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| U.S. judge will not change Pandora's songwriters licensing rate Friday, Mar 14, 2014 06:25 PM PDT By Nate Raymond NEW YORK (Reuters) - A federal judge has left stable the rate U.S. Internet radio service Pandora Media Inc must pay songwriters to license their music, a performing rights organization said Friday. The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers said the judge following a non-jury trial set Pandora's rate to license songs registered with the association at 1.85 percent for five years through 2015. The rate, set by U.S. District Judge Denise Cote in Manhattan, left the royalty at the current rate paid by Pandora. But the judge also appears to have rejected an escalating rate structure proposed by ASCAP. Full Story | Top |
| Singer Chris Brown arrested in California on probation violation Friday, Mar 14, 2014 04:48 PM PDT  By Eric Kelsey LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - R&B singer Chris Brown was arrested on Friday in Malibu, California, on a warrant issued for a probation violation related to his 2009 assault of then-girlfriend Rihanna, the Los Angeles County Sheriff said. Brown, 24, is being held without bail in Los Angeles after being taken into custody in Malibu at 2 p.m. PDT (2100 GMT). The singer was ordered into custody by Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge James Brandlin after the judge was notified that Brown was not following his probation and had been discharged from a Malibu rehabilitation center where he was ordered to stay, a court spokeswoman said. The singer, who also faces a misdemeanor assault case in Washington, D.C., had been in the rehabilitation center for anger management as part of his court-ordered probation. Full Story | Top |
| Director-actor Jason Bateman spells revenge with a bee in 'Bad Words' Friday, Mar 14, 2014 03:07 PM PDT  For actor Jason Bateman in his directorial debut "Bad Words," the spelling bee is the stage for a middle-aged man with a meticulous plan for revenge by exploiting a loophole in the rules. "No one needs to see another spelling bee movie, that was a repellent to me when I read the script," Bateman said. "Bad Words," in limited theaters on Friday and nationwide on March 28, stars Bateman as Guy Trilby, whose revenge motivations are painstakingly uncovered by a hassled journalist, played by Kathryn Hahn, as he progresses through tournaments and befriends an adorable 10-year-old contestant. Full Story | Top |
| New York Asian art auctions bring buyers from around the world Friday, Mar 14, 2014 01:25 PM PDT  By Patricia Reaney NEW YORK (Reuters) - Ancient ritual wine vessels, modern contemporary paintings and masterpieces representing Buddhism, Hinduism, Daoism and Shintoism are among the highlights of Asian art sales in New York next week. "We've got collectors coming from China, Hong Kong and India and Europe, of course," said Hugo Weihe, Christie's International director for Asian art. Asia has become a dominant player in the global art market, particularly in post-war and contemporary art sales. "I think one of the most wonderful and fascinating things about Asia Week is that it covers literally the whole of Asia," said Henry Howard-Sneyd, vice chairman of Asian art at Sotheby's. "We offer art from predominantly China and from India, but of course we also have material from other parts of Asia as well," Howard-Sneyd said. Full Story | Top |
| 'Into the Wild' hunter fatally shot by police in Alaska Friday, Mar 14, 2014 11:27 AM PDT By Steve Quinn JUNEAU, Alaska (Reuters) - An Alaskan moose hunter, whose discovery of the corpse of a wanderer two decades ago helped lead to the 2007 movie "Into the Wild," has been shot and killed by police following a weekend chase through the city of Wasilla, Alaska State Troopers said. Police said Gordon E. Samel, 52, who played a small but important role in author Jon Krakauer's book about wanderer Chris McCandless, which was made into a movie by Sean Penn, on Sunday fled police who had approached his vehicle in response to a report about possible drunken driving. "As the state trooper knocked on the side of the pickup to contact the occupants, it drove off and circled around several small businesses in the area," an Alaska State Trooper report said. When a state trooper and a Wasilla police officer approached the truck on foot, Samel backed up the truck toward the officer, prompting both the officer and trooper to fire their handguns, the report said. Full Story | Top |
| Founder Ronald Lauder resigns from broadcaster CME's board Friday, Mar 14, 2014 10:34 AM PDT Billionaire Ronald Lauder has resigned as non-executive chairman of the board of Central European Media Enterprises (CME), the broadcast company he founded two decades ago, CME said on Friday. The company gave no reason for his resignation and a company spokesman was not available to comment. "I'm honored to have played a part in the development of independent commercial television in Central and Eastern Europe," Lauder said in a company statement. Full Story | Top |
| 'Rocky' musical packs punch on Broadway with rousing finale Friday, Mar 14, 2014 10:14 AM PDT  By Patricia Reaney NEW YORK (Reuters) - With its full-size boxing ring, giant video screens and techno wizardry, "Rocky" the musical thrilled audiences on Broadway with its rousing finale, but critics said overall it wasn't a knockout. The musical, which opened on Thursday night, is based on the 1976 film starring Sylvester Stallone that won a best picture Oscar about a struggling boxer in south Philadelphia who falls for a shy, local girl and gets his once-in-a-lifetime chance to fight the reigning champion. Broadway veteran Andy Karl, who starred in "Jersey Boys" and "Wicked," fills Stallone's shoes as Rocky Balboa and Margo Seibert, in her Broadway debut, is the mousey pet shop employee Adrian who wins his heart. "Thanks to these fine actors, you root for Rocky, the romantic lug with pet turtles, and Adrian, the girl he coaxes out of her shell," said the New York Daily News. Full Story | Top |
| Jennifer Lopez-backed channel offers to buy Fuse TV: Bloomberg Friday, Mar 14, 2014 06:13 AM PDT  (Reuters) - Latino-focused cable network NuvoTV has made an offer to buy Madison Square Garden Co's Fuse TV for more than $200 million in cash and stock, Bloomberg reported, citing people with knowledge of the matter. The offer from NuvoTV, in which pop singer Jennifer Lopez owns a minority stake, pits her against former boyfriend Sean "Diddy" Combs, who made a bid of about $200 million for Fuse TV, a music TV network, earlier this week, Bloomberg reported. Full Story | Top |
| 'The Americans' dresses TV family drama in KGB disguise Friday, Mar 14, 2014 06:08 AM PDT  By Eric Kelsey LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - As a former CIA agent in training, Joe Weisberg knows a moral dilemma when he sees it. But instead of pressing on the weaknesses of would-be informants, Weisberg now writes them into the characters of his Cold War spy drama "The Americans," which is currently in its second season on U.S. cable network FX. Full Story | Top |
| Moldovan violinist Kopatchinskaja: 'Art should be alive' Friday, Mar 14, 2014 05:20 AM PDT By Michael Roddy LONDON (Reuters) - Moldovan violinist Patricia Kopatchinskaja has already applied her virtuosity to a musical depiction of the Columbia shuttle disaster, down to the sounds of the rockets blasting the doomed craft into space and its disintegration on re-entry. The stunning performance of Hungarian composer Peter Eotvos's 2006 concerto "seven" - so named for the seven astronauts who died in the 2003 disaster - was last year's Gramophone magazine recording of the year. Her death affected Kopatchinskaja so deeply that she said she got carried away composing the music and is not sure she can play it. During a recent visit to London, Kopatchinskaja added another arrow to her quiver by leading, as first violinist, the conductor-less Britten Sinfonia. Full Story | Top |
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