ENTERTAINMENT
Ben Affleck: Jennifer Lopez was bad for career
Ben Affleck has finally dropped the bomb about his time with Jennifer Lopez, saying that dating her was not the greatest decision he's ever made. Actually, we'd think Reindeer Games would top that list. "I was no longer in control...
Posted on 10 July 2009 | 4:28 pm
If only we had the Bruno Movie Quoting Taskforce
We hear there's some movie called Bruno coming out today. Please, let us see it on our own.
Posted on 10 July 2009 | 3:12 pm
Mel Gibson returns to the screen in The Beaver
Mel Gibson's return to the big screen sure says a lot about the 53-year-old's frame of mind lately. At least, we can read plenty into it. Variety says Gibson, who is expecting a baby with mistress/girlfriend Oksana Grigorieva -- is...
Posted on 10 July 2009 | 2:50 pm
Michael Jackson took 10 Xanax a night; his body is being stored in a L.A. crypt for now
Now that the flurry of gushing aggrandizement is over and done, we can get back to being realistic about poor ol' Michael Jackson. First up: his alleged drug use. It seems that MJ had a tendency to down 10 Xanax...
Posted on 10 July 2009 | 1:46 pm
Brad Pitt's Moneyball may still be coming
That $50 million screen adaptation of Michael Lewis' book Moneyball starring Brad Pitt may have been shut down days before production was slated to begin, but don't count it out yet. Unlike the Oakland Athletics, who are pretty much done...
Posted on 10 July 2009 | 1:05 pm
FILM & TV
Where is My Ant-Man, Wright?
Bad news for those of us anxiously awaiting the size-altering, insect-communicating portion of Marvel's never-ending superhero movie line-up. Speaking to Empire, writer/director Edgar Wright revealed he hopes to move from his in-production film, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, to...
Posted on 10 July 2009 | 5:02 pm
'Maverick' Duo Reteaming for Sexual Innuendo-Titled Film
Once again flexing the muscle she used in Little Man Tate, Home for the Holidays, and an episode of Tales from the Darkside, Jodie Foster will be directing The Beaver, the much-hyped, high-concept script about a man who wears...
Posted on 10 July 2009 | 4:11 pm
'Cemetary Junction' Behind-the-Scenes: Eat It Again, Voldemort
From the BBC, here's a featurette that gives a behind-the-scenes look at a film high on my "G.D. I want to see this!" list, Cemetary Junction. We briefly get to see some scenes being shot, but more importantly, co-writers/directors...
Posted on 10 July 2009 | 2:51 pm
'Brothers' Poster: Time to Learn the Two Extremely Specific Sides of Every Family
There are two sides to every family: the side on which naked Tobey Maguire shuns Natalie Portman's intense back adoration, and the side where Jake Gyllenhaal thinks, "Man, I never get invited to the back-kissin' party. I wonder whose...
Posted on 10 July 2009 | 1:42 pm
First Look at Titular Fantastic Fox of 'Fantastic Mr. Fox'
This is Wes Anderson's Fantastic Mr. Fox? I don't really know what I was expecting--maybe something more like the book illustrations?--but this seems somehow off. Not that it's bad; just unexpected. It's sort of like seeing someone after they...
Posted on 10 July 2009 | 12:52 pm
MUSIC
Rolling Stone’s Top Stories
• Inside the Michael Jackson Memorial Issue • Jackson’s Death May Be Homicide, LAPD Says • Perez Hilton Confirms Warner Music Imprint • Leonard Cohen Asks for “Hallelujah” Break • Beyoncé Dances Fiercely for “Sweet Dreams” • Neverland Burial May Still Be Possible • Spoon Debut Tunes at Sweaty Austin Gig • Weekend Rock List: Magic Songs • White Stripes Meet Dance on [...]
Posted on 10 July 2009 | 5:02 pm
Rewind: The Week in Rock Daily
Photo: Galella/WireImage The world said goodbye to Michael Jackson at an all-star memorial service featuring Mariah, Stevie and a few new faces. Rolling Stone was there, and put out our special commemorative issue — go inside it at Michael Jackson Remembered. Pearl Jam announced tour dates, while ’90s compatriots Nine Inch Nails revealed the end of their [...]
Posted on 10 July 2009 | 5:00 pm
Random Notes & The Week’s Best Live Shots: Madonna, Dead, More
Photo: Mazur/WireImage Madonna got Sticky & Sweet in Paris (after paying tribute to the King of Pop the night prior in London), the Dead rocked Rothbury, and the E Street Band headed to Denmark. Plus, Robert Plant became a Commander of the British Empire, Britney Spears stepped out with her kids (drama-free!) and a host [...]
Posted on 10 July 2009 | 4:46 pm
Weekend Rock List: Magic Songs
Photo: Michael Ochs Archive/Getty Tom Felton, the actor who plays Draco Malfoy in the Harry Potter series, was just in our office filming an upcoming segment for Off the Cuff with Peter Travers, and he said if this weekend’s Rock List wasn’t somehow Half-Blood Prince-related, he’d turn us into frogs or something. Thus to avoid spending [...]
Posted on 10 July 2009 | 4:06 pm
Flashback: The End of NIN Opens Door To Exotic Birds Reunion
Trent Reznor announced Nine Inch Nails‘ final U.S. tour dates via Twitter today, making the prospect of a world without NIN a stark and impending reality. As we get nostalgic about the past 20 years of Nine Inch Nails, Rock Daily was going to embed a video of Nine Inch Nails performing Soft Cell’s “Sex [...]
Posted on 10 July 2009 | 3:06 pm
TOP STORIES
Obama meets with Pope Benedict
President Barack Obama said Friday the world apparently has averted economic collapse but a "full recovery is still a ways off."
Posted on 10 July 2009 | 7:05 pm
GM exits bankruptcy protection
General Motors completed an unusually quick exit from bankruptcy protection on Friday with ambitions of making money and building cars people are eager to buy.
Posted on 10 July 2009 | 6:10 pm
Parents of 16 children shot to death
Several children were found safe inside the Florida home of a slain couple who had adopted 12 children, sheriff's officials say.
Posted on 10 July 2009 | 6:08 pm
Al-Qaida inmate gets access to Obama's books
The Bureau of Prisons says it reversed course months ago to allow some of the country's most dangerous prisoners to read two books written by President Barack Obama.
Posted on 10 July 2009 | 5:40 pm
Lance calls Contador's late surge ‘a surprise’
'Alberto did not go to the plan but I did not expect him to go by the plan'
Posted on 10 July 2009 | 5:26 pm
SPORTS
Mets acquire Francoeur, send Church to Braves
The slumping New York Mets have traded outfielder Ryan Church to the Atlanta Braves for outfielder Jeff Francoeur.
Posted on 10 July 2009 | 6:36 pm
Firm defends actions for replacing Cowboys' roof
The company that built the Dallas Cowboys' indoor practice facility that collapsed this spring is telling its customers that the ill-fated fabric structure got a new roof last year because of team concerns about "aesthetics," not structural problems.
Posted on 10 July 2009 | 6:29 pm
Angels place Guerrero, SP Hunter on 15-day DL
The Los Angeles Angels placed center fielder Torii Hunter and right fielder Vladimir Guerrero on the 15-day disabled list before the start of a three-game series with the New York Yankees.
Posted on 10 July 2009 | 6:27 pm
Hill will return to Suns, agrees to 2-year contract
NEW YORK (AP) -- Grant Hill is staying with the Phoenix Suns.
Posted on 10 July 2009 | 6:11 pm
Twins C Mauer set to compete in home run derby
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- Joe Mauer's power has earned him a place in baseball's home run derby.
Posted on 10 July 2009 | 5:14 pm
Optimus Prime’s Top Ten List.
‘2012′ Trailer Redo
80s Cartoons That Should Be Movies
Where Is Bubbles?
Hardee’s Doesn’t Like A Holes
TECHNOLOGY
No surprise: Intel has known about Chrome OS, worked with Google on 'elements' of project
HTC's redemption song: 3.5mm jacks coming to 'vast majority' of post-Hero devices
Microsoft's "Gazelle" browser detailed -- it's more of a research project
Datawind bringing UbiSurfer, PocketSurfer3 to the US
Editorial: Taking the iPhone 3GS off the job market
PHOTO STORIES
Michael Jackson's Memorial Service
The world bids farewell to the King of Pop at the Staples Center in Los Angeles
Posted on 10 July 2009 | 7:20 pm
President Obama Meets Pope Benedict XVI
The Pontiff welcomes the first family to Vatican City
Posted on 10 July 2009 | 7:20 pm
Windows of the Muslim Soul
Photographer Alexandra Avakian compiles a personal narrative of her 20 years shooting Islam around the world From the Book, "Windows of the Soul, My Journeys in the Muslim World," by Alexandra Avakian / Contact Press Images
Posted on 10 July 2009 | 7:20 pm
Race Riots Continue in China's Far West
Two days after Uighur protests unfolded into deadly riots in the western Chinese city of Urumqi, thousands of Han Chinese residents armed with clubs poured onto the streets
Posted on 10 July 2009 | 7:20 pm
The Couture Shows: Paris in Mourning
Tough economic times take their toll on the French Haute Couture houses. As Christian Lacroix shows what may be his last collection and other designers curtail expenses, it was not surprising to see black emerge as the color for autumn, 2009.
Posted on 10 July 2009 | 7:20 pm