Entertainment
Discovery launching network for rich men in Sept.
Posted 2 years 2 months ago by Bea Karnes
Source: The Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) Discovery Communications Inc. is launching a television network for rich guys and their toys.
Called Velocity, the new network will replace the current network HD Theater in some 40 million homes on Sept. 25, Discovery officials said Thursday. The target audience is men with incomes of $150,000 a year and more.
"We just felt like this was a space missing in the marketplace," said David Zaslav, president and CEO of Discovery Communications.
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Reese Witherspoon says she misses her privacy
Posted 2 years 2 months ago
Source: The Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) Reese Witherspoon mourns the loss of her privacy.
The Oscar-winning actress says she sometimes sits in her car crying because she cannot go out in public as much as she'd like.
Witherspoon says in the May issue of Vogue that although much of her life belongs to other people, but she wouldn't trade it.
The 35-year-old says that whatever she's lost, she's gained tenfold in life experience.
Witherspoon also says she feels blessed that her friends… Click to Read More
Rowling looking into Harry Potter e-books
Posted 2 years 2 months ago by Bea Karnes
Source: The Associated Press
LONDON (AP) J.K. Rowing's agent says the best-selling author is considering making the "Harry Potter" books available electronically.
Neil Blair, Rowling's agent, says the author is now "actively looking at all the various options" for launching the seven Harry Potter books in the e-book market.
Blair said Monday that Rowling has been watching the developing e-book market and waiting for the right moment to release her books in that format.
About 450 million copies… Click to Read More
Betty White to host new NBC reality show
Posted 2 years 2 months ago by Bea Karnes
Source: The Associated Press
LOS ANGELES (AP) Betty White is adding a new NBC hidden-camera reality series to her resume.
NBC said Thursday that it has ordered 12 episodes of "Betty White's Off Their Rockers," the working title for a series about senior citizens who band together to play pranks on younger people.
White will host the series, which is based on a hit Belgian show that has been produced in other European countries.
In a statement, the 89-year-old actress joked that people have bee… Click to Read More
Depp has more 'Pirates' adventures on the horizon
Posted 2 years 2 months ago by Bea Karnes
Source: The Associated Press
LAS VEGAS (AP) Johnny Depp's tour guide on his "Pirates of the Caribbean" voyages is plotting the course for a fifth installment even before the fourth movie sails into theaters.
Producer Jerry Bruckheimer says he has a screenplay in the works for a fifth "Pirates" tale after May's "Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides" comes out.
Based on the Disney theme-park ride, the original three "Pirates" blockbusters ended up as a trilogy continuing the same key characters a… Click to Read More
Prince Harry hits the ice for Polar charity trek
Posted 2 years 2 months ago by Bea Karnes
Source: The Associated Press
LONDON (AP) Fresh from his brother's bachelor party, Prince Harry is hitting the ice, taking part in the first five days of a charity hike to the North Pole by British veterans.
Palace officials say the 26-year-old royal is accompanying a group of wounded soldiers on their 200-mile trek, an attention-grabbing stunt to raise money for a British veterans' charity.
The Walking With The Wounded group hopes to raise $3.2 million to help injured military personnel find work and … Click to Read More
Denzel Washington to give Penn commencement speech
Posted 2 years 2 months ago by Bea Karnes
Source: The Associated Press
PHILADELPHIA (AP) Two-time Oscar winner Denzel Washington has been selected to deliver the commencement speech at the University of Pennsylvania.
College officials announced Tuesday that Washington will address about 5,000 graduates and receive an honorary degree at the May 16 ceremony.
Washington's son Malcolm is a sophomore at the Ivy League school in Philadelphia.
Penn President Amy Gutmann says the 56-year-old star of "Malcolm X," "Glory" and "Philadelphia" has… Click to Read More
Billy Ray Cyrus withdraws divorce filing
Posted 2 years 3 months ago by Bea Karnes
Source: The Associated Press
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) Billy Ray Cyrus is trying to save his marriage.
He withdrew his divorce filing last Friday in Williamson County Court in Tennessee. His attorney and the judge signed an order withdrawing the divorce papers. It says he and his wife of 17 years, Tish, are attempting to reconcile.
Cyrus told ABC's "The View" that for the first time in a long time his entire family is communicating with each other, and that things are really the best they've ever been.Click to Read More
Malaysia radio cuts gay lyrics in Lady Gaga anthem
Posted 2 years 3 months ago by Bea Karnes
Source: The Associated Press
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) Malaysian radio stations worry some lyrics in Lady Gaga's gay anthem "Born This Way" are on the wrong track, baby.
The stations are refusing to play lyrics in the hit song that encourage public acceptance of gays. The main private radio operator in this Muslim-majority country says it's being cautious because the government forbids potentially offensive content.
Broadcasters in the Muslim-majority country that have played "Born This Way" used in… Click to Read More
Report: Internet usage transforming news industry
Posted 2 years 3 months ago by Bea Karnes
Source: The Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) The rapid growth of smartphones and electronic tablets is making the Internet the destination of choice for consumers looking for news, a report released Monday said.
Local, network and cable television news, newspapers, radio and magazines all lost audience last year, according to the Project for Excellence in Journalism, a research organization that evaluates and studies the performance of the press. News consumption online increased 17 percent last year from the y… Click to Read More
