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Fox Sports Admits Fabricating Chicago "Headlines"
Following an investigation by the Chicago Tribune , Fox Sports on Monday admitted that it had concocted headlines about Chicago Bears quarterback Jay Cutler that it claimed were the "actual" ones that had appeared in...
Ratings Rise At Cnn
CNN's key moves in recent months -- in particular, the decision to move Anderson Cooper into the 8 00 p.m. slot and replace Larry King with Piers Morgan at 9 00 pm. -- appear to...
Two And A Half Men Legal Battle Ends As Sheen Settles
Actor Charlie Sheen has settled his messy legal dispute with the makers of 'Two and a Half Men' regarding his acrimonious dismissal from the show. Sheen had sought $100 million after being fired from the...
Movie Reviews Abduction
Taylor Lautner, the former teen werewolf of the Twilight movies, makes his starring debut in the John Singleton-directed Abduction . And critics, who are mostly excoriating the movie, are treating Lautner himself with a sizable...
Movie Reviews Killer Elite
For the most part, U.S. critics are shooting down Killer Elite (no relation to Sam Peckinpah's 1975 film The Killer Elite ), which stars Jason Statham, Robert De Niro and Clive Owen. With such names...
Lindsay Lohan Lands Fashion Modelling Job
Lindsay Lohan's rarely out of the news, but at least today she's being talked about for career-related reasons and not her wayward social life - which Contactmusic reported suffered another embarrassment at New York Fashion...
Emily Deschanel Celebrates Arrival Of First Child
Emily Deschanel was yesterday celebrating the arrival of her first child, the 34 year-old star of crime drama 'Bones' giving birth to a son called Henry.Deschanel and husband David Hornsby - who plays Matthew Mara...
All My Children Airs Final Episode
After over 40 years on US TV, the much lauded series ‘All My Children’ came to an end last night on Abc, leaving only ‘General Hospital’ and ‘One Life To Live’ as the broadcaster’s only...
Ebert Defends Netflix Changes
After weeks of being raked over the coals for his decision to increase Netflix's fees to subscribers and split his company into separate streaming and DVD-by-mail units, Netflix CEO Reed Hastings is finally getting some...
Movie Reviews Dolphin Tale
Several critics suggest that when acting awards are handed out this year, the star of Dolphin Tale should not be overlooked. That's not Ashley Judd, Morgan Freeman, or Harry Connick Jr. but Winter the dolphin...
Charlie Sheen - Hero Or Zero?
"I probably took more than anybody could survive. . I was bangin' seven-gram rocks and finishing them because that's how I roll. I have one speed, I have one gear, Go! . I'm different. I...
Academy Restricts Oscar Campaigns
In an effort to level the playing field between big-budget studios and no-budget independent producers during the period when members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences vote for their Oscar choices, the...
Avatar Theme Park Ride Coming To Disney World
Get set for Avatar The Theme-Park Ride. The Walt Disney Co. announced on Tuesday that it has reached an agreement with director James Cameron, his producing partner Jon Landau, and 20th Century Fox to develop...
Study A Third Of Netflix's Subscribers May Flee
Netflix could lose nearly a third of its subscribers as a result of its recent rate hike, according to a survey conducted by Marion, Iowa-based Frank N. Magid Associates. Some 16 percent have definite plans...
Ratings For Emmys Dip Again
Television's annual Emmy awards, once one of the medium's highest-rated annual events, landed in seventh place on the Nielsen ratings list for last week, outranked by NBC's Sunday-night football telecast, which aired opposite it, a...
Dumbo Flies Again
Disney is releasing a restored Blu-ray version of its 1941 classic Dumbo today (Tuesday), and the New York Times is celebrating its releasing by republishing the late movie critic Bosley Crowther's original review of the...
China Axes Its Most Popular Tv Show
China's State Administration of Radio, Film and Television has axed one of the country's most popular television shows ever, Super Girl, which, at its peak in 2005, attracted 400 million viewers. Officially, the show was...
Fox Censors Baldwin's Phone-hacking Joke
Alec Baldwin has revealed that he bailed out of his appearance on Sunday night's Emmy awards telecast after Fox TV, which televised the ceremony, refused to air a pretaped joke he made about the British...
Law & Order Roiled By Sex Case
Law & Order SVU , which focuses on sex crimes, often relies on real life crimes currently in the news for its scripts, homing in on the victims of those crimes. ("SVU" stands for "Special...
Gerard Butler Ignores Lohan Melodramatics To Ensnare Australian Model
Gerard Butler has seemed pretty content this week; after cheerfully telling Us Magazine that a simple good diet and an increased amount of cardiovascular exercise had led to his substantial weight loss for his role...
Charlie Sheen Over "Crazy Chapter"
It's been an interesting year to say the least for former 'Two And A Half Men' actor Charlie Sheen. Substance abuse, spewing tiger blood and wild-eyed claims that he was "winning" finally seem to be...
Device Turns Smartphones Into Remotes For Internet Tv
Netgear, best known for its home Internet routers, plans to introduce yet another settop box to enable owners of older-model TV sets to watch streaming video via the Internet. (Most newer models have such capability...
Owner Of Nikki Finke Site Sues The Hollywood Reporter
Penske Media Corporation (PMC), owner of Nikki Finke's Deadline.com and other media-related websites, has made good on its threat to sue the Hollywood Reporter for copyright infringement. The suit accuses the trade publication of resorting...
Chris Evans Talks About New Stan Lee Cameo
Chris Evans has been speaking about Stan Lee's cameo in up-coming blockbuster movie The Avengers.Speaking to Mtv.com, the Captain America star said "It's great!" while Lee himself described the line as "probably the funniest line...
Kanye West To Showcase Fashion Line In Paris
Kanye West will reveal his first womens wear collection during this year's (2011) Paris Fashion week.The rapper's designs will be part of the official schedule and will take to the catwalk at 9.30pm on October...
Producer/studio Exec John Calley Dead At 81
John Calley, one of the most successful studio executives and producers in recent Hollywood history, has died at the age of 81. In its obituary today (Wednesday), the Wall Street Journal observed that at Warner...
Phantom Returns To Movie Theaters
Andrew Lloyd Weber's The Phantom of the Opera will be returning to movie theaters next month -- but not the 2004 version that was directed by Joel Schumacher and starred Gerard Butler in the title...
50 Cent Forced To Rethink Movie Title
50 Cent has been forced to rethink the title of his new movie due to a protest from Nigerian novelist Chinua Achebe.The New York rapper is set to release new movie, 'Things Fall Apart' which...
Christina Hendricks Would Love To Play Wonder Woman
Christina Hendricks says she would love the chance to play Wonder Woman if the iconic superhero ever makes it to the big screen.The 36-year-old actress has recently finished filming new action thriller Driver with Danish...
Kate Middleton Named High Street Fashion Queen
Kate Middleton has been named the Queen of High Street Fashion in a survey by VoucherCodes.co.uk.The Duchess of Cambridge became an instant fashion icon following her wedding to Prince William earlier this year (2011) when...
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Pretty Fierce talk to us about collaborating with Doja Cat, emetophobia, arena tours and staying "true to yourself" [EXCLUSIVE]
Sheffield's very own all girl group Pretty Fierce are still on a high after the recent release of their debut single - 'Ready For Me'.
Will Varley & Jack Valero - The Astor Theatre Deal Live Review
Three nights before the end of his current tour Will Varley returned to his home town of Deal to delight a sold out crowd in The Astor Theatre.
WYSE talks to us about her "form of synaesthesia", collaborating with Radiohead's Thom York and the prospect of touring with a band [EXCLUSIVE]
With only a few days to go before Portsmouth based songstress and producer WYSE releases her new single, 'Belladonna', we caught up with her to find...
Bay Bryan talks to us about being a "wee queer ginger", singing with Laura Marling and being inspired by Matilda [EXCLUSIVE]
Colorado raised, Glasgow educated and Manchester based Bay Bryan is nothing if not a multi-talented, multi-faceted artist performing as both...
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Keelan X talks to us about staying true to "your creative vision", collaborating with Giorgio Moroder and being "a yoga nut" [EXCLUSIVE]
Former Marigolds band member Keelan Cunningham has rediscovered his love of music with his new solo project Keelan X.
![Luke De-Sciscio talks to us about having the courage to be yourself, forgiving that which is outside of one's control and following whims [EXCLUSIVE]](/images/home/homepage/luke-de-sciscio-abof-a.jpg "Luke De-Sciscio talks to us about having the courage to be yourself, forgiving that which is outside of one's control and following whims [EXCLUSIVE]")
Luke De-Sciscio talks to us about having the courage to be yourself, forgiving that which is outside of one's control and following whims [EXCLUSIVE]
Wiltshire singer-songwriter Luke De Sciscio, formally known as Folk Boy, is set to release is latest album - 'The Banquet' via AntiFragile Music on...
Annie Elise talks to us about the challenges a female producer has to face and "going through a year of grief and sickness" [EXCLUSIVE]
Electronic music pioneer and producer Annie Elise says that the release of her first EP - 'Breathe In, Breathe Out' feels "both vulnerable and...
![Dekker talks to us about writing with Jose Gonzales, making headway in the U.S and the difficulties associated with wearing a hat! [EXCLUSIVE]](/images/home/homepage/dekker-abof-a.jpg "Dekker talks to us about writing with Jose Gonzales, making headway in the U.S and the difficulties associated with wearing a hat! [EXCLUSIVE]")
Dekker talks to us about writing with Jose Gonzales, making headway in the U.S and the difficulties associated with wearing a hat! [EXCLUSIVE]
Ahead of the imminent release of his second solo album - Dekker, aka Brookln Dekker, took time out to let us know about the musical project he...
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