LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Actress Lindsay Lohan on Wednesday was ordered to perform 125 additional hours of community service as part of her probation, her lawyer said, following a dispute over whether she performed the work. Lohan, who was not present in Los An... More »
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Alt-rockers Imagine Dragons knocked rapper Drake from the top spot of the weekly U.S. Billboard 200 album chart on Wednesday, after a strategically placed commercial with retail store Target during the Grammy Awards drove up exposure. “... More »
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – After making her film breakout as the no-holds-barred wife of Leonardo DiCaprio’s Jordan Belfort in 2013’s “The Wolf of Wall Street,” Margot Robbie is taking on Will Smith for a tango of twists and turns in the underground world of heis... More »
KRAKOW (Reuters) – Filmmaker Roman Polanski testified for nine hours at a closed-door hearing in his native Poland on Wednesday regarding a U.S. request for his extradition over a 1977 child sex crime conviction. The court subsequently adjourned until April. “... More »
LONDON (Reuters) – British police investigating allegations of historical sex crimes against Cliff Richard, one of Britain’s best-known entertainers, have said their inquiry into the singer had “increased significantly in size”. Officers raided the home of Ric... More »
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Sony Pictures Entertainment on Tuesday named veteran film executive Tom Rothman, a force behind all-time top-grossing blockbusters “Titanic” and “Avatar,” to head its movie studio in a shuffle prompted by the fallout from a cyberattack.... More »
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – The Oscars may be over, but Hollywood was not done celebrating its biggest night on Sunday as the film industry took Academy Award winners and their statuettes out for an extended spin through glamorous after-parties. As the Oscars cere... More »
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Love him or hate him, Neil Patrick Harris proved to be one of the hardest-working hosts in Oscar history on Sunday night, singing, dancing and even sprinting in his underpants onto the stage of Hollywood’s Dolby Theatre. But the 41-year... More »
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – The dark comedy “Birdman” held up a mirror to Hollywood and its struggling actors and in return received the film industry’s highest recognition on Sunday, the Academy Award for best picture. Director Alejandro G. Inarritu’s story of a ... More »
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Shimmering beads and jewels in pale hues and dresses in bold tones brightened an unusually dreary rainy afternoon in Hollywood on Sunday as the film industry’s stars hit the glamorous Oscars red carpet. Actresses Julianne Moore in shimm... More »
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Julianne Moore won the best actress Oscar on Sunday for her role as a university professor with Alzheimer’s disease in “Still Alice”. The win marked Moore’s first Academy Award after being nominated four times previously. The 54-year-ol... More »
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Eddie Redmayne won his first Oscar on Sunday for his break-out role as physicist Stephen Hawking in the biographical movie “The Theory of Everything.” The British actor, 33, took home the Academy Award for best actor for playing Hawking... More »
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Mexican filmmaker Alejandro G. Inarritu won the Oscar for best director on Sunday for “Birdman,” his darkly satirical take on show business. This was the first Academy Award for Inarritu, 51, whose film stars Michael Keaton as a washed-... More »
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A bomb scare triggered by an erratic motorist brandishing a propane tank at a shopping strip near the Hollywood venue for the upcoming Oscars show proved to be a false alarm on Thursday, but the man was detained, Los Angeles police said... More »
MIAMI (Reuters) – The rapper known as Vanilla Ice was out of jail on Thursday, a day after being arrested on a burglary charge that he says is a misunderstanding. The musician turned reality television star, who famously rapped that “anything less than the bes... More »
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Hemlines fell, sultry dresses hugged the body and tailored coats with generous fur trim oozed elegance on the runway as designers at New York Fashion Week spun a retro 1970s look with sleek silhouettes for their 2015 fall/winter collection... More »
NEW YORK (Reuters) – With grandiose gowns, skin-skimming dresses and a nod to old Hollywood glamor, designers in New York served up couture treats to entice fashion’s elite ahead of the world’s most-watched runway at Sunday’s Academy Awards red carpet. With st... More »
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Rap mogul Marion “Suge” Knight was taken by ambulance to a California hospital on Thursday before his scheduled court appearance in Los Angeles in a camera theft case, a court official said. Los Angeles Superior Court Commissioner Mark ... More »
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – To the outside world, Hollywood might ooze effortless glamour, but just about anyone who makes movies will say the process is a long grind, and a continual blow to the ego and bank account. That might explain why two films that embody t... More »
PARIS (Reuters) – The new Philharmonie de Paris concert hall in the French capital this week hosted the Berlin Philharmonic conducted by Simon Rattle in a program guaranteed to test its acoustic mettle. On the basis of Wednesday’s concert of the pioneering Ger... More »
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – The eldest son of California’s ex-governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and journalist Maria Shriver was struck in his car in Los Angeles during a confrontation with another driver, but was not hurt, police said on Tuesday. The bizarre inciden... More »
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Lady Gaga will perform in a sure-to-be eye-catching outfit, Tim McGraw adds a little country to Hollywood, Adam Levine brings rock-star swagger and pop duo Tegan and Sara team up with The Lonely Island for kid favorite “Everything Is Aw... More »
KRAKOW, Poland (Reuters) – Filmmaker Roman Polanski will attend a court hearing in Poland next week that will consider a U.S. extradition request over a 1977 child sex crime conviction, his lawyer said on Tuesday. A spokeswoman for the court, in the southern c... More »
SYDNEY (Reuters) – A racist flare-up in a beachside Sydney suburb hit the global spotlight nine years ago, besmirching Australia’s reputation as a sun-drenched oasis wooing migrants from around the world. A TV documentary attempts to show the alcohol-fueled ri... More »
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – With the surprise snub of a front-runner and five nominees featuring dragons, trolls, robots and mythical creatures, the Oscar for best animated film may deliver the most exciting race this year. Disney Animation’s “Big Hero 6,” DreamWo... More »
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Lady Gaga will perform in a sure-to-be eye-catching outfit, Tim McGraw adds a little country to Hollywood, Adam Levine brings rock-star swagger and pop duo Tegan and Sara team up with The Lonely Island for kid favorite “Everything Is Aw... More »
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – As the story of a little-known British World War Two code breaker gears up for the Oscars as one of the top nominees, “The Imitation Game” has found a larger cause to fight for the rights of persecuted gay men. Nominated for eight Oscar... More »
LONDON (Reuters) – Sam Smith’s “In The Lonely Hour” returned to the top of the British album chart on Sunday, a week after the 22-year-old won four Grammy awards including record and song of the year, the Official Charts Company said. The British soul singer’s... More »
LONDON (Reuters) – Oscar nominee and “Sherlock” star Benedict Cumberbatch and theater director Sophie Hunter were married on the Isle of Wight on Valentine’s Day, his publicist said on Sunday. “Benedict and Sophie were married yesterday surrounded by their clo... More »
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – After coming up six times short, this may be Alexandre Desplat’s year to take home an Academy Award. The French film composer has earned two of the five best score nominations for his work on World War Two historical drama “The Imitatio... More »
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Wes Anderson’s Oscar-nominated eccentric caper “The Grand Budapest Hotel” won the top film prize at the Writers Guild Awards on Saturday, amid a sharp-witted show attended by Hollywood’s scriptwriters. “The Grand Budapest Hotel,” up for... More »
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Two women accused Bill Cosby on Thursday of drugging them decades ago when they met him as young models, and one said he sexually assaulted her, as more of his performances were shelved amid an outcry from activists over similar allegat... More »
BEIJING (Reuters) – Jaycee Chan, the son of kung fu movie star Jackie Chan, was released from jail in China on Friday after serving a six-month sentence on drugs charges, state media said, having been caught up in the government’s aggressive anti-narcotics cam... More »
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Bradley Cooper’s turn as America’s most lethal military sniper and Reese Witherspoon’s portrayal of a woman on a journey of self-discovery should win this year’s top acting Oscars, in the view of Americans surveyed in the annual Reuters... More »
LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – British celebrities including Homeland actor David Harewood, comedian Stephen Fry and musician Jarvis Cocker have lent their support to a “Show the Love” campaign to raise awareness about climate change ahead of Valentine’... More »
BERLIN (Reuters) – In the Mountains of the Damned along the Kosovan/Albanian border, women seeking to escape the stifling roles tradition holds for them must either flee or swear an oath of eternal virginity, granting them the right to live as a man. Young Ita... More »
BERLIN (Reuters) – Actress Helen Mirren said on Monday her portrayal of a Jewish woman’s struggle to get back paintings confiscated when her ancestors fled Austria to escape Nazi rule throws a spotlight on the slow pace of restitution of looted Jewish property... More »
BERLIN (Reuters) – Actress Helen Mirren said on Monday her portrayal of a Jewish woman’s struggle to get back paintings confiscated when her ancestors fled Austria to escape Nazi rule throws a spotlight on the slow pace of restitution of looted Jewish property... More »
BERLIN (Reuters) – Actress Helen Mirren said on Monday her portrayal of a Jewish woman’s struggle to get back paintings confiscated when her ancestors fled Austria to escape Nazi rule throws a spotlight on the slow pace of restitution of looted Jewish property... More »
BERLIN (Reuters) – Actress Helen Mirren said on Monday her portrayal of a Jewish woman’s struggle to get back paintings confiscated when her ancestors fled Austria to escape Nazi rule throws a spotlight on the slow pace of restitution of looted Jewish property... More »
BERLIN (Reuters) – Actress Helen Mirren said on Monday her portrayal of a Jewish woman’s struggle to get back paintings confiscated when her ancestors fled Austria to escape Nazi rule throws a spotlight on the slow pace of restitution of looted Jewish property... More »
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Heartbreak paid off handsomely for British soul singer Sam Smith, a newcomer who won four Grammy awards on Sunday including record and song of the year for his anthem “Stay With Me.” The 22-year-old was also anointed best new artist and... More »
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Step aside winners. The Grammy Awards have long belonged to performers and unexpected moments – and Sunday’s show was no different with Kanye West rushing the stage, Pharrell Williams’ orchestral bash and a poignant plea to end domestic... More »
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A powerful trio formed by President Barack Obama, pop star Katy Perry and a survivor took their fight against domestic abuse to the Grammy Awards on Sunday and exhorted artists to use their power to stop violence against women and girls... More »
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – In a sea of pop music’s leading ladies at Sunday’s Grammy Awards, all eyes are on British newcomer Sam Smith with six nominations amid speculation that he could emulate Adele’s 2012 sweep at the ceremony. “I don’t think it takes a massi... More »
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Amy Pascal will step down as co-chairman of Sony Pictures Entertainment after hackers angry about a movie she championed mocking North Korea’s dictator exposed a raft of embarrassing emails between Pascal and other Hollywood figures. On... More »
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Walt Disney Co named Thomas Staggs, the head of its theme parks and resorts unit, as chief operating officer of the company on Thursday, putting him in the lead to succeed Chief Executive Officer Bob Iger in 2018. Staggs will assume the... More »
LONDON (Reuters) – Former British pop singer Gary Glitter, who shot to fame in the 1970s as a “glam-rock” star but was later convicted of child sex crimes, was found guilty on Thursday of indecently assaulting three girls. Glitter, 70, whose real name is Paul ... More »
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – The old-fashioned radio still reigns as consumers’ top source for finding new music, but at Sunday’s Grammy Awards, online streaming might show itself to be the fast track to industry recognition. With the likes of record-of-the-year no... More »
BERLIN (Reuters) – An Arctic survival movie about two women – the wife of North Pole explorer Robert Peary and a young Inuit – fighting for their lives together in a snowbound shack kicked off the 65th Berlin International Film Festival on Thursday. “My first ... More »
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Johnny Depp, the star of the “Pirates of the Caribbean” film series, married his fiancee, Amber Heard, at their home in Los Angeles earlier this week, according to People magazine. The 51-year-old actor, who met Heard, 28, when they appear... More »
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Rap mogul Marion “Suge” Knight, charged with murder and other offenses in a fatal hit-and-run incident, was returned to jail from a Los Angeles-area hospital late on Wednesday, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said. Departmen... More »
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – From the first scene showing actor Michael Keaton levitating in his underwear, it becomes quite clear that “Birdman” will not unfold in a conventional way. A favorite to win the Academy Award for best picture, director Alejandro G. Inar... More »
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Olympic gold medalist Bruce Jenner has told family members, including reality TV personalities the Kardashians, that he is becoming a woman and they have pledged their support, People magazine reported on Wednesday. The 65-year-old form... More »
LONDON (Reuters) – Auctioneers Christie’s staked out its share of a buoyant art market on Wednesday with a barrage of surrealist works, a day after fierce rival Sotheby’s set a London auction sale record. Sotheby’s brought in $280.2 million from its Impression... More »
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Surprise, eager anticipation and a tinge of skepticism surrounded the news that Pulitzer Prize-winning author Harper Lee would publish a second novel half a century after “To Kill a Mockingbird” became an American classic. Until Tuesday wh... More »
(This Feb 1 story corrects spelling of Rihanna in third paragraph) LONDON (Reuters) – “Uptown Funk” by English DJ and producer Mark Ronson secured a seventh week at the top of the British singles chart on Sunday, the Official Charts Company said. The single, w... More »
GLENDALE, Arizona (Reuters) – Katy Perry delivered a spectacular halftime show at the Super Bowl on Sunday assisted by special guests Missy Elliott and Lenny Kravitz. Perry entered the field astride a giant, golden, robotic lion as she sang her hit “Roar” befo... More »
BEIJING (Reuters) – The French director of the film Wolf Totem said on Sunday he had complete freedom from Chinese censors in his adaptation of the Chinese novel, which touches on divisive themes including the degradation of grasslands in the Inner Mongolia re... More »
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Actor Val Kilmer, best-known for his roles in “Batman Forever” and “The Doors,” said on Saturday he was at a Los Angeles hospital for observation following what he called a “complication.” The 55-year-old film and stage star posted to h... More »
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Pop star Justin Bieber said he was leaving behind his “arrogant” and “conceited” attitude after bad behavior in the past year damaged his image while he makes the transition from teen idol to adult performer. The 20-year-old “Boyfriend”... More »
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – U.S. rocker Tom Petty on Thursday said it was a “musical accident” that British singer Sam Smith’s breakout soul hit “Stay with Me” mirrored Petty’s 1989 hit song “I Won’t Back Down.” Petty, 64, played down a recent credit given to him ... More »
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Dads comfort crying kids and animals look adorable as brands take a play-it-safe route this year in the fiercely fought ad battle that will unfold during Sunday’s broadcast of the Super Bowl. Companies spent up to a record $4.5 million ... More »
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Four-time Emmy winner Jim Parsons, best known as the nerdy scientist Sheldon Cooper in the TV comedy “The Big Bang Theory” will be ascending to new heights when he plays God on Broadway this spring, the show’s producer said on Thursday. Pa... More »
LONDON (Reuters) – Tom Stoppard, the grand old man of British theater, is back with his first new stage play in nine years, tackling typically big ideas: consciousness, science and God. “The Hard Problem” is a 100-minute gallop, with no interval, through neuro... More »
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A Los Angeles judge on Wednesday gave a prosecutor more time to investigate whether actress Lindsay Lohan failed to complete her community service requirements in a reckless driving case. Santa Monica city prosecutor Terry White will pr... More »
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Rock group Fall Out Boy topped the weekly Billboard 200 album chart for the third time, holding off pop star Taylor Swift’s mega-selling “1989,” Billboard said on Wednesday. “American Beauty/American Psycho,” the group’s sixth studio al... More »
PARK CITY, Utah (Reuters) – In the midst of the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, actors Suraj Sharma and Tony Revolori found themselves comparing notes on Hollywood’s awards season, both having made their breakout in films that stormed into the Oscar... More »
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Pop star Taylor Swift said her Twitter and Instagram accounts were hacked on Tuesday, but the rogue posts were quickly removed from the social media services. The 25-year-old “Shake It Off” singer, whose album “1989” has been atop the c... More »
LONDON (Reuters) – Art rocker PJ Harvey hopes that recording inside a glassed room at Somerset House in central London will help draw on the likes of Elizabeth I, who lived on its grounds before she was queen, and Oliver Cromwell, who lay in state there. A... More »
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese cinemas rang up a healthy rise in ticket sales in 2014 as blockbuster animation film “Frozen” eclipsed an otherwise lackluster show by Hollywood, industry data showed on Tuesday. The box office rose 6.6 percent last year to 207 billi... More »
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Joan Rivers’ daughter filed a malpractice lawsuit on Monday against the New York medical clinic that treated her mother days before her death, saying doctors there posed for selfies with their sedated celebrity patient even as her vital si... More »
PARK CITY, Utah (Reuters) – Facebook Inc’s Oculus VR is getting into movies with an in-house studio dedicated to making virtual-reality films and premiered its first short piece at the Sundance Film Festival on Monday. Tapping talent from both Pixar, the anima... More »
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Ava DuVernay, the director behind the Oscar-nominated Martin Luther King Jr. biopic “Selma,” will write, produce and direct a feature film set in the time of Hurricane Katrina, the company backing the film said on Monday. David Oyelowo,... More »
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – “Birdman,” a satirical film about acting in the unforgiving world of show business, won top honors from Hollywood’s actors on Sunday in an important show of support for its march toward the best picture Oscar. The actors from “Birdman” ... More »
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Oscar-nominated war film “American Sniper” continued to punish the competition at U.S. and Canadian box offices over the weekend, selling a whopping $64.4 million in tickets, according to studio estimates. The film, directed by Clint Eastw... More »
PARK CITY, Utah (Reuters) – Killing an exaggerated version of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Sony’s controversial comedy “The Interview” wasn’t a problem for actor James Franco but he found challenges in playing real-life murderer Christian Longo for thril... More »
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Debbie Reynolds, the peppy star of enduring Hollywood musicals like “Singin’ in the Rain,” accepted a lifetime achievement award from the Screen Actors Guild on Sunday with a few parting words after more than six decades on screen. The ... More »
LONDON (Reuters) – English DJ and producer Mark Ronson on Sunday became the first act of 2015 to top both the British singles and album charts at the same time, the Official Charts Company said. Ronson’s track “Uptown Funk”, featuring Hawaii-born singer Bruno ... More »
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Show business satire “Birdman” took the lead in what promises to be a competitive race for the best picture Oscar by winning the top award from Hollywood producers on Saturday. “Birdman” beat nine other films, including “Boyhood” and “T... More »
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – After winning an Oscar in 2013 for best supporting actress in the musical “Les Miserables,” Anne Hathaway is taking on a new challenge as a producer. “Song One” is an independent film also starring Hathaway, as an academic who finds con... More »
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Take one feisty fairy princess, a misunderstood villain and a spunky elf, add a magical potion and a soundtrack of classic pop songs and you have the recipe for the George Lucas animated film “Strange Magic,” a fairy tale about finding une... More »
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Pop singer Meghan Trainor’s debut album “Title” knocked Taylor Swift from her three-week perch atop the weekly Billboard album chart on Wednesday. “Title,” which has been buoyed by Trainor’s No. 1 single “All About That Bass” and follow... More »
MILWAUKEE (Reuters) – Actor Dustin Diamond, who played the nerdy Screech on the early ’90s sitcom “Saved by the Bell,” pleaded not guilty on Thursday to charges related to the stabbing of a man during a Christmas bar fight, according to court records in Wiscon... More »
