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Musical ‘On The Town’ sails back to Broadway

October 17, 2014 0

By Patricia Reaney NEW YORK (Reuters) – “On The Town” is back on Broadway, 70 years after its debut, in a revival that critics hail as “fizzy and frisky” and a “helluva show.” The musical, with opened on Thursday complete with a 28-piece orchestra, follows three sailors looking for love and excitement during a 24-hour leave in wartime 1940’s New York. “Three footloose sailors aren’t the only ones who get lucky in ‘On the Town.’ The audience at the Lyric Theatre does, too,” said the New York Daily News. …

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Hirani tight-lipped about Sanjay Dutt’s biopic

October 17, 2014 0

Mumbai, Oct 17 (IANS) There has been news that filmmaker Rajkumar Hirani is contemplating a biopic on his good friend and actor Sanjay Dutt, who is currently in jail. However, he is not yet ready to make any official announcement regarding the project.

US stands strong despite fear over global slowdown

October 17, 2014 0
US stands strong despite fear over global slowdown

Beyond the turmoil shaking financial markets, the U.S. economy remains sturdier than many seem to fear. The Dow Jones industrial average has lost 874 points since Oct. 8, largely over worries about another …

Joan Rivers died of complication during medical procedure

October 16, 2014 0
Flowers and mementos are pictured on the star of comedian Joan Rivers on the Walk of Fame in Hollywood

By Patricia Reaney NEW YORK (Reuters) – Comedian Joan Rivers, who passed away last month at the age of 81, died of a complication during a medical procedure, the New York Chief Medical Examiner’s Office said on Thursday. Rivers was having an examination of the back of the throat and vocal cords at a New York clinic when she stopped breathing and was rushed to Mount Sinai Hospital, where she was put on life support. “The manner of death is therapeutic complication,” the medical examiner said in a statement, “the death resulted from a predictable complication of medical therapy. …

London show holds up magnifying glass to Sherlock Holmes

October 16, 2014 0
A worker looks at a "Sherlock Holmes: The Man Who Never Lived and Will Never Die" exhibition poster at the Museum of London

By Freya Berry LONDON (Reuters) – How do you make an exhibition about a man who never existed? The Museum of London show on Sherlock Holmes, which opens on Oct. 17 after two years of preparation, acknowledges the conundrum with its title, “The Man Who Never Lived and Will Never Die”. Visitors enter the show through doors masquerading as bookshelves in a physical embodiment of the engaging blend of reality and fiction that characterises British author Arthur Conan Doyle’s tales of the world-famous detective. …

For Rogen, Hilarity charity is serious business

October 16, 2014 0

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Seth Rogen let out a loud laugh when asked what he had done with Kim Jong Un, the North Korean leader who suddenly and inexplicably dropped out of sight about six weeks ago.

Lindsey Bahr named AP film writer in LA

October 16, 2014 0
In this Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2014 photo, Lindsey Bahr poses for a photo at the Associated Press bureau in Los Angeles. Bahr, 30, who has covered the Hollywood movie scene from castings to Comic-Con as a correspondent for Entertainment Weekly, has been named film writer for The Associated Press in Los Angeles. She has reported on all facets of the film business at EW, including the Oscars and other major award shows, film festivals, breaking news, trend stories, talent profiles and box office analysis. She also reviewed movies and contributed to EW's video, photo and Sirius radio formats. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Lindsey Bahr, who has covered the Hollywood movie scene from castings to Comic-Con as a correspondent for Entertainment Weekly, has been named film writer for The Associated Press in Los Angeles.