The sudden death of Billy Mays has left the future of the Discovery Channel's series "Pitchmen" in limbo. Indeed, Discovery Channel officials aren't yet talking about the fate of the series, which followed Mays and Anthony (Sully) Sullivan as they evaluated new ...Read More
The news that "The Oprah Winfrey Show" is going to end after 25 years so that its host can devote herself to a new cable channel set off reverberations in TV and financial circles late last week. But nowhere was ...Read More
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Michael Jackson's personal physician told investigators he was not the first doctor to give the pop star propofol, the powerful anesthetic that was one of the drugs to cause his death, according to court papers unsealed ...Read More
TV startup Sezmi this week will kick off a customer pilot in Los Angeles, delivering live feeds of 23 cable networks, 50 local TV channels, video-on-demand and Web video through its DVR set-tops using a combination of wireless broadcast spectrum ...Read More
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Pop star Janet Jackson holds Michael Jackson's personal doctor responsible for her brother's sudden death and has told ABC News that a day does not go by when she doesn't think about her late sibling. "He was ...Read More
ORLANDO, Fla. -- Researchers said men at age 40 in the U.S. have a one-in-eight chance of suffering sudden cardiac death over the rest of their lives, a stark indication of the toll cardiovascular disease exacts on society.
For women, researchers ...Read More
BEIJING (AP) - Two people in China who received swine flu vaccinations died in the past week but at least one death appears unrelated to the vaccine and the other was being investigated. The country's health ministry reported the deaths late ...Read More
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Michael Jackson's concert movie "This Is It" has taken more than $200 million at box offices worldwide in the first two weeks of release, the studio behind the movie said on Thursday.
Sony Pictures Entertainment said the ...Read More
Court papers gave a list of Joe Jackson's expenses
Joe Jackson has requested an allowance from the estate of his late son Michael, saying the pop star supported him for years before his death.
In court papers filed in Los Angeles, ...Read More
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Joe Jackson, the elderly father of late pop star Michael Jackson, on Friday filed a court petition seeking an allowance from the singer's estate, saying his son had supported him for many years.
The legal filing in ...Read More
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — They can't both be right. Ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya says a deal that could have returned him to power is defunct. Roberto Micheletti, who took power after a coup, says the same deal has been successfully ...Read More
An entrenched stalemate in the Capitol may mean students at major Pennsylvania universities will soon see higher second-semester tuition bills. The latest meeting Wednesday between Gov. Ed Rendell and state legislative leaders to resolve remaining budget-related differences broke up without an ...Read More
The U.S.-India nuclear deal is facing renewed criticism from members of the ruling coalition in New Delhi. (See, for instance, this Reuters story about the latest threat from India's Communists, who don’t like idea of India getting too close to ...Read More
The posthumous Michael Jackson documentary, “This Is It,” reported less-than-impressive numbers on opening night but has since garnered hope with its increasing ticket sales, says our Company Town blog.
The box-office surge is partially due to its popularity overseas (like ...Read More
FRANKFURT (Dow Jones)--After failing for years to turn Opel/Vauxhall into a carmaker with a competitive edge, General Motors Co. is gearing up for even deeper cutbacks in Europe after the U.S. automaker surprisingly skipped a sale of the operations to ...Read More
NASHVILLE (Billboard) - For "This Is It," Michael Jackson's planned 50-concert residency at London's O2 Arena, the star's sudden death really could have been "it," with millions of dollars lost for producer/promoter AEG Live and the star's vision never realized. Instead, ...Read More
Four months after Michael Jackson's sudden death, a film on his final days has opened around the globe. The movie called "This Is It" will play for two weeks only but may be extended.
The film, part documentary part musical concert, ...Read More
Three days after the sudden death of his cousin Lenny Sullivan, Bruce Springsteen showed a brave face and hit the stage in New York City.
"He's doing fine," said former Rage Against the Machine guitarist Tom Morello, who joined Springsteen and ...Read More
As is to be expected, the grief-filled months since Michael Jackson’s sudden death have been difficult for his three young children, but one them is said to be coping much better than the others. According to the “King of Pop’s” sister, ...Read More
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Paris Jackson wears her father's shirts every day, but her brother Prince does not want to watch the King of Pop's DVDs. All three of Michael Jackson's kids are in therapy, La Toya Jackson has revealed. The ...Read More
Low-rental 1980s horror returns with filmmaker Ti West's "The House of the Devil," which scores points for restraint and attention to detail but defaults when the mortgage comes due with a bloody, pointless, uninspired climax.
The movie is 90 percent setup, ...Read More
