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Eminem and Katy Perry lead U.S. singles chart
By Silvio Pietroluongo NEW YORK (Billboard) - Eminem led Billboard's Hot 100 singles chart for a seventh week on Thursday with "Love the Way You ... More
Rapper T.I. arrested for drug possession in LA Posted September 2, 2010
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Rapper T.I. has been released from jail after being arrested on suspicion of possessing ecstasy, police said on Thursday. T.I. whose real name is Clifford Harris Jr., 29, was arrested with his wife on Sunset Boulevard Wednesday night after police smelled marijuana coming from a ...More
Film brings lives of Palestinian women to Venice Posted September 2, 2010
VENICE (Reuters) - The lives of four Arab-Israeli women spanning three generations against the backdrop of conflict are at the center of "Miral," a film by Julian Schnabel based on his Palestinian partner's biographical book. From the 1948 creation of the Jewish state to the 1993 Oslo accords that briefly ...More
Letterman extortionist released from NY jail Posted September 2, 2010
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A former television producer who tried to extort $2 million from talk show host David Letterman over his affairs with women was released from jail on Thursday, a city correctional department spokesman said. Robert Joel Halderman, a former producer on the CBS news show "48 Hours", pleaded ...More
Natalie Portman earns early awards buzz for ballet drama Posted September 2, 2010
By Mike Collett-White VENICE (Reuters) - Critics are queuing up to praise Natalie Portman in her latest movie "Black Swan," the opening picture at this year's Venice film festival, with one review saying the performance "elevates her ... to a major star." The 29-year-old plays a New York ballerina whose obsession ...More
A Minute With: director Lee Daniels on "Broadway" Posted September 2, 2010
LOS ANGELES (Reuters Life!) - Independent filmmaker Lee Daniels got a big push for his movie "Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire" when Oprah Winfrey and Tyler Perry signed on as executive producers after the film's Sundance Film Festival premiere in 2009. "Precious" went on to be nominated ...More
Time Warner Cable, Disney yet to reach deal Posted September 2, 2010
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Time Warner Cable and Walt Disney Co ensured millions of U.S. cable customers can still watch some of their favorite TV programs while the companies kept working on a new programing deal after a midnight deadline passed. The two sides had still not reached a deal ...More
