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Studios spend more to market fewer movies

Thu, 29 May 2008 17:56:17 +0000

Reuters - “We’re on a diet,” brags one studio chief. He’s right, according to the latest numbers from Nielsen Monitor-Plus. Money spent by major studios on media buys dipped in 2007 to under $3.4 billion, compared with $3.5 billion in 2006.

45 advance to final day of National Spelling Bee

Thu, 29 May 2008 16:22:00 +0000

AP - No one has mastered the look of spelling bee despair better than 10-year-old Veronica Penny.

Steven Tyler goes to rehab for ‘quiet environment’

Thu, 29 May 2008 16:17:00 +0000

AP - Steven Tyler checked into a rehab facility in search of a “safe environment” to recover from several foot surgeries and physical therapy, the Aerosmith frontman said in a statement Thursday.

‘The Foot Fist Way’ star fits the season

Thu, 29 May 2008 16:00:00 +0000

AP - In a summer of unlikely movie stars fighting pandas, drunken superheroes, aging archaeologists Danny McBride is a perfect fit.

Harvey Korman dies 4 months after aneurysm

Thu, 29 May 2008 15:56:00 +0000

AP - Harvey Korman, the tall, versatile comedian who won four Emmys for his outrageously funny contributions to “The Carol Burnett Show” and on the big screen in “Blazing Saddles,” died Thursday. He was 81.

‘Carol Burnett’ star Harvey Korman dies at 81

Thu, 29 May 2008 15:56:00 +0000

Lawyer: Spears ‘not yet fit’ to take part in case

Thu, 29 May 2008 15:48:00 +0000

AP - Britney Spears is not yet fit to participate in court proceedings in her conservatorship case, her lawyer has told a Los Angeles Superior Court commissioner.

“Star Trek” theme composer Alexander Courage dies

Thu, 29 May 2008 15:45:00 +0000

AP - Alexander “Sandy” Courage, an Emmy-winning and Academy Award-nominated arranger, orchestrator and composer who created the otherworldly theme for the classic “Star Trek” TV show, has died. He was 88.

Tenor Marcello Giordani cancels performances

Thu, 29 May 2008 15:44:00 +0000

AP - Tenor Marcello Giordani is canceling his performances through July because of a recurrence of a herniated disk.

Actor Harvey Korman dies in Los Angeles

Thu, 29 May 2008 15:32:00 +0000

AP - A UCLA Medical Center spokeswoman says actor Harvey Korman has died.