Archive: June 2009 (181-190 of 373)

Jun 17 2009 07:52 AM ET

Mia Farrow's brother found dead in his home

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Actress Mia Farrow's brother has been found dead at his home in Vermont, People.com is reporting. The body of Patrick Farrow, 66, was discovered by police Monday night after they responded to an emergency call from an unidentified woman at his home. In a statement, Vermont State Police Lt. Timothy Oliver said the death was considered "suspicious" and that the body was "being sent to the office of the chief medical examiner for autopsy to determine cause and manner of death." Last December, Mia Farrow's 35-year-old daughter, Lark Previn, died after a long illness. Patrick was Mia's older brother and an acclaimed sculptor. He was married to artist Susan Farrow, and together the couple ran the Farrow Gallery in Vermont.

Jun 17 2009 06:45 AM ET

Brad Paisley, Taylor Swift top CMT Music Awards

Categories: Music

Brad Paisley took home three buckles, and Taylor Swift two, to lead the winners list for the fan-voted 2009 CMT Music Awards.

– Video of the Year: Taylor Swift's "Love Story" directed by Trey Fanjoy
– Male Video of the Year: Brad Paisley's "Waitin' on a Woman"
– Female Video of the Year: Taylor Swift's "Love Story"
– Group Video of the Year: Rascal Flatts' "Every Day"
– Duo Video of the Year: Sugarland's "All I Want to Do"
– USA Weekend Breakthrough Video of the Year: Zack Brown Band's "Chicken Fried"
– Collaborative Video of the Year: Brad Paisley's "Start a Band" featuring Keith Urban
– CMT Performance of the Year: Alan Jackson, George Strait, Dierks Bentley, and Brad Paisley — "Country Boy" from CMT Giants: Alan Jackson
– Wide Open Country Video of the Year: Kid Rock's "All Summer Long"
– Video Director of the Year: Trey Fanjoy, Taylor Swift's "Love Story"

Read more:
EW's backstage live blog of the 2009 CMT Music Awards
EW's best and worst of the 2009 CMT Music Awards broadcast

Jun 17 2009 12:10 AM ET

'Jon & Kate Plus Eight': Ratings drop further from season premiere

Categories: Television

Monday's episode of TLC's Jon & Kate Plus Eight – which featured a special visit to American Chopper – was seen by 2.9 million viewers, down 31 percent from last week, according to The Hollywood Reporter. It was also way down from the show's fifth-season premiere, which attracted a staggering 9.8 million viewers on May 25. The reality program typically averaged 2.9 million viewers during its fourth season.

Jun 17 2009 12:04 AM ET

Greg Kinnear, Kelly Preston join Miley Cyrus in 'The Last Song'

Categories: Movie Biz

Greg Kinnear and Kelly Preston will play Miley Cyrus' parents in Disney's forthcoming Nicholas Sparks adaptation TheLast Song, according to Variety. Cyrus is to play a teen who is sent to spend the summer with herestranged father. Sparks is writing the screenplay based on a book (due out this fall) that he wrote specifically as a vehicle for the Hannah Montana star. Julie Anne Robinson is helming the film, which is set to bow in January.

After wrapping production this fall, Cyrus will embark on another concert tour and return to the Disney Channel to shoot the fourth and final season of Hannah Montana.

Jun 16 2009 11:18 PM ET

Shia LaBeouf on 'Indiana Jones 5': Is it really 'gearing up'?

Categories: Movie Biz

Shia LaBeouf sounds pretty confident there will be a fifth Indiana Jones movie, telling the BBC that Steven Spielberg had "cracked the story" for a fifth movie and that "they're gearing that up." Sources close to the project tell EW, however, that no deals have been sealed yet.

Jun 16 2009 10:11 PM ET

'America's Got Talent': Piers Morgan promises Susan Boyle-type performers

Categories: Television

America's Got Talent judge Piers Morgan spoke with reporters on Tuesday and promised that the new season of the NBC show will both honor — and reflect — the Susan Boyle phenomenon. "From the time [Britain's Got Talent] aired in Britain, thousands more people auditioned in America. She had a big effect on auditions," Morgan said of the U.S. version that debuts June 23. "There will be two or three acts who could have the same impact. After one group performs, there won't be a dry eye in the house." 

But there's no replacement for the chanteuse herself, which is why Morgan plans to extend an invite to Boyle to appear on the show. "If she's up for it, what a moment that can be," he says. (An NBC spokesperson tells EW that producers are looking into inviting Boyle on the show.)

Morgan also insisted that he, along with fellow celebrity judges David Hasselhoff and Sharon Osbourne, won't know the identity of the contestants before they come on stage, as was the case on Britian's Got Talent. "If we knew Susan Boyle had a voice like an angel, we wouldn't have been condescending to her," he said of his time judging the U.K. version with Simon Cowell and Amanda Holden. "It's very important to the integrity of the show that the judges not get any warning."

Although Morgan ended up apologizing to Boyle on camera for being too dismissive of her first performance, he doesn't plan to say or do anything differently on the U.S. version if another eccentric (i.e. unconventional-looking) crooner appears center stage. "We try not to sanitize it too much," he explained. "This is an old-fashioned variety talent show. No one is forcing people or holding a gun to their head. And I've never seen evidence of people coming away from the show damaged psychologically."

Jun 16 2009 08:50 PM ET

It's business as usual at Last.fm despite the founders' decision to leave

Categories: Music

On Wednesday the founders of Last.fm announced they are leaving the site two years after selling the digital music platform to CBS. But Last.fm users need not worry about its future according to David Goodman, President of the CBS Interactive Music Group. "We’re hopefully going to do a good job of continuing their vision and growing the audience and the site's applications" he told EW. Goodman also strongly denied there was any truth to an earlier news story which alleged Last.fm had given users’ data to the RIAA. “It is a total hoo-ha-ha,” he insisted. “It doesn’t even deserve a comment any more.”

Jun 16 2009 04:15 PM ET

MySpace lays off hundreds

Categories: Tech

Social networking behemoth MySpace announced today that it's laying off around 30 percent of its employees, reducing its domestic roster to 1,000. In the face of declining pageviews and increased competition, the company is returning to a "start-up culture," according to a press release.

Jun 16 2009 02:59 PM ET

Lindsay Lohan photo shoot ends with missing jewels

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Dior earrings and a necklace estimated to be worth $400,000 have gone missing after Lindsay Lohan wore them for an Elle U.K. photo shoot. Police confirm to People that the jewels were reported as missing on June 8, two days after Lohan posed in them. A spokeswoman for the magazine released a statement saying, "Elle has no reason to believe that Lindsay Lohan was in any way responsible and has no further comment to make." Lohan's rep tells the magazine, "We inquired and everyone from the shoot is being questioned. Hair, make up, stylist…even photographers. Lindsay hopes they find the jewels. She is happy to cooperate."

Jun 16 2009 02:28 PM ET

Sarah Palin accepts David Letterman's apology

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Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin has released a statement accepting David Letterman's apology for telling what he called a "coarse joke" about Palin's daughter last week, a joke that has prompted an onslaught of public debate and outraged appearances by the former vice presidential candidate. After Letterman used a large chunk of his Monday night show for a public apology, Palin responded, according to ABC News: "Of course it's accepted on behalf of young women, like my daughters,who hope men who 'joke' about public displays of sexual exploitation ofgirls will soon evolve. Letterman certainly has the right to 'joke' aboutwhatever he wants to, and thankfully we have the right to express ourreaction. And this is all thanks to our U.S. military women and menputting their lives on the line for us to secure America's right tofree speech — in this case, may that right be used to promote equalityand respect."

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