Entertainment

Image Entertainment picks up The Rewrite for U.S.

Image Entertainment has acquired all U.S. rights to the comedy film “Rewrite,” the fourth collaboration between writer-director Marc Lawrence and actor Hugh Grant. The film also stars Marisa Tomei, Allison Janney, J.K.Simmons and Chris Elliott. “Hugh Grant and Marc Lawrence have a proven track record when it comes to successful films,” said Mark Ward, RLJ Entertainment’s Senior Vice President of Acquisitions for the Image brands in a statement. Its deal for Rewrite was negotiated by CAA on behalf of […]

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New York mansion featured in ‘The Godfather’ put up for sale

(Reuters) – A New York City mansion that featured in the 1972 American movie classic “The Godfather” is up for grabs for fans of the blockbuster or just anyone willing to pay the $2.89 million price tag. In the Oscar-winning film, the grand Staten Island home belongs to Mafia boss Vito Corleone, played by Marlon Brando. A Staten Island real estate agency handling the sale has not refrained from using its role in American pop […]

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Taylor Swift shakes off competition to hold Billboard top spot

(Reuters) – Taylor Swift reigned atop the U.S. Billboard 200 album chart for a second consecutive week on Wednesday after scoring the biggest debut in a dozen years. “1989” sold 402,000 copies in its second week according to sales figures compiled by Nielsen SoundScan, outpacing the cumulative sales of the rest of the nine albums in the top ten of Billboard’s weekly album chart by nearly 100,000 copies. The “Now 52” compilation held steady at No. […]

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Randy Jackson exits ‘American Idol’ after 13 seasons

(Reuters) – “American Idol” judge and mentor Randy Jackson is leaving the Fox TV singing competition after 13 seasons, the network said on Tuesday, after the show suffered a decline in ratings in recent years. Music producer Jackson, 58, was one of the show’s original three judges along with Paula Abdul, who departed the show in 2009, and Simon Cowell, who left in 2010. Jackson left the judges’ panel after 12 seasons, but continued as […]

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Clinic that treated Joan Rivers cited for multiple failings

(Reuters) – The New York outpatient clinic where the late Joan Rivers suffered cardiac arrest did not follow all the standard protocols during the throat procedures it conducted on the comedian, according to a government agency report released on Monday. Rivers died on Sept. 4 at the age of 81 in a New York hospital a week after her heart stopped during the outpatient procedure at the Yorkville Endoscopy center on Manhattan’s Upper East Side. […]

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Joseph Gordon-Levitt to play Edward Snowden in Oliver Stone film

(Reuters) – Actor Joseph Gordon-Levitt will play Edward Snowden in a movie directed by Oliver Stone about the former National Security Agency contractor who blew the whistle on the U.S government’s mass surveillance programs, the film’s backers said on Monday. Stone, who won best director Oscars for “Platoon” and “Born on the Fourth of July,” has written the screenplay based on two books – “The Snowden Files: The Inside Story of the World’s Most Wanted […]

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‘Big Hero 6’ vanquishes ‘Interstellar’ to lead U.S. box office

(Reuters) – “Big Hero 6,” Walt Disney Co’s animated superhero film featuring a flying robot, clocked $56.2 million in U.S. and Canadian ticket sales to lead the weekend box office, topping director Christopher Nolan’s space adventure, “Interstellar.” “Interstellar,” starring Matthew McConaughey, opened on Wednesday and recorded $50 million over the three days from Friday through Sunday, and $52.2 million over its five-day run. If the final figures hold up, it would be only the fourth time in […]

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Breakthrough Prizes in science, math earn winners $3 million each

(Reuters) – Academia doesn’t usually bring rich financial rewards. But that changed Sunday for recipients of a record 12 Breakthrough Prizes, the award created two years ago by Russian billionaire venture capitalist Yuri Milner, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, Google co-founder Sergey Brin and other tech industry luminaries. Each prize is worth $3 million, almost three times the cash a Nobel Prize winner receives. This year is the first to honor mathematicians. Five won for work ranging from algebraic geometry […]

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One Direction, a “no-show” despite big win at MTV’s top European awards

(Reuters) – Boy-band sensation One Direction was among the big winners that failed to turn up to collect their prizes at one of Europe’s top music events on Sunday, after the group scooped three MTV Europe Music Awards in Glasgow. Justin Bieber and Katy Perry were among other notable no-shows, though the firework-filled ceremony was lit up by charismatic and popular rapper Nicki Minaj, who hosted, performed and won an award. Rock veterans Ozzy Osbourne, […]

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Taylor Swift gives gloomy U.S. album sales a platinum shine

(Reuters) – Taylor Swift’s “1989,” the strongest pop turn for the longtime country singer, roared to the top of the Billboard 200 album chart on Wednesday with the biggest opening week in a dozen years for the declining album sales industry. Backed by No. 1 hit “Shake It Off” and weeks of TV appearances, “1989” sold 1.3 million copies, according to figures compiled by Nielsen SoundScan. “1989” not only goes platinum by selling over a […]

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Angelina Jolie ‘open’ to pursuing life in politics

(Reuters) – Academy award winning actress Angelina Jolie is “open” to pursuing a life in politics, diplomacy or public service, she told Vanity Fair magazine. Jolie, who won a best supporting actress Oscar award for her role in “Girl, Interrupted,” has already turned her hand to directing. Her latest film behind the camera, “Unbroken,” about Olympic runner, World War Two airman and prisoner of war Louis Zamperini, is set to open on Dec. 25. The […]

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