Showing posts with label Reuters. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Reuters. Show all posts

Tuesday, December 14, 2010

Factbox: Facts about the Golden Globe Awards (Reuters)

Reuters - The Golden Globe Awards, whose nominations were announced on Tuesday, are given by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association and have become an important indicator of which films will compete for the Academy Awards, the world's top film awards.

TV show "The Closer" to end in 2011 (Reuters)

Reuters - Emmy-winning actress Kyra Sedgwick is about to solve her last murder as the charming but tough detective Brenda Leigh Johnson on TV show "The Closer."

"King's Speech" leads Golden Globe nominations (Reuters)

Reuters - "The King's Speech" led the film nominations for Golden Globe awards on Tuesday with seven nods, including best film drama, among a group of films in the race for Hollywood's top honors, the Oscars.

Michael Jackson photo sells for just under $35,000 (Reuters)

Reuters - A photograph of Michael Jackson posing as an Egyptian pharaoh sold for 26,000 euros ($34,880) Monday at an auction featuring four never-before-seen portraits of the "King of Pop."

Voice on Michael Jackson album far from finished (Reuters)

FILE - In this March 5, 2009 file photo, US singer Michael Jackson is shown at a press conference in London. (AP Photo/Joel Ryan, file)Reuters - Recordings of Michael Jackson's voice on a new album being released this week were far from the finished article and required considerable digital enhancement, according to one of its main producers.


Jessica Chastain joins Prohibition era drama (Reuters)

Reuters - Jessica Chastain will star opposite Shia LaBeouf and Tom Hardy in "The Wettest County," a drama about bootlegging brothers in Prohibition-era Virginia.

George Clinton sues Black Eyed Peas over sample (Reuters)

Reuters - George Clinton has filed a copyright lawsuit against members of the Black Eyed Peas, their Universal Music Group label and Cherry Lane music publisher for allegedly sampling his song "(Not Just) Knee Deep" on a Grammy-award nominated album.

"Black Swan" star Kunis joining MacFarlane comedy (Reuters)

Reuters - Mila Kunis and Mark Wahlberg, in theaters with a pair of awards-season contenders, are in negotiations to join the cast of "Ted," a comedy feature from "Family Guy" creator Seth MacFarlane.

A no-name actress may nab key "Snow White" role (Reuters)

Reuters - There's big movement on "Snow White and the Huntsman," Universal's take on the suddenly hot fairy tale, which is the subject of several competing movie projects.

"Black Swan" in spotlight as Oscar season heats up (Reuters)

Reuters - Broad sellouts in limited release and early awards-season acclaim suddenly have lifted "Black Swan" into an Oscar best picture contender, just as the Natalie Portman vehicle prepares to spread its theatrical wings wide next weekend.

Hugh Jackman injured in Oprah TV show stunt in Australia (Reuters)

Australian actor Hugh Jackman (L) makes his aerial entrance on a flying-fox (zipline) from the roof of the Opera House during the filming of 'The Oprah Winfrey Show' at the Sydney Opera House.(AFP/Torsten Blackwood)Reuters - Australian movie star Hugh Jackman was slightly injured on Tuesday while performing a stunt during the taping of an Oprah Winfrey show at the Sydney Opera House.