http://www.bnd.com/entertainment/index.xml News, sports, and entertainment from Belleville News Democrat en-us Copyright 2008 Belleville News Democrat Entertainment 60 Fri, 05 Dec 2008 04:06:23 CST http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss McClatchy Interactive's PubSys support@Belleville.com http://www.bnd.com/entertainment/story/566892.html http://www.bnd.com/entertainment/story/566892.html Fri, 05 Dec 2008 02:14 CST If anybody was meant to be an actress it was Carolyn Hennesy. Before she cut her first tooth she was hanging out on sound stages with her late father, Academy Award-winning production designer Dale Hennesy. http://www.bnd.com/entertainment/story/566895.html http://www.bnd.com/entertainment/story/566895.html Fri, 05 Dec 2008 02:14 CST -- http://www.bnd.com/entertainment/story/565362.html http://www.bnd.com/entertainment/story/565362.html Thu, 04 Dec 2008 02:15 CST -- http://www.bnd.com/entertainment/story/565374.html http://www.bnd.com/entertainment/story/565374.html Thu, 04 Dec 2008 02:15 CST "THE DARK KNIGHT" http://www.bnd.com/entertainment/story/566614.html http://www.bnd.com/entertainment/story/566614.html Thu, 04 Dec 2008 21:05 CST Jennifer Hudson says she's honored to be a Grammy nominee. The Oscar-winning actress and singer, who has been in seclusion since the killings of her mother, brother and nephew, was nominated Wednesday for four Grammy awards for her self-titled debut album. http://www.bnd.com/entertainment/story/566559.html http://www.bnd.com/entertainment/story/566559.html Thu, 04 Dec 2008 20:30 CST Dixie Chicks singer Natalie Maines is the target of a defamation lawsuit by the stepfather of one of three 8-year-old boys slain in 1993. http://www.bnd.com/entertainment/story/566534.html http://www.bnd.com/entertainment/story/566534.html Fri, 05 Dec 2008 01:00 CST Police are seeking two people they want to question about the shooting of actor Mark Ruffalo's brother. http://www.bnd.com/entertainment/story/566473.html http://www.bnd.com/entertainment/story/566473.html Thu, 04 Dec 2008 19:30 CST For all the disclosures former President Richard Nixon makes in "Frost/Nixon," director Ron Howard has one of his own. http://www.bnd.com/entertainment/story/566432.html http://www.bnd.com/entertainment/story/566432.html Thu, 04 Dec 2008 17:50 CST Former "Soul Train" host Don Cornelius has pleaded not guilty to spousal battery charges. http://www.bnd.com/entertainment/story/566348.html http://www.bnd.com/entertainment/story/566348.html Thu, 04 Dec 2008 16:25 CST Though M.I.A. has been hailed by critics since she made her debut in 2005, her fiery lyrics, which speak against corrupt political systems and talk of revolution and violence, have always ensured her a place far outside of music's mainstream - until recently. http://www.bnd.com/entertainment/story/566343.html http://www.bnd.com/entertainment/story/566343.html Thu, 04 Dec 2008 16:20 CST Paul Benedict, the actor who played the English neighbor Harry Bentley on the sitcom "The Jeffersons," has died. He was 70. http://www.bnd.com/entertainment/story/566330.html http://www.bnd.com/entertainment/story/566330.html Thu, 04 Dec 2008 16:55 CST General Electric Co.'s media and theme park subsidiary, NBC Universal, this week laid off about 500 employees - about 3 percent of its work force of 15,000 - as part of a plan to trim $500 million next year, a person familiar with the situation said Thursday. http://www.bnd.com/entertainment/story/566313.html http://www.bnd.com/entertainment/story/566313.html Thu, 04 Dec 2008 15:50 CST CBS' Grammy nominations special wasn't a breakaway hit with viewers Wednesday night, but it didn't play off-key. http://www.bnd.com/entertainment/story/566304.html http://www.bnd.com/entertainment/story/566304.html Thu, 04 Dec 2008 17:00 CST Erik Estrada has returned to Muncie to take part in overnight police patrols in the city where he starred in the short-lived reality series "Armed & Famous." The former star of the 1970s motorcycle cop drama "CHiPs" is a reserve officer on the Muncie Police Department. http://www.bnd.com/entertainment/story/566302.html http://www.bnd.com/entertainment/story/566302.html Thu, 04 Dec 2008 15:45 CST Top Hollywood stars are going the indie route at next month's Sundance Film Festival, whose lineup features Jim Carrey, Ewan McGregor, Winona Ryder, Richard Gere, Uma Thurman and Ashton Kutcher. http://www.bnd.com/entertainment/story/566279.html http://www.bnd.com/entertainment/story/566279.html Thu, 04 Dec 2008 15:25 CST Emory University will house a collection of nearly 700 editions of the novel "Robinson Crusoe." http://www.bnd.com/entertainment/story/566204.html http://www.bnd.com/entertainment/story/566204.html Thu, 04 Dec 2008 16:45 CST The National Board of Review has picked "Slumdog Millionaire" as the year's best film. http://www.bnd.com/entertainment/story/566192.html http://www.bnd.com/entertainment/story/566192.html Thu, 04 Dec 2008 14:00 CST Since Proposition 8 passed in California, much of Hollywood has been up in arms. Now, they are singing and dancing, too, in a new Web video called "Prop 8: The Musical." http://www.bnd.com/entertainment/story/566184.html http://www.bnd.com/entertainment/story/566184.html Thu, 04 Dec 2008 17:15 CST More bad news from the book industry: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt announced that it is "streamlining" its educational business, and eliminating jobs in both its education and general divisions. HarperCollins and Pearson, parent company of Penguin Group (USA), are freezing wages and considering layoffs. http://www.bnd.com/entertainment/story/566150.html http://www.bnd.com/entertainment/story/566150.html Thu, 04 Dec 2008 13:16 CST The date for Jane Fonda's return to Broadway after an absence of more than four decades has been set. http://www.bnd.com/entertainment/story/566106.html http://www.bnd.com/entertainment/story/566106.html Thu, 04 Dec 2008 12:36 CST As the box-office bankroll climbed for "The Dark Knight" last summer, the Hollywood consensus was that a posthumous nomination for Heath Ledger was the Batman blockbuster's best Academy Awards hope. http://www.bnd.com/entertainment/story/566096.html http://www.bnd.com/entertainment/story/566096.html Thu, 04 Dec 2008 12:16 CST The future director of Madrid's Teatro Real said Thursday he would work to make it one of the world's great opera houses and win more people over to the art. http://www.bnd.com/entertainment/story/566076.html http://www.bnd.com/entertainment/story/566076.html Thu, 04 Dec 2008 11:51 CST More bad news from the book industry: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt is "streamlining" its educational business, and eliminating jobs in both its education and general divisions. http://www.bnd.com/entertainment/story/566048.html http://www.bnd.com/entertainment/story/566048.html Thu, 04 Dec 2008 13:11 CST Ms. Winfrey is going to Washington. http://www.bnd.com/entertainment/story/565964.html http://www.bnd.com/entertainment/story/565964.html Thu, 04 Dec 2008 17:10 CST The latest magical tome by J.K. Rowling has started to fly off bookstore shelves.