http://www.mail.com/subjects/104-arts-entertainment.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/subjects/104-arts-entertainment.html http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/2105270-la-scala-scales-productions-to-crisis.html MILAN (AP) — La Scala's manager says the 2013-14 season will have three fewer operas than usual due to the economic crisis. Stephane Lissner said Thursday that the season will feature 10 operas instead of the usual 13. They will include three by Giuseppe Verdi in honor of the bicentennial celebration of his birth on Oct. 10, 1813. The Dec. 7 gala season o... Thu, 23 May 2013 14:27:15 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/2105270-la-scala-scales-productions-to-crisis.html 2013-05-23T14:27:15Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2105264-police-jewels-stolen-cap-dantibes-cannes.html PARIS (AP) — Police say an expensive necklace was stolen overnight in the luxurious resort town of Cap d'Antibes, the second jewelry theft on the French Riviera during the Cannes Film Festival. A police official said Thursday that the necklace was of "high value" but couldn't put a price on it. She would only speak on condition of anonymity because an inv... Thu, 23 May 2013 14:12:56 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2105264-police-jewels-stolen-cap-dantibes-cannes.html 2013-05-23T14:12:56Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/2105204-sorrentino-serves-up-cinema-banquet-cannes.html CANNES, France (AP) — Paolo Sorrentino has a thing about food — appropriately enough, for the director of a sumptuous feast of a film, "The Great Beauty." The Italian auteur's Cannes Film Festival entry is a journey through Rome in the company of observant but aimless writer Jep Gambardella (actor Toni Servillo). Sorrentino's camera takes viewers through ... Thu, 23 May 2013 13:56:35 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/2105204-sorrentino-serves-up-cinema-banquet-cannes.html 2013-05-23T13:56:35Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/2104650-bronx-ghetto-tours-amid-residents-outrage.html NEW YORK (AP) — A company that promised sightseer tours to the Bronx that included a New York City "ghetto" has stopped the bus rides under protest from an outraged neighborhood. Real Bronx Tours, which took mostly European tourists from Manhattan to see life in the South Bronx "from a safe distance," issued a statement this week saying it would immediate... Thu, 23 May 2013 13:16:43 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/2104650-bronx-ghetto-tours-amid-residents-outrage.html 2013-05-23T13:16:43Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/2105050-russian-court-denies-pussy-riots-alekhina-parole.html MOSCOW (AP) — A Russian court has denied parole to a member of the Pussy Riot punk group. In its ruling Thursday, the court accepted a claim by prosecutors that Maria Alekhina had systematically disobeyed prison authorities and failed to repent for her crime, Russian media reported. Alekhina went on a hunger strike Wednesday after being barred from the co... Thu, 23 May 2013 12:47:49 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/2105050-russian-court-denies-pussy-riots-alekhina-parole.html 2013-05-23T12:47:49Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2105032-west-bank-romance-prominent-omar.html CANNES, France (AP) — One of the more buzzed-about films at the Cannes Film Festival, "Omar," is set in the West Bank, and the Palestinian conflict is a key part of the plot. But the film's lead actor, Adam Bakri, says the location or political motif isn't that important. "The fact is that it is an international story, it happens in the West Bank but it d... Thu, 23 May 2013 12:21:31 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2105032-west-bank-romance-prominent-omar.html 2013-05-23T12:21:31Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/2096180-heard-cannes-film-festival.html CANNES, France (AP) — Associated Press journalists open their notebooks at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival. 'TIRED' ANG LEE PULLS OUT OF FX SERIES: Ang Lee's Oscar-winning effort for the movie "Life of Pi" has so exhausted him he's decided to pull out of plans to direct the FX series pilot "Tyrant." In a statement, Ang said: "It is one of the most brilliant... Thu, 23 May 2013 11:21:42 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/2096180-heard-cannes-film-festival.html 2013-05-23T11:21:42Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2104760-brown-hounded-calling-manila-gates-hell.html MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Dan Brown's description of Manila as "the gates of hell" in the American novelist's latest book has not gone down well with officials in the Philippine capital. The book "Inferno," which is being sold in the Philippines, includes a character who is visiting the city and taken aback by poverty, crime and the sex trade. The chairm... Thu, 23 May 2013 08:05:44 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2104760-brown-hounded-calling-manila-gates-hell.html 2013-05-23T08:05:44Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2104686-nixon-library-hosts-40th-reunion-vietnam-pows.html YORBA LINDA, Calif. (AP) — U.S. Navy Lt. Mike McGrath was just 27 years old, with a wife and two toddler sons in the U.S., when he was shot down and taken prisoner on his 179th bombing mission during the Vietnam War. McGrath spent almost six years in North Vietnamese prisons, enduring torture and beatings before he was released in the spring of 1973 with ... Thu, 23 May 2013 07:54:12 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2104686-nixon-library-hosts-40th-reunion-vietnam-pows.html 2013-05-23T07:54:12Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/2104698-debbie-reynolds-we-knew-liberace-was-gay.html BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — In the new film "Behind the Candelabra," veteran entertainer Debbie Reynolds has just three major scenes to flesh out one of the most complicated figures in piano-playing showman Liberace's life: his loving but sometimes manipulative mother Frances. The Oscar-, Tony- and Emmy-nominated Reynolds didn't need to do any homework f... Thu, 23 May 2013 07:45:51 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/2104698-debbie-reynolds-we-knew-liberace-was-gay.html 2013-05-23T07:45:51Z http://www.mail.com/sports/other/2104586-ocean-that-separates-us-european-fans.html Imagine Derek Jeter leading the New York Yankees off the field because opposing fans were yelling racial slurs and throwing bananas at his team. Or a game between the Miami Heat and Chicago Bulls halted because of unrelenting race-baiting from the crowd. It's almost unfathomable to a U.S. sports fan, even with the country's long, wrenching and seemingly e... Thu, 23 May 2013 07:08:50 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/other/2104586-ocean-that-separates-us-european-fans.html 2013-05-23T07:08:50Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2104146-photographer-forester-wayne-miller-dies-94.html ORINDA, Calif. (AP) — Photographer Wayne F. Miller, who created a ground-breaking series of portraits chronicling the lives of black Americans in Chicago after serving with an elite Navy unit that produced some of the most indelible combat images of World War II, died Wednesday. He was 94. Miller was also known for his work as a curator on an internationa... Thu, 23 May 2013 03:17:44 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2104146-photographer-forester-wayne-miller-dies-94.html 2013-05-23T03:17:44Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/2103674-obama-honors-carole-king-white-house-concert.html WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama, saluting Carole King's five decades as an award-winning singer-songwriter, said Wednesday that music often is a place where people seek comfort and inspiration during trying times. Two days after much of Moore, Okla., was flattened by a powerful tornado that killed 24 people, Obama pledged anew that the nation wil... Thu, 23 May 2013 01:55:20 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/2103674-obama-honors-carole-king-white-house-concert.html 2013-05-23T01:55:20Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/2104172-emails-aeg-lawyer-called-jackson-freak.html LOS ANGELES (AP) — A lawyer for the parent company of AEG Live LLC called Michael Jackson a freak on the day the singer signed a multimillion contract for a series of ill-fated comeback concerts, emails displayed for a jury on Wednesday showed. The emails were presented by Brian Panish, an attorney for Jackson's mother in her lawsuit claiming AEG was negl... Thu, 23 May 2013 00:23:31 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/2104172-emails-aeg-lawyer-called-jackson-freak.html 2013-05-23T00:23:31Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2102888-talk-lies-pride-trump-case-to-jury.html CHICAGO (AP) — The lawyer for an 87-year-old woman who accuses Donald Trump of cheating her in a skyscraper condo deal told jurors in Chicago on Wednesday that he was personally repulsed because he felt the "Apprentice" star conned his client and lied about it on the witness stand. Plaintiff attorney Shelly Kulwin's comments came during a sarcasm-filled c... Thu, 23 May 2013 00:17:21 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2102888-talk-lies-pride-trump-case-to-jury.html 2013-05-23T00:17:21Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/2103958-arias-trial-tv-cameras.html PHOENIX (AP) — The Jodi Arias trial had all the ingredients of a circus the minute it started: sex and violence, a defendant more than willing to seek the spotlight, a judge who extended leniency in allowing lengthy testimony and cameras in court — and a media-savvy sheriff ready and willing to set up jailhouse interviews with his most famous inmate. The ... Wed, 22 May 2013 23:42:21 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/2103958-arias-trial-tv-cameras.html 2013-05-22T23:42:21Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2103698-ad-agency-sues-creators-cartoon-network.html A North Dakota advertising agency is suing the creators of a Cartoon Network show, alleging that they copied a state marketing campaign. H2M, a Fargo-based advertising and marketing agency, filed the lawsuit against Dane Boedigheimer and Spencer Grove in U.S. District Court in North Dakota on Monday. Boedigheimer and Grove are the creators of the animated... Wed, 22 May 2013 22:55:21 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2103698-ad-agency-sues-creators-cartoon-network.html 2013-05-22T22:55:21Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2103890-publisher-sen-warren-book-coming-2014.html NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren, a favorite among liberals for her forceful advocacy for consumers and criticisms of the financial industry, has a book deal. The Massachusetts Democrat has an agreement with Henry Holt and Company for a book, currently untitled, to be released in spring 2014, the publisher announced Wednesday. Warren, a first-te... Wed, 22 May 2013 22:11:20 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2103890-publisher-sen-warren-book-coming-2014.html 2013-05-22T22:11:20Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2103026-douglas-damon-dramatize-steamy-showbiz-affair.html NEW YORK (AP) — The idea of Michael Douglas playing Liberace might seem nearly as outrageous as Liberace himself. Liberace, forever hailed as Mr. Showmanship, was the excess-to-the-max pianist-personality whose onstage and offstage extravagance were legendary and who wowed audiences in Las Vegas and worldwide to become the best-paid entertainer on the pla... Wed, 22 May 2013 22:03:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2103026-douglas-damon-dramatize-steamy-showbiz-affair.html 2013-05-22T22:03:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2103824-jennifer-lopez-to-open-cellphone-stores.html NEW YORK (AP) — "Jenny from the Block" wants the block to buy Verizon phones from her. Singer and actress Jennifer Lopez on Wednesday announced she's opening a chain of 15 cellphone stores and a website under the Viva Movil brand. The aim is to sell Verizon phones and services to Latinos. The first store will open in New York on June 1... Wed, 22 May 2013 21:44:02 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2103824-jennifer-lopez-to-open-cellphone-stores.html 2013-05-22T21:44:02Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/2103610-cannes-scott-thomas-glorious-dip-darkness.html CANNES, France (AP) — To convince Kristin Scott Thomas to play the bloodthirsty matriarch of "Only God Forgives," director Nicolas Winding Refn appealed to Scott Thomas — how else? — with the flattery of his own mother. "That's how he got me to do the film," Scott Thomas said in a beachside interview Wednesday. "He said, 'You're my mother's favorite actre... Wed, 22 May 2013 19:29:13 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/2103610-cannes-scott-thomas-glorious-dip-darkness.html 2013-05-22T19:29:13Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2102768-redford-swept-shipwreck-saga-all-lost.html CANNES, France (AP) — Robert Redford makes actions speak louder than words in shipwreck drama "All Is Lost." He doesn't have much choice. A man-versus-nature tale about a lone sailor adrift on the Indian Ocean, J.C. Chandor's movie has no dialogue, just a few lines of voiceover at the start and a couple of heartfelt expletives. Redford... Wed, 22 May 2013 18:21:33 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2102768-redford-swept-shipwreck-saga-all-lost.html 2013-05-22T18:21:33Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/2103368-idol-winner-rolling-debut-album-july.html NEW YORK (AP) — Candice Glover spent more time on season 12 of "American Idol" than she will on creating her debut album. The 23-year-old, who won the Fox singing series last week after competing for four months, is set to release "Music Speaks" on July 16. Past "Idol" champs released their debut albums in the fall after winning the contest in the spring,... Wed, 22 May 2013 17:32:36 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/2103368-idol-winner-rolling-debut-album-july.html 2013-05-22T17:32:36Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2103220-fox-brings-messy-workplaces-to-television.html NEW YORK (AP) — This time "you're fired" is more than a Donald Trump catchphrase. Fox is turning the firing of real people from real jobs into prime-time entertainment starting this week. The network on Thursday will begin airing "Does Someone Have to Go?" a series where cameras go into small businesses and employees are compelled to rat out underperformi... Wed, 22 May 2013 17:28:44 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2103220-fox-brings-messy-workplaces-to-television.html 2013-05-22T17:28:44Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/2103174-beatles-lyrics-headed-british-library.html LONDON (AP) — Shakespeare, the Magna Carta — and now some of John Lennon's finest lyrics. The British Library on Wednesday added substantially to its already formidable collection with handwritten lyrics to Beatles' classics "Strawberry Fields Forever", "She Said She Said" and "In My Life." Although these three songs are legally credit... Wed, 22 May 2013 17:24:24 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/2103174-beatles-lyrics-headed-british-library.html 2013-05-22T17:24:24Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/2103140-blake-shelton-putting-together-okla-benefit.html LOS ANGELES (AP) — Blake Shelton and NBC are putting together a benefit for Oklahoma tornado victims. Shelton told reporters about the fundraising effort after Tuesday night's episode of "The Voice." Shelton, an Oklahoma native, paid tribute to the thousands affected by Sunday and Monday's tornadoes by performing an acoustic version of the hit "Over You" ... Wed, 22 May 2013 16:32:03 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/2103140-blake-shelton-putting-together-okla-benefit.html 2013-05-22T16:32:03Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2103126-cannes-james-franco-builds-bookish-filmography.html CANNES, France (AP) — James Franco's filmography is starting to look like a book shelf — and a very respectable one, at that. The 35-year-old American has already played poets Allen Ginsberg ("Howl") and Hart Crane ("The Broken Tower"). He recently finished directing an adaptation of Cormac McCarthy's "Child of God" (having first flirted with doing McCart... Wed, 22 May 2013 16:11:45 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2103126-cannes-james-franco-builds-bookish-filmography.html 2013-05-22T16:11:45Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/2101550-nick-jonas-giuliana-rancic-to-host-usa.html LAS VEGAS (AP) — Donald Trump's Miss USA pageant will be hosted by a Jonas brother and an E! News personality. Pageant officials announced Tuesday that Nick Jonas of the Jonas Brothers pop act and Giuliana Rancic, co-anchor of "E! News," will host the June 16 pageant. The winner of the 62nd annual pageant in Las Vegas goes on to compete in the Miss Univer... Wed, 22 May 2013 15:08:16 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/2101550-nick-jonas-giuliana-rancic-to-host-usa.html 2013-05-22T15:08:16Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2101930-hosseini-discusses-novel-nyc-reading.html NEW YORK (AP) — Khaled Hosseini, whose novels have sold more than 38 million copies worldwide, knows what a lucky man he is. "What separates me from someone in the streets of Kabul is such a thin line," says the Afghan-American author of "The Kite Runner" and "A Thousand Splendid Suns." ''What I have is, in many ways, an undeserved gift." Wed, 22 May 2013 14:59:35 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2101930-hosseini-discusses-novel-nyc-reading.html 2013-05-22T14:59:35Z