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| BT adds NBA to growing sports rights collection Thursday, Nov 28, 2013 07:50 AM PST  BT will show NBA basketball matches live on its TV channels from this weekend, strengthening its challenge to BSkyB in the battle to attract British sports fans. BT entered the sports market only in August when it launched three channels after securing a share of English Premier League soccer rights. It further shook up the sector this month when it outbid BSkyB to win the contract for Champions League soccer from 2015. The multi-year deal to show the leading basketball league from the United States starts with a game on Sunday evening between Indiana Pacers and LA Clippers, BT said on Thursday. Full Story | Top |
| DHX to acquire Family Channel, three others from Bell Media Thursday, Nov 28, 2013 06:55 AM PST DHX Media said on Thursday it has agreed to acquire Family Channel and three other children's channels from BCE's Bell Media for C$170 million in cash, in a move to diversify its distribution capabilities. BCE was ordered, by the Competition Bureau to sell these television channels, along with certain others, to secure approval for its C$3 billion ($2.83 billion) takeover of Astral Media Inc. (Reporting by Euan Rocha; Full Story | Top |
| Bob Dylan whips up tempest in return to 1966 London venue Thursday, Nov 28, 2013 05:46 AM PST  (Note: Strong language in the 13th paragraph) By Angus MacSwan LONDON (Reuters) - Bob Dylan played London's Albert Hall this week for the first time since his fabled and tumultuous concerts there in 1966, his vitality and mystique intact five decades on since he revolutionized popular music. It might have been fitting if for his return Dylan had played "Like a Rolling Stone", a 1966 show-stopper, but the Minnesota-born singer didn't get where he is by doing the obvious. Full Story | Top |
| Bieber gets clean-up request after painting Australia hotel wall Wednesday, Nov 27, 2013 09:14 PM PST  Justin Bieber has been asked to clean up his mess by the mayor of the Gold Coast in Australia after the Canadian pop star spraypainted the wall of a hotel during his "Believe" tour. The abstract graffiti was painted in the tennis court area of the QT Hotel on the Gold Coast, 80 km (50 miles) southeast of Brisbane, and posted on Bieber's Instagram page, where it has attracted more than 545,000 "likes". "This eyesore has no place in the city," a spokesman for Mayor Tom Tate told Reuters. But at the end of the day it'll get cleaned up, whether or not he decides to." The mayor's office sent a "graffiti removal kit" to Bieber at the hotel but the singer had already left for Sydney for his concerts on Friday and Saturday. Full Story | Top |
| Washington Post headquarters building sold for $159 million Wednesday, Nov 27, 2013 06:30 PM PST  The headquarters of the Washington Post is being sold to Carr Properties, a real estate investment company, for about $159 million, the newspaper's former owner said on Wednesday. Graham Holdings Co, which sold the Post to Amazon founder Jeffrey Bezos for $250 million in August, said in a statement the sale of the headquarters in downtown Washington was scheduled to be completed in March and included land next to the building. The Post will rent its newsroom from the building's new owner while it looks for a new headquarters. Graham Holdings, owned by Donald Graham and his family, former owners of the paper, operates businesses including Kaplan education services, and online, print and television news. Full Story | Top |
| 'Oldboy' serves up gritty revenge for Thanksgiving audience Wednesday, Nov 27, 2013 04:33 PM PST  By Piya Sinha-Roy LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Holiday movies are often filled with feel-good messages and festive cheer, but as the United States whets its appetite for the Thanksgiving weekend, psychological drama "Oldboy" attempts to serve up a platter of old-fashioned revenge. "Oldboy," based on Korean director Park Chan-wook's 2003 film of the same name, tells the story of Joe Doucett, an alcoholic washout who is kidnapped and held in a small motel room for 20 years, then released back into society. The theme of revenge is what director Spike Lee said enticed him to re-imagine Park's dark, twisted art house film that featured extreme violence, torture and incest. "That's why the revenge genre (in film) has always been a staple, because you can live off your revenge through somebody else." The film, released in U.S. theaters on Wednesday, stars Josh Brolin, Elizabeth Olsen and Sharlto Copley and serves up a paranoid-filled cinematic alternative over the U.S. Thanksgiving weekend. Full Story | Top |
| Actors Ashton Kutcher, Demi Moore finalize divorce Wednesday, Nov 27, 2013 03:53 PM PST  Actors Ashton Kutcher and Demi Moore have finalized their divorce two years after separating, bringing official closure for one of Hollywood's most prominent couples. The end to the eight-year marriage was made final on Tuesday in Los Angeles Superior Court, with both actors agreeing not to pay spousal support. In March, Moore, 51, had asked the court to grant her financial support from Kutcher, an unusual move for one of the top-earning women in Hollywood during the 1990s. Kutcher, the star of CBS television comedy "Two and a Half Men," filed for divorce from Moore in December 2012 after more than a year of separation. Full Story | Top |
| Eminem ousts Lady Gaga to reclaim top spot on Billboard 200 chart Wednesday, Nov 27, 2013 01:13 PM PST  Rapper Eminem climbed back to No. 1 on the Billboard 200 album chart on Wednesday after ousting last week's chart-topper Lady Gaga. Eminem's "The Marshall Mathers LP 2" reclaimed the top spot on the weekly album chart with sales of 120,000, according to figures from Nielsen SoundScan. The record had debuted at No. 1 following its release on November 5 with sales of 792,000 copies, the second-largest opening week this year behind Justin Timberlake's "The 20/20 Experience," which opened with 968,000 copies in March. Lady Gaga's latest effort "ARTPOP" debuted at No. 1 last week with 258,000 copies, but sales dropped by 82 percent in its second week, as the record fell to No. 8 in the chart with 46,000 units sold. Full Story | Top |
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