Entertainment Express: Jay-Z and Pearl Jam, Hal David, Telluride, Venice Film Festival, The Dark Knight Rises
* The Pearl Jam / Jay-Z collaboration we didn’t know was coming, happened at the Made in America festival in Philadelphia this past weekend. Both the rapper and band made mention of the upcoming US elections at the event too. * The Venice Film Festival is hitting the halfway-point, before the Toronto Film Festival...
Entertainment Express: Star Wars, TV Critics Awards, Snoop Dogg, The Dark Knight Rises, Olympics Opening
* Homeland, Louie, Downton Abbey were all big winners at the Television Critics Awards in LA on Sunday night. * An original Star Wars Chewbacca headpiece fetched over $170 000 at a weekend prop auction. * Snoop Dogg played his debut album, Doggystyle, in its entirety at New York’s Catalpa Music Festival, telling the audience,...
Entertainment Express: Mariah Carey, The Dark Knight Rises, Bruce Springsteen, Lady Gaga, Toronto International Film Festival
* Looper, the sci-fi thriller starring Bruce Willis and Joseph Gordon-Levitt, will open this year’s Toronto International Film Festival. * Steven Tyler and J-Lo are out, Mariah Carey is in for Season 12 of American Idol. * Warner Bros, the studio behind The Dark Knight Rises, is making a ‘substantial’ donation to those who...
Entertainment Express: Dark Knight Rises, Teen Choice Awards, Katherine Jackson, The Killers, Amy Winehouse
* The suspect in The Dark Knight Rises theater shooting is due to appear in court Monday morning – although formal charges aren’t expected to be laid yet. * The Twilight movie franchise, Taylor Swift and Justin Bieber all won big at the Teen Choice Awards in LA. * Michael Jackson’s mother Katherine was reported...
Entertainment Express: The Dark Knight Rises Theater Shooting
The excitement over The Dark Knight Rises has been dramatically squashed with the news that 12 people have been killed at a mass shooting at a midnight screening in Aurora, near Denver, Colorado. * A 24-year old suspect was arrested by police in a rear parking lot of the theatre. * The Dark Knight...