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| Angelina Jolie highest earning U.S. actress: Forbes Monday, Jul 29, 2013 12:37 PM PDT  NEW YORK (Reuters) - Angelina Jolie, who will next be seen on the big screen in the film "Maleficent," is Hollywood's highest paid actress with estimated earnings of $33 million in the last year, according to Forbes. She easily surpassed this year's Best Actress Oscar winner Jennifer Lawrence, who came in second with $26 million, and pushed Kristen Stewart of the "Twilight" series, who topped the list last year, into third place with earnings of $22 million. "Hollywood hasn't shied away from Jolie. ... Full Story | Top |
| 'Glee' star Lea Michele breaks silence after Cory Monteith death Monday, Jul 29, 2013 12:10 PM PDT  LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Actress Lea Michele, the girlfriend and cast mate of late "Glee" star Cory Monteith, on Monday thanked fans for their support in her first public comments since the actor's death earlier this month. "Thank you all for helping me through this time with your enormous love & support," Michele, 26, posted on Twitter along with a photo of her and Monteith. "Cory will forever be in my heart." Monteith, 31, who had struggled with substance abuse, was found dead in a Vancouver hotel room on July 13 from an apparently accidental overdose of heroin and alcohol. ... Full Story | Top |
| Mongolia to Mexico: Edinburgh's military tattoo ready to roll Monday, Jul 29, 2013 10:37 AM PDT EDINBURGH (Reuters) - A Mongolian "throat singer", Mexican dancers and a native New Zealand Maori "war dance" will join bagpipers and martial bands from around the world at Edinburgh's Royal Military Tattoo when it opens on Friday for its annual three-week run. The Tattoo, a 90-minute cavalcade of military bands, bagpipers, drummers, dancers and other performances set against the brooding backdrop of Edinburgh castle, is one of the great military spectacles in the world and draws thousands of visitors to the Scottish capital during the month of August. ... Full Story | Top |
| 'Difficult' talks ongoing with Time Warner Cable: CBS CEO Moonves Monday, Jul 29, 2013 10:15 AM PDT  LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - CBS Corp Chief Executive Leslie Moonves said on Monday he remained engaged in "difficult" negotiations with Time Warner Cable Inc ahead of an afternoon deadline to agree on fees the cable company pays to carry the broadcast network. Moonves, speaking at a Television Critics Association meeting, said he hoped to reach an agreement and avoid a blackout of the highest-rated broadcaster on cable systems in markets such as New York and Los Angeles. Should no deal be reached, the blackout would occur some time after Monday's 5 p.m. EDT deadline. ... Full Story | Top |
| Sinclair to buy Allbritton TV stations for almost $1 billion Monday, Jul 29, 2013 10:00 AM PDT By Jennifer Saba (Reuters) - Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc said it will acquire eight television stations from the Allbritton family for $985 million, the latest deal in a flurry of activity to buy local broadcasters. Allbritton, which is also the publisher of Politico, has 9 ABC affiliated broadcast TV stations, including those that simulcast in markets throughout the United States, including Birmingham, Alabama, and Tulsa, Oklahoma. It also operates a 24-hour cable news network in Washington, D.C., considered the jewel of the portfolio. ... Full Story | Top |
| CBS renews Stephen King sci-fi series 'Under the Dome' Monday, Jul 29, 2013 09:48 AM PDT LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - "Under the Dome," the television science-fiction series based on a Stephen King novel, has been renewed for a second season, U.S. broadcast network CBS said on Monday. The series, which chronicles the life of a small town that is cut off from the outside world by a giant impenetrable dome, has attracted an average of about 12 million viewers per episode, making it the top scripted series of the summer in the United States. ... Full Story | Top |
| Publicis, Omnicom say major clients welcome merger Monday, Jul 29, 2013 09:04 AM PDT  PARIS (Reuters) - The chief executives of Publicis and Omnicom said they had spoken to major clients about their planned merger and did not anticipate major problems with big advertisers defecting to rivals in the transition period. Publicis CEO Maurice Levy said the reaction to the merger from all the company's major clients had been "extremely positive". Competing sector executives and analysts expect that the Publicis Omnicom merger could spur some big customers to switch agencies to avoid conflicts. ... Full Story | Top |
| NBC plans Hillary Clinton miniseries, part of TV event strategy Monday, Jul 29, 2013 05:49 AM PDT  By Lisa Richwine LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - NBC plans to air a four-hour miniseries starring Diane Lane as former U.S. Secretary of State and first lady Hillary Clinton, part of the broadcast TV network's strategy to improve its ratings by luring viewers to one-time event programming. The part of Bill Clinton has not been cast, NBC Entertainment Chairman Bob Greenblatt said on Saturday at a meeting of the Television Critics Association. ... Full Story | Top |
| Scorer of first league goal identified after 125 years Monday, Jul 29, 2013 05:06 AM PDT By Mike Collett LONDON (Reuters) - A 125-year-old mystery surrounding the scorer of the world's first league goal has ended with the publication of a new book identifying James Kenyon "Kenny" Davenport of Bolton Wanderers as the man. The world's first league fixtures took place on September8, 1888 when the English League began with five matches including Bolton Wanderers' home game against Derby County. ... Full Story | Top |
| Allen's 'Blue Jasmine' is year's best independent box office debut Monday, Jul 29, 2013 03:30 AM PDT  By Todd Cunningham LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - This weekend's debut of Woody Allen's "Blue Jasmine" is one of the veteran writer-director's best ever, and easily the year's strongest specialty box office opening. The comedy, starring Cate Blanchett and Alec Baldwin, took in $612,726 from just six theaters for distributor Sony Pictures Classics. That's a spectacular $102,128 per-screen average, topping the $87,667 average that "Spring Breakers" managed on three screens in March. ... Full Story | Top |
| NBC's Greenblatt defends broadcast TV amid Emmy shutout, lower ratings Monday, Jul 29, 2013 03:27 AM PDT By Tim Molloy LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - ABC, CBS, Fox and NBC were all down in the ratings this past season. The top-rated scripted show, "The Walking Dead," is on cable. And the broadcasters were just shut out of the Emmys Outstanding Drama Series category for the second consecutive year. But on Saturday, NBC entertainment chairman Bob Greenblatt mounted a vigorous defense of broadcast TV, and especially his own network. ... Full Story | Top |
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