Sunday, November 29th, 2009

Entertainment

  • CORRECTED: Lindsay Lohan ordered to appear in court

    (Corrects Oct. 15 story, "Parent Trap" date to 1998, instead of 1988, paragraph 6)

    October 21, 2009, 8:15 am
  • Shatner set for Star Trek sequel

    Hollywood director JJ Abrams appears set to beam William Shatner up to the Star Trek sequel.

    October 21, 2009, 8:07 am
  • Spain's Prisa acquires 12 pct of V-me Hispanic network

    MADRID (AFP) - Spanish media giant Prisa has reached a deal to acquire 12 percent of the US Hispanic television network V-me Media Inc as part of North American expansion plans, it announced Tuesday.

    October 21, 2009, 7:59 am
  • Raphael drawing tipped to fetch $A28m

    A Raphael drawing which is a study for one of his most famous works is expected to sell for STG16 million ($A28.21 million) at auction, Christie's said.

    October 21, 2009, 7:53 am
  • Money wasted on rehab: Winehouse's dad

    Amy Winehouse's father says Britain is wasting money on drug addicts who are too quick to say "yes, yes, yes" to rehab.

    October 21, 2009, 7:38 am
  • Michael Jackson saw shows as live stage farewell

    LONDON, Oct 20 (Reuters) - Michael Jackson intended his run
    of 50 live concerts in London to be his live performance
    farewell and an event to share with his growing children, the
    director of his new movie said on Tuesday.

    October 21, 2009, 7:18 am
  • Michael Jackson saw shows as live stage farewell

    LONDON (Reuters) - Michael Jackson intended his run of 50 live concerts in London to be his live performance farewell and an event to share with his growing children, the director of his new movie said on Tuesday.

    October 21, 2009, 7:12 am
  • Teen charged with Lohan, Patridge burglaries

    LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A teenager was charged on Tuesday with breaking into the Los Angeles homes of actresses Lindsay Lohan and Audrina Patridge and stealing some $170,000 worth of clothes and jewellery.

    October 21, 2009, 6:23 am
  • Cirque du Soleil sells 80,000 tickets in Russia

    MOSCOW (AFP) - The circus show Cirque du Soleil has sold 80,000 tickets for its debut Russian tour, founder Guy Laliberte said on Tuesday.

    October 21, 2009, 5:12 am
  • Michael Jackson concerts seen as performance farewell

    LONDON, Oct 20 (Reuters) - Michael Jackson intended his run
    of 50 live concerts in London to be his live performance
    farewell and an event to share with his growing children, the
    director of his upcoming movie said on Tuesday.

    October 21, 2009, 4:04 am
  • Michael Jackson was "excited," ready for concerts

    LONDON (Reuters) - Michael Jackson was "excited" about performing a run of 50 live concerts in London for which he was rehearsing just before his sudden death in June, the director of a new movie about the "king of pop" said on Tuesday.

    October 21, 2009, 3:38 am
  • Blood, gore at "disturbing" Sacred Made Real show

    LONDON (Reuters) - The first image visitors confront at the National Gallery's new "Sacred Made Real" show is an impressively realistic severed head, complete with detailed rendition of the anatomy of a neck.

    October 21, 2009, 3:28 am
  • Christie's offers Raphael work worth up to $26 million

    LONDON (Reuters) - Christie's will offer for sale a drawing by Renaissance master Raphael which he used as a study for a figure in a Vatican fresco, and expects it to break the record for an old master drawing sold at auction.

    October 21, 2009, 3:27 am
  • NKorea completes plans for 100,000 city apartment

    SEOUL (AFP) - North Korea has completed plans for 100,000 new apartments in high-rise blocks, which will be built by 2012 to mark a major anniversary, a pro-Pyongyang newspaper said Tuesday.

    October 21, 2009, 3:16 am
  • Crisis-hit Spanish wine maker cuts celebrities

    MADRID (AFP) - For over three decades a top producer of Spanish sparkling wine known as cava has recruited top stars such as Sharon Stone for its annual Christmas television ad.

    October 21, 2009, 3:09 am
  • Greek film-makers threaten to boycott festival

    ATHENS (AFP) - Greek film-makers are threatening to boycott the country's leading cinema festival in a row over funding.

    October 21, 2009, 3:08 am
  • Josh Pyke embarking on Variations tour

    Josh Pyke is about to embark on his biggest tour to date, but it's also his shortest.

    October 21, 2009, 12:02 am
  • Swiss court rejects Polanski bid for release

    ZURICH (Reuters) - A Swiss court rejected on Tuesday a bid by film director Roman Polanski for release on bail as the risk was too high he would flee pending extradition to the United States for having unlawful sex with a minor in 1977.

    October 20, 2009, 11:16 pm
  • U2 to stream entire concert live on YouTube

    LONDON (Reuters) - U2 will stream an entire concert live on the YouTube video sharing site this weekend, the Irish band said on their website.

    October 20, 2009, 11:09 pm

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