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Today's Entertainment - Reuters Celebrity/Gossip News Headlines - Yahoo! News: Carnegie Hall concert goes on, after strike canceled performance Actress Mia Farrow says Frank Sinatra could be father of her son Director Del Toro brings iconic monsters, ghouls to 'The Simpsons' NBC reality TV show to send winner to space with Virgin Galactic Graphic works by 'The Scream' artist Munch go public in Zurich ESPN to drop International X Games competitions, cut jobs Catholic rebel Kueng, 85, considers assisted suicide Jury clears promoter of liability in Michael Jackson's death

Carnegie Hall concert goes on, after strike canceled performance  Thursday, Oct 03, 2013 04:33 PM PDT By Luke Swiderski NEW YORK (Reuters) - A performance by the American Symphony Orchestra proceeded as planned at New York's Carnegie Hall on Thursday, a day after the famed concert hall canceled a separate performance for the first time in its 122-year history because of a labor dispute. A strike by stagehands forced the cancellation, but the union temporarily suspended its strike on Thursday, allowing the concert hall to open its doors for now. A union leader told Reuters he was optimistic the two sides could reach a permanent deal by Friday. ... Full Story	Top
Actress Mia Farrow says Frank Sinatra could be father of her son  Thursday, Oct 03, 2013 02:49 PM PDT NEW YORK (Reuters) - Singer Frank Sinatra was the great love of actress Mia Farrow's life and could "possibly" be the father of her son Ronan Farrow, the actress said in an interview published on Wednesday. Ronan, a 25-year-old Rhodes scholar and human rights activist, is thought to be the biological son of Farrow and Oscar-winning director Woody Allen. But when asked in an interview with Vanity Fair magazine if her former husband Sinatra could be Ronan's father, Farrow, the star of 1968's "Rosemary's Baby" said, "Possibly. ... Full Story	Top
Director Del Toro brings iconic monsters, ghouls to 'The Simpsons'  Thursday, Oct 03, 2013 02:13 PM PDT By Piya Sinha-Roy LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Mexican director Guillermo Del Toro is bringing his dark, ghoulish style to Fox's long-running animated series "The Simpsons" on Sunday, when his take on popular monsters and villains will be featured in the show's opening sequence. In the "Treehouse of Horror" episode, Del Toro directed the 2-1/2 minute opening sequence in which the Simpson family runs from evil forces overtaking their town and back to the comfort of their couch in front of the TV. ... Full Story	Top
NBC reality TV show to send winner to space with Virgin Galactic  Thursday, Oct 03, 2013 01:45 PM PDT By Irene Klotz HOUSTON (Reuters) - After a decade of casting around for a space-themed show, reality TV producer Mark Burnett has finally found a way to launch his dream. On Thursday, Burnett, creator of "Survivor" and "The Voice" unveiled a partnership with Virgin Galactic, a U.S. offshoot of Richard Branson's London-based Virgin Group, for a TV series that will send someone to space. ... Full Story	Top
Graphic works by 'The Scream' artist Munch go public in Zurich  Thursday, Oct 03, 2013 12:34 PM PDT By Caroline Copley ZURICH (Reuters) - A major private collection of the graphic works of Edvard Munch, renowned for his haunting painting "The Scream", goes on show for the first time on Friday at Zurich's Kunsthaus museum, exploring his musings on the human condition. "Edvard Munch. 150 Master Prints" displays works on loan from an anonymous private collector ranging from his first drypoint in 1894 to the Norwegian artist's final lithograph just before his death in 1944. ... Full Story	Top
ESPN to drop International X Games competitions, cut jobs  Thursday, Oct 03, 2013 10:05 AM PDT By Liana B. Baker (Reuters) - ESPN said on Thursday it will end the international versions of its X Games extreme sports competitions because it could not make money on the events, which feature skateboarding and other sports. The sports cable network owned by Walt Disney Co will be cutting an unspecified number of jobs related to the International X Games, which took place in cities including Barcelona, Munich, Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil and Tignes, France. The International X Games had been broadcast on ESPN's flagship U.S. channel and its sister network, ESPN 2. ... Full Story	Top
Catholic rebel Kueng, 85, considers assisted suicide  Thursday, Oct 03, 2013 06:49 AM PDT By Tom Heneghan, Religion Editor PARIS (Reuters) - Hans Kueng, Roman Catholicism's best known rebel theologian, is considering capping a life of challenges to the Vatican with a final act of dissent - assisted suicide. Kueng, now 85 and suffering from Parkinson's disease, writes in final volume of his memoirs that people have a right to "surrender" their lives to God voluntarily if illness, pain or dementia make further living unbearable. ... Full Story	Top
Jury clears promoter of liability in Michael Jackson's death  Thursday, Oct 03, 2013 02:23 AM PDT By Eric Kelsey and Dana Feldman LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A Los Angeles jury cleared concert promoter AEG Live of liability on Wednesday in a wrongful death lawsuit brought by the family of Michael Jackson, in a trial that offered a glimpse into the private life and final days of the so-called King of Pop. The verdict, which concluded that the doctor the company hired to care for the singer was not unfit for his job, capped a sensational five-month trial that was expected to shake up the way entertainment companies treat their most risky talent. ... Full Story	Top

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