Rich Cronin, former lead singer of the boy band LFO and the writer of its 1999 hit “Summer Girls,” died on Wednesday after a battle with leukemia, celebrity news site TMZ reported. He was 35.
LOS ANGELES — An attorney for Britney Spears’ ex-husband called child abuse claims levelled at the singer by a former bodyguard baseless and motivated by money.
LOS ANGELES - The story of Ronald Reagan’s life — from boyhood to Hollywood actor to leader of the free world — is about to spill out on the big screen in a way quite different from the miniseries that caused such a stir seven years ago.
VENICE - A film based on the true story of Saartjie Baartman, a woman brought from what is now South Africa to Europe in the early 1800s and paraded as a freak of nature thanks to her appearance, has impressed audiences in Venice.
LOS ANGELES - “The American,” the spy thriller starring George Clooney, topped the North American box office this weekend beating gory action film “Machete,” final holiday break figures showed Tuesday.
LONDON - Horror movie “The Last Exorcism” has knocked Adam Sandler’s comedy “Grown Ups” off the UK box office top spot after just one week, according to Screen International on Tuesday.
VENICE - A documentary premiering at the Venice film festival explores the trauma of U.S. soldiers returning from war in Iraq and struggling to readjust to normal life, with little if any help from the military.
VENICE - A dearth of big Hollywood stars, Venice’s notoriously high costs, fierce competition from Toronto — this year’s film festival on the Lido is fighting to keep its place on the map as one of cinema’s most prestigious events.
WASHINGTON — The resemblance was striking: four young men in suits and skinny black ties, all sporting an early-Beatles bowl haircut, with the same guitars, and of course, the songs that still make crowds go wild.
