Sunday, July 7, 2013

Daily News: Entertainment - Glastonbury fires Mumford and Sons back to top of album chart

Sunday, Jul 07, 2013 11:06 AM PDT

Glastonbury fires Mumford and Sons back to top of album chart 
Sunday, Jul 07, 2013 11:06 AM PDT
LONDON (Reuters) - Folk rockers Mumford and Sons climbed to the top of the British album chart on Sunday, as sales of their 2012 album 'Babel' rose in the week after they played the final set at this year's Glastonbury music festival. The four-piece band hailing from west London beat Michael Bublé's 'To Be Loved' by just 125 copies to claim the top spot for the third separate occasion since their second album 'Babel' was released. ...
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'Despicable' minions upset Depp's 'Lone Ranger' at box office 
Sunday, Jul 07, 2013 10:43 AM PDT
Carell poses with two life-size minion characters while promoting his upcoming movie "Despicable Me 2" in Los AngelesBy Lisa Richwine and Chris Michaud LOS ANGELES/NEW YORK (Reuters) - The small yellow minions of "Despicable Me 2" upstaged Johnny Depp at the weekend movie box office. The animated "Despicable" sequel hauled in an impressive $82.5 million in the United States and Canada from Friday through Sunday, more than double the weak $29.4 million for Walt Disney Co's big-budget Western "The Lone Ranger," which stars Depp as the masked man's Native American partner Tonto. The two films began their box office battle on Tuesday night to grab moviegoers ahead of Thursday's U.S. Independence Day holiday. ...
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Chef Nigella Lawson's husband files for divorce over photo row -paper 
Sunday, Jul 07, 2013 10:06 AM PDT
British chef and food writer Nigella Lawson arrives for the British premiere of the film Bruno at Leicester Square in central LondonLONDON (Reuters) - Multi-millionaire art collector Charles Saatchi said on Sunday he would divorce celebrity chef Nigella Lawson, citing his "disappointment" that she had not defended him after photographs of him grabbing her neck during a row caused a public outcry. Lawson, 53, is hugely popular in Britain for her television cooking shows, which she presents in her trademark flirtatious manner, and line of cookbooks. She is also widely known in the United States, Australia and other English-speaking countries. ...
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British TV presenter Michael Parkinson says he has cancer 
Sunday, Jul 07, 2013 08:35 AM PDT
British journalist David Frost; Viscount Linley and interviewer Michael Parkinson sit on Centre Court for the semi-final match between Tommy Haas of Germany and Roger Federer of Switzerlandat the Wimbledon tennis championships in LondonLONDON (Reuters) - Veteran British chat show host Michael Parkinson revealed on Sunday that he had prostate cancer, but said he was living a normal life and hoped to make a full recovery. Parkinson, 78, who interviewed Muhammad Ali, Marlon Brando, Fred Astaire and Orson Welles in a career spanning 50 years, said he was diagnosed with the disease in May, was undergoing radiotherapy and suffering no side effects or pain. "I'm 78 and I have had a good life," said Parkinson, who announced his retirement from television in 2007. ...
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Bollywood's Barfi wins at Indian film awards in Macau 
Saturday, Jul 06, 2013 11:47 PM PDT
Bollywood actress Padukone performs at at the 14th annual IIFA awards show in MacauBy Farah Master MACAU (Reuters) - The film Barfi scooped top honors in India's version of the Oscars at a ceremony in the Chinese gambling haven of Macau on Saturday that also celebrated a century of Bollywood, which makes up a big chunk of a multi-billion-dollar film industry. Barfi is a romantic comedy about a mute and deaf man and his relationship with two women. The movie was praised by critics for its positive portrayal of physically disabled people, a somewhat unusual theme for Bollywood screenplays. ...
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Rolling Stones deliver biggest bang in nostalgic London show 
Saturday, Jul 06, 2013 06:36 PM PDT
Mick Jagger and Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones perform at the British Summer Time Festival in Hyde Park in LondonBy Paul Casciato LONDON (Reuters) - The Rolling Stones blasted through the past into the present on Saturday with a rip-roaring show in London's Hyde Park that paid homage to their last concert here 44 years ago. Frontman Mick Jagger strutted, howled and belted his way through a two-hour set that gave a nod to founding member Brian Jones, whose death in 1969 turned their last appearance at the royal park into a tribute. "Anybody out there who was here in 1969?" Jagger called out to applause from a sea of grey hair after opening with "Start Me Up" and "It's only Rock and Roll". ...
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