 LONDON
(Reuters) - Rupert Murdoch was set to fly to London to tackle a scandal
engulfing his media empire while journalists prepared the last edition
of the best-selling Sunday paper they say he has sacrificed to protect
plans to expand his television business. |
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 GUATEMALA
CITY (Reuters) - Argentine singer Facundo Cabral, one of the stars of
Latin American folk music, was shot dead in Guatemala City early on
Saturday when gunmen riddled his car with bullets, authorities said. |
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ANGELES (TheWrap) - Unemployment has loomed in the life of "Horrible
Bosses" director Seth Gordon, but it's been nothing compared to his
friends from Yale architecture school. |
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 DALLAS
(Reuters) - R&B singer Rihanna cut short a Dallas concert on Friday
after a fire broke out near the stage, the artist said in a post on
Twitter, and video of the incident showed sparks falling down from
above. |
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 LOS
ANGELES (TheWrap) - When Katy Perry opens her mouth to sing, something
beautiful tends to come out. When she opens her mouth to eat? Maybe not
so much. |
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 LOS
ANGELES (Reuters) - Prince William and his new wife, Kate, make their
debut on the world's largest celebrity stage on Friday with a brief
California visit that combines the glitz of Hollywood with the grit of
Skid Row in Los Angeles. |
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 LONDON
(Reuters) - Police arrested David Cameron's former spokesman on Friday
over the scandal that has shut down Rupert Murdoch's News of the World,
forcing the prime minister to defend his judgment while promising new
controls on the British press. |
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TNT offers Monday sneak peek of revamped "Dallas"
Fri,8 Jul 2011 03:56 PM PDT Reuters - LOS ANGELES (TheWrap) - TNT has greenlit its revamp of the iconic nighttime soap opera "Dallas" for a full season and will offer a preview of the series this coming Monday, the cable station announced on Friday. Full Story1 |
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 LOS
ANGELES (Reuters) - Oscar organizers on Friday downplayed speculation
that former talk show queen and Oscar nominee Oprah Winfrey might be
hosting Hollywood's top film honors next year. |
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 LOS
ANGELES (TheWrap) - "Game of Thrones" has found its Briennne, Maid of
Tarth. |
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Weinstein Co. to remake French film 'Untouchable'
Fri,8 Jul 2011 03:04 PM PDT Reuters - LOS ANGELES (TheWrap) - The Weinstein Company has acquired the French language movie "Untouchable" -- and the rights to remake it in English, the studio announced Friday. Full Story1 |
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 LOS
ANGELES (TheWrap) - Sony Pictures Classics is nearing a real milestone
with Woody Allen's "Midnight in Paris," and the company is pulling out
all the stops to get there. |
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LOS
ANGELES (TheWrap) - Unemployment has loomed in the life of "Horrible
Bosses" director Seth Gordon, but it's been nothing compared to his
friends from Yale architecture school. |
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 LOS
ANGELES (TheWrap) - The 13th season premiere of "Big Brother" won the
evening's top ratings on Thursday and beat out its previous season
premiere, according to preliminary viewership figures. |
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 NEW
YORK (TheWrap) - CBS News veteran Harry Smith is leaving the network to
join NBC, six months after CBS replaced his "Early Show" team. |
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 NEW
YORK (TheWrap) - Gillian Anderson is slowly cornering the market on lead
roles in BBC adaptations of Charles Dickens classics. |
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 PARIS
(Reuters) - A pleat is just a pleat -- unless, of course, your name was
Madame Gres. |
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 LONDON
(Reuters) - The young actors who have worked on the "Harry Potter"
movies for half their lives said on Wednesday they were struggling to
come to grips with the series ending. |
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NBC deal secures IOC finances for decade: Carrion
Fri,8 Jul 2011 06:43 AM PDT Reuters - DURBAN, South Africa (Reuters) - NBC Universal's $4.38 billion deal for the U.S. broadcast rights of the Olympics has secured the movement's financial future for the rest of the decade, the International Olympic Committee's Richard Carrion said on Friday. Full Story1 |
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 LONDON
(Reuters) - The former News of the World royal editor, jailed in 2007,
was arrested over alleged payments to police, a police source said on
Friday. |
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 NASHVILLE,
Tenn (Reuters) - Chris Young is shedding his signature black cowboy hat
so audiences can see the singer behind a string of country music hits. |
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 LOS
ANGELES (TheWrap) - Better start making the popcorn now, because this
weekend you'll have the opportunity to watch Nancy Grace's head nearly
explode all over again. And again. And again. |
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"Beats, Rhymes & Life" captures Tribe Called Quest Reunion
Thu,7 Jul 2011 06:12 PM PDT Reuters - LOS ANGELES (TheWrap) - After hip-hop was all about blasting the sucka MC's and before it focused on name-checking Louis Vuitton and Cristal, there was A Tribe Called Quest. And while audiences didn't initially know what to make of their kente-cloth ensembles and Dwayne Wayne eyewear, their unique sound made them a huge breakout success in the late '80s and early '90s. Full Story1 |
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Outfest 2011: Highlights of this year's festival
Thu,7 Jul 2011 06:10 PM PDT Reuters - LOS ANGELES (TheWrap) - Honest, delicate portrayals of family and twisted, explicit sexual obsessions will pepper the 29th annual Outfest film festival, opening Thursday night at the Orpheum Theater in downtown Los Angeles. Full Story1 |
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 LOS
ANGELES (TheWrap) - If any studio president has a rousing halftime
speech, now would be the time to deliver it. |
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 LOS
ANGELES (TheWrap) - The Steven Spielberg-produced "Falling Skies" has
been renewed for a second season, TNT announced on Thursday. The second
season will consist of 10 episodes which are slated to begin running in
summer 2012. |
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John Carpenter's "The Ward" scares up other director's tricks
Thu,7 Jul 2011 04:46 PM PDT Reuters - LOS ANGELES (TheWrap) - Amber Heard makes mental patients sexy in John Carpenter's latest, "The Ward," a sometimes campy, sometimes scary, but mostly soporific new horror flick. And while Carpenter isn't merely rehashing his own bag of tricks, for once, he does appear to be pickpocketing other directors instead. Full Story1 |
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 LOS
ANGELES (TheWrap) - Can't wait until Thanksgiving dinner to witness a
pointless conversation between a pompous fundamentalist Christian and a
sneering atheist? Then "The Ledge" is the movie for you. |
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 LONDON
(Reuters) - Thousands of fans braved rain and battled security
restrictions in London's Trafalgar Square on Thursday to say farewell to
the boy wizard Harry Potter at the world premiere of the final movie in
the record-breaking series. |
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Suzanne Kolb named president of E! TV network
Thu,7 Jul 2011 02:48 PM PDT Reuters - NEW YORK (TheWrap) - Suzanne Kolb has been named the new president of E! Entertainment after serving as president of marketing, news and online for E! and The Style Network. Full Story1 |
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Entertainment, broadband firms adopt piracy warning system
Thu,7 Jul 2011 02:24 PM PDT Reuters - LOS ANGELES (TheWrap) - A broad coalition of entertainment industry companies, guilds, Internet services and telecommunications providers said Thursday they have joined to launch a new warning system to tell consumers when they have downloaded copyrighted material illegally. Full Story1 |
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LOS
ANGELES (TheWrap) - NBC's "America's Got Talent" topped the ratings on
Wednesday night despite a marked drop from last week, according to
preliminary numbers. |
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 LOS
ANGELES (TheWrap) - "Zookeeper" is arguably one of the better products
of the Adam Sandler Death of Cinema Fun Factory -- but that's an
accomplishment somewhere on par with "Least Smelly Turd." |
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 LONDON
(Reuters) - In an astonishing response to a scandal engulfing his media
empire, Rupert Murdoch shut down the News of the World on Thursday,
Britain's biggest selling Sunday newspaper. |
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The TMZ Tour: 2 hours of snark and sleaze
Thu,7 Jul 2011 12:51 PM PDT Reuters - LOS ANGELES (TheWrap) - If your idea of Hollywood is Lindsay, Paris and Kim, TMZ has a tour for you. Full Story1 |
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 LOS
ANGELES (Reuters) - Canceled soap operas "All My Children" and "One Life
to Live," will now live on -- not on the small screen but on the
Internet, mobile phones and other online formats, the broadcaster said
on Thursday. |
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 NEW
YORK (TheWrap) - "Never underestimate the power of the Schwartz!" |
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Part of U.S. media ownership rule overturned
Thu,7 Jul 2011 12:10 PM PDT Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A federal appeals court has overturned part of a 2008 loosening of U.S. media-ownership rules that made it easier to own a newspaper and a broadcast outlet in a single market. Full Story1 |
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 LOS
ANGELES (Reuters) - Kidnapping victim Elizabeth Smart will join ABC News
as a contributor on stories about missing persons, the network said on
Thursday. |
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 SUN
VALLEY, Idaho (Reuters) - Live Nation, the world's largest live
entertainment business, would benefit from being taken private,
according to the company's largest shareholder. |
