Archive: August 2010 (21-30 of 178)

Aug 27 2010 04:29 PM ET

'Top Chef' winner Harold Dieterle to wed

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Harold Dieterle, the winner of the first season of Top Chef, will wed fiancé Meredith Lynn Davies on Sept. 4, People reports. The couple met at an after-party during the Food & Wine Classic in Aspen, Colo. Dieterle currently owns Perilla, a restaurant in New York City, and plans to open another establishment, Kin Shop, following his wedding.

Aug 27 2010 03:29 PM ET

Whoopi Goldberg quits 'Sister Act' musical following mother's stroke

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Categories: Misc., Stage

Whoopi Goldberg has left the London production of the musical Sister Act after her mother had a stroke, according to the AP. Goldberg, who plays the role of Mother Superior in the show and is also one of its producers, was due to depart at the end of this month.

Aug 27 2010 01:54 PM ET

Leonardo DiCaprio's request for restraining order against woman is granted by judge

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Categories: Lawsuits, Movies

Leonardo DiCaprio has been granted a temporary restraining order by a Los Angeles judge against a woman who the Inception star says is claiming to be his wife. Superior Court Judge Carol Boas Goodson granted the order against Livia Bistriceanu, 41, of Chicago, on Wednesday, according to the AP. DiCaprio had written in a sworn statement that he is “frightened of Ms. Bistriceanu and feel that my personal safety, and the personal safety of those around me, is in jeopardy.”

Aug 27 2010 11:49 AM ET

Julio Iglesias marries longtime girlfriend

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Categories: Weddings

Spanish singer Julio Iglesias, 66, married Dutch model Miranda Rijnsburger on Tuesday, according to People. The two have been together for the past two decades. Iglesias wed Rijnsburger at the Virgen del Carmen church in Marbella, Spain. The couple has five children together. The last was born in 2007, when Rijnsburger was 41.

Aug 27 2010 09:13 AM ET

Blockbuster may file for bankruptcy next month

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Categories: Movies

Blockbuster Inc. is preparing to file for bankruptcy in mid-September, according to sources who spoke to the LA Times. The company will reportedly use its time in Chapter 11 to restructure nearly $1 billion in debt and close stores. Blockbuster already closed nearly 1,000 stores in the past year. 

Blockbuster first announced the possibility of a bankruptcy filing in March, when it reported “significant liquidity constraints” due to competition from DVD-by-mail company Netflix Inc. and DVD vending machines operated by Coinstar Inc., the parent company of Redbox.

Also: PopWatch: Life after Blockbuster. We’ll survive.

Aug 27 2010 05:55 AM ET

Chris Brown's probation going 'very well,' according to judge

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Categories: Music

Superior Court Judge Patricia Schnegg, who is overseeing music star Chris Brown’s probation for beating ex-girlfriend Rihanna, said yesterday that the R&B star is doing “very well” on probation, according to the AP. “You’re doing a great job,” Schnegg told him. Brown, 21, did not speak during the brief hearing, where it was revealed that he has been working consistently to satisfy his six-month community labor sentence. The singer was sentenced to five years of probation and six months of community labor after assaulting then-girlfriend and pop star Rihanna in February 2009 after a pre-Grammy Awards party.

Aug 26 2010 06:54 PM ET

'American Idol' producers say their pitch is perfect

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American Idol producers released a statement today denying that any voice-altering software has been used to change the performances of the show’s contestants, according to the AP. Nobody has accused the Fox show of using pitch-correcting technology, but former AI judge Simon Cowell’s latest talent search program, The X Factor, has stirred up controversy in Britain over post-production tweaking.

Read more:
Simon Cowell bans use of Auto-Tune on ‘X-Factor’

Aug 26 2010 06:51 PM ET

Man charged with attempting to break into Paris Hilton's home

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Following his arrest Tuesday, 31-year-old Nathan Lee Parada was charged today with attempted residential burglary after he attempted to break into Paris Hilton’s home in Los Angeles. Reuters reports that it is unknown whether Hilton was specifically targeted. Parada could be handed a six-year prison sentence, if convicted.

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Armed man arrested outside Paris Hilton’s home

Aug 26 2010 05:28 PM ET

'Little People, Big World' final season premiering Sept. 6

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TLC confirmed in a press release that the sixth season of Little People, Big World will be the series’ last. The show, which chronicles the lives of the Roloff family, debuted back in 2006.  “Through Little People, Big World, the Roloffs have touched the hearts and enlightened the minds of millions of people worldwide,” TLC President and GM Eileen O’Neill said in a press release. “Its groundbreaking premiere introduced us all to the realities of being a little person, and we thank Matt & Amy and their family for their courage and willingness to share their lives.”

The finale season will premiere Sept. 6.

Aug 26 2010 01:47 PM ET

FCC challenges ruling on 'fleeting expletives'

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Today, the U.S. Federal Communications Commission asked the U.S. Second Circuit Court of Appeals in New York to reconsider its ruling against their indecency policy on “fleeting expletives” heard on broadcasts, Reuters reports.

On July 13, the Second Circuit Court determined the policy was unconstitutionally vague, ruling that it threatened other acceptable speech. Fox and CBS Broadcasting are among others who challenged a 2004 FCC ruling that on-air expletives that were not bleeped out were punishable offenses.

FCC General Counsel Austin Schlick said the panel’s decision against the FCC “threatens to have a wide-ranging adverse impact on the FCC’s ability to enforce federal statutory restrictions on the broadcast of indecent material.”

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