Hong Kong festival to honour Indian screen legend Bachchan
March 13, 2010 - 8:55 am
HONG KONG - The Hong Kong International Film Festival plans to honour Indian screen legend Amitabh Bachchan with a lifetime achievement award at the event's Asian Film Awards. Organizers said in a statement late Friday the 67-year-old actor will accept the award in person at the annual ...
State authorities say name of Corey Haim found on fraudulent prescription linked to drug ring
March 12, 2010 - 7:12 pm
LOS ANGELES - The name of the late Toronto-born actor Corey Haim was found on a fraudulent prescription for a powerful painkiller that authorities said Friday was obtained through a major drug ring. California Attorney General Jerry Brown's office said records of the prescription in the ...
The kids of 'South Park' going after Tiger Woods in 14th season opener
March 12, 2010 - 4:42 pm
NEW YORK - Golf clubs in hands or not, the kids of "South Park" are ready to take on Tiger Woods. Creators of the Comedy Central cartoon have long since proven that no subject is sacred to them. So for the opening of its 14th season on Wednesday, the troubled golfer encounters Stan, Kyle, ...
Stooges head into Rock Hall, an achievement Iggy Pop was sure wouldn't happen
March 12, 2010 - 3:41 pm
DETROIT - Iggy Pop was starting to feel like the Susan Lucci of rock 'n' roll. Just as the veteran soap actress believed she might never win a Daytime Emmy, the godfather of punk was certain his groundbreaking band The Stooges wouldn't ever earn a spot in the Rock and Roll Hall of ...
It's Bieber-mania on Twitter: Canadian heartthrob dominates the conversation
March 12, 2010 - 2:50 pm
Canadian teen heartthrob Justin Bieber is the most talked about person on Twitter, and nearly the most talked about topic, period. Bieber-mania is growing on Twitter and is creating a deafening crescendo of chatter that is rising above virtually every other conversation on the popular ...
The National Film Board to debut 'The 'Socalled' Movie' on YouTube in U.S.
March 12, 2010 - 2:48 pm
MONTREAL - The National Film Board of Canada will debut a documentary about Montreal-based musician Socalled on YouTube in the U.S. next week. "The 'Socalled' Movie" will be available to Americans on the YouTube Video Rental Service on March 16. That's the same day Socalled - who was ...
Man pleads no contest to receiving watch stolen from actor Orlando Bloom?s home
March 12, 2010 - 2:47 pm
LOS ANGELES - Prosecutors say a man has pleaded no contest to receiving a Rolex watch stolen from Orlando Bloom's house during a spate of celebrity burglaries. Los Angeles County District Attorney's spokeswoman Jane Robison says Jonathan Ajar entered the no contest plea Friday and will be ...
Leno's first week is ratings hit, but it's settling into a fight with Letterman
March 12, 2010 - 2:24 pm
NEW YORK - After a smashing return, Jay Leno appears headed to a battle with David Letterman for late-night television supremacy. The Nielsen Co. says Leno averaged 5.6 million U.S. viewers last week, his first back at NBC's "The Tonight Show" following the ill-fated prime time experiment. ...
McLaren's romantic trials as a London scribe 'loosely' adapted for TV movie
March 12, 2010 - 2:23 pm
TORONTO - Yes, the romantic trials of a young Canadian newspaper columnist swept up by foppish London lads in the CBC-TV movie, "Abroad," are loosely based on the experiences of Globe and Mail writer Leah McLaren. But that's all that McLaren will allow in drawing any parallels to escapades ...
Father of 'American Idol' judge DioGuardi to announce Senate run
March 12, 2010 - 2:20 pm
The father of "American Idol" judge Kara DioGuardi, former Republican congressman Joe DioGuardi, is set to announce he is running for the U.S. Senate seat held by Kirsten Gillibrand. DioGuardi represented the suburbs north of New York City for two terms before he was defeated by Democrat ...
Lions Gate adopts poison pill, rejects Icahn offer to buy up to 13.2 million shares at $6 each
March 12, 2010 - 1:42 pm
LOS ANGELES - Lions Gate Entertainment Corp. on Friday rejected a bid by activist shareholder Carl Icahn to boost his stake in the movie studio, and its board disclosed the adoption of a provision meant to keep him from buying more shares. The so-called poison pill, which takes effect ...
Madonna offers relationship tips for laughs on 'The Marriage Ref'
March 12, 2010 - 12:54 am
NEW YORK - Madonna doesn't think a wife should withhold sex from a sloppy husband. But she believes a wife should dispose of her late husband's prosthetic leg to spare the feelings of the wife's current mate. This was some of Madonna's relationship advice on NBC's "The Marriage Ref," ...
Nicolas Dickner's 'Nikolski' wins CBC Radio's 'Canada Reads' competition
March 12, 2010 - 12:53 am
TORONTO - Quebec author Nicolas Dickner's first novel, "Nikolski," has won this year's "Canada Reads" competition held by CBC Radio One. Originally published in French in 2005, the book follows three young francophones who are linked in ways they're unaware of. "Nikolski" has won ...
Kate Snow leaving ABC News to join NBC this spring
March 12, 2010 - 11:53 am
NEW YORK - ABC News reporter and "Good Morning America" weekend host Kate Snow is jumping to NBC News. NBC announced Friday that Snow will begin work as a "Dateline NBC" correspondent later this spring. Snow has been with ABC since 2003 and one of its weekend morning anchors since the show ...
Official broadcaster CTV will air Paralympic opening ceremony in B.C.
March 12, 2010 - 11:40 am
VANCOUVER, B.C. - CTV has decided to broadcast tonight's Paralympic opening ceremonies live, but only in British Columbia. The official broadcaster of the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Games was originally planning to air the performance across the country on tape delay Saturday ...
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