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| Afghan teens of 'Buzkashi Boys' stargazing in Hollywood Wednesday, Feb 20, 2013 08:07 PM PST  LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The teenage stars of an Oscar-nominated short film from Afghanistan arrived in Los Angeles on Wednesday for the Academy Awards after an Internet campaign raised enough money to pay for their trip. "Buzkashi Boys" actors Fawad Mohammadi and Jawanmard Paiz will walk the red carpet and rub shoulders with Hollywood's biggest stars at the Dolby Theater in Los Angeles on Sunday night. ... Full Story | Top |
| New York Times puts Boston Globe up for sale again Wednesday, Feb 20, 2013 05:58 PM PST  NEW YORK (Reuters) - The New York Times Co is putting The Boston Globe on the auction block for a second time as it seeks to focus solely on growing its flagship newspaper, the company said on Wednesday. The sale, which will also include the Worcester Telegram & Gazette, is expected to come at a big loss as newspapers struggle for subscribers and advertisers in the digital age. Ken Doctor, an analyst with Outsell Research, estimated that the Globe could fetch about $150 million. The New York Times paid $1.1 billion for the newspaper in 1993. ... Full Story | Top |
| Michael Moore on "5 Broken Cameras" director's LAX ordeal: It doesn't compare to Palestinians' "daily humiliation" Wednesday, Feb 20, 2013 05:41 PM PST  LOSD ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Michael Moore said that Oscar-nominated Palestinian filmmaker Emad Burnat's ordeal with immigration officials on Tuesday demonstrates that the United States is overly strict when it comes to greeting foreign visitors, particularly people of color. "If he'd been a white guy he wouldn't have to go through that in our 'post-racial' America," Moore, the Oscar-winning director of "Bowling for Columbine," told TheWrap via email. ... Full Story | Top |
| "New Girl," "Mindy Project" get temporary post-"Idol" slots Wednesday, Feb 20, 2013 04:14 PM PST  LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Trying to boost viewership for "New Girl" and "The Mindy Project," Fox will air episodes of the comedies in a special timeslot following "American Idol" on April 4. "New Girl" will air at 9 p.m., with "The Mindy Project" airing at 9:30. The specially scheduled episodes will air in the place of a previously scheduled "Glee" repeat. Currently, the series run Tuesday nights, in a lineup that received a jolt last month when the freshman comedy "Ben and Kate" was pulled from the schedule. ... Full Story | Top |
| "Vulcan" has big lead in bid to name Pluto's newly discovered moons Wednesday, Feb 20, 2013 04:04 PM PST (Reuters) - "Star Trek" star William Shatner and tens of thousands of the show's fans are leading a charge to name one of Pluto's newly discovered moons after the character Spock's home planet. Shatner, who played Captain James T. Kirk on the Starship Enterprise on the program launched in 1966, proposed the name earlier this month in response to an appeal from scientists for help in choosing the names of two newly discovered Pluto moons. Vulcan is among 21 names in the running in an online poll organized by the California-based SETI Institute, whose team of astronomers discovered the moons. ... Full Story | Top |
| Independent News & Media in talks with banks to ease debt Wednesday, Feb 20, 2013 03:46 PM PST  DUBLIN (Reuters) - Independent News & Media is in talks with a consortium of its banks to restructure over 400 million euros ($534 million) of debt threatening the group's survival, INM's chairman said on Wednesday. The Irish publisher is in negotiations with eight lenders as it tries to haul back a weight of debt as part of a major restructuring plan to offset a fall in profit and shrinking advertising revenues. ... Full Story | Top |
| Factbox: BRIT Awards 2013 winners Wednesday, Feb 20, 2013 03:44 PM PST LONDON (Reuters) - The BRIT Awards, Britain's top pop music honors, were handed out at London's O2 Arena on Wednesday. ... Full Story | Top |
| Patton Oswalt guest starring on "Parks and Recreation" Wednesday, Feb 20, 2013 03:39 PM PST  LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Patton Oswalt will guest star on "Parks and Recreation" as a man who believes the Pawnee, Ind., town charter is perfect and should never be changed. The comedian, who portrayed Spence Olchin in "The King of Queens" for nine seasons, will play a concerned citizen outraged by Leslie Knope's efforts to change the horribly outdated charter. He thinks life was better when the show's fictional town was founded in 1817, and regards the original authors of the town charter as geniuses whose writings should never be altered. ... Full Story | Top |
| "Criminal Minds" alum Paget Brewster cast in ABC's "Spy" pilot Wednesday, Feb 20, 2013 03:35 PM PST  LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Paget Brewster is getting up to some intrigue with her latest project. The "Criminal Minds" veteran is taking a turn into lighter territory, starring in ABC's upcoming comedy pilot "Spy" opposite "Children's Hospital" star Rob Corddry. The single-camera comedy, written by Simeon Goulden, stars Corddry as Tim, a well intentioned father of a highly intelligent and verbal son who inadvertently takes a job at the Secret Service in order to prove himself a worthy father. ... Full Story | Top |
| The Oscar nominee who's absolutely sure to lose Wednesday, Feb 20, 2013 03:29 PM PST  NEW YORK (TheWrap.com) - Film editor William Goldenberg has attended the Oscars twice before as a nominee, but both times he knew he would lose. In 1999, nominated for "The Insider," Michael Mann's tale of a tobacco industry whistleblower, he ran into the technical wizardry of "The Matrix." In 2004, nominated for "Seabiscuit," he was vanquished by the orcs and elves of "The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King," which swept to victory with all 11 of its nominations. ... Full Story | Top |
| "Arrested Development" lands Seth Rogen, Kristen Wiig as guest stars Wednesday, Feb 20, 2013 03:27 PM PST  LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - "Arrested Development" is going to Wiig out a little bit when it makes its return on Netflix in May. "Saturday Night Live" alum Kristen Wiig will guest-star on the upcoming revival of the beloved cult sitcom, which will also feature Seth Rogen, with whom she also appeared in "Knocked Up." Details are scarce regarding how many episodes they'll appear in and what characters they'll play. However, according to Vulture, "Bridesmaids" star Wiig will play a younger version of family matriarch Lucille Bluth (portrayed in a more seasoned form by Jessica Walter). ... Full Story | Top |
| Jane Lynch to make Broadway debut in "Annie" Wednesday, Feb 20, 2013 03:23 PM PST  LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Jane Lynch is about to experience the hard-knock life - but she's really happy about it. The "Glee" star will make her Broadway debut in May in "Annie" at the Palace Theatre. Lynch will join the cast as the evil orphanage matron Miss Hannigan, a role that she seems to have been prepping for with her portrayal of tart-tongued cheerleading coach Sue Sylvester on "Glee." "Some may say I know a thing or two about playing intimidating authority figures," Lynch said of her new gig. ... Full Story | Top |
| Singer Emeli Sande wins big at predictable BRIT awards Wednesday, Feb 20, 2013 03:20 PM PST  LONDON (Reuters) - Scottish singer Emeli Sande won the coveted best album honour at the BRIT Awards on Wednesday for "Our Version of Events", confirming her status as favourite going into British pop's big night of the year. The 25-year-old, who received a major boost by appearing at the Olympics opening and closing ceremonies last summer, also picked up the best British female artist on a night of few surprises in terms of winners and on-stage antics. "I think I'm a very unlikely pop star," an emotional Sande told a packed O2 Arena in London on receiving the best album prize. ... Full Story | Top |
| Casts of "Les Misérables," "Chicago," "Dreamgirls" set for Oscars' musical tribute Wednesday, Feb 20, 2013 03:19 PM PST  LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - This year's Oscars broadcast will go heavy on the jazz hands. The producers of the telecast have lined up a list of big names for their tribute to "Chicago," "Dreamgirls," "Les Misérables" and other film musicals of the past decade. Jennifer Hudson ("Dreamgirls"), Catherine Zeta-Jones ("Chicago"), and Russell Crowe, Hugh Jackman, Amanda Seyfried, Anne Hathaway, Samantha Barks, Helena Bonham Carter, Aaron Tveit and Eddie Redmayne ("Les Misérables") will all add some razzle dazzle to the proceedings. ... Full Story | Top |
| Costume designers say best-dressed movies are "Anna Karenina," "Mirror Mirror," "Skyfall" Wednesday, Feb 20, 2013 02:59 PM PST  LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - The best-looking movies of 2012 are "Anna Karenina," "Skyfall" and "Mirror Mirror," said the Costume Designers Guild on Tuesday night. In the final guild ceremony of awards season, "Anna Karenina" won in the Excellence in Period Film category, while "Skyfall" was honored for Excellence in Contemporary Film and "Mirror Mirror" for Excellence in Fantasy Film. Of the three winners, two - "Anna Karenina" and "Mirror Mirror" - are also nominated for the costume-design Oscar. ... Full Story | Top |
| Palestinian filmmaker briefly detained in Los Angeles on way to Oscars Wednesday, Feb 20, 2013 02:45 PM PST  LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A Palestinian filmmaker on his way to the Academy Awards said on Wednesday he was held at Los Angeles International Airport and threatened with deportation before being allowed into the United States. Emad Burnat, whose "5 Broken Cameras" is competing for an Oscar in the Best Documentary Feature category, said U.S. immigration officials took him, his wife and 8-year-old son aside when they arrived in Los Angeles from Turkey on Tuesday evening. "Immigration officials asked for proof that I was nominated for an Academy Award ... ... Full Story | Top |
| Shia LaBeouf drops out of broadway debut, citing "creative differences" Wednesday, Feb 20, 2013 02:37 PM PST LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Shia LaBeouf has dropped out of a revival of "Orphans" less than a month before it will open on Broadway. In a statement, the show's producers cited "creative differences" as the reason for the "Transformers" star's departure. His exit will deprive Broadway of one of its biggest names in its slate of spring openings. Although stars like Tom Hanks ("Lucky Guy") and Bette Midler ("I'll Eat You Last") are scheduled to appear in original plays, there was a great deal of anticipation for LaBeouf's performance. ... Full Story | Top |
| Audrey Hepburn quote wins top movie pickup line Wednesday, Feb 20, 2013 01:36 PM PST (Reuters) - And the Oscar for best pickup line in a movie goes to - Audrey Hepburn in the romantic thriller, "Charade." That's according to the results from women polled by the U.K.-based dating site Badoo.com and released on Wednesday before the Academy Awards on Sunday. "I don't bite you know ... unless it's called for," Hepburn told Cary Grant in the 1963 release, and, 50 years later, women still chose it first. Men, however, had different ideas. They favored this Bette Davis line from the 1932 movie, "The Cabin in the Cotton," - "I'd love to kiss you, but I just washed my hair. ... Full Story | Top |
| Jennifer Hudson, Zeta-Jones to sing in Oscars musical tribute Wednesday, Feb 20, 2013 12:43 PM PST  LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Oscar winners Russell Crowe, Jennifer Hudson and Catherine Zeta-Jones will perform at the Academy Awards in a tribute to the resurgence of big-screen musicals, organizers said on Wednesday. The performance, which will also feature Oscar nominees Anne Hathaway and Hugh Jackman from "Les Miserables," is part of the several musical acts at the annual Hollywood awards on Sunday. ... Full Story | Top |
| Mumford & Sons storm to top of Billboard 200 after Grammy win Wednesday, Feb 20, 2013 11:24 AM PST  LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - British folk band Mumford & Sons jumped to No. 1 on the Billboard 200 album chart on Wednesday after their album "Babel" won a top Grammy honor, while several other Grammy performers received boosts on the U.S. charts. "Babel," which won the coveted Album of the Year prize at the Grammy awards on February 10, sold 185,000 copies according to figures from Nielsen SoundScan. The band also performed twice on the live television broadcast, which was watched by 28 million people. ... Full Story | Top |
| Crime lab report confirms Mindy McCready's death a suicide Wednesday, Feb 20, 2013 10:56 AM PST  LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas (Reuters) - An Arkansas Crime Lab preliminary autopsy confirmed country music singer Mindy McCready's death was a suicide from a single gunshot wound to the head, the Cleburne County Sheriff's Office said on Wednesday. McCready, 37, whose career was overshadowed by substance abuse and suicide attempts, was found dead on the porch of a house in Heber Springs, Arkansas, on Sunday afternoon beside her boyfriend's dead dog. Officials have said she shot the dog. ... Full Story | Top |
| TV anchor Robin Roberts returns to Good Morning America show Wednesday, Feb 20, 2013 08:49 AM PST  NEW YORK (Reuters) - Robin Roberts, a co-host of ABC's "Good Morning America," returned to the popular morning news show on Wednesday, five months after a bone-marrow transplant for a rare blood disorder that was triggered by cancer treatment. Roberts, 52, was welcomed back with a special edition of the show that began with a taped message from President Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle. "Good morning, America, and welcome back, Robin," the first lady said. Roberts said she had waited 174 days to return to the show and was pinching herself so she knew it was real. ... Full Story | Top |
| Strange but true stories from Academy Awards past Wednesday, Feb 20, 2013 08:35 AM PST  (Reuters) - The Academy Awards are usually tightly scripted events, but sometimes even Oscar gets a taste of the unexpected. Here are some of the curious moments when things veered off course on the red carpet. REFUSING OSCAR A few Oscar winners have felt compelled to turn down their prizes over the years. The first was screenwriter Dudley Nichols, who refused his Best Screenwriter award for "The Informer" in 1936 because of conflicts between the Screen Writers Guild and the Academy. ... Full Story | Top |
| Lawrence, Chastain, Riva in Oscar battle of youth versus experience Wednesday, Feb 20, 2013 06:08 AM PST  LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A young widow, a bayou girl, an elderly woman, a mother and a CIA agent battle it out on Sunday for the Best Actress Oscar, a race that includes the youngest and oldest nominees in the category's history. Jennifer Lawrence of "Silver Linings Playbook," 9-year-old Quvenzhane Wallis from "Beasts of the Southern Wild," 85-year-old star of "Amour" Emmanuelle Riva, "The Impossible" lead Naomi Watts and "Zero Dark Thirty's" Jessica Chastain are competing for their first Academy Award. ... Full Story | Top |
| Major Italian art collection handed to UK galleries Wednesday, Feb 20, 2013 05:30 AM PST  LONDON (Reuters) - A private collection of 57 Italian Baroque paintings once belonging to banking heir Denis Mahon and valued at more than 100 million pounds ($154 million) has been formally handed over to six museums and galleries in Britain. The paintings had already been on long-term loan to the respective museums for many years on condition that they did not charge admission or sell works from their collections. ... Full Story | Top |
| Oscars in Hollywood cliffhanger over Best Picture, Director Wednesday, Feb 20, 2013 05:03 AM PST  LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Sunday's Oscar ceremony is set for a cliffhanger ending after a topsy-turvy awards season that has left the two top prizes - Best Picture and Best Director - too close to call. With just days to go before the movie industry's highest honors are handed out on February 24, awards watchers are keyed up for one of the most exciting nights in recent Academy Awards history. ... Full Story | Top |
| A Minute With: Billy Crystal, former host of the Academy Awards Wednesday, Feb 20, 2013 02:02 AM PST  LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Few people have more experience hosting the Academy Awards than actor Billy Crystal, who was the master of ceremonies for the movie industry's highest honors for the ninth time last year. As "Family Guy" creator Seth MacFarlane prepares to host the Oscars for the first time on Sunday, Crystal, 64, spoke to Reuters about his own experiences and offered some tips. ... Full Story | Top |
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