Monday 21 July 2014

Evan Davis to replace Jeremy Paxman on Newsnight

Evan Davis is to replace Jeremy Paxman on Newsnight, the BBC has announced.

The Radio 4 Today programme presenter was the BBC's economics editor for six and a half years and previously worked for Newsnight from 1997 to 2001.

NEW YORK (AP) — The summer box office continued to lack mojo, as the R-rated "Sex Tape" failed to turn on moviegoers over a weekend where "Dawn of the Planet of the Apes" maintained its rule.

20th Century Fox's science fiction sequel outmuscled a trio of new films to top the North American box office for the second-straight week with $36 million, according to studio estimates Sunday. The acclaimed sequel to 2011's reboot of the chimp franchise has now made $139 million domestically in two weeks.

Its closest completion over the weekend was the home-invasion horror thriller "The Purge: Anarchy," written and directed by James DeMoncaco. Universal's low-budget sequel to last year's surprise hit, "The Purge," opened with $28.4 million, down from the $34.1 million the original scared up on opening weekend.

HOUSTON -- Actress Skye McCole Bartusiak, who portrayed Mel Gibson's young daughter in the 2000 film "The Patriot," died in her Houston home, her mother said Sunday. She was 21.

Bartusiak's mother, Helen Bartusiak, told The Associated Press the actress had been living in a garage apartment at her parents' home. She said the actress' boyfriend found her unresponsive on her bed Saturday.

Helen Bartusiak said she tried to resuscitate her daughter but could not. She said the actress had been healthy and did not drink or do drugs and the family did not yet know a cause of death.

Aamir Khan, Salman Khan, Hrithik Roshan and Abhishek Bachchan among others recently came together for a charity football match in Mumbai.

The match was organized by Aamir's daughter Ira, in order to support stray animals. Speaking at the event, Salman Khan said, "It's a great cause. Humans and animals should live together. They have taken a good initiative."

The actor who played Walter White said he was 'sad'
Everyone involved with Breaking Bad had a lot to celebrate when the hit AMC show picked up the Programme Of The Year award at the Television Critics Association Awards over the weekend.

However the victory was tinged with sadness due to the realisation that this year will be the last year that the show could qualify for any of the categories after it came to an end last year.

Alia Bhatt, who has confirmed she has signed Vikas Bahl's Shaandar for a role with Shahid Kapoor, says she's a fan of the actor, whom she first fell in love with when she was all of 11.

"I'm a huge Shahid Kapoor fan. I must have been 11-year-old when I went to see Shahid in Ishq Vishk at Gaiety-Galaxy (in Mumbai). I've been a fan since then. He is a fabulous actor and from what I hear, a very supportive co-star," Alia said.

RCMP not ruling out foul play
PEMBERTON — Rain dampened the mood of campers at the Pemberton Music Festival, but it was the police tape strung around a tent in which 21-year-old Regina man Nick Phongsavath was found dead Friday night that cast the longest shadow over last weekend’s event.

RCMP called Phongsavath’s death suspicious and locked down the scene almost immediately, but police did not make any arrests nor identify any suspects in relation to the man’s death, said Sgt. Jennifer Pound, a spokeswoman for the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team.

The latest instalment of the Planet of the Apes saga has topped the box office in the US and Canada for a second week running.Dawn of the Planet of the Apes took $36m (£21m) in ticket sales in its second weekend.

The film has made almost $140m (£82m) in North America since its release, according the data company, Exhibitor Relations.

Moviemaker Rob Reiner is hoping Jack Nicholson's retirement won't stick because he wants to see him back on the big screen.

Reiner, who directed the movie veteran in A Few Good Men and The Bucket List, was stunned to learn of Nicholson's plans to walk away from the limelight, and he is hoping the actor reconsiders.

VANCOUVER -- An Indian wedding celebration in Metro Vancouver lasts more than a week, involves hundreds of people, and easily cost $100,000.

This photo gallery marks the wedding day of Serena Rai and Tej Mann, who exchanged vows at the Ross Street Temple in Vancouver on Saturday.

Quelques jours avant son premier anniversaire, le prince George a fait... ses premiers pas. Un moment fort dans la vie du royal baby, que la Clarence House a choisi de partager avec le monde entier, sur Twitter.

"Regardez qui marche !" s'extasiait, samedi, la Clarence House, sur son compte Twitter. La réponse se trouvait dans la photo, qui accompagnait ce message, et sur laquelle on pouvait voir l'adorable prince George, sur ses deux pieds, bras en l'air, timide sourire aux lèvres. Eh oui, ça y est, le fils de Kate Middleton et du prince William a enfin fait ses premiers pas et ce, quelques jours avant ses un an, qu'il fêtera ce 22 juillet. La Duchesse de Cambridge avait déjà évoqué les prouesses de son petit garçon, le mois dernier, lors d'une visite au Musée national de la Marine à Greenwhich. On peut désormais admirer les exploits du royal baby boy, en images !

Have you ever forgotten where you parked your new hybrid car? Have you ever bought more groceries than you can fit in your refrigerator? Have you ever been forced to delay your hour-long shower because your maid hasn’t finished cleaning the bathroom yet? “Weird Al” Yankovic understands your pain in his new video for Pixies-esque “First World Problems.”

The Liam Lynch-directed clip, which is currently only viewable on PopCrush, sees the king of pop-music parodies enduring all of these completely traumatizing experiences and more. Don’t worry, his character gets what’s coming to him in the end.

The return of The Walking Dead is just a few months away and creator Robert Kirkman is beginning to drop some hints about what fans can expect in Season 5.

The plot will quickly rev up in the first episode, which airs on Oct. 29, says Kirkman.

“We really hit the ground running. What I mean by that is that we very quickly deal with the situation that we left them in — this trapped, victim situation where they’re kind of at the mercy of the people of Terminus,” Kirkman tells Entertainment Weekly, and adds that there are big surprises coming.

Catch our recap of the finale tonight

Reality talent shows aren’t what they used to be.Once upon a time, an Australian Idol winner could be guaranteed chart domination in the weeks after victory. However, with a bundle of similar programs competing for the care-about-this-person’s-future-career dollar, tonight’s final of The Voice seems less like a catapult to stardom and more like one of those internships where hopeful young people are assured that it’ll give them valuable “exposure in the industry”.

Kendall Jenner wants to quit 'Keeping Up with the Kardashians'.The 18-year-old beauty reportedly wants to give up on her family's reality show as she has been advised it could be damaging to her modelling career, which is so far going well and has seen her walk the runway for the likes of Chanel and Givenchy.

A source told the Daily Mail newspaper: ''She has been advised by friends in the fashion industry that reality TV could damage her modeling career.''

Millions of fans would disagree.

The star, who died Saturday night at age 86 reportedly from natural causes, enjoyed a career that spanned more than 50 years in television and film, and included such iconic shows as “Maverick” and “The Rockford Files,” and film blockbusters “Victor/Victoria” and “The Notebook.”

Katy Perry has posted a well-intentioned but misleading tweet in an attempt to offer her condolences to the victims of MH17.

“So INCREDIBLY sad to hear that there were 100 volunteers for UNICEF on flight MH17 Sending our prayers to all the families effected [sic],” she wrote to her 54 million followers.

However local UNICEF representatives have confirmed no staff or volunteers were on board the flight which claimed the lives of 298 people when it was shot down over the Ukraine on Friday.

"I'm watching a show" and "I have to be up early" were among the reasons the woman turned down his sexual advances

A frustrated husband who created a spreadsheet charting the excuses his wife was using for not having sex saw his plan backfire when she posted it online.

The man spent a month compiling the list of reasons, which included "I'm watching a show" - which was a re-run of a Friends episode.

NOW we know why so many celebs traverse the globe in private planes: fly commercial and you might get papped by your fellow passengers.

One Instagram user shared a few pics over the weekend documenting some ultra-famous fellow passengers on his night flight from New York to London: Madonna and family, including teenage daughter Lourdes.

Madge was seemingly unaware as her fellow passenger snapped away:

Foxtel in Australia has commissioned a series in which Hollywood star Hugh Jackman challenges his overweight friend and Aussie TV personality Gus Worland to run the New York City Marathon.

Gus Worland: Marathon Man will air on Foxtel’s A&E Channel later this year and will document the transformation of Worland from unhealthy couch potato to fitness fanatic.

This week on the News Sensation panel:

- Kristin Devitt - PR superstar
- Andy Thompson - Comedian

Actress Skye McCole Bartusiak, best known for her role as Mel Gibson’s daughter in The Patriot, has died after having seizures, according to reports.

Bartusiak passed away Saturday at her family’s Texas home after a week of epileptic seizures, her mother told CNN, adding that she tried to resuscitate the dying girl before paramedics arrived.

'We lost our girl,' mother Helen McCole Bartusiak told the network. 'She was a kind and really beautiful girl.'

The young woman's boyfriend found her sitting up on a bed in a garage apartment next to the house, the mother added.

Actor’s whimsical style in 1950s TV western Maverick led to a stellar career in TV and film, including an Oscar nomination for Murphy’s Romance.

LOS ANGELES—Actor James Garner, whose whimsical style in the 1950s TV western Maverick led to a stellar career in TV series and films such as The Rockford Files” and his Oscar-nominated Murphy’s Romance, has died, police said. He was 86.

A former member of Destiny's Child got arrested again for disorderly conduct. Farah Franklin, who was with the band for five months was said to have been detained in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.

The 33- year old was booked at 4:55 in the morning but was released on Sunday. She had to pay a U.S. $280 bill in order to get out of the Horry County Detention center. Sources say, alcohol might have been a factor in why she got arrested. Before the arrest, Franklin posted a photo on Instagram showing that she was on the beach and that she seemed carefree.

Adam Levine and Behati Prinsloo had a wedding to remember.The Maroon 5 frontman and the Victoria's Secret model tied the knot at Flora Farms in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, with Jonah Hill conducting the ceremony.

"Jonah was hysterical. He was telling so many jokes, but then in the middle would be so sweet and sincere. He also talked about how sweet Behati is and how perfect they are for one another," a source told E! News.

The 25-year-old model's father, who is a minister, also gave a blessing during the "loose, romantic and fun" ceremony, which was attended by around 100 guests including Jason Segel.

The first trailer for the "Fifty Shades of Grey" movie will be released this week and the original Christian Grey, Charlie Hunnam, says he can't wait for the finished product.

Speaking Sunday at a Fox event as part of the Television Critics Association press tour, the 34-year-old actor said he still believes in the film although he's no longer a part of it.

"I'm just really excited to see it. I was just really, really invested and wanted to work with (director) Sam (Taylor-Johnson) and play that character. I'm really, really curious."

The awards prove that television is the place to be for big name stars!Breaking Bad has continued its run of success by scooping one of the top honours at The Television Critics Association Awards, with Matthew McConaughey and Julia Louis-Dreyfus also winning on the night.

The highly popular TV series, which stars Bryan Cranston and follows a teacher who cooks and sells the drug crystal meth, won Program of the Year for the second year running.

L'acteur américain James Garner est décédé à Los Angeles à l'âge de 86 ans. Selon la police, il est mort à son domicile de mort naturelle. James Garner s'était fait un nom à la fin des années 50 en tenant le rôle titre dans la série télévisée de western "Maverick". James Garner y interprétait Bret Maverick, un homme porté sur les jeux de hasard. La série a eu l'honneur d'une version sur grand écran en 1994 avec Mel Gibson dans le rôle principal. Garner y tenait pour sa part un second rôle.

James Garner était aussi apparu dans les années 70 dans la série télévisée "The Rockford Files", qui a compté plus de 100 épisodes, et où il tenait le rôle principal.

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