ENTERTAINMENT
November 29, 2011
A roundup of entertainment headlines for Tuesday. "Beginners" and "Tree of Life" tied for top honors at the Gotham Film Awards. Let the awards-bestowing season commence! ( Los Angeles Times ) Broadway grosses are up, even as tickets are sold for fewer shows. ( Los Angeles Times ) Based on testimony at Dr. Conrad Murray's trial, Michael Jackson's comeback may not have been the amazing thing it was promised to be. Murray is slated to be sentenced Tuesday. ( Los Angeles Times )
NATIONAL
February 21, 2012 | By Amy Hubbard
Sugarland is among the targets of a lawsuit by the families of four of the people killed in the Indiana State Fair stage collapse in August. Now the country duo has responded to the lawsuit -- saying it's not the band's fault. Seven fairgoers were killed and 58 were hurt in the Aug. 13 collapse, when towering stage equipment tumbled onto fans below. According to National Weather Service reports, wind gusts at the time were as strong as 60 to 70 mph. Jennifer Nettles, lead singer of Sugarland, said in a statement after the tragedy that there were "no words to process a moment of this magnitude and gravity.
ENTERTAINMENT
August 29, 2012 | By Christie D'Zurilla
Holly Madison, she of the million-dollar breasts, is going to be a mom. Madison, the former Hugh Hefner girlfriend and "The Girls Next Door" reality star who's now featured in the Vegas revue "Peepshow," is 12 weeks pregnant, she told People. The 33-year-old is expecting with boyfriend of nine months Pasquale Rotella, 38, a party promoter and founder of the Electric Daisy Carnival rave. PHOTOS: Hollywood's baby boom "My better half and I really appreciate all the love and congratulations!
ENTERTAINMENT
December 10, 2012 | By Christie D'Zurilla
Busy Philipps of "Cougar Town" and "Dawson's Creek" fame is expecting a baby, her second. "So this happened ... , " the actress tweeted Monday, with a picture of a positive ClearBlue test reading "pregnant. " Her rep confirmed the news to People. Philipps, 33, welcomed her first child with husband Marc Silverstein in 2008. The couple, who were married on Valentine's Day in 2007, named their daughter Birdie Leigh. Busy is set to be seen on the big screen in "A Case of You," a romantic comedy written by Justin Long that's due out next year.
ENTERTAINMENT
December 19, 2012 | By Ed Stockly
Click here to download TV listings for the week Dec. 16 - 22 in PDF format This week's TV Movies SERIES The X Factor: The season finale features performances from One Direction and Pitbull. The winner is announced (8 p.m. Fox). The Real Housewives of Miami: After weather delays in Bimini, the women return home in the season finale (9 p.m. Bravo). Project Runway All Stars: The designers must create vintage looks inspired by one of three 1920s events in this new episode (9 p.m. Lifetime)
NEWS
August 14, 2011 | By Rene Lynch, Los Angeles Times
The death toll has risen to five in the stage collapse at the Indiana State Fair in which 45 people were also injured. The main stage collapsed on a crowd waiting for a Sugarland performance Saturday night at the Indianapolis fair after being blasted by winds as strong as 60 to 70 mph, according to the National Weather Service. The lead singer of the country band, Jennifer Nettles, expressed her horror in a statement to Associated Press, saying there were "no words to process a moment of this magnitude and gravity.