- Sun, 04 Jul 2010 17:11:21 GMT
AP - "The Twilight Saga: Eclipse" is waning at the box office but still has gotten off to a blockbuster start with $161 million in its first five days, according to studio estimates Sunday.
- Sun, 04 Jul 2010 11:35:11 GMT
AP - Swiss officials say they will decide soon whether to extradite Roman Polanski to the U.S. to face prosecution in a 1977 sex case.
- Sun, 04 Jul 2010 18:04:09 GMT
AP - Ed Limato, a longtime Hollywood agent known for overseeing the careers of actors like Marlon Brando, Denzel Washington and Richard Gere, has died. He was 73.
- Sat, 03 Jul 2010 01:58:12 GMT
AP - A court in South Africa has dropped a marijuana-smoking case against Paris Hilton.
- Sun, 04 Jul 2010 20:03:49 GMT
AP - Former Miss California Carrie Prejean is now Mrs. Kyle Boller, after marrying the Oakland Raiders quarterback at a San Diego resort.
- Sat, 03 Jul 2010 07:48:30 GMT
AP - Janet Jackson enthralled the Essence Music Festival audience Friday, kept them on their feet for more than two hours and reminded fans why seeing her in concert was worth waiting two years.
- Sat, 03 Jul 2010 01:59:42 GMT
AP - Kelsey Grammer and his wife are divorcing after nearly 13 years of marriage.
- Mon, 05 Jul 2010 01:32:21 GMT
Reuters - Very much in the aliens-among-us vein of a "District 9," Gareth Edwards' "Monsters" nonetheless makes its own distinct impression thanks to a finely tuned attention to atmospheric detail over broad sci-fi sensationalism.
- Sun, 04 Jul 2010 14:19:00 GMT
Appolicious - The $2.99 This Day in Music iPhone app has the kind of information I crave -- and the kind of information that answers all your burning musician-related questions: What musician has the same birthday as you, what song was the No. 1 hit the day you were born, what musical act occurred each day you view the app?
- Sun, 04 Jul 2010 19:15:34 GMT
Reuters - The latest "Twilight" movie earned $262 million during its first five days at the worldwide box office, but fell short of forecasts in North America while the foreign sales picture was murky.
- Fri, 02 Jul 2010 18:44:18 GMT
Playbill - "America Celebrates July 4th at Ford's Theatre," the lavish annual patriotic concert staged at the historic Washington, DC, theatre, airs July 2 at 9 PM ET on ABC; check local listings.
- Sun, 04 Jul 2010 20:03:49 GMT
AP - Former Miss California Carrie Prejean is now Mrs. Kyle Boller, after marrying the Oakland Raiders quarterback at a San Diego resort.
- Mon, 28 Jun 2010 17:00:00 GMT
Fashion Wire Daily - Judging from the applause at the end of Lanvin's latest menswear runway show, the best received collection in Europe these past 10 days in either Milan or Paris was that of this storied French brand.
- Mon, 05 Jul 2010 04:01:08 GMT
AP - "The Fever: How Malaria Has Ruled Humankind for 500,000 Years" (Sarah Crichton Books/Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $26), by Sonia Shah: At age 7, author Sonia Shah visits her grandmother in southern India. She must take anti-malaria pills, and she lies in a stuffy cage of netting — mosquitoes perched menacingly above — while her local cousins sleep nearby, unencumbered in the warm breeze.
- Sat, 03 Jul 2010 08:29:18 GMT
AP - "The Cove," an Oscar-winning film about a Japanese dolphin-hunting village, opened Saturday around Japan after protests by angry nationalists pressured theaters to cancel earlier showings.