Sarah Palin comes unhinged as star rises in "Game Change"
Mar 02, 2012 13:35 EST
NEW YORK (Reuters) - There is one thing the new HBO movie "Game Change" won't alter after it airs on television in one week: Sarah Palin still will be loved by many Republican conservatives and loathed by liberal Democrats.
"Game Change" depicts a devoted yet unhinged Sarah Palin
Mar 02, 2012 13:35 EST
NEW YORK (Reuters) - There is one thing the new HBO movie "Game Change" won't alter after it airs on television in one week: Sarah Palin still will be loved by many Republican conservatives and loathed by liberal Democrats.
Celebs make Occupy Wall Street fashionable
Oct 20, 2011 14:14 EDT
Occupy Wall Street is getting a little help from its celebrity friends as the movement enters a second month. But star power also carries risks, commentators say.
Debbie Reynolds selling historic movie costumes
Jun 17, 2011 14:14 EDT
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - If you ever wanted to relive the movie scene in which Marilyn Monroe's dress is blown upwards by a burst of air, you will get a chance on Saturday when her gown from "The Seven Year Itch" goes on auction.
Mike Myers to be a dad for the first time
May 13, 2011 21:28 EDT
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Yeah Baby! "Austin Powers" star Mike Myers is going to be a first time dad, his publicist said on Friday.
The curious life of the US diplomat, uncloaked
Dec 08, 2010 06:15 EST
Diplomats' life, seen in secret cables, is one of power meals, ritual and the scent of danger. A diplomat's life is not just caviar and coattails. It's rubbery fish in Brussels, a nauseating revolving restaurant in Kazakhstan and an epic three-day Muslim wedding featuring "stupendous" quantities of booze, a golden pistol, dancing women, the scent of danger and cauldrons of cows boiled whole.
French bank offers "disco"-style branch makeover
Dec 03, 2010 13:12 EST
PARIS (Reuters Life!) - French bank BNP Paribas has poured 5 million euros ($6.60 million) into a makeover of its flagship branch opposite Paris' Garnier Opera House, even as market jitters linger over the health of euro zone banks.
Through the past, darkly: The '60s at 50, blurred
Nov 28, 2010 00:01 EST
The American decade, overpackaged: As the '60s turn 50, is history slouching into anecdote?. His overalls are weathered. His white beard is grown out to aging-hippie perfection. The tattoos on his arms tell the story of a moment from the summer of 1969 that has passed into legend ? three days of peace and music that became a doorway to defining an era.
Through the past, darkly: The '60s at 50, blurred
Nov 27, 2010 10:00 EST
The American decade, overpackaged: As the '60s turn 50, is history slouching into anecdote?. His overalls are weathered. His white beard is grown out to aging-hippie perfection. The tattoos on his arms tell the story of a moment from the summer of 1969 that has passed into legend ? three days of peace and music that became a doorway to defining an era.
Spoofs seek proof of life at box office
Aug 19, 2010 00:02 EDT
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Is the joke on spoofs?
Correction: Celeb Birthdays for week of July 11-17
Jul 16, 2010 16:21 EDT
Correction: Celebrity Birthdays for the week of July 11-17. Celebrity birthdays for the week of July 11-17:
Boxer's opponents capitalize on 'ma'am' exchange
Dec 14, 2009 20:07 EST
Boxer's opponents in Calif. Senate race capitalize on scolding of general over use of 'ma'am'. The widely played video clip of U.S. Sen. Barbara Boxer reprimanding a general for calling her "ma'am" is the gift that keeps on giving for the two Republicans hoping to challenge her next year.
TV chat show host Simon Dee dies of cancer aged 74
Aug 31, 2009 12:36 EDT
LONDON (Reuters) - British television chat show host and radio disc jockey Simon Dee has died of bone cancer at the age of 74, his daughter told the BBC.
Best Sellers-Video
Jul 10, 2009 00:00 EDT
Best Sellers-Video. Weekly charts for the nation's most popular videos as they appear in next week's issue of Billboard magazine. Reprinted with permission:
Celebrity birthdays for the week of July 5-11
Jul 02, 2009 00:01 EDT
Celebrity birthdays for the week of July 5-11. Celebrity birthdays for the week of July 5-11:
Ohio GOP leader compares bald Specter to Dr. Evil
Apr 30, 2009 11:15 EDT
Ohio GOP leader posts photo of Specter, bald from chemotherapy, aside Dr. Evil; Dems angered. An Ohio Republican leader is being criticized for a blog post that used a photo of Pennsylvania Sen. Arlen Specter, bald from chemotherapy, and one of the hairless Dr. Evil from the "Austin Powers" movies.
Why Have Admen Lost Their Mojo?
Oct 02, 2007 11:11 EDT
?There aren?t enough personalities in the business anymore,? said adman Richard Kirshenbaum, who founded Kirshenbaum Bond + Partners with his former J. Walter Thompson co-worker Jonathan Bond in 1987, when he was 26. He was speaking as part of a panel on how to start your own ad agency, in the Time-Life Building, as part of Advertising Week 2007. The assembled hopefuls twittered.
Walk Like a Rockstar/Mom (Susanna Hoffs)
Jan 29, 2007 19:00 EST
"Hannah Montana," a Disney Channel program I watch on occasion with my daughter, features a 14-year-old girl with a secret identity: she's actually a rock star. This is an absurd fantasy.In real life, the rock star at my daughter's school is a mom. Although she leads a double life, it is no secret. Her name is Susanna Hoffs, her band The Bangles has a long history (hits, breakup, back together again), and she also has a very enjoyable new album with Matthew Sweet, "Under The Covers, Vol. 1" that consists of glossy reworkings of 1960s chestnuts, such as "Different Drum" or "Who Knows Where the Time Goes," as well as other classics and rarities from The Beatles, Neil Young, Bob Dylan and The Who.Most days, Hoffs, like the other moms, is dropping off her kids at school or attending gatherings and parent conferences. But this Friday, as this article appears in print, she will perform with The Bangles at a school assembly. It's good to live in Los Angeles.Over the summer, as Hoffs perform
Actress Tamara Dobson, Star of 'Cleopatra Jones,' Dies At 59
Oct 05, 2006 06:31 EDT
Dobson, who was diagnosed with MS six years ago, passed away at Baltimore's Keswick Multi-Care Center, the rehabiliation center where she had lived for the past two years, reports the Associated Press.
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