agents of the vengeful and isolated state - a country that recently said it was "in a state of war" with its neighbor. Part of the thinking behind that belligerence, which has sent tensions on the Korean peninsula sky-rocketing, is on display in "The Berlin File," known as Korea's "Bourne Identity", which is currently showing in the United States and Canada as well as drawing millions of viewers in South Korea. ... Full Story | Top |
| Wrongful death trial to revisit Michael Jackson's checkered life Tuesday, Apr 02, 2013 03:07 PM PDT  By Jill Serjeant LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Jury selection began on Tuesday in a Los Angeles civil trial that will revisit the checkered life and sudden death of superstar Michael Jackson before a planned comeback that he had hoped would revive his tattered personal and musical reputation. Jackson's elderly mother Katherine is suing AEG Live, the promoters of a never-realized series of 2009 London concerts, for the wrongful death of her son, alleging they were negligent in hiring Dr Conrad Murray to care for the singer while he rehearsed for a planned series of 50 shows. ... Full Story | Top |
| Angelina Jolie to sell jewelry line to fund overseas schools Tuesday, Apr 02, 2013 02:54 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 |
| Paramount, China Movie Channel to produce "Transformers 4" Tuesday, Apr 02, 2013 01:07 PM PDT  LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Viacom Inc's Paramount Pictures said on Tuesday it reached a deal with the government-run China Movie Channel and its online movie service partner, Jiaflix Enterprises, to produce "Transformers 4" in China. China Movie Channel said in the joint announcement that the deal marks the first time it will work with a western studio to produce a film in China, although other studios such as Walt Disney Co have entered deals with other parties to produce films there to tap the booming Chinese box office. The Chinese box office grew 36 percent to $2. ... Full Story | Top |
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