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| Model Adriana Lima and ex-NBA player Jaric separate Friday, May 02, 2014 05:54 PM PDT  LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Victoria's Secret model Adriana Lima and former NBA player Marko Jaric are separating after five years of marriage, the couple said on Friday. Brazilian model Lima, 32, and Jaric, 35, said in a statement that they were separating "after long and careful consideration," and will continue to co-parent their two young daughters. The couple were married on Feb. 14, 2009, in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, after eloping, according to People Magazine. (Reporting by Piya Sinha-Roy; Editing by Eric Kelsey and Prudence Crowther) Full Story | Top |
| Ben Affleck banned from blackjack at Las Vegas casino: source Friday, May 02, 2014 05:33 PM PDT  By Piya Sinha-Roy LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Actor Ben Affleck was banned from playing blackjack at a Las Vegas casino because he was "too good," a source close to the Oscar-winner said on Friday. Affleck, 41, was stopped earlier this week by security guards at the Hard Rock Casino in Las Vegas while playing blackjack because "you are too good," the source said. Affleck, who won Oscars for co-writing 1997's "Good Will Hunting" and producing 2012's "Argo," recently starred in last year's crime thriller "Runner Runner," where he played an online gambling tycoon. The actor was on a short break in Las Vegas with his wife Jennifer Garner before he left to shoot Zack Snyder's upcoming "Man of Steel" sequel where he will play Batman opposite Henry Cavill's Superman. Full Story | Top |
| 'American Idol' runner-up Clay Aiken winning political respect in North Carolina Friday, May 02, 2014 02:45 PM PDT  By Colleen Jenkins CARY N.C. (Reuters) - "American Idol" runner-up Clay Aiken readily signs autographs and poses for selfies with voters in his bid for a North Carolina congressional seat, but tries hard to keep his pitch at campaign stops focused on political issues. "I have done my very best not to sing," said Aiken, 35. In April, the Washington-based Cook Political Report admitted surprise after Aiken proved to be well-versed on political affairs, "washing away any notion he's another superficial, stage-managed Hollywood star dabbling in politics as a new hobby." Even so, political experts say the first-time candidate is in an uphill, perhaps futile, battle to win the primary and then unseat the incumbent in a district North Carolina's Republican-led legislature re-drew to favor their party. U.S. Representative Renee Ellmers, 50, a former nurse, beat a moderate Democrat for the seat during the Republicans' national electoral sweep in 2010 and two years later won her second term with 56 percent of the vote. Full Story | Top |
| BBC rebukes 'Top Gear' presenter Clarkson over racist language Friday, May 02, 2014 02:42 PM PDT  By Belinda Goldsmith LONDON (Reuters) - British state broadcaster, the BBC, has rebuked presenter Jeremy Clarkson over using racist language while filming car show "Top Gear", one of the most popular and profitable TV programs in the world, but dismissed calls for his resignation. Clarkson, 54, apologized after a newspaper report earlier this week revealed he used an epithet for blacks while reciting the rhyme "Eeny, Meeny, Miny, Moe" to choose between cars while filming two years ago. Full Story | Top |
| Heroin trail in Peaches Geldof's death being investigated: police Friday, May 02, 2014 02:41 PM PDT  Police are investigating how Peaches Geldof, the daughter of musician and Band Aid founder Bob Geldof, received the heroin believed to have contributed to her death after finding drugs paraphernalia around her, British police said on Friday. The police also said Geldof's husband of two years, musician Thomas Cohen, was not under suspicion in her death or their concurrent investigation into the supply of drugs. "To prevent further speculation I will confirm that contrary to rumour in the media my officers did seize drugs paraphernalia from the address on 7 April." Geldof, a media and fashion personality, was the second of Irish musician and campaigner Bob Geldof and Paula Yates's three daughters. Yates died from a heroin overdose in 2000, three years after the death of INXS singer Micheel Hutchence, for whom she had left Bob Geldof. Full Story | Top |
| Kevin Spacey brings stage act to big screen in documentary Friday, May 02, 2014 01:50 PM PDT  By Eric Kelsey LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Kevin Spacey, the two-time Oscar-winning actor and star of one of the most talked-about online streaming shows "House of Cards," leans forward and says that even in his lofty status among Hollywood actors, he still has a personal point to prove. With new documentary "Now: In the Wings on a World Stage," Spacey lets his personal passion for theater roar in a film that introduces audiences to his second career on the stage as he tours the world with his own company's production of William Shakespeare's historical play "Richard III." Spacey, 54, who has been the artistic director at London's the Old Vic theater since 2003, said his choice to cut back on his Hollywood career and devote his time to the stage, struck many as a self-defeating project. Full Story | Top |
| News Corp ties knot with romance novel publisher Friday, May 02, 2014 12:24 PM PDT  By Euan Rocha and Jennifer Saba TORONTO/NEW YORK (Reuters) - For Harlequin Enterprises Ltd, the romance novel publisher that News Corp agreed to buy for $415 million, the title of one of its latest offerings, "My Fair Billionaire," could well refer to Rupert Murdoch. Murdoch's News Corp said on Friday it would purchase Harlequin from Torstar Corp, owner of the Toronto Star, Canada's largest daily newspaper by circulation. With backing of the billionaire's global empire, the deal will give a more secure financial footing to Harlequin - known for churning out more than a thousand "bodice ripper" books every year, with titles like "A Game of Seduction" and "The Heartbreaker Prince." The C$455 million purchase is News Corp's largest since its assets were split off last year from its cable, TV and movie studio properties, now known as 21st Century Fox Inc News Corp will pick up a dusty book company, albeit one with global and digital distribution that News Corp plans to use to extend its footprint. Full Story | Top |
| Monaco royals label Grace Kelly film a 'farce' Friday, May 02, 2014 11:35 AM PDT  Monaco's Prince Albert and his two sisters said a new film in which Nicole Kidman plays their late mother, Hollywood actress Grace Kelly, was a "farce" that bore no relation to reality. Albert, monarch of the tiny Mediterranean principality, and his sisters Princess Caroline and Princess Stephanie said "Grace of Monaco", which open this month's Cannes Film Festival, was based on "erroneous and dubious historical references". Kelly, star of such Hollywood classics as "To Catch a Thief" and "High Society" as well as Alfred Hitchcock's "Rear Window" and "Dial M for Murder", became Princess Grace when she married Albert's father Prince Rainier of Monaco in 1956. Full Story | Top |
| British stage makes hay with Broadway duds Friday, May 02, 2014 10:19 AM PDT  By Michael Roddy SHEFFIELD England (Reuters) - Broadway musicals are usually revived when, like "My Fair Lady" or "South Pacific", they have been big hits. But the British stage, in London and elsewhere, has been giving flops a second chance. This year's Olivier Award for best London revival went to a Broadway dud with big names attached - Stephen Sondheim and George Furth's "Merrily We Roll Along", which ran for only 44 previews and 16 performances on Broadway in 1981. Other famous flops that have had British revivals include Leonard Bernstein's "Candide" of 1956, which had closed on Broadway after 73 performances, and another Sondheim show, his "Pacific Overtures" of 1976, that was revived at London's Donmar Warehouse in 2003. Full Story | Top |
| News Corp to buy Torstar's romance publisher Harlequin Friday, May 02, 2014 08:09 AM PDT  By Euan Rocha TORONTO, May 2 (Reuters) - News Corp NWSA.O said on Friday it would buy romance novel publisher Harlequin Enterprises Ltd from Canadian newspaper company Torstar Corp TSb.TO for C$455 million ($415 million) in cash in a move to boost its non-English book publishing. News Corp's HarperCollins publishing unit will be the new home of Harlequin, which puts out books aimed at women with racy titles such as "My Fair Billionaire" and "Expecting the CEO's Child." (Full Story) Torstar, owner of the Toronto Star, Canada's largest daily newspaper by circulation, said the sale would strengthen its balance sheet and give Harlequin more opportunities to grow. Torstar shares surged 14 percent in early trading on Friday. Full Story | Top |
| AP business editor resigns to run communications for Delta Air Lines Friday, May 02, 2014 07:24 AM PDT NEW YORK (Reuters) - Kevin Shinkle, the global business editor for the Associated Press, has resigned to oversee communications for Delta Air Lines Inc. The news was announced in an internal AP memo seen by Reuters. Delta and Shinkle could not be reached for comment. Shinkle joined the AP in 2008 and became global business editor last October. (Reporting by Ernest Scheyder; Editing by Lisa Von Ahn) Full Story | Top |
| British celebrity PR guru jailed for 8 years for sex assaults Friday, May 02, 2014 07:21 AM PDT  Britain's best-known celebrity publicist was jailed for eight years on Friday for indecently assaulting teenage girls in the 1970s and 1980s, the first conviction from an inquiry into sex abuse triggered by revelations that the late BBC TV presenter Jimmy Savile had been a prolific sex offender over decades. Max Clifford, 71, whose clients have included TV music mogul Simon Cowell and U.S. boxer Muhammad Ali, was found guilty on eight counts of indecently assaulting four girls aged 14 to 19 between 1977 and 1984. Judge Anthony Leonard at London's Southwark Crown Court imposed consecutive jail terms on Clifford due to the severity of the cases, which amounted to a total of eight years imprisonment of which Clifford is expected to serve half. Director of Public Prosecutions Alison Saunders said the sentence reflected the severity of the crimes and praised Clifford's victims for coming forward. Full Story | Top |
| All eyes on $1.5 billion of art under the hammer in New York Friday, May 02, 2014 06:10 AM PDT  By Chris Michaud NEW YORK (Reuters) - Six months after the record was set for the most expensive painting in auction history at the biggest-ever sale of art, eyes are trained on New York's upcoming auctions for signs of whether the boom will continue or the bubble will burst. With some $1.5 billion worth of Impressionist, modern and contemporary art hitting the block at Sotheby's and Christie's over the next two weeks, the stakes are high for the two arch rivals as they strive to tap a market characterized by insatiable demand and deep pockets. But it makes sense, what they're growing to," said Alex Rotter, Sotheby's co-head of worldwide contemporary art, adding "It's a market driven by quality." While few expect any individual work to top the $142 million fetched by a Francis Bacon triptych in November, both houses are featuring works by the British painter as consignors seek to capitalize on soaring prices for blue chip artists' best work. Other expected highlights include works by Andy Warhol and Jeff Koons, who set a record for work by a living artist in last autumn, as well as masterpieces by Pablo Picasso and Claude Monet. Full Story | Top |
| Missing Hollywood executive declared dead: Los Angeles county official Thursday, May 01, 2014 11:57 PM PDT (Reuters) - A Hollywood studio executive who investigators said may have been murdered was declared dead on Thursday, the second anniversary of his mysterious disappearance, the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department said. Gavin Smith, a 57-year-old film distribution executive for 20th Century Fox, was last seen on the night of May 1, 2012, driving in his black Mercedes Benz away from a friend's house in Oak Park, northwest of Los Angeles. "A death certificate was issued," Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department Deputy Quiana Birkbeck said on Thursday. The facility was linked to John Creech, a man who was imprisoned in a Los Angeles County jail on an unrelated narcotics conviction. Full Story | Top |
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