Tag: Arts and Entertainment
Stooges guitarist Asheton found dead
Stooges guitarist Ron Asheton, who co-founded the band with Iggy Pop, has been found dead.[MORE]
Falls Festival told to apply for state funding
The organisers of Tasmania's Falls Festival have been told to make an application for state funding.[MORE]
Government assurance on Falls delays
The State Government has agreed to ensure the smooth running of Tasmania's biggest music festival.[MORE]
Bedtime Stories director spies Birdie redo
Fresh off the success of his fairytale hit Bedtime Stories, Adam Shankman is coming on to develop and produce a long-gestating remake of Bye Bye Birdie at Columbia.[MORE]
Cuba opens Hemingway archives to scholars
Cuba on Monday (local time) made the first of thousands of digitised documents, photographs and books that belonged to writer Ernest Hemingway available to scholars after the items languished for decades in the basement of his home outside of Havana.[MORE]
Studio exec Ned Tanen dies
Ned Tanen, the former president of Universal Pictures who championed such filmmakers as George Lucas and John Hughes, died on Monday (local time) of natural causes at his home in Santa Monica. He was 77.[MORE]
Actress Arquette files for divorce
Medium star Patricia Arquette has filed for divorce from her husband, actor Thomas Jane, citing "irreconcilable differences," according to court records made public on Monday (local time).[MORE]
Falls organisers in talks on traffic jam
The founder of the Tasmanian Falls Festival is putting his case to politicians today, to ensure traffic chaos will not occur at next year's event.[MORE]
Travolta son's death caused by 'seizure disorder'
Actor John Travolta's son Jett died from "seizure disorder," a Bahamas funeral home official said after pathologists performed an autopsy on the body of the teenager.[MORE]
Curtains go down on 16 Broadway shows
The curtain will descend on no less than 16 Broadway shows by the end of February.[MORE]
Whitaker eyes Stallone's Expendables
Forest Whitaker is negotiating to join the cast of the action film The Expendables, Sylvester Stallone's latest writing and directing effort. [MORE]
Jett Travolta's autopsy completed
Officials in the Bahamas have conducted an autopsy on Jett Travolta, the teenage son of actor John Travolta, who died last week during a family holiday.[MORE]
Dark Knight vies for Producers Guild best film
Dark Knight among five films competing for Producers Guild best film honours.[MORE]
Franken wins US Senate seat, appeal flagged
Democrat Al Franken beat Republican incumbent Norm Coleman to win the US Senate seat from Minnesota, officials conducting a final recount said nearly two months after the November 4 election.[MORE]
Kraftwerk co-founder Florian Schneider quits band
Florian Schneider, co-founder of Kraftwerk, quits the legendary German electronica band.[MORE]
Australia going strong despite critical panning
Australia surpasses Moulin Rouge as Baz Luhrmann's best performing film Down Under.[MORE]
Bhutto's daughter writes rap tribute
The elder daughter of Pakistan's assassinated former prime minister Benazir Bhutto has written a rap song expressing her anguish over her mother's death.[MORE]
Former comedian Franken to win US Senate seat
Democrat Al Franken will be declared the winner of the tight US Senate contest in Minnesota, emerging from a ballot recount with a slim margin over Republican Norm Coleman, a state official said.[MORE]
Pop princesses dominate music charts
In the first week of the new year, pop princesses continue to dominate the Australian music charts.[MORE]
Arts 'ignored' in national curriculum
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Lobby group calls for arts subjects to be included in the Federal Government's new national curriculum.[MORE]
Thorn Birds set for stage
Colleen McCullough's epic novel The Thorn Birds will be staged as a musical to tour Britain this year.[MORE]
Chaser pursues laughs in US
The Chaser's War On Everything will make its US debut, ironically, on Australia Day.[MORE]
Pulitzer winner Shepard arrested
Actor and playwright Sam Shepard was arrested early on Saturday (local time) in central Illinois and charged with speeding and drink-driving, police said.[MORE]
Smith 2008's money-making star: poll
Actor Will Smith, star of Hancock and Seven Pounds, was voted the top money-making movie star of 2008, dethroning Johnny Depp in an annual poll of movie theatre owners and film buyers.[MORE]
Scientology helped me overcome dyslexia: Cruise
Actor Tom Cruise claims he was illiterate until the Church of Scientology helped him.[MORE]
