Archive: April 2009 (41-50 of 341)

Apr 27 2009 09:32 PM ET

MGMT settles legal fight with French government

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Categories: Music

The legal battle that started earlier this year concerning indie band MGMT and President Sarkozy’s political party, the Union for a Popular Movement, has come to a close according to a statement released by the band on its website on Friday. After refusing the government’s initial response to pay the band a symbolic one-Euro fee and then threatening to sue, the band agreed to a settlement fee, which they will donate to artists’ rights organizations. The fact that the UPM was in the middle of a legislative battle against filesharing at the time it used the song only added to MGMT’s frustration since the statement reads the band members "believe that access to music benefits both the musicians and the fans."

Apr 27 2009 09:14 PM ET

Fox to air 'Lie to Me' instead of Obama news conference

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Categories: Television

The Fox network announced today that it will not air President Barack Obama’s primetime news conference this Wednesday at 8pm (ET), and will air the regularly scheduled drama Lie to Me instead. It is the first time a major broadcast network has declined Obama’s request to break into the primetime broadcasting schedule. Lie to Me viewers will see an on-screen graphic informing them that sister cable networks Fox News Channel and Fox Business Network will air Obama’s press conference in its entirety.

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Apr 27 2009 08:49 PM ET

Jay Leno's free 'Comedy Stimulus' show attracts thousands

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Categories: Television

Over 2,000 residents of Wilmington, Ohio lined up for tickets for Jay Leno’s upcoming free "Comedy Stimulus" stand-up show there on May 10, reports the Associated Press. The city of 12,000 has been hit hard by the recession, especially after DHL announced plans to pull its U.S. hub out of the area to save money. Leno has already performed free shows in the equally downtrodden Detroit, Mich. area.

Apr 27 2009 08:05 PM ET

'Wolverine' Mexico premiere postponed due to swine flu outbreak

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Categories: Movie Biz, Movies

20th Century Fox has decided to postpone the Wednesday Mexico City premiere of X-Men Origins: Wolverine due to the swine flu crisis, according to People. A rep for 20th Century Fox said, "We were not only concerned about Hugh’s welfare – and we would never send anyone into harm’s way – but we also have an enormous office filled with people we care about. There was no point in proceeding under the current conditions."

Apr 27 2009 07:59 PM ET

Redmond O'Neal allowed to leave jail to visit mother Farrah Fawcett

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Redmond O’Neal was allowed to leave jail for three hours over the weekend to visit his mother Farrah Fawcett, currently battling cancer, according to People. "A sergeant and a deputy drove him to his mother’s home [Saturday] and he’s now back in custody," said L.A. County Sheriff’s spokesman Steve Whitmore. O’Neal is being held until his April 29 hearing, stemming from his most recent arrest for narcotics possession and attempting to bring narcotics into a jail.

Apr 27 2009 01:55 PM ET

Apple iPhone may be available on Verizon next year

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Categories: Tech

Verizon executives have been in "high-level" discussions withApple managers about the possible development of an iPhone for the network, reports USA Today. If materialized, the device, which would be put on the market next year, would mark the first time an iPhone was available on a CDMA wireless network, ( AT&T’s is on GSM). AT&T has exclusive U.S. distribution rights to the iPhone into 2010, though Verizon’s co-owner, Vodafone, already sells the iPhone in Europe.

Apr 27 2009 12:56 PM ET

Timothy Olyphant to star in new FX drama

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Categories: Television

Damages and Deadwood star Timothy Olyphant will headline a new FX drama series based on Elmore Leonard’s short story Fire in the Hole. In the pilot, which remains untitled, Olyphant will play a U.S. Marshal who goes back home to Kentucky. "He is like an anachronism: He wears a hat, cowboy boots anda holster on his hip," exec producer Graham Yost told The Hollywood Reporter. "It’s a little bit like he was born 100 yearstoo late." Production on the project is set to begin at the end of May.

Apr 27 2009 12:42 PM ET

MTV to air fashion-centric reality series

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Categories: Television

MTV plans to launch a new fashion-competition series with the producers behind The Real World, Bunim-Murray. According to The Hollywood Reporter, The Stylist will pit budding clothing stylists against each other to compete for a contract with a major agency. No premiere date has been announced yet. 

Apr 27 2009 12:26 PM ET

'Mad Men' wins BAFTA TV award

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Categories: Television

The AMC period drama continued its award-winning streak at Sunday’s BAFTA TV awards when it took home the prize for best international show— beating out Dexter, The Wire, and The Daily Show with Jon Stewart— reports Variety. The ceremony, which took place at the London Royal Festival Hall, also handed out trophies to BBC series Criminal Justice for best serial drama and The X-Factor for best entertainment.

Apr 27 2009 09:32 AM ET

'Videodrome' remake in the works

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Categories: Movies

Universal is set to remake its 1983 thriller Videodrome. Original writer and director David Cronenberg is not currently attached to the project, which, according to Variety, will "modernize the concept [of the original film], infuse it with the possibilities of nano-technology and blow it up into a large-scale sci-fi action thriller."

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