Monday, October 4, 2010

Yahoo! News: Politics News

Yahoo! News: Politics News

'Social Network' connects with fans in $22M debut (AP)

Posted: 04 Oct 2010 02:27 PM PDT

U.S actors Jesse Eisenberg, left, Andrew Garfield, center, and Justin Timberlake, right, pose for photographers as they arrive to The Social Network premiere, in Paris, Sunday Oct.3, 2010(AP Photo/Thibault Camus)AP - "The Social Network," David Fincher's drama chronicling the contentious origins of Facebook, won the most friends at the weekend box office with a $22.4 million debut.

Actor Tony Curtis buried after Vegas funeral (AP)

Posted: 04 Oct 2010 02:10 PM PDT

AP - Actor Tony Curtis was buried Monday with a melange of his favorite possessions — a Stetson hat, an Armani scarf, driving gloves, an iPhone and a copy of his favorite novel, "Anthony Adverse," a book that inspired his celebrity name and launched a robust film career that spanned decades and genres.

Director gets 1 year in prison in wiretapping case (AP)

Posted: 04 Oct 2010 11:42 AM PDT

** FILE ** In this April 17, 2006 file photo, John McTiernan, director of such hit movies as 'Die Hard' and 'The Thomas Crown Affair,' leaves federal court in Los Angeles. McTiernan was sentenced in Federal court Monday, Oct. 4, 2010 to one year in prison and $100,000 fine for lying during a Hollywood wiretapping investigation of private investigator Anthony Pellicano. (AP Photo/Nick Ut, File)AP - "Die Hard" director John McTiernan was sentenced to one year in prison Monday for lying about his association with a private investigator to illegally wiretap a movie producer.

Celebrity Scribes (omg!)

Posted: 04 Oct 2010 02:45 PM PDT

omg! - See which stars had enough creativity in them to knock out a novel.

Swank's newest role: a woman driven by conviction (AP)

Posted: 04 Oct 2010 02:09 PM PDT

In this Thursday, Sept. 23, 2010 photo, Betty Anne Waters speaks during an interview at Aidan's Pub, in Bristol, R.I. Waters went to law school with the goal of getting her brother, a convicted murderer, out of prison. She ultimately did that by finding a box of evidence in a courthouse basement and establishing through DNA testing that he was not the killer. Waters worked at Aldan's pub to help her pay for school. Her story is being made into a Hollywood movie, 'Conviction,' staring Hilary Swank. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)AP - There's an early scene in Tony Goldwyn's "Conviction" when law student Betty Anne Waters offers a textbook definition of "contract" for her classmates.

Prosecutor portrays Anna Nicole Smith as addict (AP)

Posted: 04 Oct 2010 02:00 PM PDT

FILE - In this Oct. 2, 2000 file photo, Anna Nicole Smith, right, smiles as she walks to the courthouse with her attorney Howard K. Stern in Houston. Attorneys in the Anna Nicole Smith drug conspiracy trial are set with final arguments aimed at swaying jurors in reaching a complicated and crucial set of verdicts that will affect two doctors and the deceased model's former boyfriend. (AP Photo/Brett Cooomer, File)AP - A prosecutor portrayed Anna Nicole Smith Monday as an out-of-control drug addict who pressured doctors into prescribing pain killers and sedatives.

Google lines up Internet TV programming partners (AP)

Posted: 04 Oct 2010 01:36 PM PDT

AP - Google is entering the increasingly crowded Internet TV market with contributions from a variety of top television programmers and websites.

<i>The Social Network</i> Movie Too Elitist? (associatedcontent)

Posted: 04 Oct 2010 03:07 PM PDT

associatedcontent - The Social Network was triumphant over the weekend. However, although The Social Network topped the box office, it wasn't an overwhelming victory. Although it took home $23 million in early estimates, with all of the Oscar buzz and rave reviews, it could have been a bit higher. The hope is that word-of-mouth will now kick in and boost things, yet if it doesn't, it might harm its award chances. But already there is an excuse that if the movie doesn't take off, it might be because it has been accused of being "elitist"

Lady Gaga and Justin Bieber nearing 1 billion YouTube views (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Oct 2010 01:51 PM PDT

Reuters - Lady Gaga and Justin Bieber are both approaching a major milestone of the new music industry: one billion all-time YouTube views.

"Social Network" passes first test with Oscar voters (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Oct 2010 02:50 PM PDT

Reuters - Columbia Pictures' fall hopeful "The Social Network" passed two crucial hurdles during the weekend.

Largest Avedon photograph auction set for Paris (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Oct 2010 01:42 PM PDT

Reuters - More than 60 photographs by Richard Avedon, some rare and unpublished, will be auctioned next month by Christie's in Paris to create the Richard Avedon Foundation endowment fund.

Jimmy Carter: 'I'm perfectly OK' (AFP)

Posted: 04 Oct 2010 03:06 PM PDT

Former US president Jimmy Carter, seen here during a press conference in the Ivy City neighbour of Washington, DC, declared himself AFP - Former US president Jimmy Carter declared himself "perfectly OK" Monday as he worked under a steady rain on the construction of a charity home here, just days after a two-night hospital stay.

Record exec Tommy Mottola is writing a memoir (AP)

Posted: 04 Oct 2010 11:21 AM PDT

AP - Record executive Tommy Mottola's (muh-TOH'-luhz) latest project is words only.

'Big Brother' champ admits guilt in tax, drug case (AP)

Posted: 04 Oct 2010 01:12 PM PDT

AP - The winner of the CBS reality show "Big Brother 9" pleaded guilty Monday to a drug charge and for failing to file a tax return for the year he won the show's $500,000 prize.

Following film and TV, music takes stab at 3-D (AP)

Posted: 04 Oct 2010 01:29 PM PDT

FILE - In this Aug. 31, 2010 file photo, singer Justin Bieber performs at Madison Square Garden in New York. (AP Photo/Evan Agostini, file)AP - At the beginning of the re-emergence of 3-D, the focus was on film, with movies like "Avatar" paving the way for the technology to become an integral part of the cinema experience.
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