 (Reuters) - Borders Group Inc inched closer to liquidation on Sunday after a bidding deadline passed without offers, the Wall Street Journal said, citing people familiar with the matter. |
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Palin film starts soft, but distributor pleased
Sun,17 Jul 2011 05:39 PM PDT
Reuters - LOS ANGELES (TheWrap) - Sarah Palin documentary "The Undefeated" got off to a soft start in a lightly promoted 10-theater box-office debut this weekend, grossing somewhere between $65,000-$75,000, according to estimates confirmed by distributor ARC Entertainment. Full Story |
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 NEW YORK (Reuters) - Ivanka Trump, daughter of Donald and a judge on his TV show "The Apprentice," has taken on another role -- that of mother -- as the former model gave birth on Sunday to a baby girl in New York City. |
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 LOS ANGELES (TheWrap) - For more than a decade, Chely Wright was the perfect country star: pretty, perky and Christian, singing songs about the joys and heartaches of being a "Single White Female," posing seductively in videos and photos, and even forming a dreamy Nashville couple with boyfriend and fellow star Brad Paisley. |
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 LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The final "Harry Potter" film shattered box office records worldwide with a whopping $168.6 million in U.S. and Canadian ticket sales over the opening weekend and nearly $476 million globally. |
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 NEW YORK (Reuters) - Former "Friends" star Lisa Kudrow is back on television this coming Tuesday in Showtime's new series, "Web Therapy," -- the first time a show created for the Internet has moved to a 30-minute comedy on television. |
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Swiss police arrest 21 at Montreux festival
Sun,17 Jul 2011 05:21 AM PDT
Reuters - ZURICH (Reuters) - Swiss police arrested 21 people during two nights of clashes between drunken revelers and security at Montreux, one of Europe's most prestigious summer jazz festivals, police said on Sunday. Full Story |
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 LOS ANGELES (TheWrap) - People on Twitter responded with a range of sadness to eye-rolls upon the news that Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony are separating after seven years of marriage. |
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 LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A new controversy over Oscar winner Jane Fonda's Vietnam War activism caused the actress to come out swinging against home shopping TV network QVC on Saturday, over what she described as its caving in to "extremist" pressure to cancel her appearance. |
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 LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The eighth and final "Harry Potter" movie sold $92.1 million worth tickets in the United States and Canada on its first day in theaters to set a single-day box-office record, according to studio estimates released on Saturday. |
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 ORANGE, California (Reuters) - "The Undefeated," a flattering documentary about Sarah Palin's rise in American politics, opened in a handful of U.S. movie theaters on Friday, drawing die-hard fans of the Tea Party favorite from far away. |
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 LOS ANGELES (TheWrap) - Mila Kunis is definitely going to the Marine Corps Ball with Sgt. Scott Moore in November. |
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 LOS ANGELES (TheWrap) - "Breaking Bad" doesn't dither around: If you're looking for answers after last season's jittery cliff-hanger, you'll get lots of them Sunday night. |
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 NEW YORK (Reuters) - Watching the success of the television show "Breaking Bad" has been a guilty pleasure for the chemical industry. |
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 NEW YORK (Reuters) - Singer and actress Jennifer Lopez and Latin pop singer Marc Anthony have decided to end their marriage after seven years, the couple said on Friday. |
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Iranians explore sexuality in "Circumstance"
Fri,15 Jul 2011 03:33 PM PDT
Reuters - LOS ANGELES (TheWrap) - "Circumstance," which was the U.S. Dramatic Centerpiece screening at Los Angeles' Outfest film festival this week, tells of two Iranian teenage girls struggling for personal freedom under the watchful eye of the state and the family. Full Story |
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 LOS ANGELES (TheWrap) - "Men of a Certain Age" has been canceled, TNT confirms to TheWrap. |
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AFTRA ratifies 3-1/2 year videogame contract
Fri,15 Jul 2011 03:06 PM PDT
Reuters - LOS ANGELES (TheWrap) - Videogame performers will be paid a streaming fee for their work under the terms of a contract the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists has approved, the union announced Friday. Full Story |
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 LOS ANGELES (TheWrap) - Sorry, Lady Gaga, but Rihanna has just passed you by. At least on the Facebook charts. |
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Videogame sales drop 10 percent
Fri,15 Jul 2011 02:09 PM PDT
Reuters - LOS ANGELES (TheWrap) - It's been a bad month for videogames, with total sales down 10 percent year-to-year compared with June 2010, according to a recent report by the NPD Group. Full Story |
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 NEW YORK (Reuters) - Watching the success of AMC's "Breaking Bad" has been a guilty pleasure for the chemical industry. |
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 LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Colin Hanks has murder on his mind these days. The 33 year-old actor currently stars on screen in the dark comedy film "Lucky," which debuts in New York and Los Angeles on Friday and expands around the United States in coming weeks. |
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 LOS ANGELES (TheWrap) - It's all over but the official announcement. On Friday, "Midnight in Paris" will become the top-grossing movie of Woody Allen's long career. |
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 LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Harry Potter's final film adventure has bolted to a big start at worldwide box offices, breaking the record for midnight screenings in the U.S. and Canada with $43.5 million and setting the stage for a massive weekend debut. |
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 PARIS (Reuters) - France's first lady Carla Bruni spoke openly about her pregnancy for the first time in a newspaper interview published on Friday -- but kept the baby's gender a secret. |
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 LONDON (Reuters) - Two men appeared in court on Friday in connection with an alleged plot targeting British soul singer Joss Stone. |
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UK media groups rush to fill News of the World void
Fri,15 Jul 2011 06:11 AM PDT
Reuters - LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's media groups are rushing to fill the void created by the closure of the best-selling News of the World, the News International Sunday tabloid that shut last week following allegations of phone hacking. Full Story |
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Son of Pink Floyd guitarist jailed for fees riot
Fri,15 Jul 2011 04:33 AM PDT
Reuters - LONDON (Reuters) - Charlie Gilmour, the son of Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour, was jailed for 16 months on Friday for going on a drug-fueled rampage during a student fees protest in London. Full Story |
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 LOS ANGELES (TheWrap) - It may not be "Harry Potter," but another film featuring a bespectacled protagonist is racking up strong pre-sales before its national roll-out this weekend. |
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