LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Walt Disney Co expects to begin layoffs at its studio and consumer product divisions within the next two weeks, according to two people with knowledge of the matter, in the latest cost-reduction step to emerge from a company-wide review... More »
(Reuters) – Sirius XM has struck a deal to carry a new channel produced by Glenn Beck’s media company ‘theBlaze’, featuring conservative talk shows and news programming that begins airing on Monday. The new channel is the latest effort by Beck, a former Fox Ne... More »
MIAMI (Reuters) – New York media mogul Robert F.X. Sillerman is the new entertainment king of Miami Beach after taking over almost all of the famous South Florida island-city’s glitzy, over-the-top nightclubs in a push to consolidate the fast-growing electroni... More »
(Reuters) – Cablevision Systems Corp has accused Viacom Inc in an antitrust lawsuit of forcing it to pay for more than a dozen low-rated cable networks in order to get access to Viacom’s more popular channels such as Nickelodeon, MTV and Comedy Central. The ca... More »
(Reuters) – Imax Corp, a maker of movie cameras and projection equipment for giant screens, plans to open 10 to 15 theaters each in Brazil and India as it seeks growth in emerging markets, its chief executive told Reuters. Shares of Imax rose as much as 6 perc... More »
LONDON (Reuters) – BSkyB has extended its 24-year relationship with Walt Disney to create a new television channel which will show Disney films in Britain and Ireland. Sky Movies Disney will launch on March 28 and marks the first time entertainment group Walt ... More »
LONDON (Reuters) – Dozens of victims of alleged sexual abuse by the late British television star Jimmy Savile have sued the BBC in the wake of a scandal which threw the British broadcaster into turmoil and has raised questions about media ethics. A police-led ... More »
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Apple Inc and other online retailers did not break California law by requiring consumers to provide their address and phone numbers as a condition of accepting credit card payments, the state’s high court ruled on Monday. In a split d... More »
(Reuters) – Longtime NBC Universal executive Bonnie Hammer will soon be running all of the media company’s cable networks besides sports and news, as part of a reshuffling, NBC’s CEO Steve Burke said on Monday. In a memo to staff, Burke said that starting imme... More »
LONDON (Reuters) – HMV, the 92-year-old British music retailer seeking protection from creditors, is unlikely to have much of a future beyond a rump of stores and the internet, if other recent retail failures are any guide. After years of struggling as its bus... More »
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — Crusaders for good, old-fashioned Western democracy look to be the key figures vying for this year’s Academy Awards. Best-picture favorites for Thursday morning’s Oscar nominations include “Lincoln,” Steven Spielberg’s portrait of the g... More »
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — Complete list of 85th Annual Academy Award nominations announced Thursday: 1. Best Picture: “Amour,” ”Argo,” ”Beasts of the Southern Wild,” ”Django Unchained,” ”Les Miserables,” ”Life of Pi,” ”Lincoln,” ”Silver Linings Playbook,” ”Zero ... More »
LOS ANGELES — — “The Hunger Games” devoured the competition at the People’s Choice Awards, emerging the top victor with five trophies. Katy Perry won three awards at the Wednesday night ceremony in Los Angeles, at which fans selected the winners in categories ... More »
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — Here is the complete list of the 85th Annual Academy Award nominations announced Thursday: 1. Best Picture: “Amour,” “Argo,” “Beasts of the Southern Wild,” “Django Unchained,” “Les Miserables,” “Life of Pi,” “Lincoln,” “Silver Linings P... More »
INDIANAPOLIS — The University of Southern Indiana is asking for an extra $5 million in funding for each of the next two years – and state lawmakers sound willing to listen. University president Linda Bennett delivered a 40-minute presentation on Thursday to ... More »
EVANSVILLE — A ruling in a two-year court battle has, for now, placed control of Spencer County’s Holiday World & Splashin’ Safari theme park in the hands of the widow of former park president Will Koch, who died in June 2010. A Vanderburgh County circuit judg... More »
James Truman “Jim” Stanley James Truman “Jim” Stanley, 67, Henderson, passed away at 12:22 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2013, at St. Anthony’s Lucy Smith King Care Center. Mr. Stanley was a graduate of South Hopkins High School. He was employed at Whirlpool, Ford Mot... More »
NEW YORK — Broadcast networks make many of their shows available on the Internet, but you usually have to wait at least a day after an episode airs on television. A subscription service called Aereo breaks those shackles and makes network programs available ri... More »
LONDON — Historical biopic “Lincoln” leads the race for the British Academy Film Awards, with 10 nominations including best picture and best actor — but nothing for director Steven Spielberg. Epic musical “Les Miserables” and boy-meets-tiger saga “Life of Pi” ... More »
Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today: 1.WHERE THE NRA IS FOCUSING GUN RIGHTS FIGHT The group is opposing Obama‘s judicial nominees seen as likely to enforce stronger gun control laws. 2. MONTHS ... More »
David Bowie is celebrating his birthday by releasing new music. The English singer announced Tuesday, his 66th birthday, that he has released his first song in 10 years titled “Where Are We Now?” A new album, “The Next Day,” will be out March 11 and 12 in the ... More »
LOS ANGELES — — The “Twilight” finale had better reviews than the franchise’s previous four movies, but you’d never know it from the Razzie nominations singling out Hollywood’s worst of the year. “The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn — Part 2” led the Razzies line... More »
SANTA CLAUS, Ind. — While growing up in Eckerty, near Patoka Lake in Southern Indiana, a highlight of each summer for Matt Eckert was a visit to Holiday World & Splashin’ Safari. “It has — and always will be — a great place for families,” he said Tuesday after... More »
Two jaguar cubs are providing more than just cooing fans for Milwaukee’s zoo. The spotted brothers are introducing new genes to the endangered species’ captive population because unlike most zoo babies, their father was born in the wild. The blue-eyed cubs, bo... More »
PASADENA, Calif. — Three years after an extortion scandal that led him to bare his infidelities, David Letterman said he sees a psychiatrist once a week to try to be the person that he believed he was. The late-night talk show host gave an extraordinary interv... More »
Republican U.S. Rep. Larry Bucshon — a member of the House Science, Space and Technology Committee — will chair the panel’s subcommittee on research and science education, his office announced Tuesday. “Because of my background in science and medicine, I under... More »
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. — Civil War enthusiasts will want to mark their calendars for later this month when an exhibit opens at Western Kentucky University featuring photographs as well as reproductions of images in 3D. The gallery show opens Jan. 24 and is called ... More »
LOS ANGELES — Dustin Hoffman’s directing bow at 75 finds a perfect match in the well-heeled subject of “Quartet,” a charming tale of aging musicians whose passion for life continues undiminished in a stately English manor filled with humor, caring and of cours... More »
The Economic Development Coalition of Southwest Indiana and The Chamber of Commerce of Southwest Indiana were recently named 2012 Gold Winners of the international MarCom Awards for the collaboratively created “Southwest Indiana: The New Business Hotspot” tele... More »
The Chamber of Commerce of Southwest Indiana will announce the recipients of the 5th Annual Small Business Awards on Thursday, July 11, at The Centre in Downtown Evansville, at the kickoff brunch for the 8th Annual Tri-State Business EXPO. Each year, The Chamb... More »
EVANSVILLE — Detroit rocker/rapper Kid Rock will return to Evansville for a show at the Ford Center on April 1, according to a news release issued by the facility’s management on Monday morning. Tickets for the show will go on sale Saturday morning at 10 a.m.,... More »
EVANSVILLE — The sale date has moved back for tickets to a concert by rockers Daughtry and 3 Doors Down. Seats will go on sale at 10 a.m., Jan. 19, for the concert, which will in The Centre on March 4. Tickets for the show will range in price from $41.50 to $7... More »
Barb Butler, president and CEO of HealthSouth Deaconess Rehabilitation Hospital, was recently named the 2012 ATHENA Award Recipient at the 22nd Annual ATHENA Award Luncheon, held on Friday, Oct. 19 at The Centre in Downtown Evansville. Butler, an advocate of c... More »
Karen Hill, an avid volunteer for the Henderson County Extension Service, received a statewide award for volunteerism in December at the Kentucky Extension Association of Family Consumer Sciences annual awards ceremony. “The award goes to someone who shows gre... More »
EVANSVILLE — Loud music boomed as models donned in wedding gowns and tuxedos from David’s Bridal and Men’s Wearhouse walked down a runway in the middle of The Centre’s exhibit hall Sunday afternoon. The fashion show was the opening show of The Courier & Press ... More »
Music Tuesday University of Evansville Music Events: Faculty recital, Garnet Ungar, piano, 7:30 p.m., Wheeler Concert Hall; faculty recital, Anne Fielder, piano, Thomas Josenhans, clarinet, 7:30 p.m. Jan. 15, Wheeler Concert Hall; Brass Day, Illinois Brass Qui... More »
OWENSBORO, Ky. — Officials say private fundraising for the Bluegrass Music Center is going well. International Bluegrass Music Museum Terry Woodward says the drive has received pledges from large donors for $2.6 million and expects to reach a $7 million goal. ... More »
he 44-year-old Evansville native has spent half his life there, writing English subtitles, translating scripts, working as a dialogue coach, translator, teacher, and actor and producer for television and film. Storms has assisted other producers and operated h... More »
AMHERST, N.C. — A photo marked “not to be published” that shows a teenage Diana Spencer before she became Princess of Wales, with a young friend seated beside her, will be featured in an auction this month in New Hampshire. The photograph might never have been... More »
WASHINGTON — The Food and Drug Administration says its new guidelines would make the food Americans eat safer and help prevent the kinds of foodborne disease outbreaks that sicken or kill thousands of consumers each year. The rules, the most sweeping food safe... More »
ALLENTOWN, Pa. — The new movie “Promised Land” digs into the fierce national debate over fracking, the technique that’s generated a boom in U.S. natural gas production while also stoking controversy over its possible impact on the environment and human health.... More »
LOS ANGELES — Known for getting rings, Phil Jackson finally has given one as well. The retired coach, who won 11 NBA titles with the Los Angeles Lakers and Chicago Bulls, is engaged to longtime girlfriend and Lakers executive Jeanie Buss. Buss posted a picture... More »
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Turns out Adele ruled 2012, too — and set a record while she was at it. The British singer’s “21” was the highest-selling album in the U.S. for the second consecutive year, according to 2012 sales figures released by Nielsen SoundScan on Thu... More »
EVANSVILLE — Monster trucks, motorcycles, lizards and serpents, a classic musical, a classical concert, country, Christian and children’s acts will take to area stages, arenas and exhibition halls this month. They’re part of the eclectic lineup of acts, attrac... More »
LOS ANGELES — With its purchase of left-leaning Current TV, the Pan-Arab news channel Al-Jazeera has fulfilled a long-held quest to reach tens of millions of U.S. homes. But its new audience immediately got a little smaller. The nation’s second-largest TV oper... More »
SEOUL, South Korea — The South Korean military will punish pop star Rain for meeting with a top actress while on duty during his mandatory military service, the Defense Ministry said Thursday. Paparazzi photos showing Rain meeting with Kim Tae-hee raised quest... More »
ELLSWORTH, Maine — A signed copy of a rare Stephen King book is up for auction at a Maine bookstore, with proceeds going to a nearby homeless shelter’s emergency home heating fund. The copy of “The Regulators,” written by horror writer and Maine native King un... More »
MOSCOW — The Kremlin has cast Gerard Depardieu in one of the most surprising roles of his life as a new Russian citizen.The announcement Thursday that President Vladimir Putin has approved Depardieu’s application for citizenship is almost a real-life analogue ... More »
LOS ANGELES — A paparazzo was struck and killed by a car while darting across a street after taking pictures of Justin Bieber’s Ferrari when it was pulled over along a freeway in Los Angeles, police said Wednesday. Bieber was not in the car at the time. The si... More »
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Unforgettable songs like “Tennessee Waltz” and “(How Much Is That) Doggie in the Window?” made Patti Page the best-selling female singer of the 1950s and a star who would spend much of the rest of her life traveling the world.When unspecifie... More »
EVANSVILLE — A construction crew spent Wednesday working on a present for Joshua Academy students when they return from winter break: A 28-foot by 28-foot dance floor inside one of the school’s classrooms. For the last three semesters, Deena Laska-Lewis has ta... More »
A humble, simple man who never knew he was great EVANSVILLE — The late Joe Aaron, a longtime Evansville Courier reporter and columnist, is one of six journalists selected for induction this spring into the Indiana Journalism Hall of Fame. The hall, begun in 19... More »
With a wave of her bandaged left hand, and boosted by well wishes from Dr. Phil, Chris Evert and even a young woman she once babysat, Hannah Storm returned to a most comfortable setting — talking in front of a TV camera. The ESPN anchor hosted the Rose Parade ... More »
Neonatal nurse — that’s the one I have been thinking about since last year. I will have a lot of preparing to do for this career, but it will be worth it! Neonatal nurses are miracle workers. If you know the babies in NICU, then you know who these wonderful pe... More »
LOS ANGELES — Growing concern that problems with the new electronic Oscar voting system could lead to record-low turnout has prompted the motion picture academy to extend the deadline for members to vote for Oscar nominations. But with next week’s highly antic... More »
LONDON (Reuters) – Thomson Reuters said on Thursday it wanted to play a role administrating overhauled interbank lending rates after British regulators told the news and information company it was not part of a global probe into rate fixing. “The FSA (Financia... More »
LONDON (Reuters) – The BBC on Thursday named a former journalist who runs the Royal Opera House to lead the broadcaster and restore public faith after sex abuse scandals tarnished the reputation of one of Britain’s most treasured institutions. Tony Hall, a for... More »
(Reuters) – Some of music’s most notable names including Billy Joel, Rihanna and Missy Elliott have signed an open letter to Pandora Media Inc opposing the online music company’s push to change how artists are compensated. Pandora is currently lobbying lawmake... More »
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Comcast Corp’s NBCUniversal entertainment unit is laying off about 500 employees at cable channels, Jay Leno’s late-night TV show and the Universal Pictures movie studio, a person with knowledge of the matter said on Monday. The cuts ad... More »
(Reuters) – Mark Thompson reported to work as the New York Times Co chief executive on Monday, confronting challenges ranging from making the publisher less dependent on advertising to trimming costs and figuring out what to do with its pile of cash. Thompson ... More »
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s BBC could be doomed unless it makes radical changes, the head of its governing trust said, after its director general quit to take the blame for the airing of false child sex abuse allegations against a former politician. BBC Trust... More »
(Reuters) – The New York Times Co said it will proceed with its plan for Mark Thompson to take over as CEO on Monday, despite an intensifying scandal at the BBC that has raised questions about his tenure at Britain’s flagship broadcasting company. “He is going... More »
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s BBC could be doomed unless it makes radical changes, the head of its governing trust said on Sunday, after its director general quit to take the blame for the airing of false child sex abuse allegations against a former politician.... More »
LONDON (Reuters) – BBC Director General George Entwistle resigned on Saturday, just two months into the job, after the state-funded broadcaster put out a program denounced by the corporation’s chairman as shoddy journalism. The BBC, reeling from revelations th... More »
LONDON (Reuters) – BBC Director General George Entwistle resigned on Saturday, just two months into the job, after failing to get to grips with a child sex abuse scandal that has thrown the 90-year-old state-funded broadcaster into turmoil. Entwistle has faced... More »
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s public broadcaster, reeling from revelations that one of its former stars was a pedophile, was struggling to contain damage on Saturday after a flagship news program aired a mistaken allegation that an ex-politician sexually abused... More »
LONDON (Reuters) – Text messages sent by the former head of Rupert Murdoch’s British newspapers to Prime Minister David Cameron, published on Sunday, have further revealed their close personal relationship. Rebekah Brooks, who is awaiting trial on charges rela... More »
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Walt Disney Co agreed to buy filmmaker George Lucas’s Lucasfilm Ltd and its “Star Wars” franchise for $4.05 billion in cash and stock, a blockbuster deal that includes the surprise promise of a new film in the series in 2015. The deal u... More »
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Walt Disney Co’s $4 billion deal to buy George Lucas’s Lucasfilm Ltd, Disney’s third major entertainment acquisition in seven years, started taking shape in May 2011, when the “Star Wars” creator had to show Disney CEO Bob Iger how to u... More »
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Viewers looking for an update as Hurricane Sandy approached the U.S. East Coast made The Weather Channel the most-watched cable news channel on Sunday. An average of more than 1.4 million people watched The Weather Channel at some point... More »
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Current TV, the liberal cable news channel started by former Vice President Al Gore, has hired JP Morgan and The Raine Group to assess strategic options that may include a sale or strategic partnership with another media company, accord... More »
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Premium cable network HBO delayed the launch of video and online distribution of its programming in four Scandinavian countries, giving a head start in the region to a video streaming service by rival Netflix Inc. HBO Nordic, the joint ... More »
FRANKFURT (Reuters) – German publisher Burda has bid to take over professional social network Xing AG as it further reduces its dependence on traditional printed media. Privately held Burda said it had raised its stake in Xing to 38.89 percent, exceeding a leg... More »
LONDON (Reuters) – British police investigating alleged sexual abuse by one of the BBC’s most celebrated TV stars said on Thursday some 300 victims had come forward and they were preparing to make arrests in a scandal that has thrown the broadcaster into disar... More »
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – The number of American TV viewers who watched the last debate between U.S. President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney fell sharply on a night when football and baseball competed with politics for eyeballs. Final Nielse... More »
LONDON (Reuters) – The head of the BBC denied on Tuesday helping to cover up sexual abuse by one of its former stars but accepted the British broadcaster had been damaged by a scandal that has shaken public trust in a national institution. George Entwistle, wh... More »
LONDON (Reuters) – The director general of the BBC said on Tuesday allegations of sexual abuse carried out by one of the publicly funded broadcaster’s former stars represented a very grave matter that had an impact on its reputation. “This is a gravely serious... More »
LONDON (Reuters) – The head of the BBC goes before lawmakers on Tuesday with the publicly funded British broadcaster facing one of the biggest crises in its history over accusations it pulled a probe into sexual abuse by a former presenter as part of a wider c... More »
(Reuters) – Newsweek, one of the most internationally recognized magazine brands in the world, will cease publishing a print edition after nearly 80 years. The decision to go all-digital underscores the problems faced by newsweeklies, as more consumers favor t... More »
LONDON (Reuters) – The BBC said on Thursday that broadcasts had been disrupted in the Middle East and Europe, just weeks after its satellite transmission provider accused Iran of trying to jam U.S. and European programs.. Britain’s public broadcaster did not s... More »
(Reuters) – The erupting scandal at Britain’s public broadcaster, the BBC, over allegations of sexual abuse involving late TV host Jimmy Savile is leading to awkward questions for the New York Times Co’s incoming chief executive, Mark Thompson. The BBC is faci... More »
(Advisory: this article contains profanity in the fourth, 27th and 41st paragraphs.) By Jennifer Saba NEW YORK (Reuters) – He’s tearing down walls. He’s tossing out old business models. And he’s dressing down people, publicly and profanely, in the once-buttone... More »
(Reuters) – Peter Liguori, a former top executive at News Corp’s Fox and Discovery Communications Inc, has emerged as the leading candidate for Chief Executive at Tribune Co once it emerges from bankruptcy, according to two sources close to the situation. Thes... More »
(Reuters) – Sony/ATV, the music publishing division of Sony Corp, has kicked off an auction to sell the rights to more than 30,000 songs from artists ranging from Culture Club to Iggy Pop contained in the Virgin Music and Famous U.K. song catalogs, according t... More »
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Pay-TV firm Astro Malaysia Holdings will miss out on a pool of potential institutional investors in its planned $1.5 billion initial public offering (IPO) in October because it does not comply with Islamic law. Malaysian firms are deem... More »
(Reuters) – James Murdoch will be given more responsibility over News Corp’s U.S. television operations more than a year after he became a central figure in the company’s telephone hacking scandal in the UK, two sources familiar with the matter said. News of t... More »
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – The co-chairman of the 20th Century Fox film unit, Tom Rothman, will step down at the end of the year as the News Corp studio separates its film and television production businesses, the company said on Friday. Rupert Murdoch’s media gi... More »
CHARLOTTE, North Carolina (Reuters) – Tom Brokaw, the Emmy Award winning former “NBC Nightly News” anchor, spent part of Thursday undergoing a battery of tests at a Charlotte, North Carolina, hospital after becoming lightheaded from a sleeping aid, the network... More »
LONDON (Reuters) – Tom Crone, a former senior legal executive at Rupert Murdoch’s British newspaper business, has been arrested by police investigating allegations of phone-hacking by journalists, media reported on Thursday. London police confirmed they had ar... More »
NEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. regulators cleared the way for Verizon Wireless to proceed with its $3.9 billion purchase of airwaves from big cable providers but placed constraints on the companies’ marketing agreements. The U.S. Department of Justice sa... More »
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The tasks that now confront Mark Thompson, the newly appointed chief executive of The New York Times Company, are essentially the same ones he faced at the BBC: usher a storied, but staid brand into an increasingly digital and global world... More »
(Reuters) – CNN host and Time magazine contributing editor-at-large Fareed Zakaria was suspended by his employers on Friday after he acknowledged copying material for a recent column he wrote about gun control from another writer. Time said it was suspending Z... More »
(Reuters) – Shares in Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp touched a more than five-year high on Thursday, even as a massive $2.85 billion non-cash restructuring charge related to its Australian publishing unit hurt the media conglomerate’s fourth-quarter results. News ... More »
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Walt Disney Co quarterly earnings rose 31 percent, exceeding Wall Street expectations, lifted by higher spending at theme parks and the blockbuster “The Avengers” superhero movie. The media and theme park company reported on Tuesday ear... More »
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Stubbornly high U.S. unemployment, a weak housing market combined with a mature business prone to regular programming blackouts has seen more than 400,000 American homes drop their cable or satellite TV service since the start of the year.... More »
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Banker and media magnate Alexander Lebedev said on Thursday he could sell his business assets in Russia after coming under pressure from the Kremlin, adding he feared he might be jailed in a criminal case he regards as politically motivated.... More »
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Stars of the hit ABC comedy “Modern Family” agreed to new contracts on Friday, ending a dispute that erupted in public just as the show prepared to start work on a fourth season. Show creator Steve Levitan said the six adult cast member... More »
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – The top programming executive for ABC primetime television said he expects the network’s hit comedy “Modern Family” to debut on schedule in September, despite a current dispute over salaries with several of the show’s top stars. “Modern... More »
LONDON (Reuters) – British media companies BSkyB, TalkTalk and ITV are switching on new services to boost customer loyalty and spend as a weakening economy depresses advertising and new subscribers prove hard to find. BSkyB’s focus on selling extra services to... More »
(Reuters) – When Lex Fenwick started his job as CEO of Dow Jones & Co more than five months ago, he found it strange that one of Wall Street’s most historic and well-known brands did not have a direct pipeline into Wall Street itself. The 130-year-old publishe... More »
