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| US-INDUSTRY Summary Wednesday, Apr 24, 2013 03:55 PM PDT Netflix has good hand with "House of Cards", shares soar 24 percent (Reuters) - Netflix Inc impressed investors with solid subscriber growth and better-than-expected profits in the first quarter, sending shares of the video subscription service soaring 24 percent higher in after-hours trade. A big push into original shows, a strategy aimed at hooking new customers with content they can't get anywhere else, seems to be working, with its February release of the series "House of Cards", a drama starring Kevin Spacey, generating plenty of buzz. ... Full Story | Top |
| US-MUSIC Summary Wednesday, Apr 24, 2013 03:39 PM PDT Documentary about deceased British singer Amy Winehouse in the works (Reuters) - A documentary is in the works about the late British soul singer Amy Winehouse and it features previously unseen material, the film's distributor said on Wednesday. The film, which will include archival footage never seen by the public, will be directed by Briton Asif Kapadia, whose 2010 film "Senna," about Brazilian auto racer Ayrton Senna, won a BAFTA for best documentary. ... Full Story | Top |
| Documentary about deceased British singer Amy Winehouse in the works Wednesday, Apr 24, 2013 03:39 PM PDT  (Reuters) - A documentary is in the works about the late British soul singer Amy Winehouse and it features previously unseen material, the film's distributor said on Wednesday. The film, which will include archival footage never seen by the public, will be directed by Briton Asif Kapadia, whose 2010 film "Senna," about Brazilian auto racer Ayrton Senna, won a BAFTA for best documentary. The Grammy-winning singer died in 2011 at the age 27 from alcohol poisoning. Winehouse's 2006 album "Back to Black" made her an international star. ... Full Story | Top |
| Three under investigation over topless Kate Middleton photos - source Wednesday, Apr 24, 2013 02:22 PM PDT  PARIS (Reuters) - The publisher of a French celebrity magazine was placed under formal investigation for breach of privacy over the publication of topless pictures of the Duchess of Cambridge, a judicial source said on Wednesday. The photographer who snapped the pictures of the Duchess, or Kate Middleton, in the summer last year and a regional daily were also put under investigation, the last step in France before being charged, the source said. ... Full Story | Top |
| Fall Out Boy outsells Kid Cudi for top spot on Billboard chart Wednesday, Apr 24, 2013 11:42 AM PDT LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - U.S. rock band Fall Out Boy topped the Billboard 200 weekly best-selling album chart for the second time in their five-album career, besting rapper Kid Cudi. "Save Rock and Roll" sold 154,000 copies in its debut week, according figures on Wednesday from Nielsen SoundScan, outpacing Kid Cudi's "Indicud," which sold 136,000 copies in its first week. Industry forecasters pegged both albums to sell about 150,000 copes last week, according to trade publication Billboard.com. Rock band Paramore, whose fourth album "Paramore" was last week's No. 1, fell to No. 12. ... Full Story | Top |
| US-ARTS Summary Wednesday, Apr 24, 2013 11:22 AM PDT Painter Mark Rothko's Latvian hometown opens centre for his art DAUGAVPILS, Latvia (Reuters) - Modernist painter Mark Rothko's hometown in Latvia devoted a new centre to the late artist's work on Wednesday. The Mark Rothko Arts Centre opened in the eastern town of Daugavpils, the Baltic country's second biggest city, with six paintings from the private collection of the artist's daughter and son, who were present at the launch. ... Full Story | Top |
| Painter Mark Rothko's Latvian hometown opens centre for his art Wednesday, Apr 24, 2013 11:22 AM PDT  DAUGAVPILS, Latvia (Reuters) - Modernist painter Mark Rothko's hometown in Latvia devoted a new centre to the late artist's work on Wednesday. The Mark Rothko Arts Centre opened in the eastern town of Daugavpils, the Baltic country's second biggest city, with six paintings from the private collection of the artist's daughter and son, who were present at the launch. The exhibition is the first permanent Rothko installation in eastern Europe. ... Full Story | Top |
| CA-ENTERTAINMENT Summary Wednesday, Apr 24, 2013 10:29 AM PDT Gwyneth Paltrow named People's most beautiful woman LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Oscar-winning actress Gwyneth Paltrow on Wednesday was named the world's most beautiful woman for 2013 by People magazine, knocking pop singer Beyonce out of the top spot. The 40-year-old mother of two credits a five-day-a-week exercise regimen for keeping her in shape as she grows older. ... Full Story | Top |
| Stranglers break out of punk mould with classical and ballet Wednesday, Apr 24, 2013 10:29 AM PDT By Belinda Goldsmith LONDON (Reuters) - For a band that thrives on taking risks, moving The Stranglers' music from the mosh pit to the orchestra pit was an easy decision. The fact that the punk veterans, more used to fans thrashing around to their songs, are also working on a ballet based on of one their albums just adds to the spirit of adventure. ... Full Story | Top |
| US-PEOPLE Summary Wednesday, Apr 24, 2013 09:59 AM PDT Gwyneth Paltrow named People's most beautiful woman LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Oscar-winning actress Gwyneth Paltrow on Wednesday was named the world's most beautiful woman for 2013 by People magazine, knocking pop singer Beyonce out of the top spot. The 40-year-old mother of two credits a five-day-a-week exercise regimen for keeping her in shape as she grows older. ... Full Story | Top |
| Gwyneth Paltrow named People's most beautiful woman Wednesday, Apr 24, 2013 09:59 AM PDT  LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Oscar-winning actress Gwyneth Paltrow on Wednesday was named the world's most beautiful woman for 2013 by People magazine, knocking pop singer Beyonce out of the top spot. The 40-year-old mother of two credits a five-day-a-week exercise regimen for keeping her in shape as she grows older. "It makes me look younger and feel strong," Paltrow told the magazine. "When I first started, I thought, 'I'll never be good at this. This is a nightmare!' But now it's like brushing my teeth, I just do it. ... Full Story | Top |
| Analysis: Truth and consequences - a dilemma for Twitter and its users Wednesday, Apr 24, 2013 09:47 AM PDT  By Gerry Shih SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Does Twitter have a credibility problem? For many, a single fake tweet from the Associated Press account that briefly roiled financial markets on Tuesday, driving the Dow Jones industrial average down about 145 points, vividly reaffirmed the fearsome, near-instantaneous power of the 140-character message. But the security lapse also revived doubts about Twitter's place in the media landscape - and its ultimate value - at a moment when its status as one of today's essential information networks had seemed all but cemented. ... Full Story | Top |
| US-FILM Summary Wednesday, Apr 24, 2013 07:00 AM PDT "Iron Man 3" goes back to basics in a quest to save the U.S. LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - After battling grandiose villains and teaming up with other superheroes, it's back-to-basics for "Iron Man" in the third installment of the multi-million-dollar franchise featuring Robert Downey Jr. "Iron Man 3," which opens in most of the world this Friday and on May 3 in the United States, has Downey reprising his role of superhero industrialist Tony Stark from the first two films as well as last summer's "The Avengers. ... Full Story | Top |
| Robert Redford noncommittal on future of London's Sundance event Wednesday, Apr 24, 2013 07:00 AM PDT  By Belinda Goldsmith LONDON (Reuters) - Robert Redford said on Wednesday that the future of London's Sundance film and music festival was by no means certain, as he launched the British version of an event that aims to boost interest in independent film. Last year was the first time that the U.S. actor-director had ventured outside the United States with a version of the Sundance Film Festival, the world's leading independent film festival, that he set up in Park City, Utah, 35 years ago. ... Full Story | Top |
| South African regulator allows pornographic TV channels Wednesday, Apr 24, 2013 06:52 AM PDT CAPE TOWN (Reuters) - South Africa's communications regulator, ICASA, on Wednesday gave permission for satellite television network TopTV to broadcast three "sexually explicit" channels, saying there was no legal basis to reject the application. The decision opens the gates for wider dissemination of pornography in Africa's largest economy, where regulators have previously rejected bids, saying such broadcasts could offend a morally conservative public. ... Full Story | Top |
| Bollywood singer Shamshad Begum dies aged 94 Wednesday, Apr 24, 2013 06:04 AM PDT  MUMBAI (Reuters) - Indian singer Shamshad Begum, whose lilting voice charmed fans of Bollywood films for more than 60 years, has died at the age of 94. The singer's daughter Usha Ratra told local media that Begum died in Mumbai on Tuesday after a period of declining health. "The golden voice of Shamshad Begum, play back singer of great eminence in some of the most historic film songs .. now silent .. RIP," Bollywood actor Amitabh Bachchan said on Twitter on Wednesday. Begum was born in Amritsar, Punjab, and started her career on radio in 1947 before singing for the movies. ... Full Story | Top |
| Ang Lee, Kidman join Cannes Film Festival jury Wednesday, Apr 24, 2013 02:45 AM PDT  LONDON (Reuters) - Double Oscar-winning director Ang Lee and Australian actress Nicole Kidman will be on the nine-member jury at this year's Cannes Film Festival, organizers said on Wednesday. The panel, led by triple Oscar-winner Steven Spielberg, will decide the awards handed out when the world's most important annual cinema showcase closes on May 26. Taiwan-born Lee, 58, won his second Best Director Oscar this year, for "Life of Pi", the story of an Indian boy cast adrift in a lifeboat with a tiger. ... Full Story | Top |
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