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Emmys, online shows may take big leap Thursday

Posted: 17 Jul 2013 12:36 AM PDT

This undated publicity photo released by Netflix shows Will Arnett, left, and Jason Bateman in a scene from "Arrested Development." If Netflix's "House of Cards" and "Arrested Development" become the first online shows to reap Emmy nominations Thursday, July 18, it will be a watershed moment for programs that don't need television sets to make a splash. (AP Photo/Netflix, Michael Yarish)LOS ANGELES (AP) — If Netflix's "House of Cards" and "Arrested Development" on Thursday become the first online contenders to nab top Emmy nominations, it will be a breakthrough moment for shows making a splash without the aid of a TV set.

Back for seconds, Syfy plans 'Sharknado' sequel

Posted: 17 Jul 2013 07:57 AM PDT

In this image released by Syfy, sharks attack a man in a scene from the Syfy original film "Sharknado." The network is announcing a sequel to "Sharknado," which became an instant campy classic with its recent airing. The new film premieres in 2014. (AP Photo/Syfy)NEW YORK (AP) — Syfy says flying sharks will bite again.

Timberlake, Macklemore lead with 6 MTV VMA nods

Posted: 17 Jul 2013 06:00 AM PDT

FILE - This April 14, 2013 file photo provided by MTV shows rapper Macklemore of Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, performing at the MTV Movie Awards in Sony Pictures Studio Lot in Culver City, Calif. MTV announced Wednesday, July 17, 2013, that Justin Timberlake and Macklemore & Ryan Lewis have six MTV Video Music Award nominations each. Bruno Mars has four nominations. (AP Photo/ MTV, Jordan Strauss, File)NEW YORK (AP) — The man in the suit and tie and the duo who buys clothes at thrift shops are the leaders at this year's MTV Video Music Awards.

Coroner: 'Glee' actor Monteith died of overdose

Posted: 17 Jul 2013 04:24 AM PDT

A pedestrian walks past photographs and flowers placed at a memorial for Canadian actor Cory Monteith outside the Fairmont Pacific Rim Hotel in Vancouver, British Columbia on Monday, July 15, 2013. Monteith, 31, was found dead in his room at the hotel on Saturday, according to police, who have ruled out foul play. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Darryl Dyck)VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — "Glee" actor Cory Monteith, who had struggled for years with substance abuse and once said he was lucky to be alive, died of an overdose of heroin and alcohol, the British Columbia coroner's office said Tuesday.

Jay-Z's new album sells more than 500K in 1 week

Posted: 16 Jul 2013 07:43 PM PDT

FILE - In this May 14, 2012 file photo, Shawn "Jay-Z" Carter smiles after a news conference at the Philadelphia Museum of Art in Philadelphia. Jay-Z's new album has sold more than 500,000 units its first week. Nielsen SoundScan said late Tuesday preliminary data shows that NEW YORK (AP) — Jay-Z's new album has sold more than 500,000 units its first week.

R&B singer shoved after Trayvon Martin dedication

Posted: 16 Jul 2013 04:33 PM PDT

HAYWARD, Calif. (AP) — R&B singer Lester Chambers is recovering from injuries he suffered after a woman leaped onto the stage and shoved him when he dedicated a song to Trayvon Martin during a concert in the San Francisco Bay Area, a newspaper reported Monday.

Queen Elizabeth II hopes Kate has baby soon

Posted: 17 Jul 2013 07:35 AM PDT

Clocks supposed to show New York and London time which were placed by members of the media are seen across St. Mary's Hospital exclusive Lindo Wing in London, Wednesday, July 17, 2013. Media are preparing for royal-mania as Britain's Duchess of Cambridge plans to give birth to the new third-in-line to the throne in mid-July, at the Lindo Wing. Cameras from all over the world are set to be jostling outside for an exclusive first glimpse of Britain's Prince William and the Duchess of Cambridge's first child.(AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)LONDON (AP) — It seems Queen Elizabeth II is getting a bit impatient as she waits in a rare British heat wave for the birth of her third great-grandchild.

Marathon bombing suspect on Rolling Stone cover

Posted: 17 Jul 2013 08:35 AM PDT

In this magazine cover image released by Wenner Media, Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev appears on the cover of the Aug. 1, 2013 issue of "Rolling Stone." (AP Photo/Wenner Media)BOSTON (AP) — A Rolling Stone cover story on Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev (joh-HAHR' tsahr-NEYE'-ehv) is generating controversy online.

AEG attacks projection of $1B earnings for Jackson

Posted: 16 Jul 2013 12:57 PM PDT

FILE - In this Dec. 8, 1996 file photo, Michael Jackson belts out a song during the first concert of his 2-days concert tour in Manila, dubbed as HIStory World tour. Accounting expert Arthur Erk told a jury on Monday, July 15, 2013, that Jackson would have likely earned at least $1.1 billion if he completed a worldwide tour and crafted a Las Vegas show before dying. Erk's testimony in a lawsuit filed by the singer's mother, Katherine Jackson, against concert promoter AEG Live LLC, includes estimates that Jackson would have spent $134 million before retiring from showbiz at age 65. (AP Photo/Pat Roque, File)LOS ANGELES (AP) — An expert who projected Michael Jackson could have earned more than $1 billion on his comeback concerts testified Tuesday that his analysis didn't include a breakdown of the singer's yearly earnings over his lifetime and projected a longer concert tour than the superstar had ever performed.

Hollywood director: China unlikely to affect plots

Posted: 17 Jul 2013 01:14 AM PDT

BEIJING (AP) — Although Hollywood may be benefiting by adding Chinese elements to its films, it won't be making wholesale changes to the way it tells stories on the screen just to cater to China's massive audience, a director said Wednesday.

Sorry, single ladies: Adam Levine engaged to model

Posted: 16 Jul 2013 05:43 PM PDT

FILE - In this June 14, 2013 file photo, Maroon 5 lead singer Adam Levine appears on NBC's "Today" show in New York. Levine's representative confirmed Tuesday, July 16, 2013, that the Maroon 5 singer is engaged to model Behati Prinsloo. The couple started dating last year. The 34-year-old singer proposed to 24-year-old Prinsloo in Los Angeles this weekend. Levine is also a judge on the NBC singing series NEW YORK (AP) — Sorry, ladies, but Adam Levine is off the market.

State TV won't show Miss Italia; pageant unhappy

Posted: 16 Jul 2013 02:46 PM PDT

ROME (AP) — The organizer of Italy's Miss Italia beauty pageant is criticizing the state-run television network's decision not to broadcast this year's contest, a step that comes as audiences for the show have dwindled and amid pressure to improve how women are portrayed in the Italian media.

Wonder won't sing in Fla. after Zimmerman verdict

Posted: 16 Jul 2013 10:32 AM PDT

FILE - In this May 19, 2013 file photo, Stevie Wonder performs at The Hangout Festival on in Gulf Shores, Ala. Wonder says he won't perform in Florida and other states where the "stand your ground" law. In a video posted on YouTube, the 63-year-old tells says at a concert Sunday, July 14, "that until the 'stand your ground' law is abolished in Florida, I will never perform there again." George Zimmerman shot and killed 17-year-old Trayvon Martin during a February 2012 confrontation in Sanford, Fla. Zimmerman said he fired his gun in self-defense. A six-member jury on Saturday acquitted Zimmerman of second-degree murder and manslaughter charges. (Photo by John Davisson/Invision/AP, File)NEW YORK (AP) — Stevie Wonder says he won't perform in Florida and other states with a "stand your ground" law.

NY man pleads not guilty in Deen extortion plot

Posted: 16 Jul 2013 05:13 PM PDT

SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — A New York man pleaded not guilty in federal court Tuesday to charges of trying to extort embattled celebrity cook Paula Deen.

Rapper Nas gets fellowship in his name at Harvard

Posted: 16 Jul 2013 11:35 AM PDT

FILE - In this June 15, 2013 file photo, Nasir bin Olu Dara Jones, better known as Nas, performs at the 2013 Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival in Manchester, Tenn. Harvard University announced Tuesday, July 16, that the 39-year-old rapper is being honored with the Nasir Jones Hip-Hop Fellowship at its W. E. B. Du Bois Institute. It is a joint venture with Harvard's Hip-Hop Archive. The fellowship will assist students who excel in the arts NEW YORK (AP) — Nas has rapped his way to Harvard University.

'Dome' still a hit, helping CBS to a win last week

Posted: 16 Jul 2013 02:08 PM PDT

NEW YORK (AP) — CBS' "Under the Dome" was the favorite gathering spot for viewers last week, keeping this summer replacement thriller ahead of the pack for its third airing.

Fox comedy 'American Dad!' headed to TBS next year

Posted: 16 Jul 2013 01:51 PM PDT

NEW YORK (AP) — The long-running Fox comedy "American Dad!" is headed to TBS.

Pussy Riot back in new video after members jailed

Posted: 16 Jul 2013 10:31 AM PDT

A member of Russian punk band Pussy Riot, who gave only her stage name of Grelka, wears a blue balaclava as speaks to the media in Moscow, Tuesday, July 16, 2013. Russian provocateurs Pussy Riot are back in action, releasing their first music video since three members went to prison last year for a prank denouncing Vladimir Putin. The video shows band members in trademark bright-colored balaclavas and short skirts, cavorting and shrieking atop an oil rig. Backed by hectic guitar and a drum fusillade, they pour oil on a large photo of state oil giant Rosneft's chairman and liken Putin to an Iranian ayatollah. Pussy Riot member Grelka said after the video's Tuesday release that MOSCOW (AP) — Russian provocateurs Pussy Riot are back in action, releasing a new music video nearly a year after three members went to prison for a prank denouncing Vladimir Putin.

What does it take to be in Blue Man Group?

Posted: 17 Jul 2013 08:40 AM PDT

In this July 9, 2013 photograph, Rachel Schripsema, left, interviews Blue Man Group hopeful Ian McCabe during a casting call at the Briar Street Theatre in Chicago. Blue Man Group, which started with three friends in New York more than two decades ago, has grown from an off-Broadway show to also have productions in Boston, Chicago, Las Vegas and Orlando, Fla. A tour will soon take the blue men to stops in cities like Atlantic City, N.J.; Durham, N.C.; Lincoln, Neb.; Corpus Christi, Texas; Portland, Maine; and Kennewick, Wash. (AP Photo/Scott Eisen)CHICAGO (AP) — Patrick Poulin alternates between sitting and standing in the lobby of Chicago's Briar Street Theatre, nervously flipping back and forth through the pages of his application to join the Blue Man Group alongside dozens of other hopefuls who have come to audition for the theatrical spectacle.

Hugh Jackman discusses returning to Comic-Con

Posted: 17 Jul 2013 07:38 AM PDT

This publicity photo released by Twentieth Century Fox shows Hugh Jackman as Logan/Wolverine in a scene from the film, "The Wolverine." The film opens July 25, 2013. (AP Photo/Twentieth Century Fox, Ben Rothstein)LOS ANGELES (AP) — Hugh Jackman is ready to sink his claws into Comic-Con again.

With 'Conjuring,' Taylor may finally win name game

Posted: 17 Jul 2013 07:10 AM PDT

This Monday July 15, 2013 photo shows actress Lili Taylor posing for a portrait in Los Angeles. Taylor stars in the haunted-house thriller "The Conjuring," opening nationwide on Friday, July 19. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)LOS ANGELES (AP) — Just one glimpse of her face is followed by a flash of familiarity.
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