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
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
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
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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
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
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
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
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
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 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
