http://mobile.reuters.com Copyright 2008 Reuters en-us Tue, 19 Aug 2008 22:15:22 -0400 http://mobile.reuters.com/mobile/images/small/logo.png http://mobile.reuters.com/mobile/m/Category/CENT?src=RSS-ENT http://mobile.reuters.com/mobile/m/FullArticle/CENT/nentertainmentNews_uUSN1937109820080820?src=RSS-ENT LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - "Samantha Who?" star Christina Applegate, 36, is free of cancer after having both breasts removed to combat the disease, the actress told a U.S. television news show on Tuesday. Wed, 20 Aug 2008 00:08:18 +0000 2008-08-20T000818Z_01_N19371098_RTRUKOC_0_US-APPLEGATE.xml http://mobile.reuters.com/mobile/m/FullArticle/CENT/nentertainmentNews_uUSN1928499520080820?src=RSS-ENT TORONTO (Reuters) - The Toronto International Film Festival is promising a lighter touch this year, both thematically and in the number of movies presented, with domestic dramas and comedies prominent among the 312 features and shorts unveiled on Tuesday. Wed, 20 Aug 2008 02:09:09 +0000 2008-08-20T020909Z_01_N19284995_RTRUKOC_0_US-TORONTO.xml http://mobile.reuters.com/mobile/m/FullArticle/CENT/nentertainmentNews_uUSN1932696720080820?src=RSS-ENT LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The Hollywood talent agency International Creative Management agreed on Tuesday to pay $4.5 million to settle an age-discrimination suit brought by TV writers, the first of 23 such class-action cases to be resolved. Wed, 20 Aug 2008 01:11:09 +0000 2008-08-20T011109Z_01_N19326967_RTRUKOC_0_US-SCREENWRITERS-AGE.xml http://mobile.reuters.com/mobile/m/FullArticle/CENT/nentertainmentNews_uUSN1933983220080820?src=RSS-ENT LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Oscar-winning film star Elizabeth Taylor is back home and doing well following a recent stay of several weeks in a Los Angeles-area hospital for unspecified reasons, her spokesman said on Tuesday. Wed, 20 Aug 2008 01:12:07 +0000 2008-08-20T011207Z_01_N19339832_RTRUKOC_0_US-TAYLOR.xml http://mobile.reuters.com/mobile/m/FullArticle/CENT/nentertainmentNews_uUSN1929896920080819?src=RSS-ENT NASHVILLE (Billboard) - Rosanne Cash is tired of people using her late father's name to further their own political agendas. Tue, 19 Aug 2008 23:45:29 +0000 2008-08-19T234529Z_01_N19298969_RTRUKOC_0_US-CASH.xml http://mobile.reuters.com/mobile/m/FullArticle/CENT/nentertainmentNews_uUSN1846245520080819?src=RSS-ENT LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Rainn Wilson understands the luckless drummer he portrays in new movie "The Rocker" because they both spent so many years on the outskirts of fame. Tue, 19 Aug 2008 22:23:48 +0000 2008-08-19T222348Z_01_N18462455_RTRUKOC_0_US-WILSON.xml http://mobile.reuters.com/mobile/m/FullArticle/CENT/nentertainmentNews_uUSLJ40753520080819?src=RSS-ENT DUBLIN (Reuters) - Rock stars may have to rein in their taste for loud music after a fan overheard U2 frontman Bono listening to tracks from the group's forthcoming album and recorded them before posting the songs on the Internet. Tue, 19 Aug 2008 17:42:48 +0000 2008-08-19T174248Z_01_LJ407535_RTRUKOC_0_US-U2.xml http://mobile.reuters.com/mobile/m/FullArticle/CENT/nentertainmentNews_uUSN1845761520080819?src=RSS-ENT LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Tensions within the Screen Actors Guild mounted on Monday as the union's Hollywood-based leaders rejected a call by SAG's New York branch to bring in a federal mediator to break a deadlock in contract talks with major studios. Tue, 19 Aug 2008 01:27:35 +0000 2008-08-19T012735Z_01_N18457615_RTRUKOC_0_US-ACTORS-HOLLYWOOD.xml http://mobile.reuters.com/mobile/m/FullArticle/CENT/nentertainmentNews_uUSN1949239220080819?src=RSS-ENT LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - As Tom Cruise writes the next chapter in his career, he's developing an interest in comic-book movies. Tue, 19 Aug 2008 23:11:09 +0000 2008-08-19T231109Z_01_N19492392_RTRUKOC_0_US-CRUISE.xml http://mobile.reuters.com/mobile/m/FullArticle/CENT/nentertainmentNews_uUSN1846551620080819?src=RSS-ENT LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Stage and screen star Laurence Fishburne's last turn as a series regular on network television was the role of Cowboy Curtis on the 1980s kids show "Pee-wee's Playhouse." Tue, 19 Aug 2008 07:50:31 +0000 2008-08-19T075031Z_01_N18465516_RTRUKOC_0_US-FISHBURNE.xml http://mobile.reuters.com/mobile/m/FullArticle/CENT/nentertainmentNews_uUSN1933983220080819?src=RSS-ENT LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Elizabeth Taylor is "at home and happy" following a recent stay in a Los Angeles hospital, People.com reported on Tuesday. Tue, 19 Aug 2008 21:39:55 +0000 2008-08-19T213955Z_01_N19339832_RTRUKOC_0_US-TAYLOR.xml http://mobile.reuters.com/mobile/m/FullArticle/CENT/nentertainmentNews_uUSN2744615820080819?src=RSS-ENT NEW YORK (Hollywood Reporter) - The off-kilter comic rhythms of Rainn Wilson are exploited to excellent effect in "The Rocker," a derivative rock satire that is far more enjoyable than one would have a right to expect. Tue, 19 Aug 2008 06:28:26 +0000 2008-08-19T062826Z_01_N27446158_RTRUKOC_0_US-FILM-ROCKER.xml http://mobile.reuters.com/mobile/m/FullArticle/CENT/nentertainmentNews_uUSN1949623220080819?src=RSS-ENT LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Leaders of the Screen Actors Guild and its smaller sister union, the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, are finally on the same page. Tue, 19 Aug 2008 05:30:07 +0000 2008-08-19T053007Z_01_N19496232_RTRUKOC_0_US-ACTORS-ADS.xml http://mobile.reuters.com/mobile/m/FullArticle/CENT/nentertainmentNews_uUSN1849389820080819?src=RSS-ENT LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Critics and other members of the media hoping to get a sneak peek at the CW's upcoming series "90210" are out of luck. Tue, 19 Aug 2008 03:34:30 +0000 2008-08-19T033430Z_01_N18493898_RTRUKOC_0_US-90210.xml http://mobile.reuters.com/mobile/m/FullArticle/CENT/nentertainmentNews_uUSN1845523920080819?src=RSS-ENT NEW YORK (Billboard) - Rock band AC/DC's first studio album in eight years, "Black Ice," will be sold exclusively in the U.S. via Wal-Mart, Sam's Club and the band's Web site, beginning October 20. First single "Rock 'n' Roll Train" will hit U.S. radio on August 28. Tue, 19 Aug 2008 02:27:42 +0000 2008-08-19T022742Z_01_N18455239_RTRUKOC_0_US-AC-DC.xml http://mobile.reuters.com/mobile/m/FullArticle/CENT/nentertainmentNews_uUSN1840756420080819?src=RSS-ENT LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Twentieth Century Fox said on Monday it will seek an injunction to block release of the Warner Bros movie "Watchmen" after a Los Angeles court ruled a copyright lawsuit against Warner can go forward. Tue, 19 Aug 2008 01:26:00 +0000 2008-08-19T012600Z_01_N18407564_RTRUKOC_0_US-WATCHMEN.xml http://mobile.reuters.com/mobile/m/FullArticle/CENT/nentertainmentNews_uUSN1847113120080819?src=RSS-ENT ROME (Hollywood Reporter) - This year's Venice Film Festival will be dedicated to Egyptian director Youssef Chahine, who died July 27 at 82. Tue, 19 Aug 2008 01:19:31 +0000 2008-08-19T011931Z_01_N18471131_RTRUKOC_0_US-CHAHINE.xml http://mobile.reuters.com/mobile/m/FullArticle/CENT/nentertainmentNews_uUSN1827898520080819?src=RSS-ENT NEW YORK (Hollywood Reporter) - The John McCain campaign fired off an angry letter to NBC News criticizing Andrea Mitchell's comments regarding the "cone of silence" at Saturday night's presidential candidates' forum at Saddleback Church in Lake Forest, California. Tue, 19 Aug 2008 00:52:48 +0000 2008-08-19T005248Z_01_N18278985_RTRUKOC_0_US-MCCAIN.xml http://mobile.reuters.com/mobile/m/FullArticle/CENT/nentertainmentNews_uUSN1848143320080818?src=RSS-ENT DETROIT (Billboard) - Huey Lewis says that coming up with the title song for the hit stoner movie "Pineapple Express" was not necessarily a huge stretch for him and his band, the News. Mon, 18 Aug 2008 23:47:41 +0000 2008-08-18T234741Z_01_N18481433_RTRUKOC_0_US-HUEY.xml http://mobile.reuters.com/mobile/m/FullArticle/CENT/nentertainmentNews_uUSN1846116220080818?src=RSS-ENT NEW YORK (Billboard) - Rock band Wilco hopes to have its seventh studio album out by spring 2009, frontman Jeff Tweedy told Albany, N.Y., radio station WAMC recently. Mon, 18 Aug 2008 23:42:30 +0000 2008-08-18T234230Z_01_N18461162_RTRUKOC_0_US-WILCO.xml