Yahoo! News: Entertainment Industry News Updated : Wed, 08 Sep 2010 05:38:31 GMT Disney hires new marketing guru for "Pirates 4" (Reuters) Reuters - Disney has taken the unusual step of bringing in a consultant to handle the marketing of its fourth "Pirates of the Caribbean" film, a move bound to raise questions about the marketing boss hired by the hit-starved studio five months ago. Publ.Date : Wed, 08 Sep 2010 05:38:31 GMT Venice film fest fights its corner as crisis bites (Reuters) Reuters - 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. Publ.Date : Tue, 07 Sep 2010 20:42:41 GMT Toronto filmfest hopes to buck up weak Oscar season (Reuters) Reuters - It's normally a proving ground for movies hoping to make a splash during Oscar season, but in a 2010 film season that has been thin on critical successes, this year's edition of the Toronto Film Festival could grab an even bigger share of the spotlight. Publ.Date : Tue, 07 Sep 2010 19:47:44 GMT Google to start TV service in U.S. this autumn (Reuters) Reuters - Google Inc will launch its service to bring the Web to TV screens in the United States this autumn and worldwide next year, its chief executive said, as it extends its reach from the desktop to the living room. Publ.Date : Tue, 07 Sep 2010 14:37:11 GMT Playboy board hires advisers to weigh Hefner bid (Reuters) Reuters - The Playboy Enterprises Inc special board committee tapped to evaluate Hugh Hefner's offer to take the company private said on Tuesday it retained Raine Securities LLC and Kaye Scholer LLP as its financial and legal advisors, respectively. Publ.Date : Tue, 07 Sep 2010 13:30:29 GMT David Westin resigning as news head at Disney's ABC (Reuters) Reuters - ABC News President David Westin said on Monday he was resigning after 13 years, according to a memo he sent to employees that was released on the network's website. Publ.Date : Tue, 07 Sep 2010 11:40:22 GMT Get the celebrity scent with UK tabloid's perfume (Reuters) Reuters - Britain's tabloid Sun newspaper launched its own celebrity perfume on Monday to provide readers with the scent of showbiz. Publ.Date : Tue, 07 Sep 2010 03:07:25 GMT Brazil battles image problems amid movie boom (Reuters) Reuters - It was the middle of the night in Jardim Tiradentes, one of Sao Paulo's rougher neighborhoods. A two-man crew was waiting to film a police raid when chief inspector Rafael Correa Lodi broke the bad news. Publ.Date : Mon, 06 Sep 2010 17:16:44 GMT Clooney outdraws "Machete" at holiday box office (Reuters) Reuters - In the battle of the box office assassins, A-lister George Clooney barely mustered more firepower with his new chart-topper "The American" than the relatively unknown star of "Machete," as the summer moviegoing season wrapped feebly during the Labor Day holiday weekend. Publ.Date : Mon, 06 Sep 2010 16:45:15 GMT Apple's jump into social networking not a slam-dunk (Reuters) Reuters - For all the innovations Apple has brought to the market through the years, it's also a pretty good follower. Publ.Date : Sat, 04 Sep 2010 02:11:27 GMT Katy Perry's chart-topper sparks new sales worries (Reuters) Reuters - The Capitol release bowed at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, thanks to first-week sales of 192,000 units in the United States, the ninth-best debut week so far this year, according to Nielsen SoundScan. Publ.Date : Sat, 04 Sep 2010 01:09:09 GMT Jay Leno ratings dip below Conan O'Brien's (Reuters) Reuters - NBC might have summer's most-watched show in "America's Got Talent," but the network's late-night ratings aren't so hot. Publ.Date : Fri, 03 Sep 2010 06:18:58 GMT Vivid Entertainment: A new business model for porn (Reuters) Reuters - If the new "Date Night" DVD had sold only 25,000 copies, there would have been hell to pay for studio executives. But for Steven Hirsch -- or anyone else in the adult entertainment business, for that matter -- that figure represents a blockbuster. Publ.Date : Fri, 03 Sep 2010 05:48:14 GMT Time Warner Cable, Disney reach program deal (Reuters) Reuters - Time Warner Cable Inc and Walt Disney Co said on Thursday they finally reached a new expanded programing deal, ending a dispute that threatened to black out some of TV's favorite shows and channels from millions of homes. Publ.Date : Thu, 02 Sep 2010 23:19:13 GMT Apple and Google to clash in music space by Christmas (Reuters) Reuters - Google Inc is in talks with music labels on plans for a download store and a digital song locker that would allow its mobile users to play songs wherever they are as it steps up its rivalry with Apple Inc, according to people familiar with the matter. Publ.Date : Thu, 02 Sep 2010 19:16:10 GMT Add RSS Feeds To My Web Pages Increase Website Traffic