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By Mike Davidson - CANNES (Reuters) Three years after "Senna", the hit film biography of the late Brazilian racing driver Ayrton Senna, sporting documentaries about Jackie Stewart, Muhammad Ali and Pele are competing for attention at the Cannes Film Festival. In "Weekend of a Champion", the … [Read more...]
By Piya Sinha-Roy -LOS ANGELES (Reuters) After years of struggling to break into the Hollywood A-list from television, actor Bradley Cooper has gained some serious recognition for his work on the silver screen. Cooper returns to the comedy franchise, "The Hangover," which skyrocketed his career, … [Read more...]
By Noel Randewich - SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) Intel Corp's new chief executive, Brian Krzanich, has launched a sweeping reorganization of the world's top chipmaker and created a unit aiming to retake the top chipmaker's lead in mobile and semiconductor innovation. The shakeup, announced internally … [Read more...]
By Alonso Duralde (TheWrap) Neuropsychologists should consider studying "Fast & Furious 6" (and its equally thrilling predecessor, "Fast Five") for its unique ability to completely bypass the brain's logic center and go right to pushing our pleasure buttons over and over again. Countless … [Read more...]
CANNES (Reuters) The Cannes film festival was hit by a second suspected jewellery heist on Thursday after a diamond necklace worth 2 million euros (1.7 million pounds) disappeared during a star-studded party, according to upmarket jeweller De Grisogono. Fawaz Gruosi, the founder of the Swiss … [Read more...]
By Belinda Goldsmith - CANNES (Reuters) Veteran comedian-actor Jerry Lewis plays a dramatic role in his first movie in 18 years, "Max Rose", which is premiering at the Cannes film festival, but showed on Thursday he had lost none of his talent for playing the clown. Lewis, 87, laughed his way … [Read more...]
NEW YORK (Reuters) - "Inferno," Dan Brown's latest book, shot to the top of the U.S. best-sellers list on Thursday. The list is compiled using data from independent and chain bookstores, book wholesalers and independent distributors nationwide. Hardcover Fiction Last Week 1. "Inferno" by … [Read more...]
By Eric Kelsey - LOS ANGELES (Reuters) All Michael Bluth wanted to do was to keep his family together, and with the best intentions in mind he found himself awkwardly trying to kiss a vertigo-stricken character played by Liza Minnelli. With that moment of dizzy romance, the fourth season of cult … [Read more...]
(Reuters) GameStop Corp, the world's largest retailer of video game products, reported quarterly results ahead of Wall Street estimates helped by higher sales of mobile devices and digital content. Net income fell to $54.6 million, or 46 cents per share, in the first quarter, compared with $72.5 … [Read more...]
By Leah Rozen (TheWrap) Years from now, doctoral candidates are likely to write entire extended theses on Alan Garner, the character so memorably and brilliantly played by Zach Galifianakis in the "Hangover" series. This bearded baby-man - he's a walking Chia Pet - is pure id, one of the most … [Read more...]
By Poornima Gupta - SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) Hewlett-Packard Co raised its 2013 earnings outlook after beating low expectations, as CEO Meg Whitman's turnaround plan helped to shore up profits and offset shrinking personal computer sales with enterprise computing services. While fiscal … [Read more...]
(Reuters) Twitter Inc began introducing new technology on Wednesday to shore up security for users, responding to a spate of recent attacks on prominent accounts including those owned by the Associated Press and Financial Times. Twitter said in a blog post it has begun to introduce "login … [Read more...]
By Jeff Sneider (Reuters) The Weinstein Company is closing in on U.S. rights to Jean-Pierre Jeunet's 3D adventure movie "The Young and Prodigious Spivet," which is one of the hottest available titles at Cannes. A spokesperson for TWC didn't immediately respond to TheWrap's request for comment, … [Read more...]
By Tim Kenneally - LOS ANGELES (TheWrap) Mia Maestro is moving on from the vampires of "Breaking Dawn" to sink her teeth into a new role with another bunch of suckers. Maestro, who played Denali coven member Carmen Denali in "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn" films, has been cast as one of the … [Read more...]
By Liana B. Baker (Reuters) ESPN, the sports channel that is Walt Disney Co's most profitable unit, is cutting 300 to 400 jobs across the company and closing a small Denver office, a person with knowledge of the cuts said. The job cuts, comprising 4 to 6 percent of ESPN's staff of 7,000, include … [Read more...]
By Patrick Temple-West and Kevin Drawbaugh - WASHINGTON (Reuters) Apple Inc Chief Executive Tim Cook made no apology on Tuesday for the iPad maker saving billions of dollars in U.S. taxes through Irish subsidiaries and told lawmakers that his company backs corporate tax reform, even though it may … [Read more...]
