Reuters: Entertainment News

Dave Matthews Band saxophonist dies

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 06:01:25 -0400

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Saxophonist LeRoi Moore, a founding member of the Dave Matthews Band, died on Tuesday of complications from a vehicle accident in June.

Toronto film festival promises lighter touch

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 03:35:45 -0400

TORONTO (Reuters) - The Toronto International Film Festival is promising a lighter touch this year, both thematically and in the number of movies presented, with domestic dramas and comedies prominent among the 312 features and shorts unveiled on Tuesday.

Jackson and del Toro to pen "Hobbit" screenplays

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 04:53:21 -0400

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Peter Jackson and Guillermo del Toro's search for writers for "The Hobbit" and its companion film has ended, with the filmmakers deciding that no one is better suited for the task than they are.

Glitter fakes illness in Bangkok to miss UK flight

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 06:00:22 -0400

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Shamed British glam rocker Gary Glitter was stuck at Bangkok airport on Wednesday after faking illness to avoid boarding a flight to Britain following his release from a Vietnamese prison for child sex abuse.

Malaysia asks Avril Lavigne to postpone concert

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 03:31:59 -0400

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (Reuters) - Malaysia's government has told promoters of a concert by Canadian pop star Avril Lavigne to postpone the show because it could mar the country's independence day celebrations, an official said on Wednesday.

"Grey's Anatomy," "ER" draw objections in Italy

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 04:32:32 -0400

ROME (Hollywood Reporter) - Television programs with medical and hospital themes get so many details wrong, according to a leading Italian medical group, that Italy's main broadcasters should refrain from airing them.

Christina Applegate cancer free after double mastectomy

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 20:08:18 -0400

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - "Samantha Who?" star Christina Applegate, 36, is free of cancer after having both breasts removed to combat the disease, the actress told a U.S. television news show on Tuesday.

Hollywood agency, TV writers settle age bias suit

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 21:11:09 -0400

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The Hollywood talent agency International Creative Management agreed on Tuesday to pay $4.5 million to settle an age-discrimination suit brought by TV writers, the first of 23 such class-action cases to be resolved.

Elizabeth Taylor home after hospital stay

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 21:12:07 -0400

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Oscar-winning film star Elizabeth Taylor is back home and doing well following a recent stay of several weeks in a Los Angeles-area hospital for unspecified reasons, her spokesman said on Tuesday.

Cash: Political use of father's name "appalling"

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 19:45:29 -0400

NASHVILLE (Billboard) - Rosanne Cash is tired of people using her late father's name to further their own political agendas.