Hollywood headlines: a crazy week in review
Joan Rivers chained herself to a Costco shopping cart Tuesday evening in Burbank. The matriarch of sharp-tongued fashion criticism and plastic surgery enthusiasm was apparently angry that the bulk superstore refused to sell her new book, “I Hate Everyone -- Starting With Me,” which displays “cuss words” on the back.
MORE: Full story (Evan Agostini / Associated Press )
From Randy Travis’ exploits in Texas to Drake’s work on a posthumous Aaliyah single, we take a look at some of last week’s biggest Hollywood news.
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For the first time since her abrupt and emotional departure from “Today” in late June, Ann Curry appeared alongside her former co-host Matt Lauer on Thursday morning in a live broadcast from the London Olympics. In contrast to the spectacle surrounding her farewell, Curry’s interaction with her colleague was both tear-free and mercifully brief, but not entirely without tension.
MORE: Full story | Bryant Gumbel asks why Ann Curry is being portrayed as a victim | Ann Curry returns to ‘Today’ for Colorado shooting (Peter Kramer / AP)
Marvin Hamlisch, the stage and film composer who created the memorable songs for “A Chorus Line,” has died at 68. The composer died on Monday in Los Angeles after collapsing from a brief illness, his family said in a statement. One of the most decorated composers in entertainment, Hamlisch had won a Tony Award, three Academy Awards, four Emmy Awards and the Pulitzer Prize for drama.
MORE: Full obituary | Photos: Marvin Hamlisch | 1944-2012 | Hollywood reacts to Hamlisch’s death (Evening Standard / Getty Images / Stephanie Strasburg / AP)
Beyoncé and Jay-Z landed the No. 1 spot on this year’s list of highest earning celebrity couples published annually by Forbes magazine. Their take for the fiscal year? A reported $78 million. That includes $40 million for Bey, according to the mag, an impressive feat given her time off to carry and give birth to baby Blue Ivy Carter.
MORE: Full story | Photos: Highest Earning Celebrity Couples 2012 (Frank Micelotta / Getty Images)
The Monkees were dealt a blow earlier this year when the band’s lead singer, Davy Jones, died of a heart attack in February. Now its surviving members are moving forward and will reunite for a 12-date trek this fall in the U.S. It will be the first shows the three have performed together in 15 years.
MORE: Surviving members of the Monkees to tour | Photos: Davy Jones | 1945 - 2012 (Ray Howard / AP)
On Wednesday, the late-night host Jimmy Fallon went on “Today” in London to say he will not be hosting the Academy Awards in 2013, essentially confirming a Times report on Tuesday that talks between him and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences have stalled.
MORE: Full story | Photos: Oscar hosts through the years | Next year’s Oscar host: We have our nominees (Jennifer S. Altman / For the Times)
Judith Crist, who blazed a trail as the first full-time female film critic at a major U.S. newspaper and went on to become widely known to cinema lovers through her movie reviews in TV Guide magazine and on the “Today” show, died Tuesday at age 90.
MORE: Full obituary | Film critic Judith Crist taught her students well | Photos: Notable Deaths of 2012 (Gabe Palacio / Getty Images / George E. Joseph )
After countless rumors about posthumous releases, the idea of getting a new Aaliyah album of vaulted works seemed unrealistic. Rapper Drake and producer Noah “40” Shebib have now offered hope in a little under four minutes, but the effort is not without controversy.
MORE: Full story | Listen to ‘Enough Said’ on Soundcloud (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times / Tina Fineberg/ AP)
