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Football and TV star Merlin Olsen dies, age 69 Posted 36 minutes ago

Former star NFL football player Merlin Olsen

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Football star turned actor Merlin Olsen, who was a member of the Los Angeles Rams' defensive line nicknamed the "Fearsome Foursome," died on Thursday of cancer at age 69. Olsen died at a Los Angeles hospital, his alma mater, Utah State University, said in a statement on ...More

Betty White set to host "Saturday Night Live" Posted 1 hour, 3 minutes ago

White speaks after receiving a lifetime achievement award at the 16th annual Screen Actors Guild Awa

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - After weeks of speculation, octogenarian actress and "Golden Girl" Betty White is taking her motherly brand of humor to sketch comedy show "Saturday Night Live," the show's producers said on Thursday. White, 88, is a six-time winner of the top U.S. television awards, the Emmys ...More

O'Brien shakes off "Tonight Show," hits the road Posted 2 hours, 24 minutes ago

Talk show host Conan O'Brien hosts the 54th annual Emmy Awards in Los Angeles September 22, 2002...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Former late-night talk show host Conan O'Brien on Thursday unveiled plans to poke fun at being barred from television in a live comedy show that will tour U.S. and Canadian theaters starting next month. The 30-city tour, titled "Legally Prohibited From Being Funny on Television ...More

Pink Floyd wins UK court battle with EMI label Posted 7 hours, 46 minutes ago

An inflatable pig with an environmental message floats above the Live Earth New York concert during

By Mike Collett-White LONDON (Reuters) - British rock band Pink Floyd won its court battle with EMI on Thursday with a ruling that prevents the record company from selling single downloads on the Internet from the group's concept albums. The outcome of a dispute over the level of royalties the ...More

ABC places "Trust" in Mark Burnett game-show pilot Posted 15 hours, 59 minutes ago

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Mark Burnett is back in the game-show business, two months after one of his projects was scuttled by Fox amid allegations that it might have been rigged. The man behind "Survivor" and "The Apprentice" has received a pilot order from ABC for "Trust Me, I'm ...More

Steve Martin watching birds in "Big Year" comedy Posted 18 hours, 27 minutes ago

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Steve Martin's big year is getting even bigger. The recent Oscar co-host and Grammy winner is in negotiations to go bird-watching in "The Big Year" alongside Jack Black and Owen Wilson. The Fox comedy, which starts filming in May in Canada, is about three men ...More

Clint Eastwood eyes J. Edgar Hoover project Posted 18 hours, 42 minutes ago

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Clint Eastwood is lining up his next directing project, a biopic of FBI director J. Edgar Hoover, the nation's No. 1 crimefighter for almost 50 years. Hoover was instrumental in founding the FBI in 1935, having headed its predecessor agency since 1924, and turned it ...More

Madonna to launch fashion lines Posted 18 hours, 44 minutes ago

U.S. singer Madonna waves to fans as she arrives at Bandeirantes Palace to meet Sao Paulo's governor

BANGALORE (Reuters) - It appears the Material Girl will be getting a lot more material. Pop star Madonna and Iconix Brand Group on Wednesday unveiled a joint venture to launch fashion brands globally, starting with a juniors collection to be sold at Macy's department stores this August. The company, MG ...More

Tribeca unveils film lineup, Spitzer in spotlight Posted 19 hours, 1 minute ago

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Tribeca Film Festival on Wednesday unveiled its first group of films for April's event, including one documentary about the prostitution scandal that brought down former New York governor Eliot Spitzer. The as yet untitled nonfiction film by director Alex Gibney, whose "Taxi to the Dark ...More

New Matt Damon movie may bring Iraq war into mainstream Posted 22 hours, 30 minutes ago

Actor Damon poses for photographers as he arrives at the World Premiere of "Green Zone" in New York

NEW YORK (Reuters) - They conjured box office magic with their "Bourne" spy movies, but Matt Damon and Paul Greengrass risk their reputation as sure-fire hitmakers when the Iraq war thriller "Green Zone" debuts on Friday. The action movie, which reunites A-list actor Damon and Greengrass, an accomplished director, aims to ...More

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