NewsDaily: Entertainment Headlines

Q&A: Bonnie Hunt ready for her daytime close-up (Hollywood Reporter)

Kimberly Nordyke — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 03:24:52 EDT

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 28, 2008 (Hollywood Reporter) -- Actress Bonnie Hunt had been pursued for 15 years to host a talk show before she agreed to enter the daytime arena with "The Bonnie Hunt Show," which debuts September 8. ... > read full story

George Clooney takes to "Air" (Hollywood Reporter)

Jay A. Fernandez and Borys Kit — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 02:34:02 EDT

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 28, 2008 (Hollywood Reporter) -- George Clooney is in talks to star in "Up in the Air," an adaptation of the 2001 Walter Kirn novel, with Oscar-nominated "Juno" director Jason Reitman behind the camera. ... > read full story

Phelps to appear on "SNL" (Hollywood Reporter)

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 01:30:24 EDT

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 28, 2008 (Hollywood Reporter) -- Swimmer Michael Phelps' victory lap on NBC continues, with the Olympian champion booked to make his acting debut on the 34th season premiere of "Saturday Night Live." ... > read full story

"Burn" finds Coen brothers in goofy mood (Hollywood Reporter)

Kirk Honeycutt — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 01:28:37 EDT

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 28, 2008 (Hollywood Reporter) -- In "Burn After Reading," the Coen brothers have taken some of cinema's highest-profile and most expensive actors and chucked them into looney-tunes roles in a thriller set in and about Washington. ... > read full story

Sorkin to write Facebook story for big screen (Hollywood Reporter)

Borys Kit and Leslie Simmons — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 23:02:34 EDT

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 27, 2008 (Hollywood Reporter) -- Writer-producer Aaron Sorkin, creator of "The West Wing," is about to get a whole lot of friends on Facebook. ... > read full story

Man arrested for posting Guns N' Roses songs on Web (Reuters)

Alex Dobuzinskis — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 21:15:36 EDT

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 27, 2008 (Reuters) -- Federal officials on Wednesday arrested a man on suspicion of violating copyright laws for placing songs on the Internet from an unreleased album by rock band Guns N' Roses. ... > read full story

"Suge" Knight charged with assault (Reuters)

Steve Gorman — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 21:04:09 EDT

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 27, 2008 (Reuters) -- Rap music mogul Marion "Suge" Knight was arrested on charges of assault and domestic violence on Wednesday after punching his girlfriend and pulling a knife on her during an argument, Las Vegas police said. ... > read full story

Mackenzie Phillips arrested on drug charge (Reuters)

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 19:00:41 EDT

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 27, 2008 (Reuters) -- Former "One Day at Time" television star Mackenzie Phillips was arrested on Wednesday morning at Los Angeles International Airport on suspicion of drug possession, police said. ... > read full story

McCartney to perform in Israel for first time (Reuters)

Alex Dobuzinskis — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 18:01:45 EDT

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 27, 2008 (Reuters) -- Paul McCartney will perform for the first time ever in Israel next month -- more than 40 years after the Beatles were blocked from giving a concert in the country, the singer announced on Wednesday. ... > read full story

T.I. sets record for jump to top of singles chart (Billboard)

Silvio Pietroluongo — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 17:54:30 EDT

NEW YORK, Aug. 27, 2008 (Billboard) -- Rapper T.I. establishes the mark for biggest jump to the top of the Billboard Hot 100 as his single "Whatever You Like" soars from No. 71 to No. 1 in its third week on the list. ... > read full story

Replacements drummer Steve Foley dies (Billboard)

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 17:42:04 EDT

NEW YORK, Aug. 27, 2008 (Billboard) -- Steve Foley, who played drums with the Replacements at the tail end of the alternative rock band's career, died during the weekend of August 23 in Minneapolis. He was 49. According to local media reports, Foley died after accidentally overdosing on prescription medication. ... > read full story

CORRECTED: Neil Diamond offers concert audience a refund (deletes word British in describing Monkees, paragraph 6)

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 17:21:17 EDT

, Aug. 27, 2008 (deletes word British in describing Monkees, paragraph 6) -- Singer and songwriter Neil Diamond is offering audiences of a recent Ohio concert a refund and asking for their forgiveness after he performed with a raspy voice earlier this week. ... > read full story

Venice opens with Pitt and Clooney in madcap comedy (Reuters)

Mike Collett-White and Silvia Aloisi — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 15:56:29 EDT

VENICE, Aug. 27, 2008 (Reuters) -- Brad Pitt and George Clooney star in a madcap comedy by the Coen brothers in which two gym employees get caught up in the cloak-and-dagger world of international espionage, with results both daft and deadly. ... > read full story

Sean Connery's memoirs no "kiss and tell" (Reuters)

Ian MacKenzie — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 15:08:44 EDT

EDINBURGH, Aug. 27, 2008 (Reuters) -- If you are looking for kiss-and-tell stories about the Bond girls or movie town gossip, Sean Connery's memoirs are not for you. ... > read full story

Hemingway confidante brings author's Havana to life (Reuters)

Anna MacSwan — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 15:05:39 EDT

EDINBURGH, Aug. 27, 2008 (Reuters) -- She was a teenager from Dublin looking to make her name as a journalist when American author Ernest Hemingway entered her life in 1959. ... > read full story

India's "Hari Puttar" caught in Harry Potter spell (Reuters)

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 09:07:10 EDT

MUMBAI, India, Aug. 27, 2008 (Reuters) -- Hollywood's Warner Bros., which owns the rights to the Harry Potter movies, is suing an Indian production company whose new film is called "Hari Puttar: A Comedy of Terrors," the studio said on Wednesday. ... > read full story

Mini-skirts reign as Italy bares showgirl obsession (Reuters)

Deepa Babington — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 08:58:38 EDT

ROME, Aug. 27, 2008 (Reuters) -- When it comes to political satire, Italians like theirs hot -- with buxom women in mini-skirts and low-cut tops dancing as cameras zoom in on their breasts and long legs. ... > read full story

Movie museum to honor Ben Stiller (Hollywood Reporter)

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 01:43:09 EDT

NEW YORK, Aug. 27, 2008 (Hollywood Reporter) -- Actor/director Ben Stiller has been selected as this year's honoree for the Museum of the Moving Image's 24th annual black-tie salute. ... > read full story

Lynyrd Skynyrd sets sights on '09 for new album (Billboard)

John Benson — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 21:31:15 EDT

CLEVELAND, Aug. 26, 2008 (Billboard) -- After spending the last year or so working with guitarist John 5, the former Marilyn Manson band member who now plays with Rob Zombie, Southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd is close to finishing its next studio album. ... > read full story

Nicollette Sheridan, Michael Bolton end engagement (Reuters)

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 20:48:23 EDT

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 26, 2008 (Reuters) -- "Desperate Housewives" star Nicollette Sheridan and singer Michael Bolton have called off their engagement, the actress' spokeswoman said on Tuesday. ... > read full story