News Corp.’s Fox Entertainment Group has acquired Beliefnet, a Web site catering to faith communities, in a move designed to boost online marketing and distribution of Fox’s film and TV programs.
Posted on 05 December 2007
News Corp.’s Fox Entertainment Group has acquired Beliefnet, a Web site catering to faith communities, in a move designed to boost online marketing and distribution of Fox’s film and TV programs.
Posted on 05 December 2007
Will Led Zeppelin’s long-awaited reunion lead to more concerts? Guitarist Jimmy Page, singer Robert Plant and bass player John Paul Jones will perform Monday at London’s 02 Arena, a benefit tribute to Atlantic Records co-founder Ahmet Ertegun, who died last year.
Posted on 05 December 2007
Jenna Bush, phone home. The first daughter appeared nervous when Ellen DeGeneres asked her to call her parents during a taping of DeGeneres’ talk show Tuesday. The show aired Wednesday. “They’re going to kill me,” the 26-year-old told DeGeneres. “I’m going to be in so much trouble.”
Posted on 05 December 2007
Furniture maker Hooker Furniture Corp. said Wednesday fiscal third-quarter profit rose as the company cut costs, but sales fell amid the slumping housing market.
Posted on 05 December 2007
Mel Gibson met with several Costa Rican government ministers to discuss setting up a film production company in the Central American country.
Posted on 05 December 2007
A 3 1/4-inch limestone lion from ancient Mesopotamia fetched the highest price ever paid at an auction for a sculpture — $57 million.
Posted on 05 December 2007
Sotheby’s auctioned a tiny, ancient Mesopotamian sculpture for $57 million on Wednesday, a record sum for any sculpture or antiquity sold at auction.
Posted on 05 December 2007
Filmmaker Ethan Coen is going off-Broadway — as a playwright. The Atlantic Theater Company will present the world premiere of Coen’s “Almost an Evening,” three short plays, opening Jan. 22 at its Atlantic Stage 2. Preview performances begin Jan. 9.
Posted on 05 December 2007
“No Country for Old Men,” the Coen brothers’ searing take on crime and carnage along the Rio Grande, is the National Board of Review of Motion Pictures’ pick for the best film of 2007.
Posted on 05 December 2007
Remy Ma, accused of shooting an acquaintance in July over missing money, also must face witness-intimidation and gang-assault charges arising from a later bar fight.