Thursday, September 2, 2010

Schnabel ponders Palestinian conflict in "Miral" (Reuters)

Schnabel ponders Palestinian conflict in "Miral" (Reuters)


Schnabel ponders Palestinian conflict in "Miral" (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Sep 2010 08:35 PM PDT

Reuters - Sure to excite curiosity thanks to the reputation of director Julian Schnabel ("The Diving Bell and the Butterfly") and its controversial topicality, "Miral" dramatically but unevenly explores the lives of four Palestinian women during the years of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict.


Olsen twins' sister to star in indie drama (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Sep 2010 08:05 PM PDT

Reuters - Elizabeth Olsen, the younger sister of the Olsen twins, is set to star in the indie drama "Martha Marcy May Marlene."


Toronto film fest boss stays cool under pressure (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Sep 2010 08:05 PM PDT

Reuters - The famously unflappable Cameron Bailey is looking a touch puzzled, and has for weeks.


9/11 musical "Clear Blue Tuesday" adds to tragedy (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Sep 2010 08:35 PM PDT

Reuters - Want to experience the worst sort of theater without the bother or expense of heading to New York? Take in the new indie film "Clear Blue Tuesday," a 9/11-themed musical -- that's not a typo -- representing the sort of egregious fatuousness and self-indulgence that is all too endemic to off-Broadway stages.


Man in Letterman blackmail plot freed from NY jail

Posted: 02 Sep 2010 08:30 PM PDT

AP - The former television producer who tried to blackmail David Letterman was freed Thursday after four months in jail for a plot that put a spotlight on the comic icon's office affairs, city Correction Department records show.


Irish crowd pelt Gun N' Roses after lengthy wait (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Sep 2010 08:32 PM PDT

Reuters - American rock band Guns N' Roses incurred the wrath of a crowd in Ireland after showing up almost an hour late -- and then left the stage after being pelted with plastic glasses.


TV chef Anthony Bourdain skewers cooking rivals (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Sep 2010 08:08 PM PDT

Reuters - Food and travel provocateur Anthony Bourdain is celebrating the 100th episode of his genre-busting Travel Channel series "No Reservations" on Monday. The host, chef and author critiques other cooking reality shows, defends his pork enthusiasm, reveals the cities with the best (and worst) food, and where he's going next.


Scary Spice Gets Real

Posted: 02 Sep 2010 07:30 PM PDT

Mel B chats about her new reality show.


The Shopping Diet

Posted: 02 Sep 2010 07:30 PM PDT

Phillip Bloch gives tips on celebrity style.


VIDEO: Meet Camp Rock 2's Rivals

Posted: 02 Sep 2010 07:08 PM PDT

In Disney's Camp Rock 2, Meaghan Martin reprises the role of Tess, the archrival of Mitchie (Demi Lovato) who joins the new Camp Star across town.

VIDEO: The Jonas Brothers share their favorite behind-the-scenes moments from Camp Rock 2

In the video below, Martin tells TVGuide.com how Tess learns her lesson in the sequel, and how "her motivations are different" from the first time around...


Zeta-Jones 'furious' at late cancer diagnosis for Douglas (AFP)

Posted: 02 Sep 2010 07:09 PM PDT

(From left) Kirk Douglas, Catherine Zeta-Jones and Michael Douglas are seen here in 2009. Zeta-Jones reportedly is 'furious' that doctors failed to diagnose her husband, Michael Douglas's, throat cancer earlier.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Frazer Harrison)AFP - Actress Catherine Zeta-Jones is "furious" that doctors failed to diagnose her husband, actor Michael Douglas's throat cancer earlier, she said in an interview published Thursday.



Funk band War tells PepsiCo they're not friends (AP)

Posted: 02 Sep 2010 07:32 PM PDT

AP - Members of the original funk band War say they can't be friends with PepsiCo.


Summer box office ending on soft note (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Sep 2010 06:31 PM PDT

Reuters - The summer box-office season wraps this weekend with three unheralded, adult-targeted new releases struggling to topple reigning champ "Takers."


Catching up with "Beverly Hills, 90210" (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Sep 2010 07:08 PM PDT

Reuters - After 10 seasons on the small screen, fans of Fox's primetime soap "Beverly Hills, 90210" (1990-2000) can relive the magic without guilt. After all, the date is 9/02/10.


A New Digital Battlefield - Wall Street Journal

Posted: 02 Sep 2010 05:42 PM PDT


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Dolphins caught, not killed, in Japan cove (AP)

Posted: 02 Sep 2010 08:15 PM PDT

Fishermen drive bottle-nose dolphins into a net during their annual hunt off Taiji, Wakayama Prefecture (state), Japan, Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010. The Japanese government allows a hunt of about 20,000 dolphins a year, and argues that killing them, and also whales, is no different from raising cows or pigs for slaughter. (AP Photo/Kyodo News) ** JAPAN OUT, MANDATORY CREDIT, FOR COMMERCIAL USE ONLY IN NORTH AMERICA **AP - Dolphins have been herded into a cove as part of an annual hunt in the Japanese seaside town made famous by an Oscar-winning documentary about their slaughter, conservationist group Sea Shepherd said Friday. A town official said none were killed.



TV stars Olson, McElhenney welcome baby boy (AP)

Posted: 02 Sep 2010 06:15 PM PDT

FILE - In this Aug. 3, 2010 photo, Actress Kaitlin Olson, from 'It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia',  participates  in a panel discussion at the F/X Television Critics Association summer press tour in Beverly Hills, Calif.,   Olson and Rob McElhenney (MAK'-uh-lay-nee) of 'It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia' hit a home run with their new baby boy. A spokeswoman for the couple says Olson gave birth to Alex Lee McElhenney at home in the Los Angeles area Wednesday. He weighed in at 8 pounds, 7 ounces — and forced his parents to miss a Philadelphia Phillies victory. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles)AP - Kaitlin Olson and Rob McElhenney (MAK'-uh-lay-nee) of "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia" hit a home run with their new baby boy.



Lambert tops nominations for 2010 CMA Awards

Posted: 02 Sep 2010 05:54 PM PDT

Miranda Lambert leads with the most nominations for this year's Country Music Association Awards, followed by Lady Antebellum. Winners will be announced in Nashville Nov. 10, airing live on ABC. (Sept. 2)


'My Trip to al-Qaeda' visits HBO

Posted: 02 Sep 2010 05:54 PM PDT

'My Trip to al-Qaeda,' Pulitzer Prize-winning author Lawrence Wright's stage performance that Oscar-winning director Alex Gibney turned into a film - debuts Tues., Sept. 7 on HBO. (Sept. 2)


TV stars Olson, McElhenney welcome baby boy

Posted: 02 Sep 2010 06:15 PM PDT

AP - Kaitlin Olson and Rob McElhenney (MAK'-uh-lay-nee) of "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia" hit a home run with their new baby boy.


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