Category: "entertainment"

MTV apologizes for "Jersey Shore" segment (Reuters)

Reuters – MTV has issued an apology to a gay-rights group for a segment during last week’s “Jersey Shore” reunion special.

read more

Howard Stern exit wouldn’t impact Sirius, analyst (Reuters)

Reuters – With apologies to the Clash — a band heard frequently on Sirius XM’s ’80s channels — should he stay or should he go?

read more

`Law & Order’ finds real handgun during filming (AP)

AP – The discovery of a real gun brought real police officers to “Law & Order: Los Angeles” during location filming.

read more

Taylor Swift sells more than 1M copies of new CD (AP)

AP – Taylor Swift fans have spoken — more than a million times. The country-pop superstar sold more than 1 million copies of her new album “Speak Now” to debut at the top of the Billboard album chart this week. Billboard.com said Wednesday that i…

read more

"Fiddler on the Roof" composer Jerry Bock dies at 81 (Reuters)

Reuters – Jerry Bock, the Tony-winning composer who wrote the score to “Fiddler on the Roof” and several other musicals, died Wednesday of heart failure, his friend and lawyer Richard Ticktin told Playbill.com. He was 81.

read more

Chris Brown Drops 2 Videos: One With Bow Wow “Aint Thinkin’ About You!” & One With T.I. “Get Back Up” (T.I. Talking About Going Back To Jail) [Video]

Chris Brown & Bow Wow Click Here To See Chris Brown And TI’s New Video For “Get Back Up” On HipHopWired!!

read more

‘Despicable’ on way to $500 million worldwide (AP)

AP – “Despicable Me” continues to wow family audiences in 23 international territories, earning an impressive $19.1 million this past weekend, well on its way to a $500 million worldwide gross.

read more

Stan Lee: First Hand Impressions of the Comic Book Legend (associatedcontent)

associatedcontent – During the last weekend of October, I was granted access to comic creator Stan Lee that few ever have. Due to my all-access press pass for the Detroit FanFare comic book convention, I had the opportunity to spend more time around hi…

read more

“Thank Me Later” Stressed Poor Drizzy Out… But He Says He’s A Better Rapper Now

As great as Drake and the million plus people who bought it thought his debut album was, Drizzy says “Thank Me Later” was no “So Far Gone.” And he knows why. In an interview following his Houston show last Friday, Drake spoke on what he felt was the biggest difference between his debut album and [...]

read more

‘Fiddler On the Roof’ composer Jerry Bock dies (AP)

AP – Jerry Bock, who composed the music to some of the most memorable shows in Broadway history, including the melodies for “Fiorello!” and “Fiddler on the Roof,” has died. He was 81.

read more