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50 Cent sues Taco Bell, says it used name in 99 Cent ad without permission

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 02:04:33 +0000

NEW YORK - Rapper 50 Cent has sued Taco Bell, claiming the fast-food restaurant chain is using his name without permission in advertising that asks him to call himself 99 Cent. The rapper says in a...

Balthazar Getty says he's separated from his wife

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 02:04:35 +0000

NEW YORK - Balthazar Getty says he's separated from his wife and is embarrassed by recent photos of him kissing a topless Sienna Miller in Italy. "The breakdown of a marriage is a very difficult an...

Group of dissident actors challenges SAG leaders in election

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:31:08 +0000

LOS ANGELES - A group of actors dissatisfied with stalled contract talks plans to run for seats on the Screen Actors Guild's board of directors. The 31 actors are campaigning under the name Unite f...

2 eagles named by Miley and Billy Ray Cyrus to be set free

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:31:03 +0000

PIGEON FORGE, Tenn. - Two 14-week-old American bald eagles named by Disney star Miley Cyrus and her country singer father, Billy Ray Cyrus, will be released into the wild Thursday at the foothills of ...

Christian Bale mum at 'Dark Knight' premiere in Barcelona, Spain

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:31:09 +0000

BARCELONA, Spain - Christian Bale swept into Barcelona on Wednesday night to attend a glittering Spanish premiere of "The Dark Knight," appearing calm as he greeted fans a day after reports surfaced t...

Christian Bale mum at 'Dark Knight' premiere in Barcelona

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 23:34:34 +0000

Ethan Hawke and wife welcome daughter Clementine

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 23:34:35 +0000

NEW YORK - Ethan Hawke and wife Ryan Shawhughes are the new parents of a baby girl. "Clementine Jane Hawke was born on Friday ... in New York City," Hawke's publicist Mara Buxbaum told The Associat...

Comics, film and figurine fans flock to Comic-Con in San Diego

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 23:27:06 +0000

SAN DIEGO, Calif. - The most passionate Spider-Men, Storm Troopers, Harry Potters and other pop-culture fanatics are headed south for their annual pilgrimage. Comic-Con, the biggest comic-book convent...

Lingo Media showcases subsidiary Speak2Me on Chinese TV competition

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 22:55:51 +0000

TORONTO - A Canadian-owned company is about to take centre stage in China as part of a high-profile "American Idol"-inspired television show searching for the best English-speaking Chinese resident. ...

'At the Movies' saves its aisle seat, for now

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 22:12:53 +0000

CHICAGO - Richard Roeper, fresh off announcing that he was leaving the balcony of "At the Movies with Ebert & Roeper," may have put it best. Hours after word of his departure, he posted on his Twit...

Neil Young documents antiwar 'Freedom of Speech' tour in film

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 22:12:51 +0000

NEW YORK - Not every musician will make a film that features a fan facing him from a concert audience with two arms raised, middle fingers extended - more than one fan, in fact. Neil Young was sing...

New DVD releases include 'Shine a Light,' 'Never Back Down'

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 22:12:55 +0000

Selected home-video releases: "Shine a Light" It sounds like a match made in rock 'n'roll heaven: The Rolling Stones and Martin Scorsese, who blazed trails when he loaded his early film "Mea...

Broadway, soap opera star Larry Haines dies at 89; known for 'Search for Tomorrow'

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 22:12:48 +0000

DELRAY BEACH, Fla. - Larry Haines, a two-time Daytime Emmy winner for his 35-year role on the soap opera "Search for Tomorrow," has died. He was 89. Haines, who also had a successful career on Broa...

'Step Brothers' Will Ferrell, John C. Reilly reunite as duo

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 21:55:05 +0000

LOS ANGELES - Bob Hope and Bing Crosby might be on the road to nowhere if they tried to team up today the way they did in old Hollywood. Today's funny folks reunite now and then, like Will Ferrell ...

Jean-Claude Van Damme film included in TIFF midnight madness lineup

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 21:55:20 +0000

TORONTO - Action star Jean-Claude Van Damme's latest film "JCVD" will be screened at the Toronto International Film Festival, organizers announced Wednesday. Van Damme plays himself in a story abou...