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Friday, May 6, 2011

Yahoo! News: Entertainment News

Yahoo! News: Entertainment News

CUNY reconsidering awarding honor to Kushner (AP)

Posted: 06 May 2011 04:00 PM PDT

AP - The trustees of the City University of New York are reconsidering their decision to block an honorary degree for playwright Tony Kushner.

Free comics as publishers seek new readers (AP)

Posted: 06 May 2011 03:53 PM PDT

AP - It worked with ice cream so why wouldn't it work with comics?

Paul McCartney engaged to girlfriend Nancy Shevell (AP)

Posted: 06 May 2011 03:30 PM PDT

Recording artist Paul McCartney and Nancy Shevell arrive at the Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute gala, Monday, May 2, 2011 in New York. A publicist says Paul McCartney is engaged to his girlfriend of nearly four years. Stuart Bell said Friday, May 6, that recent media speculation over a proposal is true but declined to give further details. The marriage will be McCartney's third; his first wife, Linda, died of cancer in 1998 and the rocker divorced his second wife, Heather Mills, in 2008. (AP Photo/Evan Agostini)AP - Paul McCartney and his girlfriend Nancy Shevell are engaged, his publicist said Friday, nearly four years after they were first spotted together.

Celebrity Rumor Mill (omg!)

Posted: 06 May 2011 05:30 PM PDT

omg! - Gossip Cop debunks the most ridiculous rumors of the week, from Christina Aguilera's feud with Adam Levine to Leonardo DiCaprio's new love.

Rising Star: British Chanteuse & Royal Wedding Reception Performer Ellie Goulding (omg!)

Posted: 06 May 2011 05:02 PM PDT

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LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- British chanteuse Ellie Goulding is riding high. She's had a No. 1 album in her native Britain and is set to make her biggest U.S. television appearance ever this weekend on "Saturday Night Live." But even with "SNL" host Tina Fey on board, it might be a little tough to top AccessHollywood.com's newest Rising Star's rather Royal gig last week.

Oprah Replaces OWN CEO, Says Network Is "Not Where I Want It to Be" (omg!)

Posted: 06 May 2011 04:53 PM PDT

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The Oprah Winfrey Network announced Friday that Discovery executive Peter Liguori will replace Christina Norman as CEO.

News of Norman's ousting arrives less than five months after OWN's debut. The channel since then has averaged a small 283,000 viewers in prime time, and in an interview with Entertainment Weekly, posted shortly after the news broke, Winfrey admitted that the network was "not...

Nicolas Cage Won't Be Charged With Abuse, Public Drunkenness (omg!)

Posted: 06 May 2011 04:49 PM PDT

omg! - Despite his April arrest, Cage is walking away scot-free

Game of Thrones' Harry Lloyd: Viserys' Wig Is the Secret to Waking the Dragon (omg!)

Posted: 06 May 2011 04:46 PM PDT

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Like any self-respecting narcissist, Game of Thrones' Viserys Targaryen has a colorful and overinflated way of speaking about himself, uttering lines like, "You don't want to wake the dragon!"

On Sunday's episode (9/8c on HBO), Viserys once again seizes every opportunity to promote himself -- or better yet -- slap someone down as he does to one "pretty little idiot." It's dialogue like this that had Robin Hood actor Harry Lloyd relishing each script and wondering what his megalomaniacal character would say next. "It's brilliant," he tells TVGuide.com. ...

Top Shots of the Week (omg!)

Posted: 06 May 2011 04:43 PM PDT

omg! - Miss any of the hot celebrity moments from last week, like Beyonce's school dance and Will Ferrell's funny kiss? Check out omg!'s Top Shots!

Elly May versus Barbie: Beverly Hillbilly sues Mattel (omg!)

Posted: 06 May 2011 04:40 PM PDT

omg! - Reuters - The woman who portrayed Elly May Clampett in the 1960s TV series "The Beverly Hillbillies" sued Mattel Inc. over the toy maker's production of a Barbie doll that she says looks like her.

'Gypsy' playwright Arthur Laurents mourned (AP)

Posted: 06 May 2011 02:44 PM PDT

In this March 18, 1965 file photo, some of the leading persons involved in the musical play “Do I Hear A Waltz?” crowd together backstage at Broadway’s 46th Street Theater after the show opened in New York. From left are composer Richard Rodgers, performers Elizabeth Allen, Sergio Franchi and Carol Bruce and librettist Arthur Laurents. Laurents, the director, playwright and screenwriter who wrote such enduring stage musicals as 'West Side Story' and 'Gypsy,' as well as the movie classics 'Rope' and 'The Way We Were,' died Thursday May 5, 2011. He was 93. AP Photo)AP - Patti LuPone tells the story of the time Arthur Laurents violated theater folklore: The director, playwright and screenwriter had unwittingly uttered the word "Macbeth" backstage during the 2008 Broadway revival of "Gypsy." As most drama buffs know, saying the title of Shakespeare's play spells unfortunate luck for a production.

2 Montana legislators sue 'Three Cups' author (AP)

Posted: 06 May 2011 04:09 PM PDT

Greg Mortenson poses with Sitara AP - Two Montana lawmakers are trying to start a class-action lawsuit against "Three Cups of Tea" author Greg Mortenson, claiming they were duped into buying Mortenson's best-selling book and donating to his charity based on lies they thought were true.

Suzanne Vega channels a troubled soul in new play (AP)

Posted: 06 May 2011 03:31 PM PDT

In this theater publicity image released by The O + M Company, Suzanne Vega is shown during a performance of 'Carson McCullers Talks About Love' at Rattlestick Playwrights Theater in New York. (AP Photo/The O + M Company, Sandra Coudert)AP - Artists who step out of their comfort zone to veer off in a new direction are to be applauded. And folk-pop singer Suzanne Vega is definitely leaving her comfort zone, albeit a bit tentatively, in "Carson McCullers Talks About Love."

Levine withdraws from Met Opera's Japan tour (AP)

Posted: 06 May 2011 02:21 PM PDT

FILE - In this July 7, 2006 file photo, Boston Symphony Orchestra music director James Levine conducts the symphony on its opening night performance at Tanglewood in Lenox, Mass. Levine will miss the Metropolitan Opera's tour of Japan because of recurring back pain, including a performance of Verdi's 'Don Carlo' on June 5 that was to celebrate the 40th anniversary of his company debut. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer, file)AP - Recurring back pain will cause conductor James Levine to miss the Metropolitan Opera's tour of Japan, including a performance of Verdi's "Don Carlo" on June 5 that was to celebrate the 40th anniversary of his company debut.

Randy Jackson says "The Voice" is "Gimmicky" (Reuters)

Posted: 06 May 2011 03:01 PM PDT

Reuters - If there was any doubt whether the new show "The Voice" on U.S. network NBC and "American Idol" would be at each other's proverbial throats, "Voice" coach Adam Levine made sure of it on this week's episode.

Roe v. Wade plaintiff stars in abortion-themed film (Reuters)

Posted: 06 May 2011 04:39 PM PDT

Reuters - The plaintiff in the landmark abortion rights case Roe v. Wade is making her acting debut in a movie about a woman seeking to terminate her inconvenient pregnancy during the 1960s.

"Glee" producer Adam Anders launches record label (Reuters)

Posted: 06 May 2011 05:27 PM PDT

Reuters - After co-producing more than 100 Billboard Hot 100 hits for Fox's "Glee," the show's executive music producer, Adam Anders, is looking to capture some of that lightning in a bottle for recording artists on his own label.

Discovery and Oprah ax OWN channel chief (Reuters)

Posted: 06 May 2011 02:59 PM PDT

Oprah Winfrey answers a question at a panel during the Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN) Television Critics Association winter press tour in Pasadena, California January 6, 2011. REUTERS/Mario AnzuoniReuters - Discovery Communications and Oprah Winfrey have pushed out Christina Norman as chief executive of OWN, the Oprah Winfrey Network, after a tough start for the five-month old cable network.

First auction of Bacon nude could fetch $15 million (Reuters)

Posted: 06 May 2011 09:47 AM PDT

Christie's employees pose for a photograph with artist Francis Bacon's Reuters - A Francis Bacon masterpiece painted at the height of the British artist's impassioned affair with a former World War Two fighter pilot is expected to fetch up to 9 million pounds ($15 million) when it is auctioned for the first time in June, auction house Sotheby's said on Friday.

Paul McCartney engaged to girlfriend Nancy Shevell (AP)

Posted: 06 May 2011 06:02 PM PDT

Recording artist Paul McCartney and Nancy Shevell arrive at the Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute gala, Monday, May 2, 2011 in New York. A publicist says Paul McCartney is engaged to his girlfriend of nearly four years. Stuart Bell said Friday, May 6, that recent media speculation over a proposal is true but declined to give further details. The marriage will be McCartney's third; his first wife, Linda, died of cancer in 1998 and the rocker divorced his second wife, Heather Mills, in 2008. (AP Photo/Evan Agostini)AP - Paul McCartney and his girlfriend Nancy Shevell are engaged, his publicist said Friday, nearly four years after they were first spotted together.
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