Sunday, March 1, 2009

3/1 msnbc.com: Entertainment




Coen brothers take aim at 'clean coal' in TV ad
March 1, 2009 at 2:22 pm

The moviemaking Coen brothers, who won Academy Awards for "Fargo" and "No Country for Old Men," have turned their sardonic sights on the coal industry.

Iran angered over films 'The Wrestler' and '300'
March 1, 2009 at 2:11 pm

Actresses Annette Bening, left, and Alfre Woodard, right, pose for photographers along with Iranian actress Fatemeh Motamed Arya, prior to start of a seminar "Acting for Film" given by Bening and Woodard, in Tehran, Iran.An adviser to Iran's president wants an apology from a team of visiting Hollywood actors and movie industry officials, including Annette Bening, saying films such as "300" and "The Wrestler" were "insulting" to Iranians.


Aussie cinema chain cancels film over violence
March 1, 2009 at 2:00 pm

A major Australian cinema chain will no longer show a critically acclaimed movie about ethnic-Lebanese gangs at its theaters in Sydney after fighting twice broke out during screenings.

Minnelli says marriage to her 'too hard' for men
March 1, 2009 at 1:51 pm

"It's too hard on any man to be married to a woman like me," Broadway star Liza Minnelli told Parade magazine's Sunday issue.


Bruce Willis being sued for $4 million
March 1, 2009 at 1:36 pm

Actor Bruce Willis and his production company are being sued in Los Angeles for $4 million for breach of contract.


Rihanna's father says he supports her decision
March 1, 2009 at 1:26 pm

An assault allegation and arrest shatter the world of two of music's rising young stars.Learning that his daughter and Chris Brown have reconciled, Rihanna's father says he supports the singer in her decisions. "Whatever road she chooses, I'm behind her," said Ronald Fenty, when reached by telephone on Barbados.


Jonas Brothers surprise fans at NY movie
March 1, 2009 at 1:12 pm

The Jonas Brothers have visited fans on familiar turf, making a surprise appearance at a suburban New York movie theater they visited while growing up.The Jonas Brothers have visited fans on familiar turf, making a surprise appearance at a suburban New York movie theater they visited while growing up.


Best bets: Who's watching the 'Watchmen'?
March 1, 2009 at 1:04 pm

The uber-anticipated "Watchmen" finally hits theaters."Watchmen" finally comes to theaters. Plus" "Breaking Bad" returns to TV, "Australia" hits DVD, U2 releases its next album.


Siegfried and Roy stage comeback
February 28, 2009 at 10:13 pm

Siegfried Fischbacher, left, and Roy Horn arrive at a party in 2008 following the premiere performance of Bette Midler's "The Showgirl Must Go On" at Caesar's Palace hotel and casino in Las Vegas. Illusionists Siegfried and Roy headed back to the stage for a one-night-only comeback performance Saturday, more than five years after a brutal tiger attack ended their careers.


Radio commentator Paul Harvey dies
February 28, 2009 at 9:18 pm

Radio commentator Paul Harvey and his wife, Lynn, hold a street sign bearing his name in Chicago in 1988. Harvey died Saturday in Phoenix at the age of 90. Paul Harvey, the news commentator and talk-radio pioneer whose staccato style made him one of the nation's most familiar voices, died Saturday in Arizona. He was 90.



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