NewsDaily: Entertainment Headlines

Hollywood sign gets makeover for fundraising drive (Reuters)

Steve Gorman — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 20:24:58 EST

LOS ANGELES, Feb. 9, 2010 (Reuters) -- Hoping to prevent the famed view of the Hollywood sign from being spoiled by development, a group set out on Tuesday to raise $5 million to buy a nearby hilltop peak once owned by billionaire Howard Hughes. ... > read full story

White Stripes objects to Air Force Reserve ad (Billboard)

Andre Paine — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 20:23:35 EST

LONDON, Feb. 9, 2010 (Billboard) -- The White Stripes plans "strong action" against the Air Force Reserve over its Super Bowl commercial, which the duo claims is an unauthorized re-recording of its song "Fell in Love With a Girl." ... > read full story

Cruise takes on "Mission: Impossible IV" (Reuters)

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 20:13:39 EST

LOS ANGELES, Feb. 9, 2010 (Reuters) -- Paramount Pictures on Tuesday said Tom Cruise will star in a new "Mission: Impossible" movie set for release in 2011 and produced by Cruise and J.J. Abrams. ... > read full story

Ellen finds Simon "a challenge" on "Idol" (Reuters)

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 17:11:30 EST

LOS ANGELES, Feb. 9, 2010 (Reuters) -- New "American Idol" judge Ellen DeGeneres on Tuesday hinted of fireworks between her and Simon Cowell, and said she'd prefer not to sit next to the acid-tongued Briton in future. ... > read full story

Lil Wayne sentencing postponed, says goodbye to fans (Reuters)

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 16:34:36 EST

NEW YORK, Feb. 9, 2010 (Reuters) -- Rapper Lil Wayne temporarily escaped jail on Tuesday when his sentencing for possessing a gun was postponed on the same day he bid goodbye to fans in a video he posted on the Web. ... > read full story

Louis Gossett Jr. fighting prostate cancer (Reuters)

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 15:05:04 EST

LOS ANGELES, Feb. 9, 2010 (Reuters) -- Actor Louis Gossett Jr, best known for his Oscar-winning role as the tough drill instructor in "An Officer and a Gentleman", said on Tuesday he was fighting prostate cancer. ... > read full story

Angelina Jolie visits quake-hit Haiti (Reuters)

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 14:40:49 EST

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Feb. 9, 2010 (Reuters) -- Angelina Jolie visited earthquake victims in Haiti on Tuesday in her latest trip to help survivors of conflict and natural disaster as a goodwill envoy for a United Nations agency. ... > read full story

Absent Polanski to dominate Berlin film festival (Reuters)

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 06:17:32 EST

BERLIN, Feb. 9, 2010 (Reuters) -- Roman Polanski may be under house arrest in a Swiss chalet, but the Polish-French director is set to dominate this year's Berlin film festival where his latest movie "The Ghost Writer" will be unveiled. ... > read full story

Record Super Bowl telecast tops "MAS*H" record (Reuters)

Jill Serjeant — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 18:01:29 EST

LOS ANGELES, Feb. 8, 2010 (Reuters) -- Sunday's Super Bowl TV audience set a viewing record for the annual National Football League Championship and eclipsed the 1983 benchmark set by the comedy "M*A*S*H" to become the most watched U.S. telecast, according to early ratings data on Monday. ... > read full story

Charlie Sheen charged with assaulting wife (Reuters)

Ellen Miller — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 17:06:49 EST

ASPEN, Colo., Feb. 8, 2010 (Reuters) -- Actor Charlie Sheen was charged on Monday with three crimes including felony menacing stemming from an assault on his wife Brooke Mueller in a heated Christmas Day argument. ... > read full story

Record 106.5 million Americans watch Super Bowl (Reuters)

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 15:13:04 EST

LOS ANGELES, Feb. 8, 2010 (Reuters) -- A record 106.5 million Americans watched the New Orleans Saints beat the Indianapolis Colts in Sunday's Super Bowl game, setting a new high for any U.S. television broadcast, early ratings showed on Monday. ... > read full story

Michael Jackson's doctor charged in singer's death (Reuters)

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 14:49:27 EST

LOS ANGELES, Feb. 8, 2010 (Reuters) -- Los Angeles prosecutors on Monday charged Michael Jackson's personal doctor with involuntary manslaughter in the singer's death last year. ... > read full story

Jolie, Pitt sue British newspaper for libel (Reuters)

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 14:48:17 EST

LONDON, Feb. 8, 2010 (Reuters) -- Hollywood couple Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt are suing Britain's News of the World tabloid over allegations it published about their relationship, their London lawyers said on Monday. ... > read full story

"Up in the Air" lifts spirits of some unemployed (Reuters)

Christine Kearney — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 13:40:28 EST

NEW YORK, Feb. 8, 2010 (Reuters) -- When Andy Glantzman agreed to be filmed baring his soul about what it was like to lose his job, he didn't expect millions to see his confession. ... > read full story

Japanese monk gets down with the beat for Buddhism (Reuters)

Toshi Maeda — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 11:19:00 EST

TOKYO, Feb. 8, 2010 (Reuters) -- He raps. He chants. And this month, Japan's famed hip-hop loving monk, better known as MC Happiness, will tap dance on stage, in the name of Buddhism. ... > read full story

Britain's ITV fined over killing a rat on TV show (Reuters)

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 11:07:45 EST

SYDNEY/LONDON, Feb. 8, 2010 (Reuters) -- British broadcaster ITV pleaded guilty to animal cruelty and was fined by an Australian court Monday after a rat was killed and eaten on the reality TV show "I'm a Celebrity ... Get Me Out of Here." ... > read full story

Hollywood names up for Olivier theatre awards (Reuters)

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 07:42:09 EST

LONDON, Feb. 8, 2010 (Reuters) -- Hollywood stars Rachel Weisz, Jude Law, Keira Knightley and Gillian Anderson were nominated on Monday for Laurence Olivier Awards, British theatre's top accolades. ... > read full story

NBC considers lifting Emmys tape delay (Hollywood Reporter)

James Hibberd — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 21:32:09 EST

LOS ANGELES, Feb. 7, 2010 (Hollywood Reporter) -- After airing the Golden Globes live coast-to-coast for the first time last month, NBC is considering doing the same for the Emmys. ... > read full story

"Valentine's Day" a date to forget (Hollywood Reporter)

Sheri Linden — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 17:04:47 EST

LOS ANGELES, Feb. 7, 2010 (Hollywood Reporter) -- For fans of bonbons and Hallmark sentiment who wish Valentine's Day lasted forever, Garry Marshall's 123-minute movie arrives like the answer to a prayer. ... > read full story

All eyes on Ellen in "American Idol" judge debut (Reuters)

Jill Serjeant — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 09:11:03 EST

LOS ANGELES, Feb. 7, 2010 (Reuters) -- Ellen DeGeneres makes her much-anticipated debut on "American Idol" on Tuesday, shaking up the dynamics on the show's judging panel and auditioning her own talents for the biggest TV audience in the United States. ... > read full story