Reuters: Entertainment News

Oprah defamation case can go to trial

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:46:08 -0400

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Whenever the media cover Oprah Winfrey litigation -- whether it be with poets, flight attendants, physical trainers, or diet pill makers -- it's usually with an air of dismissiveness. She's a billionaire media personality and can hire the best lawyers -- who's going to beat her in court?

Fox to mine "Avatar" DVD release three times

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 18:17:10 -0400

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Twentieth Century Fox on Tuesday set Earth Day, April 22, for the DVD and Blu-ray release of "Avatar". But fans will have to wait until November for another disc with all the usual extras, and even longer for a 3-D version.

911 tape released in actor Corey Haim's death

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 19:38:31 -0400

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Authorities on Tuesday released the 911 tape in actor Corey Haim's sudden death at age 38, as family gathered in his home town of Toronto for a private funeral service for the former teen movie star.

Rapper DMX sentenced to six months in Arizona jail

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 20:35:46 -0400

PHOENIX (Reuters) - An Arizona judge sentenced rapper and actor DMX on Tuesday to six months in a Phoenix jail for violating his probation by regularly using drugs, court officials said.

Abba, Genesis inducted into rock's Hall of Fame

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 16:32:13 -0400

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Pop band Abba was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on Monday in a ceremony that honored genres from the Swedish group's catchy tunes to the theatrical British rock band Genesis and reggae master Jimmy Cliff.

Erin Andrews peephole stalker lands in jail

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 12:25:09 -0400

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A Chicago insurance salesman was sentenced to 30 months in prison on Monday for making nude videos through hotel peepholes of television sports reporter Erin Andrews and posting them on the Internet.

"Precious" director hires Brit to play MLK

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 23:33:00 -0400

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Lee Daniels is firming up the cast of "Selma," his civil-rights follow-up to "Precious," even as its funding is on shaky ground.

NYS film tax credit key economic driver: comptroller

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 11:32:22 -0400

NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York state's film tax credit has generated about $7 billion in economic activity since 2004 and become a key economic driver, the state's comptroller said on Tuesday.

Thriller writer John Grisham ends holdout on e-books

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 18:20:49 -0400

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Popular legal thriller author John Grisham has broken his holdout against selling his books in an electronic format and will sell all of his 23 titles as e-books, his publisher said on Tuesday.

Teen idol Justin Bieber begins tour in June

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 20:21:17 -0400

NEW YORK (Billboard) - Canadian teen pop singer Justin Bieber will begin his first headlining tour of North America on June 23 in Hartford, Conn., he said Tuesday, a week before his new album hits stores.