02/07/2012 05:07 AM

Madonna world tour to start on May 29

LONDON (Reuters) - Madonna will go on tour from May for the first time in three years, starting in Israel before moving on to Europe, with legs in South America and Australia, where she has not performed for 20 years, tour promotion company Live Nation said on Tuesday.

02/07/2012 10:02 AM

Prince Charles leads Dickens 200th celebrations

LONDON (Reuters) - Prince Charles led global celebrations on Tuesday marking the 200th anniversary of the birth of Charles Dickens, a titan of English literature whose vivid stories confronted the injustices of Victorian life.

02/06/2012 09:00 PM

Super Bowl, Madonna set new TV audience records

(Reuters) - Quarterback Eli Manning and his New York Giants may have beaten superstar Tom Brady and the New England Patriots at Sunday’s Super Bowl, but none them could outmuscle Madonna — at least, where TV audiences were concerned.

02/06/2012 08:35 PM

“Night of the Living Dead” actor Bill Hinzman dies

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Bill Hinzman, who was cast on-the-spot as a zombie in 1968 cult film “Night of the Living Dead” in a role that earned him the longlasting admiration of horror fans, has died at age 75, his daughter said.

02/07/2012 06:44 AM

Oscar producers urge fans to celebrate movie memories

BEVERLY HILLS, California (Reuters) - Facing a future where many movies will be seen in homes, Oscar organizers on Monday unveiled this year’s awards show theme at an annual luncheon honoring nominees by asking fans to relish memories of why they love movies and going to theaters.

02/06/2012 03:03 PM

Country singer Travis charged with being drunk in public

SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) - Grammy award-winning country singer Randy Travis was arrested and charged with public drunkenness on Monday in Sanger, Texas after police found him sitting in his truck, apparently intoxicated, in front of the First Baptist Church.

02/06/2012 04:21 PM

“The Voice” gets off to superstar ratings for NBC

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - NBC’s singing contest “The Voice” got its second season off to a supersize start, attracting 37.6 million viewers on Sunday — more than double the show’s biggest audience last year, NBC said on Monday.

02/05/2012 05:25 PM

“Chronicle” wins tight box office race

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Teen boys with superpowers helped lift the movie box office to unexpected heights over Super Bowl weekend as thriller “Chronicle” edged “Harry Potter” star Daniel Radcliffe’s haunted house movie “The Woman in Black.”

02/06/2012 05:50 AM

Top auction houses to put art market rally to test

LONDON (Reuters) - Auction houses pinching themselves after bumper 2011 sales are now turning their attention to 2012, amid cautious optimism that the two-year bull run for top works of art will continue.

02/06/2012 12:34 AM

Actor Ben Gazzara dead at 81

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Actor Ben Gazzara, known for his brooding tough-guy presence in dozens of films, television shows and stage productions over his long career, died of pancreatic cancer on Friday at a Manhattan hospital, his lawyer said. He was 81.