July 15 2008 - Hot Entertainment News

Entertainment  News Times Online 'Dark Knight' draws winning hand with Joker San Jose Mercury News -By Barry Caine There are not a lot of happy people in "The Dark Knight.'' Or any, for that matter. Moments of joy are short-lived and muddied with uncertainty. 'Dark Knight' Cast, Crew Tout Heath Ledger's Performance, Suggest ... MTV.com Director was "nervous" mounting Batman film sequel Reuters New York Daily News Madonna: Not Taking Herself Out to the Ballgame E! Online - A report in the New York Post claims Madge had been planning on hitting Yankee Stadium in a few hours to watch her pal Alex Rodriguez play in the All-Star Game. A-Rod's wife seeks evidence of spying The Associated Press Is Madonna Desperate Enough to Crash Yankee Stadium Tonight? Radar Online Telegraph.co.uk Jon Voight as "Excited as Everybody Else" About Jolie-Pitt Twins E! Online - Things aren't perfect between Angelina Jolie and her dad, Jon Voight. But at least the arrival of new babies is a blessed event everyone can get behind. Jolie twins doctor admits to pre-birth pressure Reuters Jolie's dad happy about new twin grandchildren The Associated Press 'The Cleaner' Los Angeles Times - Benjamin Bratt stars as a man whose mission is to free others from addictions on A & E's slick new series. By Robert Lloyd, Times Television Critic “The Cleaner,” which follows the adventures of an "extreme interventionist," is a slightly exasperating ... Sadly, 'The Cleaner' could use a creative intervention USA Today 'The Cleaner' Debuts on A&E Tonight BuddyTV BBC News Jimmy Kimmel and Sarah Silverman end 5-year romance Reuters - LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Popular US comedians Jimmy Kimmel and Sarah Silverman have broken off their five-year romance, publicists for both said on Monday, ending a relationship that provided fertile ground for outrageous humor. Kimmel-Silverman Breakup No Laughing Matter E! Online Sarah Silverman and Jimmy Kimmel no longer a you-know-what Los Angeles Times Telegraph.co.uk Life with My Sister Madonna TIME - The release of Life with My Sister Madonna - the breathless tell-all from the Material Girl's brother, Christopher Ciccone, with writer Wendy Leigh - couldn't have been more fortuitously timed. Madonna's Brother Dishes Dirt on 'Controlling' Sister FOXNews Madonna & Guy Try, Try Again X17 Online Reuters Paramount drops $450 million movie financing deal The Associated Press - LOS ANGELES (AP) - A tight credit market prompted Viacom Inc.'s movie-making subsidiary, Paramount Pictures, to drop a deal for $450 million in financing from Deutsche Bank, the companies said Tuesday. Paramount Backs Away From Financial Deal With Deutsche Bank Chatter Shmatter Paramount ends plan to get film financing from Deutsche Bank Los Angeles Times AFP Sharon Tate Murderess Could Leave Jail Due to Deadly Cancer FOXNews -AP CORONA, California - State parole officials are considering compassionate release for Susan Atkins, a follower of Charles Manson who is dying of brain cancer. Dying Manson follower considered for release The Associated Press Dying Manson follower considered for release Fort Mills Times Turn Off the TV for Toddler's Sake ABC News - By LAUREN COX People do it every day -- pay bills online, fold laundry or do homework to the soothing sound of a spinning wheel, the drone of the evening news or the canned laughter of a rerun. Background TV disruptive for very young children Reuters UK Background TV Distracts Kids From Play Forbes BBC News Actors In 'W' Film Arrested In Bar Fight New York Times - Josh Brolin and Jeffrey Wright were arrested early on Saturday morning in Shreveport, La., after a bar fight, The Associated Press reported. Political jeers sparked Brolin, Wright bar fight Chicago Sun-Times Josh Brolin, Jeffrey Wright, others on Oliver Stone film arrested New York Daily News CTV.ca 'Fringe': 'Lost's' less complicated sibling New York Daily News - By DAVID HINCKLEY LOS ANGELES - The creators of Fox's new fall mystery drama "Fringe" lined up on stage to chat with television critics on Monday, and if you'd just added a few pairs of pointed ears, you could have been looking at a Polaroid snapshot ... Sci-fi series 'Fringe' lured to New York after shooting pilot in ... The Canadian Press Pardon Me While I Try Not to Freak Out Over Fringe E! Online United Press International CBS' Showtime signs 7-year Weinstein film deal: report Reuters -(Reuters) - Sumner Redstone-controlled media company CBS Corp's premium movie and TV cable unit Showtime Networks Inc signed a seven-year deal with the Weinstein Co to air the studio's films, The Wall Street Journal reported. Showtime Inks Movie Deal With Weinstein Company Chatter Shmatter Weinstein Co. inks deal with Showtime Hollywood Reporter Gigwise New Guns N' Roses Song For 'Rock Band ' LiveDaily.com -By Suzanne Kayian / LiveDaily Contributor A new Guns N' Roses [ tickets ] song, "Shackler's Revenge," from the band's long-promised, in-the-works album "Chinese Democracy," will be included on the playlist of the upcoming "Rock Band 2" video game, ... New Guns song heads to "Rock Band 2" Reuters New Guns N’ Roses Track To Debut On ‘Rock Band 2′: Is The ... MTV.com MTV UK Miley Cyrus Wants to Make 'Cleaner' Sex and the City People Magazine - By Brian Orloff Miley Cyrus, who currently stars in the squeaky clean Hannah Montana, says she images another kind of television show to add to her growing resume. Miley Cyrus Wants To Remake ‘Sex And The City’ Just Jared Who is Trace Cyrus? Right Celebrity New York Times MORE ON 'Kicking a Dead Horse' New York Times - Stephen Rea and an unexpectedly departed friend in Sam Shepard’s new play, "Kicking a Dead Horse." By CHARLES ISHERWOOD A sick-souled Manhattan art dealer tries to resurrect his inner cowboy in “Kicking a Dead Horse,” the new play written and directed ... PHOTO CALL: Shepard's Kicking a Dead Horse, with Rea, Opens Off ... Playbill.com 'Dead Horse' takes a beaten path The Star-Ledger - NJ.com Washington Post Look, This Is Fox Forbes - On stage in Los Angeles, fielding questions from reporters during the Television Critics Association's summer press tour, Fox Entertainment President Kevin Reilly appears utterly calm and collected. The Future According to Fox New York Times Blogs New animated show `Cleveland' goes multiethnic The Associated Press Wall Street Journal The Hold Steady rarely does New York Daily News - By JIM FARBER Everyone gets high and feels needy in the songs of the Hold Steady. Characters fumble drunkenly for each other, lunging for last-call sex, hoping for transcendence but settling for release. New CDs: the Hold Steady and Randy Travis Los Angeles Times Review: 'Stay Positive' is nearly perfect CNN International Washington Post Kardashian Sister Headed to Jail E! Online - Khloe Kardashian, Kim's 24-year-old little sis, is headed to jail this week to start serving a 30-day sentence for probation violation stemming from a DUI charge she notched back in March 2007, E! News has confirmed. Khloe Kardashian to Serve Time in Jail Associated Content A Kardashian Goes to the Pokey! TMZ.com WFAA Cops: Father, mother, husband teamed up to rob woman at Texas ... USA Today - A routine robbery turned into national news when the suspect's disguise fell off during a scuffle with one of the workers at Pizza Patron in Denton, Texas. Police: Woman Knew Nothing Of Family's Crime Plot CBS 11 Pizza Robbery Thwarted by Fast Thinking Clerk, Bystanders FOXNews New York Times Miss USA Takes Fall in Stride eFluxMedia - By Jane Ivory Crystle Stewart, Miss USA , had the misfortune to slip while walking down the stage during the Miss Universe beauty pageant yet she managed to do so with grace - and now she manages to look back with amusement and a bit of wisdom. Miss Step | Disfunction at Miss Universe New York Times Miss USA Falls Again in Miss Universe 2008 Sports-Odds.com