Arts & Ent. Features | March 16, 2010
Jackson estate, Sony Music ink 7-year deal
LOS ANGELES — Administrators of Michael Jackson's estate and his longtime record label, Sony Music Entertainment, Monday announced a seven-year distribution deal for as many as 10 new Jackson projects, including unreleased recordings, DVDs and perhaps even video games, valued at as much as $250 million.
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Arts & Ent. Features | March 16, 2010
LEGENDS AT LAST
Rock Hall inducts 2010 class
NEW YORK — An English band steeped in harmony, a reggae pioneer, progressive rockers who thrived despite a defection, four Swedes who combined their nation's traditions with their rock heroes and a man who prowled a ballroom floor singing "I Wanna Be Your Dog" wouldn't seem to have much in common.
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Arts & Ent. Features | March 16, 2010
Stalker of ESPN reporter sentenced to prison time
LOS ANGELES — An Illinois insurance executive who secretly shot nude videos of ESPN reporter Erin Andrews was sentenced Monday to 2Z\x years in prison after giving a tearful apology that was harshly rebuked by his victim.
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Arts & Ent. Features | March 15, 2010
Graves, leader on 'Impossible' TV series, dies
LOS ANGELES — Peter Graves, whose calm and intelligent demeanor was a good fit to the intrigue of "Mission Impossible" as well as the satire of the "Airplane" films, has died.
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Arts & Ent. Features | March 15, 2010
Symphony features plenty of young talent
BUTLER TWP — Butler County Symphony Orchestra's "Modern America" concert Saturday night might better have been named the "Soon-to-be Super Stars" concert.
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Movie Reviews | March 15, 2010
'Alice' extends No. 1 stay
LOS ANGELES — Alice is still ruling the movie palace. "Alice in Wonderland" easily remained the No. 1 weekend draw. Estimated ticket sales were:
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Movie Reviews | March 13, 2010
'She's Out of My League' takes title too literally
Remember the hoo-ha over whether Seth Rogen and Katherine Heigl made a believable couple in Judd Apatow's "Knocked Up"?
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Movie Reviews | March 13, 2010
'Our Family Wedding' surpasses stereotype
One enters a movie like "Our Family Wedding" bracing for cheesiness.
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Arts & Ent. Features | March 13, 2010
Fawcett omission was no accident
LOS ANGELES — The executive director of the film academy said Farrah Fawcett wasn't included in the Academy Awards' In Memoriam segment because the actress was better known as a TV star.
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Arts & Ent. Features | March 13, 2010
Brooks & Dunn rope in stars
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Brooks & Dunn landed a star-studded lineup for their "Last Rodeo" concert special to be filmed following the Academy of Country Music Awards in Las Vegas.
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Arts & Ent. Features | March 13, 2010
Underwood's 'Play On Tour' goes for huge spectacle
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — After selling more than 1 million tickets to her last concert tour, Carrie Underwood is aiming higher this time.
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Arts & Ent. Features | March 12, 2010
'Idol' pares down to 12 contestants
LOS ANGELES — Teen power won out on "American Idol" as Katie Stevens claimed a place in the top 12 while a more experienced singer got the ax.
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Arts & Ent. Features | March 11, 2010
Drugs haunted Haim
LOS ANGELES — Corey Haim's story is sadly familiar in Hollywood: A teen talent who discovered drugs as he tasted his first success and whose personal problems increased as his star-power faded.
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Arts & Ent. Features | March 11, 2010
'Big Mike' draws tears, cheers on 'American Idol'
LOS ANGELES — Michael "Big Mike" Lynche made Kara DioGuardi cry and turned the rest of the "American Idol" judges giddy with a moving performance of "This Woman's Work."
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Arts & Ent. Features | March 11, 2010
3-D boosts box office worldwide
LOS ANGELES — The appeal of 3-D movies helped boost movie ticket sales by nearly 8 percent to a record $29.9 billion worldwide in 2009, according to the Motion Picture Association of America.
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