Entertainment RSS
-
NBC’s ‘Today’ anchor team diverts from Yellowstone for Oklahoma story
NEW YORK, N.Y. – Two charter airplanes carrying the “Today” show anchor team and their crew from Hawaii to Yellowstone National Park were diverted in the air to Oklahoma for coverage Tuesday of the catastrophic tornado outside of Oklahoma City. Television networks rushed their big names to the scene, including anchors Brian Williams of NBC’s
-
Art Gallery of Nova Scotia says north building to stay closed until end of June
HALIFAX – The Art Gallery of Nova Scotia says its Gallery North building will remain closed to the public until the end of June as crews continue repairs on its sprinkler system. The building in downtown Halifax was shut down May 7 after the Office of the Fire Marshal ordered the gallery to fix the
-
Teen rapper Chief Keef arrested on disorderly conduct charge at suburban Atlanta hotel
DUNWOODY, Ga. – Police in suburban Atlanta say rapper Chief Keef, whose name is Keith Cozart, has been arrested and charged with disorderly conduct. Dunwoody police spokesman Timothy Fecht says officers arrested Cozart after responding to a call about illegal drug activity at the Le Méridien hotel just north of Atlanta Monday afternoon. Fecht says
-
Carol Burnett to receive Mark Twain Prize, top US humour award, at Kennedy Center gala
WASHINGTON – Carol Burnett, who became famous for playing a variety of characters in sketch comedy routines on her namesake American television show, was named the winner of the nation’s top humour prize on Tuesday. The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts said Burnett will receive the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor on Oct.
-
Robust bunch of story lines counted on for ABC’s expanded coverage to help sell Indy 500
Television executives are hoping a robust bunch of story lines accompanying this year’s Indianapolis 500 will help build interest in IndyCar beyond the signature race. Rich Feinberg, ESPN’s vice-president in charge of motorsports production, acknowledged Tuesday that IndyCar ratings have been “challenged in certain areas.” But Feinberg says the best way for ABC-ESPN to help
-
Library of Congress honours Carole King as 1st woman to receive Gershwin Prize for Popular Song
WASHINGTON – Carole King isn’t done with music — not yet anyway. The 71-year-old singer-songwriter known for such hits as “(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman” and “You’ve Got A Friend” is being awarded the nation’s highest prize for popular music Tuesday. She’ll receive the Gershwin Prize for Popular Song at the Library
-
La dolce vita is not so sweet in 2 Italian films at the Cannes Film Festival
CANNES, France – La dolce vita came to Cannes on Tuesday, thanks to a pair of films set in Italy exploring lives of affluent ennui. Paolo Sorrentino’s “The Great Beauty” and Valeria Bruni Tedeschi’s “A Castle in Italy” both feature wealthy characters whose lives have an emptiness at their centre. Bruni Tedeschi — the only
-
James Toback, Alec Baldwin give Cannes a close-up in documentary ‘Seduced and Abandoned’
CANNES, France – A phrase you will hear often at Cannes is: “Let me run the numbers.” The commercial underbelly of the Cannes Film Festival is a nonstop frenzy of deal-making in luxury hotels along the Croisette promenade and aboard yachts moored offshore. Films are pitched with various ingredients — a director, a script, a
-
ESPN reducing workforce, ‘smartly managing costs’ amid other cuts at Disney divisions
NEW YORK, N.Y. – ESPN says that it is cutting its workforce. The sports media giant said in a statement Tuesday: “We are implementing changes across the company to enhance our continued growth while smartly managing costs.” The company would not say how many jobs are being eliminated, but they include unfilled positions. ESPN has
-
Ebook sales plateauing: BookNet Canada report
TORONTO – Kobo and Kindle have grown to become familiar brands in Canada but ebook sales now appear to plateauing, suggests a report by the industry organization BookNet Canada. Based on surveys with 4,000 book-buying consumers, BookNet Canada pegged paperback sales in 2012 at about 58 per cent of the market, while hardcovers accounted for
