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CNN Entertainment News: 19 February 2009
February 20th, 2009 • CNN News, Entertainment
- No player, no air time, Tennis Channel says
The Tennis Channel has canceled plans to broadcast a tournament in Dubai because an Israeli player was banned. - Little-known Oscar nominees soak up the spotlight
Cameras click as members of the media shout, “Look this way please!” and “Over here!” while pushing at each other to get the best shot. - What it takes to make it in Hollywood
Carsten Kurpanek bought a car. Then he and his girlfriend packed up their things and drove more than 2,000 miles to Los Angeles. Since then, it’s been up and down as they’ve tried to succeed in the movie business. - Black actors still face Oscar challenges
On a winter evening in early 1940, Hattie McDaniel became the first black performer to win an Oscar, a best supporting actress honor for her performance as Mammy, the servant in “Gone With the Wind.” - Gallery: Fashion Week glamour
- Oscar green room ‘glamorous’
Designer Stephen Shadley knows the entertainment industry. He grew up in Southern California, worked as a scenic artist and toured with Disney. He’s also designed homes for stars such as Diane Keaton, Woody Allen and Jennifer Aniston. - The movie of ‘destiny’?
The hero of “Slumdog Millionaire,” a poverty-raised teaboy seeking his lost love, works his way through the questions on the game show “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire” knowing that, at any time, he can lose and walk away with nothing. At this point, the movie appears unlikely to face the same fate.
CNN Entertainment News: 18 February 2009
February 19th, 2009 • CNN News, Entertainment
- What stars will get for free
Award shows often mean free loot for celebrities. But with the economy tanking, this Academy Awards season could see some subtle changes in the giveaway culture, industry insiders say. - Bruckheimer hopes to make new ‘Pirates’
Hollywood uber-producer Jerry Bruckheimer is famous for his almost uncanny ability to recognize a potential hit movie. - Commentary: Rihanna is not alone
For two days, news reports called her “the 20-year old victim” allegedly attacked by R&B singer and dancer Chris Brown in his car early February 8 in Los Angeles, California. But the other person in the incident, allegedly Brown’s girlfriend Rihanna, doesn’t have to be alone, says author Leslie Morgan Steiner. - Why Annie Lennox is ready to move on
Annie Lennox’s Eurythmics days seem like a lifetime ago for the Scotland-born singer-songwriter, especially when you consider the successful solo career she’s enjoyed since her partnership with Dave Stewart. It’s that body of work — songs like ‘Why” and “No More ‘I Love You’s’ ” that are showcased on her newest album. - What it takes to make it in Hollywood
Carsten Kurpanek bought a car. Then he and his girlfriend packed up their things and drove more than 2,000 miles to Los Angeles. Since then, it’s been up and down as they’ve tried to succeed in the movie business.
CNN Entertainment News: 17 February 2009
February 18th, 2009 • CNN News, Entertainment
- ‘Friday the 13th’ slashes records
With $42.2 million, the biggest opening gross thus far in 2009, “Friday the 13th” easily won the record-breaking Presidents Day weekend box office race, beating out Valentine’s Day favorites “Confessions of a Shopaholic” and “He’s Just Not That Into You,” as well as solid holdovers “Taken” and “Coraline.” - Tyler Perry is still looking for respect
Tyler Perry wants to take his character Madea to Europe, but he’s been told that audiences there won’t relate to his stories about African-American lives. The challenge to conquer Europe has “sat in my spirit,” Perry wrote in a newsletter to his fans. - Soap has daytime TV’s first lesbian wedding
Lavish weddings on soap operas are commonplace — beautiful, wealthy characters united amid copious tears, heaps of flowers and exquisite attire. - Gallery: Britney Spears in wax
- Musical odd couple finds harmony
Robert Plant and Alison Krauss. Once upon a time, the iconic lead singer of Led Zeppelin and the golden girl of bluegrass would never have been mentioned in the same sentence. But since they won five Grammy awards, their names have been inextricably linked. - Oscar nomination a ’surreal’ experience
Receiving an Academy Award nomination is an honor most actors dream of. For several of this year’s Oscar nominees, it still feels like a dream. - Wally Lamb: Free ‘damaged angel-in-waiting’
As a fiction writer, I struggle to tell useful truths by telling the lie that I am someone other than myself. I’m a fat girl trying to survive rape in my first novel, the resentful brother of a mentally ill twin in my second. In my third novel, which I’m close to finishing, I’m the husband of a drug-addicted nurse lost in a maze of her failures and fear. - Octuplet mom PR: We got death threats
Joann Killeen is president of the Killeen Furtney Group, the Los Angeles, California-based public relations firm that represented octuplet mom Nadya Suleman. - What stars will get for free
Award shows often mean free loot for celebrities. But with the economy tanking, this Academy Awards season could see some subtle changes in the giveaway culture, industry insiders say.
