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  • "Enron" vs "Jerusalem" at Standard theatre awards

    LONDON (Reuters) - "Enron," a play about the collapsed U.S. energy trading company, and "Jerusalem," a portrayal of less-than-idyllic life in rural England, face off at the London Evening Standard Theater Awards.

    November 10, 2009, 4:15 am
  • JLS top charts to secure "X Factor" treble

    LONDON (Reuters) - Boyband JLS have delivered a third successive number one by an "X Factor" performer after topping the pop charts with their second single "Everybody in Love" on Sunday.

    November 10, 2009, 3:58 am
  • Japanese manga comes to British Museum

    LONDON (Reuters) - Japanese manga artist Hoshino Yukinobu has brought his popular character Professor Munakata to London's British Museum, featuring some of the collection's most famous treasures in his drawings.

    November 10, 2009, 3:18 am
  • How to do less at work and get away with it

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - Never mind the recession.

    November 9, 2009, 11:46 pm
  • Japan "sweetheart" actress sentenced for drug use

    TOKYO (Reuters) - A Japanese singer-actress famous in Asia for her sweet, girl-next-door image was given a suspended jail sentence on Monday for using illegal stimulants in the latest celebrity drugs case in Japan.

    November 9, 2009, 6:34 pm
  • Paramount offers content to ZillionTV

    LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Like several of its competitors, Paramount is buying into the idea of ZillionTV, offering up content and taking an equity stake in the young VOD company.

    November 9, 2009, 5:41 pm
  • Ray Winstone eyes serial-killer thriller

    LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Ray Winstone is attached to star in "Red Snow," a fact-based serial-killer thriller set to shoot in Canada next April.

    November 9, 2009, 5:39 pm
  • Daniel Craig moves into "Dream House"

    TORONTO (Hollywood Reporter) - Daniel Craig is headed to Canada early next year to star in Irish director Jim Sheridan's psychological thriller "Dream House."

    November 9, 2009, 5:34 pm
  • Filmmaker James Ivory books trip to sedate 'City'

    ROME (Hollywood Reporter) - James Ivory's first solo venture after the 2005 death of his longtime producing partner Ismail Merchant reads like a loving salute to 49 years of Merchant Ivory filmmaking.

    November 9, 2009, 3:07 pm