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| Singer Rita Ora joins 'Fifty Shades of Grey' film Monday, Dec 02, 2013 04:10 PM PST  LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - British R&B singer Rita Ora will be the latest addition to Universal Pictures' "Fifty Shades of Grey" film, the Comcast Corp-owned studio said on Monday. Ora, 23, will play Mia Grey, the adopted younger sister of billionaire protagonist Christian Grey, in the film adaptation of E. L. James' best-selling "Fifty Shades of Grey" trilogy of erotica novels. ... Full Story | Top |
| Autopsy results for 'Fast & Furious' star Walker may come Tuesday Monday, Dec 02, 2013 03:54 PM PST  By Eric Kelsey LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Autopsy results for "Fast & Furious" actor Paul Walker could be released as early as Tuesday, as medical examiners wait on dental records to identify the actor's body, a spokesman for the Los Angeles County Coroner said on Monday. Walker, 40, who became a symbol of street-racing and car culture in his roles in the "Fast & Furious" franchise, was a passenger in a fiery one-car crash on Saturday in Santa Clarita, California, about 30 miles northwest of Los Angeles. "We're waiting for dental records," county coroner spokesman Edward Winter said. "The bodies are unidentifiable." Media reports identified the driver of the red 2005 Porsche Carrera GT that crashed into a utility pole and burst into flames as Roger Rodas, 38, a friend of Walker's who owned Always Evolving, an auto dealership and racing services company in Santa Clarita. Full Story | Top |
| Bob Dylan investigated in France for 'racist' comments Monday, Dec 02, 2013 03:12 PM PST  The American singer Bob Dylan is being investigated in France after a Croatian community organization alleged that comments he made to Rolling Stone magazine last year amounted to incitement to racial hatred, Paris prosecutors said on Monday. Just like Jews can sense Nazi blood and the Serbs can sense Croatian blood." ( http://r.reuters.com/def25v) The formal investigation followed a legal complaint from the organization, CRICCF, which is based in France, alleging that the comments as carried in the French version of the magazine violated French racial hatred laws. In France, racism complaints automatically trigger formal investigations, irrespective of the merits of the case. Dylan was awarded France's prestigious Legion d'Honneur award last month in Paris. Full Story | Top |
| French-born film artist Prouvost wins 2013 Turner Prize Monday, Dec 02, 2013 01:25 PM PST By Michael Roddy LONDONDERRY, Northern Ireland (Reuters) - French-born film installation artist Laure Prouvost won Britain's prestigious Turner Prize on Monday for a short film clip that in part tells the story of a fictional grandfather digging a hole to Africa and disappearing down it. An emotional and surprised Prouvost, who lives and works in London, told a crowd of hundreds at the awards ceremony: "I didn't expect this at all ... I was sure it was not me." After presenting the award, the Oscar-nominated Irish actress Saoirse Ronan brought Prouvost's baby onto the stage to a chorus of "aahs" from the audience. The ceremony was held in Londonderry, Northern Ireland, the first time the prize has been awarded outside England. Prouvost told reporters she felt Britain was her "adopted" home because "this is the country that let me grow". Full Story | Top |
| Prog rock meets folk as Moulettes soar in London Monday, Dec 02, 2013 07:15 AM PST By Jeremy Gaunt LONDON (Reuters) - One of the more startling moments at the London concert by British folk band Moulettes this weekend was when founding member Ruth Skipper turned her bassoon into an instrument of industrial rock. As bass and drums hammered out a heavy beat and an electric fiddle and wired cello soared to feverish heights, Skipper turned from the audience, bent near double and roared out a riff that would have done a Moog synthesizer proud. But it works," said Skipper, who also sings and plays autoharp. Welcome to the world of prog folk, an unusual marriage of traditional British folk music with the prog - or progressive - rock that dominated alternative music in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Full Story | Top |
| Bolshoi performers say Russian dancer's guilt not proven Monday, Dec 02, 2013 04:05 AM PST  By Maria Tsvetkova MOSCOW (Reuters) - Performers at Russia's Bolshoi Theatre made a last-minute plea for leniency on Monday for a dancer accused of ordering an acid attack on its artistic director, praising his "wonderful human qualities" and saying he was incapable of such an act. A judge is due to pronounce a verdict on Tuesday in the month-long trial of former soloist Pavel Dmitrichenko that has shone a spotlight on bitter rivalries behind the scenes. State prosecutors have asked for a nine-year prison term but he could still be jailed for up to 12 years if convicted over an attack that nearly blinded the Bolshoi ballet's artistic director, Sergei Filin. The month-long trial of Dmitrichenko and two alleged accomplices has tainted the reputation of one of Russia's most prominent cultural symbols. Full Story | Top |
| Zao Wou-ki painting breaks record at Sotheby's China auction Monday, Dec 02, 2013 02:52 AM PST By Adam Rose BEIJING (Reuters) - A work by modern painter Zao Wou-ki sold for 76 million yuan ($12.47 million) on Sunday at Sotheby's first major auction in China, breaking the record for the artist's work set earlier this year in Hong Kong. "I'm very, very thrilled," Sotheby's Asia CEO Kevin Ching told Reuters after the event. Zao, who's known for his abstract style, "will become, or may already be, the Picasso of China," he said. Sotheby's held the auction as competition between the New York-based auction house and its long-time rival Christie's moves into one of the world's hottest art markets amid a government crackdown on corruption and luxury spending. Full Story | Top |
| Beyonce ousts Kim Kardashian as 2013's most-searched person on Bing Sunday, Dec 01, 2013 09:07 PM PST  Singer Beyonce was named the most-searched person in 2013 on Bing, the online search engine said on Monday, edging out 2012's list-topper reality television star Kim Kardashian, who came in second. Beyonce, 32, topped the list in a year where she made a carefully choreographed return to the musical spotlight after taking time out to give birth to her first child, daughter Blue Ivy, with rapper husband Jay Z. The singer performed at President Barack Obama's inauguration in January, at the Super Bowl in February and kicked off a worldwide tour, The Mrs. Carter Show World Tour, in April. Kardashian, 33, dropped to second place after a big year where she gave birth to daughter North West, and got engaged to rapper Kanye West, the father of her child. Full Story | Top |
| Comcast tests new ad tech to help networks capture binge viewers Sunday, Dec 01, 2013 09:02 PM PST Comcast Corp, the largest U.S. cable operator, is testing new advertising technology that inserts up-to-date commercials into past episodes of TV shows that are available on demand, a development that could help television networks generate additional revenue. As people get used to catching up on or binging on older episodes of shows through online services like Netflix and Hulu, cable companies and TV networks are plying viewers with past episodes from current seasons that can be watched on demand through their cable set-top boxes. The new technology is meant to give TV networks a way to earn ad dollars from earlier episodes. Full Story | Top |
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