Wagners Exit Rocks Ua

In an announcement that stunned Hollywood, Paula Wagner, Tom Cruise's business partner, said Wednesday that she is stepping down as CEO of United Artists in order "to return to my true love, which is making movies." Wagner and Cruise had been recruited by MGM chief Harry Sloan in 2006 to revive UA and disposed a 30-percent ownership of the studio, but the studio's projects have been minimal. It has released only one movie, Lions for Lambs, starring Cruise, which flopped. (Another cinema, Valkyrie, also starring Cruise is due to be released on December 26.) In a statement, MGM said that their possession interest would not be affected by Wagner's decision and that it hoped Wagner and Cruise would continue to work together on future UA celluloid productions. Reporting on Wagner's departure, the Los Angeles Times commented today (Thursday) that it represented "a black eye for Sloan, whose plan for UA is unraveling at a time when he is attempting to raise hundreds of millions of dollars in sorely needed celluloid financing for debt-ridden MGM."

14/08/2008

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Touch Of Cruel Hands

   
Artist: Touch Of Cruel Hands

   Genre(s): 
Metal: Death,Black
   

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Discography:


   
 Sors

   Year: 1995   
Tracks: 10

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K-Fed's Lawyer: Meeting Was a "Positive" Step

Britney Spears and Kevin Federline's top-secret meeting on Thursday was a "positive" step towards a custody agreement, Kevin's lawyer Mark Vincent Kaplan tells E!.

"The mediation didn't result in an agreement that would avoid the trial set in August," he says. "The mood was comfortable, positive and it was a mood that was consistent with opening at least a great dialogue, which is necessary."

Although the meeting went well, Mark is quick to point out that neither party budged when it came to the custody status, as OK! has reported. Kevin still intends to maintain legal and physical custody of Sean Preston, 2, and Jayden James, 1, with Britney have visitation, which now includes overnights.

"Kevin has had sole legal custody since January," Kapan tells E!� "He wants that to become the permanent order at trial, and the visitation to be consistent with what the court expanded it to this week."

He continues, "There's nothing magical about 50-50.� There's nothing magical about 60-40.� What's magical is that whatever order is in place, it's the order that best suits the best interest of the children."

The August trial date will iron out the two outstanding issues: custody and visitation and attorneys' fees. Because Thursday's meeting reached a stalemate, Mark expects the trial to take place.

"If the existing arrangement was acceptable to both parties, we would have an agreement, and we wouldn't have to go to trial... but that didn't happen."




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Report: Michelle Williams Clashing with Heath's Family

According to a report in today's New York Post, not all is well between the family of late actor Heath Ledger and his former live-in love Michelle Williams, so much so that the Dawson's Creek star may boycott the July 14 NYC premiere of his film, The Dark Knight.

The source of the tension is reportedly the Oscar-nominated actor's last will � or rather the fact that he never updated it, even after he fathered a child with Williams. The most recent will on file for the actor was written in 2003, almost two full years before the Oct. 2005 birth of daughter Matilda, and stipulates that his immediate family was to inherit his millions.

And even though it has since been decided that young Matilda will be the beneficiary of her father's estate, the Post's source alleges that Michelle is worried about the ability of Heath's dad, Kim Ledger, to act as executor of the will. According to the report, Kim allegedly mishandled his own inheritance after the passing of his father, losing a large sum of money for himself and his siblings.

Neither the Ledger family nor a rep for Michelle commented on this story to the Post.




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Canaan

   
Artist: Canaan

   Genre(s): 
Metal: Gothic
   Rock: Gothic
   Rock
   

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Discography:


   
 The Unsaid Words

   Year: 2006   
Tracks: 16


   
 Brand New Babylon

   Year: 2000   
Tracks: 14


   
 Walk Into My Open Womb CD2

   Year: 1998   
Tracks: 9


   
 Walk Into My Open Womb CD1

   Year: 1998   
Tracks: 9


   
 Blue Fire

   Year: 1996   
Tracks: 14

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Madonna - Report - Madonna Seeks Counsel From Mccartneys Lawyer

LATEST: Split rumours swirling around MADONNA and GUY RITCHIE are refusing to go away - a U.S. TV news show claims the pop superstar is seeking legal advice from PAUL MCCARTNEY's divorce lawyer.

Madonna has met with Fiona Shackleton, the attorney who represented Paul MCCartney during his court battle with Heather Mills, according to Access Hollywood reports.

The pop star reportedly approached Shackleton after initial talks with a rival law firm fell through.

The latest divorce story comes just two weeks after a representative for Madonna called news that the singer had hired Mills' lawyer Nicholas Mostyn "completely untrue".

A rep tells Access Hollywood there will be "no comment at this time" concerning the new story, while a spokesperson for Shackleton says, "We have a policy of not speaking with the press."

Guy Ritchie is reportedly being represented by Mayfair law firm Forsters.

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Llewellyn and Leora Lightwoman

   
Artist: Llewellyn and Leora Lightwoman

   Genre(s): 
Other
   

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Discography:


   
 Tantric Sexuality

   Year:    
Tracks: 1

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