Hugh Jackman, Daniel Craig drama sets Broadway record (Reuters)

Posted by Yahoo! News: Entertainment News | Uncategorized | Wednesday 30 September 2009 8:34 pm

Reuters - The new Broadway drama “A Steady Rain,” starring Hollywood stars Hugh Jackman and Daniel Craig, has set the record for the highest weekly ticket sales of a non-musical play, its producers said on Tuesday.

Roman Polanski appeals against extradition over sex case (Reuters)

Posted by Yahoo! News: Entertainment News | Uncategorized | Wednesday 30 September 2009 8:30 pm

Reuters - Lawyers for Oscar-winning film director Roman Polanski lodged an appeal with a Swiss court on Tuesday against his arrest on a U.S. extradition warrant to face sentence for having sex with a 13-year-old girl in 1977.

Bob Dylan album goes for early sales to Citi customers (Reuters)

Posted by Yahoo! News: Entertainment News | Uncategorized | Wednesday 30 September 2009 8:29 pm

Reuters - The times they are a-changin’, and Bob Dylan’s surprise decision to release his first Christmas album next month now comes with a banking tie-in that would have been unimaginable during the singer’s 1960s protest years.

Reality TV show to dump Jon, become “Kate Plus 8″ (Reuters)

Posted by Yahoo! News: Entertainment News | Uncategorized | Wednesday 30 September 2009 6:35 pm

Reuters - The breakdown of the marriage of U.S. reality television stars Jon and Kate Gosselin has made its mark on the television show that chronicles their lives, with its title being changed to “Kate Plus 8″.

Will and Jada Pinkett Smith to host Nobel concert (AP)

Posted by Yahoo! News: Entertainment News | Uncategorized | Wednesday 30 September 2009 6:24 pm

AP - American rap artist and actor Will Smith and his wife, the actress Jada Pinkett Smith, will co-host this year’s Nobel Peace Prize Concert in Oslo, organizers said Wednesday.

Jackson estate sues foundation over name (AP)

Posted by Yahoo! News: Entertainment News | Uncategorized | Wednesday 30 September 2009 6:22 pm

FILE - In this March 17, 2005 file photo, pop star Michael Jackson arrives at the Santa Barbara County Courthouse in Santa Maria, Calif.  (AP Photo/Michael A. Mariant, file)AP - Michael Jackson’s estate on Tuesday sued a foundation that bears the name of one of his most famous songs, “Heal the World.”


‘Survivor’ not harmed by Pacific quake, tsunami (AP)

Posted by Yahoo! News: Entertainment News | Uncategorized | Wednesday 30 September 2009 10:24 am

AP - “Survivor” is safe in Samoa.

Polanski asks Swiss court to free him from custody (AP)

Posted by Yahoo! News: Entertainment News | Uncategorized | Wednesday 30 September 2009 6:36 am

This 1977 photo shows Polish-French filmmaker Roman Polanski (right) leaving the Santa Monica Superior Court with his attorney Douglas Dalton after pleading guilty to a charge of unlawful sexual intercourse with a 13-year-old girl. Polanski's lawyers have vowed to fight his extradition to the US over a three-decade-old child sex case and called his surprise detention in Switzerland AP - Roman Polanski’s legal team fired the first shot Tuesday in a lengthy battle over his possible extradition to the United States, asking a Swiss court to release the famous filmmaker from prison immediately.


`Zombieland’ a lively comedy about the undead (AP)

Posted by Yahoo! News: Entertainment News | Uncategorized | Wednesday 30 September 2009 6:24 am

In this film publicity image released  by Columbia Pictures, Jesse Eisenberg, left, and Woody Harrelson are shown in a scene from, 'Zombieland.' (AP Photo/Columbia Pictures, Greg Wilson)AP - You’d be justified in thinking you’ve visited “Zombieland” before.


A Novelist High In The Saddle (Investor’s Business Daily)

Posted by Yahoo! News: Entertainment News | Uncategorized | Wednesday 30 September 2009 6:20 am

Investor’s Business Daily - “One thing you learn early is that if you get knocked down, you’ve got to get up again,” he said. “It’s the same thing with writing.”

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