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| Actor Mickey Rooney, America's boy next door, dies at 93 Sunday, Apr 06, 2014 08:41 PM PDT  (Reuters) - Actor Mickey Rooney, the pint-sized screen dynamo of the 1930s and 1940s best known for his boy-next-door role in the Andy Hardy movies, died on Sunday at 93, the TMZ celebrity website reported. Rooney, who was one of the biggest box office stars of the movies' studio era, had been ill for some time, TMZ said. Rooney, who spent almost his entire life in show business, teamed up with Judy Garland in the 1939 movie musical "Babes in Arms." He also starred with Elizabeth Taylor in 1944's "National Velvet," which launched Taylor's career. Rooney was best known for his role as Andy Hardy, the popular all-American teenager, which he portrayed in about 20 movies. Full Story | Top |
| Strait, Lambert leads winners at Academy of Country Music awards Sunday, Apr 06, 2014 08:35 PM PDT  By Robert Galbraith LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - Country music veteran George Strait and singer Miranda Lambert led the winners at the 49th Academy of Country Music awards, while the genre's biggest names, including Blake Shelton, Lady Antebellum, Eric Church and Keith Urban, sang their hits. Strait, 61, won the night's top prize of Entertainer of the Year, beating out Lambert, Luke Bryan, Blake Shelton and Taylor Swift. Full Story | Top |
| Factbox: Winners at the Academy of Country Music awards Sunday, Apr 06, 2014 08:35 PM PDT LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - The Academy of Country Music awards were handed out in a televised ceremony on Sunday in Las Vegas. Following are a list of winners in key categories handed out during the show. ... Full Story | Top |
| Comedian John Pinette found dead in Pittsburg hotel room at age 50 Sunday, Apr 06, 2014 07:08 PM PDT  (Reuters) - John Pinette, a stand-up comedian who guest-starred as the victim of a carjacking in the final episode of the comedy show Seinfeld, has died at age 50, an official said on Sunday. Pinette was found dead inside a Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, hotel room on Saturday, an official with the Allegheny County Medical Examiner's Office said. Pinette died from natural causes and was discovered by family members, the official said. Full Story | Top |
| Disney's latest hero, 'Captain America,' sets box office record Sunday, Apr 06, 2014 06:11 PM PDT  By Ronald Grover and Chris Michaud LOS ANGELES/NEW YORK (Reuters) - "Captain America: The Winter Soldier," the sequel to Marvel's 2011 film about the red, white and blue superhero, smashed its way to $96.2 million in weekend ticket sales, setting a new record for an April release and speeding past last week's winner, "Noah." In the process, it also validated the strategy of the film's distributor, Walt Disney Co, to ramp up its pipeline of films featuring super heroes made famous by bashing bad guys in Marvel Comics. "Captain America," which stars Chris Evans as a scrawny World War Two reject given super powers from an experimental serum, easily exceeded the April take for the racing movie "Fast Five," which collected $86.2 million in ticket sales in April 2011. Since Disney bought Marvel for $4 billion in 2009, Marvel characters have starred in some of Hollywood's biggest hits. Full Story | Top |
| Foxconn eyes PE fund MBK's Taiwan cable TV unit: paper Sunday, Apr 06, 2014 05:32 PM PDT  TAIPEI (Reuters) - Foxconn Technology Group, the main supplier of Apple Inc, is rumored to be interested in buying cable TV company CNS from private equity firm MBK for around T$64 billion ($2.11 billion), the Economic Daily reported on Monday. The move comes as Foxconn, whose flagship unit is Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., aims to tie up with CNS against Chunghwa Telecom, Taiwan's biggest mobile and fixed network carrier, the report said, without citing sources. Hon Hai, CNS and MBK all declined to comment, it said. (Reporting by Faith Hung; Editing by Stephen Coates) Full Story | Top |
| Global ad spend to pass pre-financial crisis peak: Zenith Sunday, Apr 06, 2014 04:02 PM PDT Global advertising spending will grow over the next three years at levels not seen since the start of the financial crisis, leading media buyer ZenithOptimedia said on Monday. For this year, spending will be boosted by key events such as the soccer World Cup, the Winter Olympics and the U.S. mid-term elections, the three major events seen raising revenues at the world's largest advertising groups such as Martin Sorrell's WPP, Omnicom and Publicis. According to Zenith, ad rates in 2006 grew 6.4 percent, 6.5 percent in 2007 and by 0.3 percent in 2008. Zenith said the total amount of media spend will reach up to $537 billion at the end of 2014, driven by an improved global economic outlook and the rapid rise of mobile advertising. Full Story | Top |
| Singer-songwriter Aloe Blacc tops UK music chart Sunday, Apr 06, 2014 11:07 AM PDT  U.S. singer-songwriter Aloe Blacc claimed his first solo UK number one on Sunday when his track "The Man" topped the British singles chart, the Official Charts Company said. The track by 35-year-old Blacc, whose real name is Egbert Nathaniel Dawkins III, pays homage to the chorus melody of Elton John's first UK top 10 single "Your Song". Blacc made his UK charts debut in 2011 with "I Need Dollar", which peaked at number two, and last summer provided guest vocals for Avicii's chart-topping track "Wake Me Up", the Official Charts Company said. Full Story | Top |
| 'Captain America' sets box office record as it leaps past 'Noah' Sunday, Apr 06, 2014 09:13 AM PDT  LOS ANGELES/NEW YORK (Reuters) - "Captain America: The Winter Soldier," the sequel to Marvel's 2011 film about the Red, White and Blue super hero, smashed its way to $96.2 million in weekend ticket sales, setting a new record for an April release and speeding past last week's winner, "Noah." The film, which stars Chris Evans as a scrawny World War Two reject given super powers from an experimental serum, easily exceeded the April take for the racing movie "Fast Five," which collected $86.2 million in ticket sales in April 2011. ... Full Story | Top |
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