Reuters Entertainment News: 30 November 2008
November 30th, 2008 • Entertainment, Reuters
- T.I. fends off Beyonce
NEW YORK (Billboard) - Rapper T.I. started a fifth nonconsecutive week at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 with “Live Your Life” featuring Rihanna. But Beyonce was nipping at his heels with two songs. - Sean Penn offers warm “Milk” to movie fans
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Even in liberal Hollywood, an openly gay actor with a marketable name is a hard commodity to find, and if anyone should know, it is the filmmakers behind new movie, “Milk.” - MTV’s AIDS awareness campaign turns 10
LONDON (Reuters) - MTV marks the 10th anniversary of its AIDS awareness campaign this year with an hour-long documentary by U.S. singer and Destiny’s Child founding member Kelly Rowland. - Belgian TV news crew beaten in China
BANGKOK, Thailand (Hollywood Reporter) - A Belgian TV journalist and his crew were assaulted while reporting on AIDS in Central China. - “Miracle Worker” playwright William Gibson dies
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Playwright William Gibson, whose “The Miracle Worker” won awards and thrilled audiences with its hopeful tale of the teaching of deaf and blind Helen Keller, died at age 94 this week in Massachusetts. - Just A Minute With: John Travolta on music, movies, misses
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - After 35 years in showbusiness, John Travolta has taken his first stab at animation as the voice of an adorable puppy in Walt Disney’s “Bolt”. - Eleanor Rigby document fetches $177,000
LONDON (Reuters) - A 97-year-old document that contains clues to the identity of Eleanor Rigby, the subject of one of the Beatles’ best-loved songs, sold for 115,000 pounds ($177,000) at auction on Thursday. - Tenor Placido Domingo sings poems by Pope John Paul
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Tenor Placido Domingo unveiled a new album of songs based on the poems of Pope John Paul II on Friday and said he was certain the late pontiff was a saintly man. - Holiday movies offer escape from economy’s gloom
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Looking for some holiday spirit to escape the economic gloom? Never fear, Hollywood is here. - Cliff Richard’s Shadows to reunite for tour
LONDON (Reuters) - Cliff Richard and The Shadows will reunite next year for the last time with a stadium tour of Britain, tour organizers Live Nation said.
