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Patti Smith to be honored by music industry
Mar 19, 2010 12:31 EDT
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Punk rock pioneer Patti Smith will receive a lifetime achievement award from the music industry next month in honor of her genre-bending 40-year career as singer, poet, political activist and painter.
Polanski lawyers appeal, demand sentencing in absence
Mar 18, 2010 18:43 EDT
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Lawyers for Roman Polanski filed an appeal on Thursday demanding the fugitive film director be sentenced in California for a decades-old sex crime even as he remains under house arrest in Switzerland.
Lacey Brown out, Urban survives on "American Idol"
Mar 18, 2010 01:35 EDT
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Lacey Brown was voted off "American Idol" on Wednesday after struggling with nerves for weeks on America's most-watched TV show.
Jobless Americans will be focus of next "Apprentice"
Mar 17, 2010 18:23 EDT
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - When "The Apprentice" returns to U.S. television for a new season, the focus will be more on "You're hired!" than "You're fired!"
Former "Sunshine" star Breslin yearns for horror
Mar 17, 2010 17:12 EDT
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Former "Little Miss Sunshine" star Abigail Breslin, currently bringing tears to the eyes of Broadway theater audiences as the blind and deaf Helen Keller, has a grown-up message for movie scouts. She's ready for much darker roles.
"Glee", "CSI" among TV shows "with a conscience"
Mar 17, 2010 15:44 EDT
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The wheelchair episode of musical comedy "Glee" and a "CSI" program tackling race and prejudice in the police were among eight shows named on Wednesday as examples of "television with a conscience".
Rapper DMX sentenced to six months in Arizona jail
Mar 16, 2010 20:35 EDT
PHOENIX (Reuters) - An Arizona judge sentenced rapper and actor DMX on Tuesday to six months in a Phoenix jail for violating his probation by regularly using drugs, court officials said.
911 tape released in actor Corey Haim's death
Mar 16, 2010 19:10 EDT
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Authorities on Tuesday released the 911 tape in actor Corey Haim's sudden death at age 38, as family gathered in his home town of Toronto for a private funeral service for the former teen movie star.
Thriller writer John Grisham ends holdout on e-books
Mar 16, 2010 18:20 EDT
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Popular legal thriller author John Grisham has broken his holdout against selling his books in an electronic format and will sell all of his 23 titles as e-books, his publisher said on Tuesday.
Fox to mine "Avatar" DVD release three times
Mar 16, 2010 18:17 EDT
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Twentieth Century Fox on Tuesday set Earth Day, April 22, for the DVD and Blu-ray release of "Avatar". But fans will have to wait until November for another disc with all the usual extras, and even longer for a 3-D version.
Erin Andrews peephole stalker lands in jail
Mar 16, 2010 08:42 EDT
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A Chicago insurance salesman was sentenced to 30 months in prison on Monday for making nude videos through hotel peepholes of television sports reporter Erin Andrews and posting them on the Internet.
Erin Andrews peephole stalker lands in jail
Mar 16, 2010 08:42 EDT
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A Chicago insurance salesman was sentenced to 30 months in prison on Monday for making nude videos through hotel peepholes of television sports reporter Erin Andrews and posting them on the Internet.
Kate Winslet, Sam Mendes separate after 7 years
Mar 15, 2010 18:16 EDT
LONDON (Reuters) - Oscar-winning couple Kate Winslet and her director husband Sam Mendes announced on Monday that they have separated after less than seven years of marriage.
Charlie Sheen pleads not guilty to assaulting wife
Mar 15, 2010 17:53 EDT
ASPEN, Colo (Reuters) - Actor Charlie Sheen pleaded not guilty on Monday to charges of assaulting his wife, who had previously asked for the case to be dropped.
Custom-designed Jackson furniture up for auction
Mar 12, 2010 19:28 EST
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Some 22 pieces of elaborate furniture custom-made for Michael Jackson, including a leather armchair embellished with crystals and gold leaf, will be auctioned off in June, organizers said on Friday.
Official probes drugs linked to Corey Haim
Mar 12, 2010 19:23 EST
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - California Attorney General Jerry Brown on Friday said his office has opened an investigation into a prescription drug ring linked to the sudden death of actor Corey Haim earlier this week.
Phil Spector's lawyers file appeal in murder case
Mar 12, 2010 17:36 EST
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Lawyers for music producer Phil Spector have appealed his conviction for killing a Hollywood actress, claiming the trial judge made several errors including introducing new evidence at his second trial.
Roto-Rooter takes "Undercover Boss" TV challenge
Mar 12, 2010 17:08 EST
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Four more leading U.S. executives have agreed to go undercover in their own companies for the hit reality TV show "Undercover Boss", CBS said on Friday.
Burt Reynolds recovering after heart surgery
Mar 03, 2010 16:21 EST
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Actor Burt Reynolds has undergone heart bypass surgery and is expected to make a quick recovery at home, his manager said on Wednesday.
Oliver Stone "shocked" on revisit to Wall St.
Mar 03, 2010 15:01 EST
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Director Oliver Stone was shocked when he revisited the world of high finance for the sequel to his 1987 hit movie "Wall Street", describing what was happening there as the "collapse of capitalism."
