Tag: Arts and Entertainment
Ledger's friends to judge new actor's scholarship
A panel made up of Heath Ledger's close friends will judge the winner of a US scholarship named in his honour.[MORE]
Art valuer escapes jail over fraudulent deal
A Brisbane art valuer has been convicted of dishonestly obtaining almost $100,000 and fraudulently obtaining a picture worth almost $50,000.[MORE]
Rourke, Rockwell circle Iron Man 2
Mickey Rourke and Sam Rockwell are in talks to play the villains in Iron Man 2, which is eyeing a spring start ahead of a May 2010 release.[MORE]
Reader, Button cited for cinematography
For the second year in a row, Roger Deakins has picked up two nominations from the American Society of Cinematographers for his feature film work.[MORE]
Disputed Holocaust memoir could reappear as fiction
A Holocaust survivor's memoir of love in a Nazi concentration camp could be published as a work of fiction.[MORE]
Digital boom helps British music sales hit record
British music sales are booming as young fans increasingly buy songs online rather than illegally downloading them, the country's industry body said on Wednesday.[MORE]
Eagle Eye flying high on DVD
The eagle has landed - at the top of the latest US home video charts.[MORE]
Beyonce, Tyler Perry dominate NAACP Image nominations
Singers Beyonce, Alicia Keys and Jennifer Hudson, along with the cast of TV comedy Tyler Perry's House of Payne, are among the top nominees for the National Association for the Advancement of Coloured People's (NAACP) Image Awards.[MORE]
Americans 'too depressed' for sex, porn barons seek US bailout
Two porn moguls, including Hustler magazine founder Larry Flynt, are seeking a $US5 billion ($7 billion) bailout from Washington, arguing that the limp US economy has thrown cold water on the adult entertainment industry.[MORE]
Political violence captured on stage in Being Harold Pinter
The Belarus Free Theatre will perform its latest production, Being Harold Pinter, as part of the Sydney Festival.[MORE]
Americans to get free Tussauds entry for Obama inauguration
Madame Tussauds has announced it will give US citizens free entry to the London tourist attraction on January 20, to mark Barack Obama's inauguration as US president.[MORE]
Benjamin Button, The Dark Knight up for US writers' awards
The Writers Guild of America has announced its nominations to the 2009 WGA screenplay awards.[MORE]
Amy Winehouse abandons Norway drug fine appeal: prosecutor
British pop singer Amy Winehouse has withdrawn her appeal against a drug possession fine she received in Norway.[MORE]
Bollywood bids Bush goodbye with parting shot
Bollywood will farewell George W Bush with a film that takes pot shots at the outgoing President.[MORE]
Time Warner to take $US25b writedown
US media-entertainment giant Time Warner says it will take a writedown of $US25 billion ($34.56 billion) to reflect declining values of its AOL Internet unit along with cable and publishing operations.[MORE]
Daniel Craig takes break from Bond
British actor Daniel Craig has taken a break from playing James Bond with World War II drama Defiance, based on the true story of Jewish brothers who fled the Nazis and formed a partisan group.[MORE]
Michael Jackson moving back to California: report
Pop megastar Michael Jackson is moving back to California three years after he left the state following his acquittal on charges of child sex molestation, the Los Angeles Times reported.[MORE]
Garner, Affleck welcome second daughter: report
Actress Jennifer Garner gave birth to her second child in Los Angeles on Tuesday (local time), People magazine reported.[MORE]
Apple to sell copy protection-free songs
Apple Inc has reached a deal with major record labels to sell digital songs without the copy protection software that had prevented fans from sharing music bought from its iTunes store, the maker of the iPod and iPhone said.[MORE]
Dutch museums probe Nazi loot
Works of art looted from Dutch Jewish victims of the Nazi regime may be returned to the rightful owners' heirs thanks to a new probe announced on Tuesday (local time) by the National Association of Museums.[MORE]
Thornton, Burlinson to join Snowy reunion
The two major stars from the Australian movie, The Man From Snowy River, will join celebrations in Victoria's high country this weekend. [MORE]
Bruce Lee's house to become a museum
A philanthropic bid by a Hong Kong tycoon to preserve the one-time residence of kung-fu legend Bruce Lee and transform it into a major tourist attraction honouring the film icon has been approved.[MORE]
Falls organisers urged to work in Govt time frame
The future of Tasmania's Falls Festival is still not assured.[MORE]
Australia enters visual effects Oscars race
Nicole Kidman, Hugh Jackman and Baz Luhrmann may be long shots for Oscar nominations, but the visual effects wizards on Australia have a great chance.[MORE]
Scorsese supports Italian mafia film
Martin Scorsese will lend his name to the US release of the Italian crime drama Gomorra.[MORE]
