- Sun, 20 Jun 2010 14:33:15 GMT
AP - A year ago, the world watched as Michael Jackson balanced on the edge of a precipice. Behind the once-proclaimed King of Pop was a bleak stretch of pain and artistic decline. Ahead lay a series of 50 London concerts — a high-rolling bid to reassert his musical brilliance and re-establish control of his life.
- Sun, 20 Jun 2010 18:03:47 GMT
AP - Movie fans have not outgrown the "Toy Story 3" gang.
- Sun, 20 Jun 2010 04:05:51 GMT
AP - A Hong Kong publisher said he has scrapped plans to publish an alleged insider account of Beijing's decision-making behind the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown because of copyright problems.
- Sat, 19 Jun 2010 22:27:13 GMT
AP - She spent a career getting close to showbiz legends — then became one herself.
- Sat, 19 Jun 2010 16:25:36 GMT
AP - "Toy Story 3" has become the favorite plaything for moviegoers as the animated sequel heads to a $100-million-plus opening weekend.
- Sat, 19 Jun 2010 13:16:44 GMT
AP - The body of Nobel-winning Portuguese novelist Jose Saramago arrived in his homeland Saturday for a funeral to be held in downtown Lisbon.
- Mon, 21 Jun 2010 05:19:01 GMT
Reuters - The white-hot HBO series "True Blood" has exploded into the pop-culture arena over the past two years, fueling the international vampire obsession.
- Mon, 21 Jun 2010 03:37:17 GMT
Reuters - Michael Shannon, who received an Oscar nomination for his role in "Revolutionary Road," will play the villain in "Premium Rush," a thriller starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt.
- Mon, 21 Jun 2010 05:19:30 GMT
Reuters - World Cup songs held firm at the top of the U.K. singles chart despite England's less than inspiring performances, while Oasis topped the albums tally with a hits package, the Official Charts Company said Sunday.
- Sun, 20 Jun 2010 18:08:51 GMT
Reuters - Welcome back, Woody and Buzz.
- Mon, 21 Jun 2010 03:04:16 GMT
Reuters - It was the season's sexiest, most scintillating multimedia extravaganza. No, not "Avatar," but Wagner's "Das Rheingold," the version that recently wrapped at Milan's La Scala.
- Mon, 21 Jun 2010 05:17:24 GMT
Reuters - On March 5, 2009, when Michael Jackson announced that he would perform a run of 50 concerts at London's O2 Arena in a comeback tour called This Is It, the British media largely greeted the news with derision.
- Sun, 20 Jun 2010 23:05:00 GMT
Fashion Wire Daily - There was a major change in focus at the house of Versace, where the models, mood, materials and method were all radically altered in the spring 2011 men's runway collection by this label.
- Mon, 21 Jun 2010 04:00:42 GMT
AP - "Insatiable" (William Morrow, $22.99), by Meg Cabot: Trouble is brewing in the Big Apple, and Meena Harper is at the heart of it. Barely making ends meet as a writer for a soap opera called "Insatiable," Meena is told that her show is going in a new direction. To satisfy pop culture demands and compete with a rival soap, she is forced to create a story line where vampires reign in "the cult of monster misogyny."
- Sat, 19 Jun 2010 05:16:00 GMT
AP - Battle-scarred rap mogul Marion "Suge" Knight and volatile hip-hop star Kanye West faced off Friday over a beef involving a bullet — with a conference table between them.