Google will introduce a new cloud-based music player at Google I/O, the company’s developers conference, according to a report by the New York Times. The service (which will initially be invitation-only) will be called Music Beta, and will allow users to store music online and even stream their songs on Android-powered smartphones and tablets. It will directly compete with Amazon’s Cloud Player, which can also run on Droid devices. However, after months of negotiations, it now appears that Google will launch Music Beta without the cooperation of music labels, which means users won’t be able to share their music with other people or purchase music directly from Google.
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May 10
2011
09:56 AM ET
Microsoft buys Skype for $8.5 billion
Microsoft has agreed to purchase Skype for $8.5 billion in cash, according to the software giant. “Skype is a phenomenal service that is loved by millions of people around the world,” said Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer. “Together we will create the future of real-time communications so people can easily stay connected to family, friends, clients and colleagues anywhere in the world.”
May 10
2011
03:14 AM ET
Arnold Schwarzenegger and Maria Shriver announce separation
Arnold Schwarzenegger and Maria Shriver announced late Monday that they are separating after 25 years of marriage, People reports. The news comes five months after Schwarzenegger ended his second term as the Republican governor of California. In a joint statement, Schwarzenegger, 63, and Shriver, 55, say that they have been living through “a time of great personal and professional transition,” and that they are currently living apart “while we work on the future of our relationship.” The couple have four children together, aged from 14 to 21.
Schwarzenegger has been in the news the last few months for a different reason, as he decides how he will transition back to show-business after nearly eight years in politics, including the character-based thriller Cry Macho and a possible return to the Terminator franchise that first made him a superstar. Last month, he announced in the pages of EW that his first project would be the animated series The Governator, which posited that after ending his career in the governor’s mansion, Schwarzenegger became a high-tech, crime-fighting superhero. “We’re using all the personal elements of Arnold’s life,” explained co-creator Stan Lee. “We’re using his wife [Maria Shriver]. We’re using his kids. We’re using the fact that he used to be governor.” Schwarzenegger, however, confessed that, as of six weeks ago, Shriver was unaware she was going to be a character on the show. “I have never had a conversation with Maria about any of this,” the former governor said. “It will be a big surprise for her.” (Reporting by Benjamin Svetkey)
Read more:
EW cover story: The Return of Arnold
EW cover story: Q&A with Arnold Schwarzenegger
Arnold Schwarzenegger eyeing return to ‘Terminator’ franchise, but he needs to see a script first
Arnold Schwarzenegger talks about ‘Cry Macho’ in EW’s exclusive interview
May 9
2011
04:21 PM ET
Alicia Silverstone, husband welcome first child
Clueless star Alicia Silverstone has given birth to her first child, People reports. The actress and husband Christopher Jarecki have welcomed a baby boy, named Bear Blu Jarecki. The couple has been married since 2005. “Mom and Dad are completely in love” with their “beautiful baby boy,” the actress’ rep said in a statement.
May 8
2011
10:00 PM ET
Actress Dana Wynter dies at 79
Actress Dana Wynter, 79, died May 5 of congestive heart failure at a hospital in Ojai, Calif., the Washington Post reports. Wynter starred in 1956 sci-fi classic Invasion of the Body Snatchers. The B-movie was her first as a leading lady and earned critical acclaim.
In addition to her work on the silver screen, Wynter thrived on television, appearing on The F.B.I., Medical Center, and Cannon.
May 7
2011
03:33 PM ET
David Beckham involved in minor car accident
According to People, the soccer star was involved in a freeway car accident with a stalled vehicle on Friday near Torrence, CA. “Mr. Beckham’s black Cadillac SUV collided with the rear of a gold Mitsubishi in the carpool lane,” says Jennifer Connolly, spokesperson for California Highway Patrol. Beckham was uninjured and, according to officials, neither cited nor arrested. The other driver was taken to a nearby hospital with complaints of minor neck pain.
May 7
2011
01:15 AM ET
Sada Thompson of 'Family' dies at 83
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Sada Thompson, the TV and stage actress best known for playing a no-nonsense mom in the ABC drama Family, died of lung disease, the Los Angeles Times reports. The actress, who lived in Southbury, Conn., was 83.
Thompson earned four Emmy nominations — and won in 1978 – for her memorable role as Kate Lawrence on Family. The immensely relatable drama, which also starred Meredith Baxter and Kristy McNichol, aired on ABC from 1976 to 1980.
Baxter, who played Thompson’s older daughter Nancy in the series, released this statement to the Times: “It saddens me greatly that she’s gone. She was a formidable teacher and a wonderful woman. I admired her greatly.”
Thompson also earned Obie and Drama Desk awards for her role in “The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds,” which opened off-Broadway in 1970. She made numerous TV appearances after Family made her a household name, including guest-starring roles in The Love Boat, Father Dowling Mysteries, Cheers and Law & Order.
May 6
2011
12:20 PM ET
Paul McCartney engaged to Nancy Shevell
Well, this is an engagement that should be more accepted than his betrothal to Heather Mills: Former Beatle Paul McCartney has proposed to Nancy Shevell, his girlfriend of four years, People reports from a source. The pair began dating in the Hamptons in 2007. And though they are 17 years apart, People‘s source says age ain’t nothing but a number for the couple. “They have the right chemistry,” says the source. “They’re both cool, chilled out, and optimistic.” McCartney was previously married to model Mills; the rock legend was also married to photographer Linda McCartney for nearly 30 years before she died of breast cancer in 1998.
May 6
2011
12:15 PM ET
Baby Spice Emma Bunton has appropriately aged, real baby
Emma Bunton, one-fifth of the 1990s pop group the Spice Girls, has given birth to her second child, named Tate, according to her Twitter. The singer — who, as a Spice Girl, was labeled Baby Spice, thanks to her youthful wardrobe — also has a 3-year-old son, Beau, with her fiancé, chef Jade Jones. “Our beautiful son Tate has arrived safe and sound!” Bunton tweeted. “We are all so happy and excited. Thanks and love to you all.”
May 5
2011
09:59 PM ET
Arthur Laurents, writer of 'West Side Story' and 'Gypsy,' has died at 93
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Arthur Laurents — an award-winning playwright, screenwriter, and director who penned the books of watershed musicals West Side Story and Gypsy — died on Thursday due to complications from pneumonia. He was 93. (Deadline first broke the news.) Born in Brooklyn, Laurents wrote training films during World War II, and transitioned to playwriting after the war, finding his first success with 1945′s Home of the Brave, a play about anti-semitism in the armed services. His first major hits, though, were the musicals West Side Story (1957) and Gypsy (1959). Laurents directed Broadway revivals for both shows — Gypsy in 1974 and again in 1989 and 2008, and West Side Story in 2009, when he was 91. He won the Tony for Best Direction for the 1983 Broadway musical La Cage aux Folles.
In film, Laurents wrote the Alfred Hitchcock 1948 thriller Rope, which starred his then-lover Farley Granger, as well as the films Anastasia (1956), Bonjour tristesse (1958), The Way We Were (1973) and The Turning Point (1977), the last of which was nominated for Best Picture.
Most recently, Laurents had signed onto a prospective feature film version of Gypsy starring Barbra Streisand. His partner of over 50 years, actor and real estate developer Tom Hatcher, passed away in 2006.
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