Whoopi for India.Arie's Broadway Debut (E! Online)
E! Online - India.Arie isn't just the average girl from your "Video" anymore. More »
Hurt and Heard down by the "River" (Reuters)
Reuters - William Hurt and Amber Heard have joined "The River Why," an adaptation of the 1983 Sierra Club novel by David James Duncan. More »
"X-Files" creator embarking on covert operation (Reuters)
Reuters - Chris Carter, the creator of "The X-Files," knows a thing or two about secrets. So it's no surprise that he has managed to keep his latest film project under wraps for so long. More »
Celebs Dish Up Diet Secrets, Inferiority Complexes (E! Online)
E! Online - Here's what we love: TV Guide, the magazine devoted to sitting on our butts watching TV wants to give us tips for getting in shape. More »
Barack Obama buzz sweeps through BET Awards (AP)
AP - Barack Obama didn't attend the BET Awards, but that didn't stop attendees from talking about him. More »
Rapper Kanye West wins two prizes at BET Awards (Reuters)
Reuters - Rap star Kanye West picked up two prizes on Tuesday at the BET Awards, an event honoring black recording artists, actors and athletes, while Alicia Keys was one of several stars who used the occasion to salute presidential contender Barack Obama. More »
Kanye Feels the T-Pain at BET Awards (E! Online)
E! Online - T-Pain has a knack for showing up in the right place at the right time. More »
Will Smith comes to rescue of flawed "Hancock" (Reuters)
Reuters - Will Smith's powers are even more extraordinary than those of a caped crusader who can leap way beyond the tallest buildings in a single bound. More »
'Valkyrie' portrait flap was mistaken photo ID (AP)
AP - What looked at first like another PR blow to "Valkyrie," the twice-delayed Tom Cruise film based on the true story of a German officer who plotted to assassinate Hitler, turned out to be a case of mistaken photo identity. More »
Obama Rallies Hollywood (E! Online)
E! Online - Hollywood is going wild for Sen. Barack Obama right now. More »
Coldplay debut at No. 1 on U.S. album chart (Reuters)
Reuters - British rock band Coldplay's new album debuted at No. 1 on the U.S. pop music chart on Tuesday, largely bucking the sales slides that have affected other musicians, the group's label said on Tuesday. More »
Chris Brown, Kobe Bryant early winners at BET Awards (AP)
AP - Usher opened Tuesday's BET Awards with a bang — literally. More »
HBO plans encores programs of George Carlin comedy (Reuters)
Reuters - In a tribute to irreverent comedian George Carlin who died this week, cable television network HBO said on Tuesday that it will air encore specials of more than 30 years of his comedy shows starting this week. More »
High School Marathon (E! Online)
E! Online - Camp Rock premiered big and repeated well. Now it only has to keep it up for another, oh, two and a half years. More »
Monet painting smashes record, art boom goes on (Reuters)
Reuters - A Monet water-lily painting sold for 41 million pounds ($80.5 million) Tuesday, doubling the previous auction record for the artist and ensuring London's key art market season got off to a flying start. More »
HBO hit with $5 million defamation suit (Reuters)
Reuters - A sports memorabilia expert filed a $5 million defamation lawsuit on Tuesday against cable television channel HBO and those associated with its "Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel" program for a segment that accused him of participating in a large-scale forgery ring. More »
Blockbuster shares rise on talk of deal bust (Reuters)
Reuters - Shares of Blockbuster Inc rose nearly 13 percent on what one analyst said was investor speculation that the movie rental company's deal to buy Circuit City Stores Inc is falling apart. More »
'Grease' TV Competitors Spencer and Keeling Poised for Summer Lovin' on Broadway (Playbill)
Playbill - The winners were the ones that you wanted. Now, how about some runners-up? Finalists Ashley Spencer and Derek Keeling of the reality TV audition series "Grease: You're the One That I Want" are expected to be the new Sandy and Danny of Broadway's Grease. More »
Broadway Revival of 'for colored girls...' Will Arrive at Circle in the Square (Playbill)
Playbill - The Broadway revival of the poetry-kissed for colored girls who have considered suicide when the rainbow is enuf, starring Grammy Award winner India.Arie, will begin previews at the Circle in the Square Theatre beginning Aug. 19. More »
Young, Bogardus, Myers, Dizzia, Day and Shannon Set for Musicals and Plays of O'Neill Conference (Playbill)
Playbill - Tony Award winner John Lloyd Young, Stephen Bogardus, Johanna Day, Pamela Myers, Maria Dizzia and Michael Shannon have been cast in the new works selected for the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center's 2008 National Music Theater Conference and Playwrights Conference. More »
PLAYBILL.COM'S BRIEF ENCOUNTER With Anna D. Shapiro (Playbill)
Playbill - Anna D. Shapiro made theatre history on June 15 by becoming only the fifth woman to win a Tony Award for Directing, for her work on Tracy Letts' August: Osage County. More »
Scotsman McAvoy hits Hollywood action with "Wanted" (Reuters)
Reuters - Scottish actor James McAvoy bursts onto Hollywood's blockbuster movie scene on Friday with his new film "Wanted," but don't expect the actor best known for art-house cinema to start playing the part of a Tinseltown superstar. More »
Buy Angelina Jolie's Secondhand Clothes! (E! Online)
E! Online - How hot does Angelina Jolie look in leather? More »