LOS ANGELES (Billboard) - At the end of "Pirate Radio" -- the 2009 feature film about a '60s illegal rock 'n' roll radio station in Europe's North Sea -- an array of albums is displayed: iconic symbols of musical independence that bucked the status quo. Among the albums on display is Public ...More
MIAMI (Reuters) - The ambulance crew that took golfer Tiger Woods from the scene of his fateful car crash last year did not let his wife ride with him because they said the incident was a case of domestic violence, according to Florida police records cited by a local newspaper on ...More
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Rod Blagojevich has already lost one job. Now the disgraced former governor of Illinois is hoping to avoid the words "You're fired!" as he fights for his favorite charity, and his reputation, on the TV show "Celebrity Apprentice".
Blagojevich, who was impeached and removed from office ...More
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Lawyers for music producer Phil Spector have appealed his conviction for killing a Hollywood actress, claiming the trial judge made several errors including introducing new evidence at his second trial.
The appeal, filed earlier this week in the Second Appellate Court in California, says the judge unfairly ...More
LOS ANGELES/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Lions Gate Entertainment Corp rejected on Friday Carl Icahn's bid to increase his stake in the studio as too low, setting the stage for a battle with the billionaire investor.
Analysts say Icahn wants to block the independent studio behind the "Saw" horror movies ...More
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Four more leading U.S. executives have agreed to go undercover in their own companies for the hit reality TV show "Undercover Boss", CBS said on Friday.
Plumbing provider Roto-Rooter, online florists 1-800-Flowers, e-commerce giant GSI Commerce, and theme park group Herschend Family Entertainment, whose attractions include ...More
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Some 22 pieces of elaborate furniture custom-made for Michael Jackson, including a leather armchair embellished with crystals and gold leaf, will be auctioned off in June, organizers said on Friday.
Julien's Auctions said the furniture was ordered by the "Thriller" singer for a home near London ...More
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The leading lights of U.S. musical theater will sing "Happy Birthday" to the great Broadway composer-lyricist Stephen Sondheim on his 80th birthday in two New York Philharmonic concerts next week.
The concerts, on March 15 and March 16, will include songs and orchestral pieces from Sondheim ...More
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - CBS Corp's Showtime Networks Inc said on Thursday it has signed a deal to air movies from DreamWorks Studios, in a long-term agreement that could help restore content Showtime lost when three top studios started their own channel.
Showtime Networks reached its deal with the Walt ...More
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - TBS has cast Constance Zimmer and Kat Foster as the leads in its drama pilot "In Security."
"Security" revolves around two sisters (Zimmer, Foster) who take over their father's private-security business protecting the super-elite while dealing with personal and family issues.
Zimmer ("Entourage") plays the ...More
