Pearl Jam says new album in "very infant stages"
Reuters - Friday May 16, 08:11 PM
NEW YORK (Billboard) - Pearl Jam has started work on a new album, but it's still in "its very infant stages" according to the rock group's lead guitarist, Mike McCready.

New home for SA Film Corp
ABC - Friday May 16, 07:40 PM
The South Australian Film Corporation is to get a new home, with a $43 million facility to be built at the redeveloped Glenside Hospital site.

Fans rip Radiohead after rain-drenched concert
Reuters - Friday May 16, 07:22 PM
NASHVILLE (Billboard) - British rock band Radiohead's rain-drenched show near Washington D.C. last weekend has triggered an Internet-driven firestorm, with message boards and the blogosphere lighting up amid fan frustration.

"Reprise" a bold debut for Norwegian filmmaker
Reuters - Friday May 16, 07:21 PM
NEW YORK (Hollywood Reporter) - Style trumps content in "Reprise," an audacious feature debut by Norwegian filmmaker Joachim Trier.

Israeli filmmaker revisits his wartime experiences
Reuters - Friday May 16, 07:19 PM
CANNES (Hollywood Reporter) - "Waltz With Bashir," a self-styled "animated documentary" from Israeli television director Ari Folman, adds its voice to the maelstrom that has swarmed through Middle Eastern politics for decades.

DeGeneres set to marry Aussie girlfriend
AAP - Friday May 16, 07:05 PM
Ellen DeGeneres is putting the California Supreme Court ruling in favour of gay marriage into action - she and actress girlfriend Portia de Rossi plan to wed.

Chinese turn to rumour, superstition to explain disasters
AFP - Friday May 16, 05:57 PM
HONG KONG (AFP) - In a culture where numbers have their own significance, emperors ruled by heavenly mandate and natural disasters have foretold the end of dynasties, China's massive earthquake has given way to rumour and superstition.

Metallica play club show, eye fall tour
Reuters - Friday May 16, 05:26 PM
LOS ANGELES (Billboard) - Metallica will launch a tour in October, a month after the rock titans release their first album in five years, drummer Lars Ulrich revealed during a rare club show in Los Angeles Wednesday.

"Kung Fu Panda" a martial arts masterpiece
Reuters - Friday May 16, 05:15 PM
CANNES (Hollywood Reporter) - Martial arts movies have always had a certain cartoonish element, so DreamWorks Animation's "Kung Fu Panda" makes perfect sense.

Man jailed for five years over art heist
AAP - Friday May 16, 04:58 PM
An art thief accused of stealing a Cezanne worth $100 million has been sentenced to five years jail after one of Australia's most audacious art heists.

"Sex and the City" girls flabby on big screen
Reuters - Friday May 16, 04:50 PM
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Big is not necessarily better for the highly anticipated "Sex and the City" movie, which reaches theaters on May 30.

Fox yells "cut" on commercials
Reuters - Friday May 16, 04:32 PM
NEW YORK (Hollywood Reporter) - Fox Broadcasting said Thursday it would drastically reduce the commercial levels of two upcoming action dramas -- "Fringe" and "Dollhouse" -- in an effort to reinvigorate broadcast television.