Reuters: Entertainment News

Disney aims to shorten big-screen run for "Alice"

Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:52:56 -0500

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Bob Iger wasn't bluffing. The Disney CEO has been telling Wall Street for months of his plans for studio executives to shorten traditional movie release schedules, and it appears the time has arrived for the first grand experiment.

Stan Lee gives himself a role in "Super Seven"

Wed, 10 Feb 2010 09:20:07 -0500

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Stan Lee, the Marvel Comics legend and chairman and founder of POW! Entertainment, is creating "Super Seven," a multimedia comic book property in which he will appear as a major character.

Cruise takes on "Mission: Impossible IV"

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 20:13:39 -0500

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Paramount Pictures on Tuesday said Tom Cruise will star in a new "Mission: Impossible" movie set for release in 2011 and produced by Cruise and J.J. Abrams.

Academy streamlines process for Oscar winners

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 22:55:44 -0500

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - This year's Oscar winners won't have to put up with delayed gratification.

Hollywood sign gets makeover for fundraising drive

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 20:24:58 -0500

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Hoping to prevent the famed view of the Hollywood sign from being spoiled by development, a group set out on Tuesday to raise $5 million to buy a nearby hilltop peak once owned by billionaire Howard Hughes.

Ellen finds Simon "a challenge" on "Idol"

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 17:11:30 -0500

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - New "American Idol" judge Ellen DeGeneres on Tuesday hinted of fireworks between her and Simon Cowell, and said she'd prefer not to sit next to the acid-tongued Briton in future.

Angelina Jolie visits quake-hit Haiti

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 17:37:10 -0500

PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - Angelina Jolie visited earthquake victims in Haiti on Tuesday in her latest trip to help survivors of conflict and natural disaster as a goodwill envoy for a United Nations agency.

Lil Wayne sentencing postponed, says goodbye to fans

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 16:38:52 -0500

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Rapper Lil Wayne temporarily escaped jail on Tuesday when his sentencing for possessing a gun was postponed on the same day he bid goodbye to fans in a video he posted on the Web.

Louis Gossett Jr. fighting prostate cancer

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 15:05:04 -0500

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Actor Louis Gossett Jr, best known for his Oscar-winning role as the tough drill instructor in "An Officer and a Gentleman", said on Tuesday he was fighting prostate cancer.

Jackson doctor pleads not guilty in singer's death

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 14:44:10 -0500

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The doctor hired to care for Michael Jackson was charged on Monday with killing the pop star after a lengthy investigation that found a lethal cocktail of drugs in the singer's system when he died last year.