Entertainment News

2 out of 3 people worldwide tuned in for Olympics

AP - 1 hour, 12 minutes ago

NEW YORK - More than two out of three people worldwide tuned in for the Beijing Olympics.

Movie News

  • In this image released by The Weinstein Co., Seth Rogen, left, and Elizabeth Banks are shown in a scene from 'Zack & Miri Make A Porno.' (AP Photo/The Weinstein Co., Darren Michaels)
    Rogen shows some skin in Smith's `Zack and Miri' AP - Fri Sep 5, 10:22 AM ET

    TORONTO - All Seth Rogen really wanted when he came to Hollywood was to make a movie with Kevin Smith.

  • Young Jeezy poses in New York, Monday, Aug. 25, 2008.  (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
    Weekly wrap-up of entertainment quotes AP - Fri Sep 5, 9:38 AM ET

    "Oh, please. They've been speculating whether we've been getting divorced I think almost since we got married. The same can be said as to whether she's pregnant or whether we're adopting another child. I think that's just the nature of gossip. ... Everything seems fine. As far as I'm aware." — Guy Ritchie, on his marriage to Madonna.

  • Mickey Rourke poses during a photocall at Venice Film Festival September 5, 2008. (Max Rossi/Reuters)
    Rourke, Hathaway lead in Venice as U.S. films shine Reuters - Fri Sep 5, 9:25 AM ET

    VENICE (Reuters) - A late flurry of independent U.S. pictures at the Venice film festival has blown the competition wide open ahead of the awards ceremony on Saturday.

  • Director Guy Ritchie (L) is hugged by actor Jeremy Piven on the red carpet during the special presentation screening of the film 'RocknRolla' at the 33rd Toronto International Film Festival, September 4, 2008. (Mike Cassese/Reuters)
    "RocknRolla" finds Ritchie back with a vengeance Reuters - Fri Sep 5, 8:35 AM ET

    TORONTO (Hollywood Reporter) - First the good news: Guy Ritchie is back. Then the even better news: Guy Ritchie is back with his most accessible and enjoyable film yet in "RocknRolla."

  • Writer and director Guy Ritchie attends a screening of the film 'RocknRolla' during the Toronto International Film Festival on Thursday, Sept. 4, 2008 in Toronto. (AP Photo/Evan Agostini)
    Ritchie rocks again with crime romp `RocknRolla' AP - Fri Sep 5, 8:09 AM ET

    TORONTO - Crime just never stops paying for Guy Ritchie.

Music News

  • In this Feb. 27, 2008 file photo, Russian opera singer Anna Netrebko is seen during anniversary celebrations of the Mariinsky Theater in St. Petersburg, Russia. Netrebko has a new tenor in her life.The soprano gave birth to a 7-pound, 13-ounce boy Friday Sept. 5, 2008, in Vienna, Austria, New York-based publicist Glenn Petry said. (AP Photo/RIA-Novosti, Vladimir Rodionov, Presidential Press Service,File)
    Soprano Anna Netrebko gives birth to baby boy AP - 47 minutes ago

    NEW YORK - Anna Netrebko has a new tenor in her life.

  • Nicoletta Mantovani, widow of late Italian Tenor Luciano Pavarotti, looks on during a press conference at Rome's Culture Ministry building, Friday, Sept. 5, 2008, to commemorate the first anniversary of his death. Pavarotti  who died in Modena, Sept. 6, 2007. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
    Pavarotti to be remembered around the world AP - 1 hour, 34 minutes ago

    ROME - The world will mark the first anniversary of the death of Luciano Pavarotti with a series of concerts, an exhibit and other events, organizers and his family announced Friday.

  • Weekly wrap-up of entertainment quotes AP - Fri Sep 5, 9:38 AM ET

    "Oh, please. They've been speculating whether we've been getting divorced I think almost since we got married. The same can be said as to whether she's pregnant or whether we're adopting another child. I think that's just the nature of gossip. ... Everything seems fine. As far as I'm aware." — Guy Ritchie, on his marriage to Madonna.

  • Actress Sally Field speaks during a celebration of AARP's 50th Anniversary held in Washington on Thursday, Sept. 4, 2008. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
    AARP celebrates 50th with star-studded event AP - Fri Sep 5, 7:20 AM ET

    WASHINGTON - Actress Sally Field had some advice for the mature crowd celebrating AARP's 50th anniversary on a sunny day at the Lincoln Memorial: Don't get burned.

  • Janet Jackson, center, poses with her brothers, from left, Marlon Jackson, Tito Jackson, Jackie Jackson and Randy Jackson of pop group The Jacksons after they received the BMI Icon award at the 8th Annual BMI Urban Awards in Beverly Hills, Calif., Thursday, Sept. 4, 2008. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
    Jacksons reunite at BMI Urban Awards AP - Fri Sep 5, 7:08 AM ET

    LOS ANGELES - The Jacksons were crowned icons at the BMI Urban Awards, but the King of Pop was an absentee.

Television News

Entertainment Industry News

  • Berlusconi loses libel suit against the Economist Reuters - 27 minutes ago

    ROME (Reuters) - Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi lost a defamation suit he brought against The Economist magazine over a 2001 cover story that accused him of being "unfit to lead Italy," the British publication said on Friday.

  • A fan dressed as 'The Joker' watches as actor Christian Bale (L) arrives for the European Premiere of The Dark Knight in Leicester Square in central London July 21, 2008. (Toby Melville/Reuters)
    "Dark Knight" reigns as new Imax king Reuters - 2 hours, 33 minutes ago

    LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - The Imax-format release of Warner Bros.' "The Dark Knight" has blown past "The Polar Express" as the giant-screen exhibitor's top first-run release.

  • South African actress Charlize Theron arrives at the Venice Film Festival August 29, 2008. Theron starred in the movie 'The Burning Plain' by Guillermo Arriaga which was shown in the competition at the Venice Film Festival. (Max Rossi/Reuters)
    Rourke, Hathaway lead in Venice as U.S. films shine Reuters - Fri Sep 5, 9:25 AM ET

    VENICE (Reuters) - A late flurry of independent U.S. pictures at the Venice film festival has blown the competition wide open ahead of the awards ceremony on Saturday.

  • U.S. Republican vice presidential candidate Alaska Governor Sarah Palin takes the stage at the 2008 Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minnesota September 3, 2008. (Damir Sagolj/Reuters)
    Palin draws 37 million viewers, just shy of Obama Reuters - Fri Sep 5, 9:02 AM ET

    LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, unknown to most Americans a week ago, nearly matched Barack Obama's record TV audience with her feisty speech on Wednesday accepting the Republican nomination for vice president, topping 37 million U.S. viewers.

  • Irish band U2's singer Bono gives out an award at MTV Video Music Awards Japan 2008 in Saitama, north of Tokyo, May 31, 2008. Initially expected this fall as a fourth-quarter blockbuster, U2's next album has been pushed to early 2009 while the band continues to write and record material. (Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters)
    Next U2 album pushed to early 2009 Reuters - Fri Sep 5, 8:46 AM ET

    NEW YORK (Billboard) - Initially expected this fall as a fourth-quarter blockbuster, U2's next album has been pushed to early 2009 while the band continues to write and record material.

Reviews

  • Musician Bob Dylan plays the organ during the Roskilde Festival in Denmark June 30, 2006. (Peter Elmholt/Scanpix/Reuters)
    Dylan rolls out rocking show in rarely used venue Reuters - Thu Sep 4, 10:06 PM ET

    SANTA MONICA, California (Hollywood Reporter) - Leave it to an enigmatic-after-all-these-years rock legend to play a 50-year-old creaky venue that hasn't been a concert hotspot for quite some time. Back in the 1970s and '80s, the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium played host to shows from the Kinks to Queen to the Clash. The sound was never very good.

  • Music and dancing lift an exuberant 'Fela!' AP - Thu Sep 4, 7:41 PM ET

    NEW YORK - It may seem incongruous to make a musical by combining exhilarating Afrobeat music and lively, often sensual dancing with grim stories of a military government's oppression of its citizens. But when the result is the exciting new off-Broadway show "Fela!," the messages and the music meld into near-nonstop exuberance.

  • In this image released by Fox Broadcasting Co., castmembers, from left, John Noble, Anna Torv, foreground, Jasika Nicole and Joshua Jackson are shown in a scene from, 'Fringe,' premiering Sept. 9, at  8:00 p.m. on FOX.  (AP Photo/ Fox Broadcasting Co., Ben Mark Holzberg)
    'Fringe,' 'Privileged' and 'Do Not Disturb' on tap AP - Thu Sep 4, 2:32 PM ET

    NEW YORK - The new TV season's official start date (Sept. 21) is weeks away, but one of the most anticipated shows, "90210," has already arrived.

  • Music Review: Haddon reinvents himself again AP - Wed Sep 3, 4:31 PM ET

    Deitrick Haddon, "Revealed" (Zomba)

  • Music Review: Giant Sand's new album is compelling AP - Wed Sep 3, 2:03 PM ET

    Giant Sand, "proVISIONS" (YepRoc)

Books/Publishing News

  • Publisher of O.J. book to handle Muhammad novel AP - 42 minutes ago

    NEW YORK - The publisher that took on O.J. Simpson's "If I Did It" after it was dropped in the face of public outrage has signed up another rejected project: Sherry Jones' "The Jewel of Medina," a novel about a wife of the prophet Muhammad that Random House canceled out of concern that it would anger Muslims.

  • Alan Greenspan, the former chairman of the Federal Reserve, speaks during the 91st LIMRA International Annual Meeting in this Oct. 30, 2007 file photo in Boston. In a new epilogue, Greenspan says Congress needs to give the government new powers to handle troubled companies to minimize any potential losses to American taxpayers. (AP Photo/Bizuayehu Tesfaye, file)
    Greenspan: Don't use Fed as a 'magical piggy bank' AP - Fri Sep 5, 12:02 AM ET

    WASHINGTON - Troubled by the Bear Stearns debacle, former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan is advocating a new way of dealing with government bailouts of companies whose sudden collapse could wreak havoc on the country's economic and financial stability.

  • PUBLISHERS WEEKLY BEST-SELLERS AP - Thu Sep 4, 3:16 PM ET

    1. "Devil Bones" by Kathy Reichs (Scribner)

  • WALL STREET JOURNAL BEST-SELLERS AP - Thu Sep 4, 3:06 PM ET

    1. "Breaking Dawn" by Stephenie Meyer (Little, Brown)

  • Pop star writes of friendship with ex-priest AP - Thu Sep 4, 11:01 AM ET

    LONDON - Pop star Cliff Richard has written about his relationship with a former Roman Catholic priest in an autobiography excerpted in a British newspaper on Thursday.

Arts News

Gossip/Celebrity News

  • New Seinfeld ad draws negative reviews online AP - 10 minutes ago

    NEW YORK - No soup for Microsoft?

  • Publisher of O.J. book to handle Muhammad novel AP - 42 minutes ago

    NEW YORK - The publisher that took on O.J. Simpson's "If I Did It" after it was dropped in the face of public outrage has signed up another rejected project: Sherry Jones' "The Jewel of Medina," a novel about a wife of the prophet Muhammad that Random House canceled out of concern that it would anger Muslims.

  • Spanish tenor Jose Carreras (R) and host Axel Bulthaupt in front of a screen projecting footage of late Italian tenor Luciano Pavarotti at the rehearsal for the Jose Carreras Gala show in Leipzig, Germany, December 2007. One year after his death, a slew of concerts and programmes commemorating Pavarotti will be held across Italy and the world, starting Saturday in the tenor's hometown of Modena.(AFP/DDP/File/Jens Schlueter)
    One year later, Pavarotti's legend lives on AFP - 2 hours, 9 minutes ago

    ROME (AFP) - One year after his death, a slew of concerts and programmes commemorating Luciano Pavarotti will be held across Italy and the world, starting Saturday in the tenor's hometown of Modena.

  • Weekly wrap-up of entertainment quotes AP - Fri Sep 5, 9:38 AM ET

    "Oh, please. They've been speculating whether we've been getting divorced I think almost since we got married. The same can be said as to whether she's pregnant or whether we're adopting another child. I think that's just the nature of gossip. ... Everything seems fine. As far as I'm aware." — Guy Ritchie, on his marriage to Madonna.

  • Writer and director Guy Ritchie attends a screening of the film 'RocknRolla' during the Toronto International Film Festival on Thursday, Sept. 4, 2008 in Toronto. (AP Photo/Evan Agostini)
    Ritchie rocks again with crime romp `RocknRolla' AP - Fri Sep 5, 8:09 AM ET

    TORONTO - Crime just never stops paying for Guy Ritchie.

Fashion News

  • In this file photo taken Monday, Sept. 27, 2004,   fashion designer Mila Schoen smiles prior to presenting her Spring/Summer 2005 collection, in Milan, Italy. Schoen, an Italian designer of elegant, impeccably tailored clothes, died early Friday Sept. 5, 2008  at her villa in northern Italy at the age of 91. Her fashion house in Milan said Schoen died in her sleep at her country home near Alessandria. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno, FILES)
    Fashion designer Mila Schoen dies in Italy AP - Fri Sep 5, 10:56 AM ET

    ROME - Mila Schoen, an Italian designer of elegant, impeccably tailored clothes, died early Friday at her villa in northern Italy at the age of 91.

  • FWD101  Model presents a design at the La Perla show during Spring 2009 Fashion Week in New York on Thursday, Sept. 4, 2008.(Fashion Wire Daily/Grant Lamos IV)
    At La Perla, an Absence of Elegance Fashion Wire Daily - Fri Sep 5, 8:40 AM ET

    New York - La Perla, the legendary Italian lingerie house, is a brand synonymous with luxury and a type of sensuality that is chic not cheap.

  • Cindy McCain, wife of Republican presidential candidate John McCain, waves during her speech at the Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minn., Thursday, Sept. 4, 2008.  (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds)
    Cindy McCain sets tone for GOP fashion AP - Fri Sep 5, 7:17 AM ET

    Not since Jacqueline Kennedy first donned her signature pillbox hats have fashionistas paid such close attention to what the women of politics are wearing.

  • Judy Garland's Arabian ruby slippers, one of five pairs designed by Adrian Greenberg of MGM studios and worn by Garland for test and wardrobe shots in the 1939 film 'The Wizard of Oz, ' are displayed at Saks Fifth Avenue in New York, Thursday, Sept. 4, 2008, part of an exhibit of ruby shoes created along the gemmed red slippers theme by well-known designers. Considered the most rare of all the ruby slippers used while making the film, the pair shown are owned by actress Debbie Reynolds. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)
    Stars wish they were in Dorothy's shoes AP - Fri Sep 5, 7:15 AM ET

    NEW YORK - It's been 70 years since Judy Garland first clicked her ruby slippers in "The Wizard of Oz," yet even the well-heeled celebrities who inhabit the wonderful land of Hollywood still find the shoes a thing of beauty.

  • Models present creations at the Yummie Tummie by Heather Thomson Spring 2009 collection during New York Fashion Week September 4, 2008. (Brendan McDermid/Reuters)
    Pole dancers model lingerie at NY Fashion Week Reuters - Fri Sep 5, 1:33 AM ET

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - Lingerie creator Heather Thomson got a jump-start on the New York Fashion Week, turning to some of the city's best pole dancers to display her new line of Yummie Tummie underwear on Thursday.

Dear Abby

  • SON'S AT A LOSS TO HANDLE DAD'S THREATS OF SUICIDE Dear Abby - Thu Sep 4, 7:58 PM ET

    DEAR ABBY: My father and I usually get along well, but whenever we get into an argument, he'll say something like, "Well, maybe I should just kill myself. Then you won't have to deal with me!" This has been going on for as long as I can remember. I'm 21 now.

  • BRIDE'S MOTHER IS APPALLED BY TACKY WEDDING TRADITION Dear Abby - Wed Sep 3, 7:58 PM ET

    DEAR ABBY: My daughter, who is being married in three months, mentioned to me that her fiance's friends have a tradition of covering the newlyweds' car with condoms. Whatever happened to tin cans and a "Just Married" sign?

  • LOVING NEIGHBORS STAND IN FOR GRANDPARENTS FAR AWAY Dear Abby - Tue Sep 2, 7:58 PM ET

    DEAR ABBY: "Nobody's Grandma" (June 12) is sad about her children's desire to remain childless. I would encourage her to seek out a family in her neighborhood, church or other shared connections who live far from family or have no grandparents.

  • HUSBAND SCRATCHES HIS HEAD AT WIFE'S LOVE FOR LINGERIE Dear Abby - Mon Sep 1, 7:58 PM ET

    DEAR ABBY: When my wife sees lingerie she likes in a store, she asks me to buy it for her birthday or our anniversary. The problem is, she'll wear the item only once and never wear it again. She has a fortune in lingerie in her dresser drawer just taking up space.

  • STUDENT'S TRANSFER WOULD MEAN LOSS OF SCHOLARSHIP Dear Abby - Sun Aug 31, 7:58 PM ET

    DEAR ABBY: My son is the recipient of a four-year college scholarship with full tuition. He selected and applied to this school. The problem is, he now wants to transfer to another college. This means he would finish his sophomore year and give up two years of the scholarship.

Dear Margo

  • What, Exactly, Constitutes An Affair? Dear Margo - Fri Sep 5, 2:00 AM ET

    09/05/2008 - DEAR MARGO: I'm in an unusual (or perhaps not) situation.

  • Please Support Cancer Research Dear Margo - Thu Sep 4, 2:00 AM ET

    09/04/2008 - This is an unusual column for me to write. Throughout my years as an advice columnist (first as "Dear Prudence," now "Dear Margo"), I have never plugged anything or suggested to my readers that they participate in any event. I do so now to continue a tradition.

  • Lights, Camera, Action! Dear Margo - Fri Aug 29, 2:00 AM ET

    08/29/2008 - DEAR MARGO: I have been working for a director for some time now -- from the time I was in school.

  • Wake Up and Smell the Manipulator Dear Margo - Thu Aug 28, 2:00 AM ET

    08/28/2008 - DEAR MARGO: I think my husband of 20 years had an affair.

  • One Need Not Go to China for Chinese Food Dear Margo - Fri Aug 22, 2:00 AM ET

    08/22/2008 - DEAR MARGO: My friend has been writing, e-mailing and web-camming a man located in China who is from Africa.

Humor

  • Don't Bug Me! Peter McKay - Tue Sep 2, 3:00 AM ET

    Creators Syndicate - This year, my wife and I have yet another son going into ninth grade. It's the start of high school and the beginning of serious academic study, the year when a child starts to think about what they want to be when they finally finish school. Mostly, though, it means it's time for the dreaded bug collection.

  • In Week Before Labor Day, Pointless "Filler" Columns Abound Andy Borowitz - Sat Aug 30, 3:00 AM ET

    Creators Syndicate - Lazy Columnists Pad Out Stories by Quoting Experts, Experts Say

  • Just Looking, Thanks! Peter McKay - Tue Aug 26, 3:00 AM ET

    Creators Syndicate - This past week, as we watched the Olympics on TV almost every night, I had to sit by quietly while my wife commented, with disturbing regularity, on all the young male athletes. She wasn't talking about scores, times, or world records, or even their medals, but about how well built they all were.

  • China's Gold Medals Found to Have High Lead Content Andy Borowitz - Sat Aug 23, 3:00 AM ET

    Creators Syndicate - Phelps Warned Not to Lick Medals

  • Screen Play Peter McKay - Tue Aug 19, 3:00 AM ET

    Creators Syndicate - My 14-year-old son spent the first part of the year shoveling snow, then cleaning gutters and cutting grass — doing everything and anything he could do with an eye toward saving up a big wad of cash he could blow on something extravagant.

Most Popular Entertainment News

  • In this Aug. 20, 2008 file photo, David Spade arrives at the premiere of 'The House Bunny' in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles, file)
    David Spade is the father of Playboy pinup's baby AP - Fri Sep 5, 3:45 AM ET

    NEW YORK - David Spade is the father of Playboy playmate Jillian Grace's newborn daughter, Spade's representative said Thursday. The baby girl was born Aug. 26 in Missouri, and Spade plans to visit her on his first break from filming the CBS sitcom "Rules of Engagement," publicist Meredith O'Sullivan said.

  • The original cast (front) of the musical 'Rent' lines up on stage at the 62nd Annual Tony Awards in New York, June 15, 2008. (Gary Hershorn/Reuters)
    Fans line up to see "Rent" last time on Broadway Reuters - 1 hour, 10 minutes ago

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - Jeanne Hopkins flew all the way from California to line up to put her name in a lottery for a $20 ticket to see one of the last Broadway performances of the hit musical "Rent," which closes on Sunday after 12 years.

  • Republicans Take Heart; Heart Takes It Back(E! Online)
    Republicans Take Heart; Heart Takes It Back E! Online - Fri Sep 5, 4:01 AM ET

    Los Angeles (E! Online) - Ann and Nancy Wilson are hoping the Republicans change their tune—and aren't planning on waiting until November to find out.

  • Anthony Edwards Checks Back Into ER(E! Online)
    Anthony Edwards Checks Back Into ER E! Online - Thu Sep 4, 7:26 AM ET

    Los Angeles (E! Online) - NBC is bringing out the big guns for its 15th and final season of ER. The big, nostalgia-laden, tear-inducing guns.

  • What, Exactly, Constitutes An Affair? Dear Margo - Fri Sep 5, 2:00 AM ET

    09/05/2008 - DEAR MARGO: I'm in an unusual (or perhaps not) situation.