http://hotspotblog.com Blog about Hot Spots worldwide and Hot Spot news Thu, 29 May 2008 17:56:17 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 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. http://hotspotblog.com/hot-spot-blog-news/studios-spend-more-to-market-fewer-movies/ AP - No one has mastered the look of spelling bee despair better than 10-year-old Veronica Penny. http://hotspotblog.com/hot-spot-blog-news/45-advance-to-final-day-of-national-spelling-bee/ 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. http://hotspotblog.com/hot-spot-blog-news/steven-tyler-goes-to-rehab-for-quiet-environment/ AP - In a summer of unlikely movie stars fighting pandas, drunken superheroes, aging archaeologists Danny McBride is a perfect fit. http://hotspotblog.com/hot-spot-blog-news/the-foot-fist-way-star-fits-the-season/ 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. http://hotspotblog.com/hot-spot-blog-news/harvey-korman-dies-4-months-after-aneurysm/ 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. http://hotspotblog.com/hot-spot-blog-news/carol-burnett-star-harvey-korman-dies-at-81/ 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. http://hotspotblog.com/hot-spot-blog-news/lawyer-spears-not-yet-fit-to-take-part-in-case/ 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. http://hotspotblog.com/hot-spot-blog-news/star-trek-theme-composer-alexander-courage-dies/ AP - Tenor Marcello Giordani is canceling his performances through July because of a recurrence of a herniated disk. http://hotspotblog.com/hot-spot-blog-news/tenor-marcello-giordani-cancels-performances/ AP - A UCLA Medical Center spokeswoman says actor Harvey Korman has died. http://hotspotblog.com/hot-spot-blog-news/actor-harvey-korman-dies-in-los-angeles/