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Fox Censors Emmys; Canada Does Not
Fox's censors were never asleep at the switch during Sunday night's Emmys telecast, which aired with a 5-second time delay. Launching into a denunciation of the war in Iraq and noting that her character on...
New Canadian Anti-camording Law Fails To Halt Pirates
New Canadian laws imposing greater restrictions and penalties on theater patrons camcording movies from their seats have apparently had little effect in Montreal, where much of the illegal camcording takes place, according to Bloomberg News....
Movie Reviews: Death At A Funeral
It's not often these days that comedies are described as farce. But the term is used by most of the critics writing about Frank Oz's Death at a Funeral. The director, best known for providing...
Redstone May Split With Second Wife
Sumner Redstone's turbulent family relations have taken a new turn with word that he may soon end his marriage to Paula Fortunato, who had reportedly become closely involved in the decision-making process at Redstone's Viacom...
Chicago Tribune Film Critic Steps Down
Chicago Tribune film critic Michael Wilmington is apparently among the newspaper's writers who have accepted voluntary buyout offers. Wilmington has sent a terse email message to the Tribune's staff, saying, "This is goodbye and thanks...
Larry King Announces Death Of Tammy Faye Messner
One day after Tammy Faye Messner -- formerly Tammy Faye Bakker -- appeared in an interview on Larry King's CNN show, King disclosed that she had died of cancer at age 65. In the 1970s,...
New Edition Of Controversial Caligula To Be Released
Caligula, the 1976 film that featured such respected actors at Malcolm McDowell, Peter O'Toole, Hellen Mirren, and the late John Gielgud -- all of whom were blindsided when producer Bob Guccioni of Penthouse magazine fame...
Youtube Axes Trailers For Cloverfield
YouTube has complied with a request from Paramount to remove copies of a trailer for the forthcoming Cloverfield. The trailer for the J.J. Abrams-produced movie made its first appearance last week with the debut of...
Kennedy Appears In Simpsons Pitch For Springfield, Ma
Massachusetts Senator Ted Kennedy, often lampooned on The Simpsons, has made a pitch for Springfield, MA to be selected as the the Simpsons' home town. Appearing in a five-minute video that serves as the city's...
Disney To Halt Dvd Sequels
The Walt Disney Co. will no longer produce direct-to-video sequels of its animated features, according to Disney watcher Jim Hill. Hill, who has had a hit-and-miss record in reporting on inside decisions at the company,...
Gay Actor Says He Was Blacklisted After Coming Out
The former costar of the long-running Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman, claims that job offers suddenly disappeared after a picture of him kissing another man was published in a tabloid magazine in 1996. Chad Allen, who...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 22nd May 2007
General Lee Returns To Ebay
John Schneider's General Lee car is going back on eBay this weekend -- this time with a private company pre-approving all bidders. The car, made famous in the Dukes of Hazzard TV series, had sold...
Bo Duke Runs Into Ebay Hazard
The sale of actor John Schneider's General Lee automobile, made famous in the Dukes of Hazzard TV series, for nearly $10 million on the eBay auction site appeared to be in doubt Tuesday as the...
Shatner, Age 26, To Appear With Shatner, Age 76
Producers of Boston Legal plan to use footage from a 1957 Studio One drama, "The Defenders," featuring William Shatner, for an April 3 episode. In the old-time episode Shatner's character Denny Crane comes face-to-face with...
300 Director Says Carping Critics Were "Funny"
300 director Zack Snyder says he feels no resentment towards the critics who pummeled his movie. "Nah, I love 'em, they were funny," he told Los Angeles Times columnist Patrick Goldstein in today's (Tuesday) edition....
Indian Supermodel, Actress Portrays Lesbian
A top Bollywood actress has touched off controversy in India following word that she will play a lesbian in her forthcoming movie, I Can't Think Straight, which was recently filmed in England. Indian-Canadian Lisa Ray,...
"Cooter" Says Fellow Hazzard Castmates Victims Of P.c. "Vigilantes"
A performance by the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra featuring John Schneider and Tom Wopat, who appeared in the 1979-85 series The Dukes of Hazzard was canceled after complaints that the series had "racist overtones," according to...
Regis To Undergo Heart Surgery
Regis Philbin surprised his national TV audience this morning (Monday) when he disclosed that he will undergo heart-bypass surgery later this week. He said that he had seen specialists after suffering chest pains and shortness...
Nevada Democrats Boycott Fox News
The Nevada state Democratic party has pulled the plug on a presidential debate that was to be broadcast by Fox News after a cryptic joke by Fox News Chairman Roger Ailes set off an uproar...
Abc Bets On Kimmel
A week after it was reported that ABC had taped two hour-long episodes of Nightline, touching off speculation that the network might be planning to dump Jimmy Kimmel Live, Broadcasting & Cable reported today (Monday)...
It's Official: Indy To Return On May 22, 2008
Paramount on Tuesday confirmed that it will release the next Indiana Jones installment on Thursday, May 22, 2008. The studio also said that it plans a simultaneous worldwide release of the as-yet-untitled film, which will...
Ebersol Sues Company That Arranged Fatal Flight
NBC Sports Chairman Dick Ebersol has sued Key Air Inc., the company that arranged the flight on which he and his two sons were injured when the plane crashed on take-off in icy conditions in...
200,000 Casino Royale Bootlegs Downloaded, Says Report
From Russia with love -- and perhaps a degree of malice as well -- came the first bootleg copies of Casino Royale, the latest James Bond flick. According to Envisional, an online company that monitors...
Redstone Says He Fired Freston Over Loss Of Myspace Deal
Viacom Chairman Sumner Redstone says he regarded the failure of former Viacom CEO Tom Freston to acquire MySpace.com as "humiliating." In an interview with Charlie Rose on PBS Wednesday night, Redstone said before rival Rupert...
Massive Raid On Dvd Bootleggers In New York
Some 40,000 bootleg DVDs and the equipment used to produce them were confiscated during raids in New York Thursday, according to the Motion Picture Association of America and the Recording Industry Association of America, which...
Character Actor Bruno Kirby Dead At 57
Veteran character actor Bruno Kirby, who played Billy Crystal's best friend in When Harry Met Sally and City Slickers, died Monday of leukemia at the age of 57. Kirby also appeared as Pete Clemenza in...
Cronkite: Comment On Vietnam War His Proudest Moment
Walter Cronkite has indicated that the high point in his career came during a documentary he did in 1972 about the Vietnam War, when he indicated that the war was unwinnable. In an interview with...
House Star Laurie Gets Big Salary Raise
Actor Hugh Laurie, whom critics have credited for turning Fox's House into a surprise hit, has presumably had his salary tripled -- to $275,000 per episode, Daily Variety reported today (Thursday). Although Laurie received an...
Japanese Court Rules Pre-1953 Movies In Public Domain
A Japanese company that has released at bargain prices DVDs of movie classics produced prior to 1953 may continue to do so, a Japanese court ruled Tuesday. Kyodo News said that the Tokyo District Court...
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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.
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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...
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Electronic music pioneer and producer Annie Elise says that the release of her first EP - 'Breathe In, Breathe Out' feels "both vulnerable and...
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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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