Trek flies to $43 mil in second week By Keith Williams HOLLYWOOD, CA (Hollywood Today) 5/17/09 — Dead popes, religious fanatics and a very big bottle of anti-matter helped propel the new Tom Hanks/Dan Brown ecclesiastical thriller Angels & Demons to the top of the charts this weekend, decoding an estimated $48 million at 3527 [...]
Entries from May 2009
Angels Beat Demons Scaring Up $48 mil, Star Trek Close
May 17th, 2009 · No Comments
Tags: Film
Alaskan Gov. Palin Defends Miss California USA
May 16th, 2009 · 44 Comments
Prominent Republican wags finger at ‘liberal onslaught’ By Matthew B. Zeidman ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Hollywood Today) 5/16/09 – With her own family-based scandals beginning to fade from public memory, former Republican vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin has come out in defense of Miss California USA Carrie Prejean. The Alaskan governor has decried the negative media attention the [...]
Tags: Celebrities · Media/journalism · Television
Daytime Emmy nominations revealed
May 15th, 2009 · No Comments
PBS leads the pack, with ABC runner-up By Darrah Le Montre HOLLYWOOD, CA (Hollywood Today) 5/15/09 — The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences has unveiled the nominees for the 36th annual Daytime Emmy Entertainment Awards. PBS, with 56 nominations is the most recognized, with ABC closely behind with 50. The show will be hosted [...]
Tags: Film
Alfieri Risks All for Tom Hanks in Angels and Demons
May 14th, 2009 · 9 Comments
Angels and Demons Star Alfieri Goes from Rome to Home in L.A. By Darrah Le Montre HOLLYWOOD, CA (Hollywood Today) 5/14/09 –Victor Alfieri has gone from “The Bold and the Beautiful” to a bankable star with his new vehicle, controversial film “Angels and Demons,” starring Tom Hanks. “He is such a good person,” Alfieri tells [...]
Tags: Film
Carter Burwell Receives ASCAP Henry Mancini Award for Career Achievement
May 12th, 2009 · 1 Comment
ASCAP HONORS TOP FILM AND TELEVISION MUSIC COMPOSERS AND SONGWRITERS AT 24TH ANNUAL AWARDS CELEBRATION Los Angeles, (Hollywood Today) 5/1109 — ASCAP (the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers) honored the composers and songwriters of the top box office film music and the most performed television music of 2008 at its 24th annual Film [...]
Hollywood Goes Green 2
May 11th, 2009 · 5 Comments
Part 2 in a series: Green food and Green home gifts By Gabrielle Pantera HOLLYWOOD, CA (Hollywood Today) 5/11/2009 – Last time we looked at a collection of Green fashion, health and beauty gifts prepared for such eco-conscious celebrities as Ellen DeGeneres, Kathy Griffin, Tina Fey, Bette Midler, Pink and Sting. Let’s take a deeper [...]
Tags: Blogroll · Health & Beauty