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Wednesday, April 20, 2011

Yahoo! News: Entertainment News

Yahoo! News: Entertainment News


'American Idol' singers take on 21st century songs (AP)

Posted: 20 Apr 2011 07:31 PM PDT

FILE - In this Wednesday, March 30, 2011 file photo released by Fox, Stefano Langone performs in front of the judges on the singing competition series, 'American Idol,'  in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Fox, Michael Becker)AP - "American Idol" finalist Casey Abrams ended his song with a smooch.


'Restrepo' director Hetherington killed in Libya (AP)

Posted: 20 Apr 2011 05:50 PM PDT

FILE - In this 2007 file publicity image released by Outpost Films, photographer  Tim Hetherington, is shown at the Restrepo outpost in the Korengal Valley, Afghanistan, during the filming of their documentary  'Restrepo'.  Hetherington has been killed in Misrata Libya Wednesday April 20, 2011, while covering battles between rebels and Libyan government forces . Three other Western photographers were reported wounded.  (AP Photo/Outpost Films, Tim Hetherington, File)AP - In "Restrepo," his searing, Oscar-nominated documentary about a U.S. platoon in Afghanistan, Tim Hetherington achieved what every war filmmaker aspires to: bringing the viewer painfully close to the raw and terrible truths of battle.


Lindsay Lohan to play Junior Gotti's wife (AP)

Posted: 20 Apr 2011 04:26 PM PDT

FILE - In this April 12, 2011 file photo, actress Lindsay Lohan poses during a news conference for the film 'Gotti: Three Generations', based on the life of John Gotti, in New York. Lohan is joining the big screen Gotti family as the wife of John Gotti Jr. in a biopic of one of New York's most infamous families. She called her casting in 'Gotti: Three Generations' a huge honor and told The Associated Press on Wednesday that the film is an opportunity to prove herself as an actress again. (AP Photo/Evan Agostini, file)AP - Lindsay Lohan is joining the big screen Gotti family as the wife of John Gotti Jr. in a biopic of one of New York's most infamous families.


Lindsay Lohan Joins Gotti Film Will This Be Her Comeback? (omg!)

Posted: 20 Apr 2011 07:03 PM PDT

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Lindsay Lohan will play Kim Gotti opposite John Travolta in the film Gotti: Three Generations, Variety reports.

Lohan, 24, has also signed on to appear in the film Mob Street, which comes from the same production company as...

Hunger Games Casts Newcomer in Prim Role (omg!)

Posted: 20 Apr 2011 06:19 PM PDT

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Newcomer Willow Shields will play Primrose Everdeen in the upcoming film adaptation of The Hunger Games, Deadline reports.

Primrose, the younger sister of Katniss Everdeen (Jennifer Lawrence), is originally selected to take part in the Hunger Games. However, knowing her sweet and delicate sister can't handle the...

TV on the Radio musician dead of lung cancer at 36 (omg!)

Posted: 20 Apr 2011 06:05 PM PDT

omg! - Reuters - The bass player with alternative rock band TV on the Radio died on Wednesday after a battle with lung cancer, the group said. Gerard Smith was 36.

Actress Tricia Helfer Continues Her Crusade For Gulf Restoration (omg!)

Posted: 20 Apr 2011 05:53 PM PDT

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By Jim Kiernan

IRVINE, Calif. -- Sci-fi fans best know Tricia Helfer for her role as "Number Six" in SyFy series "Battlestar Galactica," and now as she promotes a new outdoors awareness campaign, the talented actress is continuing her green campaign for Gulf restoration.

Joan Rivers: Charlie Sheen's act "two bimbo sluts" (omg!)

Posted: 20 Apr 2011 05:35 PM PDT

omg! - Reuters - Joan Rivers, the host of E!'s "Fashion Police" and WE's "Joan & Melissa: Joan Knows Best?," lets loose on Charlie Sheen's "Torpedo of Truth" tour and other hot tiopics.

FX Sets Return Dates for Rescue Me, Louie (omg!)

Posted: 20 Apr 2011 05:32 PM PDT

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Rescue Me's final season will premiere on FX this July, the cable network announced Wednesday.

Watch full episodes of Rescue Me

The Denis Leary-starring firefighter drama will return for its seventh season on...

'Jersey Shore' - Prohibition-Style? Has Italian Mayor Laid Down The Law For Visiting Reality Stars? (omg!)

Posted: 20 Apr 2011 05:26 PM PDT

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LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Michaelangelo, Da Vinci, Dante and... Snooki?!?

There goes the neighborhood -- at least, that's what Matteo Renzi, mayor of Florence, Italy, seems to be thinking with regards to the cast of MTV's "Jersey Shore" heading to the historic city to film Season 4 of their hit reality show.

Injured Broadway 'Spider-Man' actor to rejoin show (AP)

Posted: 20 Apr 2011 05:44 PM PDT

FILE - In this Jan. 7, 2011 file photo, stuntman Christopher Tierney attends a performance of 'Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark' in New York. Tierney,who was  badly hurt on dec. 20, 2010, when he tumbled from the stage at the Broadway musical 'Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark' is returning to the production on Monday, April 25, 2011.  (AP Photo/Charles Sykes)AP - An actor whose back was badly hurt when he tumbled from the stage at the Broadway musical "Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark" has been cleared to return to the revamped show and hopes to be swinging over the audience again on opening night in June, a lead producer said Wednesday.


In downtown NYC, 10th Tribeca Film Fest opens (AP)

Posted: 20 Apr 2011 03:37 PM PDT

AP - The 10th annual Tribeca Film Festival is scheduled to open Wednesday night in New York, a stone's throw from where the World Trade Center towers once stood.

'Rio' continues to soar overseas (AP)

Posted: 20 Apr 2011 06:17 PM PDT

In this publicity image released by 20th Century Fox, animated characters, from left, Raphael, voiced by George Lopez, Blu, voiced by Jesse Eisenberg, and Jewel, voiced by Anne Hathaway, are shown in a scene from 'Rio.'  (AP Photo/20th Century Fox)AP - The animated family film "Rio" had another strong showing overseas this past weekend with $47.6 million in a whopping 46 territories as it flies toward the $150 million worldwide mark.


Broadway musical 'Sister Act' will convert you (AP)

Posted: 20 Apr 2011 07:05 PM PDT

In this theater publicity image released by The Hartman Group, Patina Miller, center, is shown in a scene from the Broadway musical 'Sister Act,' in New York. (AP Photo/The Harman Group, Joan Marcus)AP - It's time to stop mocking Mormons. And high time to have fun with Roman Catholics.


'American Idol' singers take on 21st century songs (AP)

Posted: 20 Apr 2011 07:31 PM PDT

FILE - In this Wednesday, March 30, 2011 file photo released by Fox, Stefano Langone performs in front of the judges on the singing competition series, 'American Idol,'  in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Fox, Michael Becker)AP - "American Idol" finalist Casey Abrams ended his song with a smooch.


'View of Love' a muted tale of romantic intrigue (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Apr 2011 07:10 PM PDT

Reuters - The blandly titled "A View of Love" (Un Balcon sur la mer) unravels a twisted tale of intrigue and deception involving French lovers haunted by a shared childhood in Algeria.

TV on the Radio musician dead of lung cancer at 36 (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Apr 2011 06:05 PM PDT

Reuters - The bass player with alternative rock band TV on the Radio died on Wednesday after a battle with lung cancer, the group said. Gerard Smith was 36.

Intense attacks on media in Middle East unrest (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Apr 2011 05:38 PM PDT

Reuters - Journalists have been suppressed in popular uprisings in the Middle East and North Africa in more than 500 attacks, some of them deadly, according to a media rights watchdog.

Detained artist Ai Weiwei offered Berlin university post (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Apr 2011 05:32 PM PDT

Reuters - Detained Chinese artist and human rights activist Ai Weiwei has been offered a visiting teaching post at the Berlin University of the Arts, the university said on Wednesday.

Where's Whoopi? "Sister Act" bounces to Broadway (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Apr 2011 07:08 PM PDT

Reuters - Lead producer Whoopi Goldberg is the name above the title of "Sister Act," playing indefinitely at New York's Broadway Theater.

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