http://www.earthtimes.org The Earth Times online newspaper, serving the planet with entertainment news that matters. Covering Hollywood gossip and the latest on famous individuals worldwide to what's new in the movie and TV industry en-us PHP/4.4.4 http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/205659,hurley-grant-and-nayar-win-damages-over-covert-holiday-photos.html London - British model Liz Hurley, her husband Arun Nayar and her former lover, Hugh Grant, Thursday won damages totalling 58,000 pounds (116,000 dollars) for invasion of privacy over photos taken of them while they were on holiday in a private resor... UK,Entertainment Thu, 15 May 2008 11:15:05 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/205659,hurley-grant-and-nayar-win-damages-over-covert-holiday-photos.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/205644,ruling-in-madonna-adoption-case-deferred-by-malawi-judge.html Lilongwe, Malawi - The High Court in Malawi's capital Lilongwe on Thursday delayed a ruling on US popstar Madonna's adoption of Malawi-born toddler David Banda until next week. Justice Andrew Nyirenda adjourned the case after receiving a report from ... US,Entertainment Thu, 15 May 2008 10:20:04 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/205644,ruling-in-madonna-adoption-case-deferred-by-malawi-judge.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/205627,background-indianas-crystal-skulls-real-or-ruse.html Los Angeles - The plot of the newest Indiana Jones movie features the intrepid archaeologist on the trail of an ancient Mayan crystal skull that purportedly contains secrets brought to Earth from beyond the stars. The movie has brought new focus and ... US,Entertainment Thu, 15 May 2008 09:17:04 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/205627,background-indianas-crystal-skulls-real-or-ruse.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/205533,jolie-pitt-expecting-twins.html Los Angeles - Hollywood's most glamorous parents, Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt, are expecting twins, Jolie confirmed Wednesday in a TV interview from Cannes, France. Actor Jack Black let the news slip while doing a joint interview with Jolie in the F... US,Entertainment Wed, 14 May 2008 22:51:06 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/205533,jolie-pitt-expecting-twins.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/205441,on-eve-of-madonna-ruling-malawians-urge-adoption-reform--feature.html Lilongwe, Malawi - On the eve of a court ruling in the controversial adoption by US pop star Madonna of a baby boy from Malawi many inhabitants of the impoverished African nation were calling for reform of the country's strict adoption laws. On Thurs... US,Entertainment Wed, 14 May 2008 14:28:05 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/205441,on-eve-of-madonna-ruling-malawians-urge-adoption-reform--feature.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/205425,meirelles-apocalyptic-movie-blindness-opens-cannes--update.html Cannes - Even Brazilian director Fernando Meirelles admits that his apocalyptic movie about a town ravaged by an outbreak of blindness was an unlikely choice to open a film festival. But Wednesday's premiere of his movie Blindness officially launches... Entertainment Wed, 14 May 2008 13:52:03 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/205425,meirelles-apocalyptic-movie-blindness-opens-cannes--update.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/205285,michael-moore-to-make-fahrenheit-911-follow-up.html Los Angeles - Michael Moore is planning to direct a follow-up to his hit 2004 film Fahrenheit 9/11, which took aim at US President George W Bush's administration and became the biggest grossing documentary of all time. The new film's producers told t... US,Entertainment Wed, 14 May 2008 05:15:05 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/205285,michael-moore-to-make-fahrenheit-911-follow-up.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/205249,background-the-22-films-competing-for-the-palme-dor-at.html Cannes - Following is the list of the 22 films in the competition for the Cannes film fest's top award, the Palme d'Or: ... Entertainment Wed, 14 May 2008 02:13:03 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/205249,background-the-22-films-competing-for-the-palme-dor-at.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/205248,cannes-film-festival-set-to-open-with-meirelles-blindness.html Cannes - Brazilian director Fernando Meirelles' apocalyptic Blindness has been given the honours of opening the 61st Cannes Film Festival Wednesday with 22 movies vying for the world's leading movie fest's coveted Palme d'Or. Meirelles' (The Constant... Entertainment Wed, 14 May 2008 02:13:03 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/205248,cannes-film-festival-set-to-open-with-meirelles-blindness.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/205215,rapper-remy-ma-jailed-for-8-years.html New York - Grammy-nominated rapper Remy Ma was sentenced to eight years in jail Tuesday for shooting a friend outside a New York nightclub in July 2007. In the case the jury heard that Ma, whose real name is Remy Smith, shot the woman because she bel... US,Entertainment Tue, 13 May 2008 20:12:04 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/205215,rapper-remy-ma-jailed-for-8-years.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/205196,tony-awards-nominees-announced.html New York - The first Broadway revival of the 1949 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical South Pacific was among the leading nominees announced Tuesday for the Tony Awards. But the classic musical had to settle for second place as its 11 nominations were be... US,Entertainment Tue, 13 May 2008 18:08:15 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/205196,tony-awards-nominees-announced.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/205192,pop-art-master-robert-rauschenberg-dies.html New York - Robert Rauschenberg, a pioneer of pop art who made his wildly creative pieces from almost anything that came to hand, has died in Florida aged 82, it was announced Tuesday. No cause was given for his death, which deprived the US art world ... Entertainment Tue, 13 May 2008 17:46:11 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/205192,pop-art-master-robert-rauschenberg-dies.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/205164,home-of-sound-of-music-family-converted-into-hotel.html Vienna - The home of the legendary Trapp family, protagonists of the famous movie, The Sound of Music, is to be converted into a hotel, management told reporters Tuesda. Villa Trapp, located on the outskirts of Salzburg, was home to the Trapp family ... Entertainment Tue, 13 May 2008 15:45:14 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/205164,home-of-sound-of-music-family-converted-into-hotel.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/204954,spielberg-neeson-to-make-abe-lincoln-movie.html Los Angeles - Steven Spielberg is set to direct a movie about slain President Abraham Lincoln and his role in the US Civil War, Variety reported Monday. The filmmaker will re-team with Liam Neeson, who starred in the Oscar-winning Schindler's List. T... US,Entertainment Tue, 13 May 2008 02:15:04 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/204954,spielberg-neeson-to-make-abe-lincoln-movie.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/204690,iron-man-beats-speed-racer-what-happens-in-vegas-at.html Los Angeles - Action film Iron Man beat out newcomers Speed Racer and What Happens in Vegas at US box offices over the weekend. Iron Man brought in more than 50 million dollars for the weekend, keeping it atop the charts for the second week with a to... US,Entertainment Sun, 11 May 2008 23:51:02 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/204690,iron-man-beats-speed-racer-what-happens-in-vegas-at.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/204630,doris-lessing-nobel-win-in-2007-a-bloody-disaster.html London - Nobel Prize-winning author Doris Lessing has said that winning the award for literature in 1997 has been a bloody disaster , reports said Sunday. All I do is give interviews and spend time being photographed, Lessing said during a BBC rad... UK,Entertainment Sun, 11 May 2008 10:41:01 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/204630,doris-lessing-nobel-win-in-2007-a-bloody-disaster.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/204591,obit-soprano-leyla-gencer-dead-at-age-80.html Washington/Istanbul - Leyla Gencer, a soprano noted for her performances throughout Italy, died at age 80 Saturday at her home in Milan, Italy, the Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts said on its website. She died of respiratory failure and card... US,Entertainment Sun, 11 May 2008 03:02:02 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/204591,obit-soprano-leyla-gencer-dead-at-age-80.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/204493,after-six-years-singer-r-kelly-on-trial-for-child.html New York - Six years after being accused of appearing in a sex tape with a girl as young as 13, R&B star R. Kelly finally went on trial Friday on child porn charges. Kelly, 41, denies being the person on the tape, as does the alleged victim, now 23. ... US,Entertainment Fri, 09 May 2008 21:57:06 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/204493,after-six-years-singer-r-kelly-on-trial-for-child.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/204201,hollywood-to-bring-swiss-hero-william-tell-to-life-in.html Lucerne - A Hollywood producer plans to make a film about Swiss hero William Tell, to be filmed in Switzerland and starring Charlie Chaplin's granddaughter, Kiera Chaplin. Fred Caruso, producer of films such as Blue Velvet and production manager of T... US,Entertainment Thu, 08 May 2008 16:28:07 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/204201,hollywood-to-bring-swiss-hero-william-tell-to-life-in.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/204127,croatian-nationalist-rocker-gets-euro-2008-invite.html Vienna - A Croatian rock star whose songs some view as glorifying the Nazi era has been invited to the Euro 2008 football championship by Austrian far-right politician Joerg Haider. Marko Perkovic was slated to perform for Croatian fans in Haider's p... Entertainment Thu, 08 May 2008 12:26:00 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/204127,croatian-nationalist-rocker-gets-euro-2008-invite.html