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(Reuters) – A Los Angeles judge on Thursday said R&B singer Chris Brown will remain in jail for at least another week as the pop star deals with dual cases on both sides of the country. Brown, who will now spend his 25th birthday on May 5 behind bars, has been held since March 14 after his dismissal from a rehabilitation center violated the terms of his court-ordered treatment related to his 2009 assault of […]
Once again, the Kapisanan ng mga Brodkaster ng Pilipinas (KBP) gave awards and recognition, honoring members of the media for their commitment to public service. Various programs and personalities of Eagle Broadcasting Corporation received nominations at the recently held 22nd KBP Golden Dove Awards, and two of them garnered awards. NET 25’s public service program, “Aprub,” won the award for “Best Public Service Program for Television,” while Angelo Palmones, newscaster for Net 25’s “Agila Balita […]
(Reuters) – Harrison Ford will lead returning and rising stars, including Carrie Fisher, Mark Hamill, Andy Serkis and Oscar Isaac, for the anticipated new “Star Wars: Episode VII” film, Walt Disney Co and Lucasfilm said on Tuesday. Ford, Fisher and Hamill, who were rumored to be returning to director J.J. Abrams’ reboot of the franchise, will be joined by the series’ original stars Peter Mayhew (Chewbacca), Anthony Daniels (C-3PO) and Kenny Baker (R2-D2). Ford played […]
The Times magazine released its list of 100 most influential people which included Beyonce for the second time, as well as Miley Cyrus and Janet Yellen.
The real-life French Spider-man Alain Robert climbs to a 501ft luxury hotel in Macau to promote his upcoming movie The Amazing Spider-man 2.
(Reuters) – Sam Claflin has fought pirates, fallen in love with Snow White and participated in a “Hunger Games” battle-to-the-death, but in his latest film, the British actor takes on the frightening consequences of the supernatural. “The Quiet Ones,” out in U.S. theaters on Friday, sees Claflin play Brian, a cameraman hired to document “the experiment,” where an Oxford professor tries to make a young girl manifest a supernatural being that haunts her. The role […]
(Reuters) – Stephen Colbert dropped in on David Letterman’s late night CBS talk show, the “Late Show” on Tuesday, to get a glimpse of the rigors of the high-profile job he will take over in 2015. “He just stopped by to sign the lease,” Letterman said of his successor in his opening monologue. Continuing the passing-of-the-torch theme, the host quipped, “You look right at home,” as Colbert took his seat. In a nod to Letterman’s […]
By Chris Francescani NEW YORK Sat Apr 19, 2014 7:40pm EDT (Reuters) – Miss America has suggested officials at a Pennsylvania high school reconsider their decision to suspend a student for approaching her at a school assembly and asking her to be his prom date, the beauty queen said on Saturday. The disciplinary action taken by school administrators in York against the 18-year-old senior made national headlines, and generated sympathy for the young man on […]
By Piya Sinha-Roy LOS ANGELES Wed Apr 16, 2014 6:30pm EDT (Reuters) – Two Nordic princesses held their reign atop the weekly Billboard 200 album chart on Wednesday as the soundtrack to Disney’s hit animated film “Frozen” crossed the 2 million sales mark and continued to hold off new entries. “Frozen,” led by its Oscar-winning hit song “Let It Go,” sold 133,000 copies in its 20th week on the chart, according to figures from Nielsen […]
(Reuters) – The brothers of actor Paul Walker, who died in November, will fill in for the late action star in order to complete scenes in the upcoming film “Fast & Furious 7,” according to a statement posted on the film’s Facebook page. Caleb and Cody Walker will help finish action scenes for their brother and “fill in small gaps left in production,” the statement said. Walker, 40, died on November 30 in a fiery […]
(Reuters) – Marvel’s red-white-and-blue superhero soared to a second straight box office win in “Captain America: The Winter Soldier,” beating out new animated movie “Rio 2,” the story of a family of Brazilian birds on a trip to the Amazon. Walt Disney Co’s “Captain America,” which set an April ticket sales record when it opened a week ago, pulled in another $41.4 million from Friday to Sunday at U.S. and Canadian theaters. The “Rio” sequel […]
(Reuters) – The season four premiere of fantasy epic “Game of Thrones” drew an average of 6.6 million viewers, making it the largest audience for HBO since the 2007 finale of mafia drama “The Sopranos,” the premium cable network said on Monday. The highly anticipated premiere on Sunday of “Game of Thrones” beat out its season three premiere of 4.4 million viewers and topped its all-time-high audience of 5.5 million. The series of civil […]
