Archive for December, 2007

Saoirse Ronan a young actress to watch (AP)

Monday, December 31st, 2007

In a file photo actress Saoirse Ronan poses on the press line at the Los Angeles premiere of the feature film 'Atonement' in Beverly Hills, Calif. on Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2007.  Her role in 'Atonement' earned  Ronan a Golden Globe nomination, but she hasn't read the Ian McEwan novel the movie is based on.   (AP Photo/Dan Steinberg)AP - Her role in “Atonement” earned Saoirse Ronan a Golden Globe nomination, but she hasn’t read the Ian McEwan novel the movie is based on. Ronan is only 13, and the book deals with sexual themes.

Saoirse Ronan a young actress to watch (AP)

Monday, December 31st, 2007

In a file photo actress Saoirse Ronan poses on the press line at the Los Angeles premiere of the feature film 'Atonement' in Beverly Hills, Calif. on Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2007.  Her role in 'Atonement' earned  Ronan a Golden Globe nomination, but she hasn't read the Ian McEwan novel the movie is based on.   (AP Photo/Dan Steinberg)AP - Her role in “Atonement” earned Saoirse Ronan a Golden Globe nomination, but she hasn’t read the Ian McEwan novel the movie is based on. Ronan is only 13, and the book deals with sexual themes.

Fashioning Beauty at ck Calvin Klein (Fashion Wire Daily)

Monday, December 31st, 2007

FWD101  Models wearing makeup from the new ck Calvin Klein beauty collection, launching nationwide in January 2008, pose at the Calvin Klein showroom in New York on Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2007.(Fashion Wire Daily/Calvin Klein, HO)Fashion Wire Daily - “We wanted to link makeup back to fashion,” said Kevin Carrigan, creative director of ck Calvin Klein and the new ck Calvin Klein beauty collection, at a presentation in Calvin Klein’s New York offices on Dec. 19. The new beauty line, currently available in Europe and in select Macy’s and Dillard’s stores in the U.S., launches nationwide at Sephora in January 2008.

Grammy nominations shine on Canadian artists (Reuters)

Sunday, December 30th, 2007

Canadian band Arcade Fire perform on stage during a concert in Oslo, Nov. 4, 2007. (Kyrre Lien/Scanpix Norway/Reuters)Reuters - In a strong year for Canadian talent,
acts ranging from alt-rock band Arcade Fire to polka king
Walter Ostanek have tallied up no fewer than 20 Grammy Award
nominations among them.

Love, others may follow Radiohead's no-label lead (Reuters)

Sunday, December 30th, 2007

Entertainer Courtney Love arrives for the Marc Jacobs 2008 Spring collection show during New York Fashion Week, Sept. 10, 2007. (Lucas Jackson/Reuters)Reuters - Rock band Radiohead’s decision to
release its new album “In Rainbows” by itself — online,
without a record label’s help and at any price the user chose
– rocked the industry last fall.

Attorney wants Spears deposition soon (AP)

Sunday, December 30th, 2007

Britney Spears arrives for the grand opening party of LAX nightclub at the Luxor hotel-casino in Las Vegas, in a Sept. 1, 2007 file photo.   (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)AP - The attorney for Kevin Federline says he wants to depose Britney Spears soon, the latest step in the former couple’s ongoing child-custody battle.

'Treasure' tops weekend at $35.6 million (AP)

Sunday, December 30th, 2007

AP - Fortune-seeker Nicolas Cage, lonely guy Will Smith and a pack of talking chipmunks ended Hollywood’s year on a happy note. Cage’s “National Treasure: Book of Secrets” was the No. 1 movie for a second weekend with $35.6 million, followed by “Alvin and the Chipmunks” with $30 million and Smith’s “I Am Legend” with $27.5 million, according to studio estimates Sunday.

'Treasure' tops weekend at $35.6 million (AP)

Sunday, December 30th, 2007

AP - Fortune-seeker Nicolas Cage, lonely guy Will Smith and a pack of talking chipmunks ended Hollywood’s year on a happy note. Cage’s “National Treasure: Book of Secrets” was the No. 1 movie for a second weekend with $35.6 million, followed by “Alvin and the Chipmunks” with $30 million and Smith’s “I Am Legend” with $27.5 million, according to studio estimates Sunday.

Hometown paper honors Jennifer Garner (AP)

Sunday, December 30th, 2007

Actress Jennifer Garner arrives at the 2007 Glamour Magazine 'Women of the Year' awards at Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center, in this Nov. 5, 2007 file photo in New York. Garner has been honored as the 2007 West Virginian of the Year by her hometown newspaper. (AP Photo/Peter Kramer, file)AP - Actress Jennifer Garner has been honored as the 2007 West Virginian of the Year by her hometown newspaper.

Stone joins hostage-release mission (AP)

Sunday, December 30th, 2007

U.S. film director Oliver Stone, waves to journalists upon his arrival to Villavicencio's airport in southern Colombia, Saturday, Dec.29, 2007. A mission to retrieve three rebel-held hostages from Colombia's jungles was on standby Saturday, with observers waiting for the guerrillas to give the pickup point's coordinates to Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)AP - With its fearsome record of kidnapping and violence, Colombia’s largest guerrilla army might seem a nightmare group to encounter. But not to Oliver Stone. The American filmmaker is jumping at a chance to meet with a group the U.S. classifies as a terrorist organization.