Archive for August, 2007

Rosenberg Spy Mystery Lingers in New Play, 'The Brother', in Chicago (Playbill)

Friday, August 31st, 2007

Playbill - Hancock Productions opens the world-premiere spy thriller, The Brother, Aug. 30, following previews, at Theatre Building Chicago.

New Web sites aim for TV experience (AP)

Friday, August 31st, 2007

This undated image, provided by Joost.com, shows a scene from the VH1 program 'I Hate My 30's' viewed through the Joost full-screen video interface. (AP Photo/Joost.com)AP - Watching video online in small, fuzzy boxes is heading the way of rabbit ears.

Sex charges shatter designer's image (AP)

Friday, August 31st, 2007

Fashion designer Anand Jon Alexander enters a Beverly Hills, Calif., courthouse before his arraignment, in this April 4, 2007, file photo. Alexander, who has pleaded not guilty to more than 40 felony and misdemeanor counts, including rape, sexual battery and committing a lewd act on a child, is scheduled to appear in court Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2007, for the setting of a preliminary hearing date. (AP Photo/Rene Macura, File)AP - Anand Jon Alexander appeared to be a fashion designer on the brink of big things.

"Atonement" adaptation an instant classic (Reuters)

Thursday, August 30th, 2007

Cast member Keira Knightley arrives for the screening of 'Atonement' at the Cinema Palace in Venice August 29, 2007. The Venice film festival opened on Wednesday with 'Atonement', an adaptation of Ian McEwan's novel about a girl who makes a false accusation with tragic results and tries to atone for her mistake. (Stefano Rellandini/Reuters)Reuters - "Atonement," Ian
McEwan's best-selling novel of love thwarted by juvenile
fantasy, ranks among the best novel adaptations of recent
times.

Ricki Lake delivers childbirth documentary (Reuters)

Thursday, August 30th, 2007

Ricki Lake arrives at Film Independent's Spirit Awards in Santa Monica, California February 24, 2007. 'The Business of Being Born', produced by Lake, examines the history and financial side of childbirth through the women's experiences, and features interviews with obstetricians and other experts. (Fred Prouser/Reuters)Reuters - After spending 36 hours in
labor with her first child ten years ago, former talk show host
Ricki Lake knows a little about childbirth.

Two Who DVDs set for release (Reuters)

Thursday, August 30th, 2007

The Who's Roger Daltry (L) and Pete Townshend perform during the Glastonbury music festival in Somerset, south-west England, June 24, 2007. Two feature-length DVDs on the Who will reach stores on November 6, one targeted at mainstream fans of the rock veterans and the other at die-hard aficionados. (Dylan Martinez/Reuters)Reuters - Two feature-length DVDs
on the Who will reach stores on November 6, one targeted at
mainstream fans of the British rock veterans and the other at
die-hard aficionados.

"Family Guy" ties into Xbox Live (Reuters)

Thursday, August 30th, 2007

Microsoft Corp.'s Xbox 360 game console is displayed in Tokyo April 6, 2006. 20th Century Fox has struck a deal with Microsoft Corp. to make the first two seasons of the animated series 'Family Guy' available for downloads on the Xbox Live service beginning Monday. (Yuriko Nakao/Reuters)Reuters - 20th Century Fox has
struck a deal with Microsoft Corp. to make the first two
seasons of the animated series "Family Guy" available for
downloads on the Xbox Live service beginning Monday.

"Family Guy" ties into Xbox Live (Reuters)

Thursday, August 30th, 2007

Microsoft Corp.'s Xbox 360 game console is displayed in Tokyo April 6, 2006. 20th Century Fox has struck a deal with Microsoft Corp. to make the first two seasons of the animated series "Family Guy" available for downloads on the Xbox Live service beginning Monday. REUTERS/Yuriko NakaoReuters - 20th Century Fox has
struck a deal with Microsoft Corp. to make the first two
seasons of the animated series "Family Guy" available for
downloads on the Xbox Live service beginning Monday.

Study: Democrats get more A.M. airtime (AP)

Thursday, August 30th, 2007

Sen. Barack Obama,D-Ill, delivers a speech at a campaign stop in Lexington, Ky., Sunday, Aug. 26, 2007.  (AP Photo/Ed Reinke)AP - A conservative media watchdog organization charged Wednesday that the network morning news shows have spent considerably more time this year on Democrats running for president than on Republicans.

Letterman to appear on `Oprah' (AP)

Thursday, August 30th, 2007

Talk show host Oprah Winfrey, left, is escorted by fellow talk show host David Letterman to the opening night of Winfrey's Broadway play 'The Color Purple' in a Thursday, Dec. 1, 2005 photo, in New York, during the taping of 'Late Show with David Letterman.' New York talk show host David Letterman will make his first appearance on Oprah Winfrey's television show next month, another sign the talk show powerhouses have buried the hatchet after a rift that lasted more than a decade.  (AP Photo/Dima Gavrysh, file)AP - Feud? What feud?