Issue: August 03, 2012 (Archive)

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Who die-hards to finally hear gig 33 years on
Ten fans of English rock band The Who traded in tickets from a canceled 1979 gig in Rhode Island for entry to the group's upcoming February show, in a rare tale of loyalty spanning the decades.

Warrant out for actor in bar fracas
New Orleans police issued an arrest warrant for Cuba Gooding Jr after the actor allegedly pushed a bartender twice during a dispute in the city's renowned French Quarter.

Ricky Gervais to put a comic take on teaching English
Ricky Gervais wants to teach you English.

'Thugs' behind ruckus claims short-stop diva
Madonna claims "thugs" sparked trouble at a show in Paris last week, when she bowed out after just 45 minutes on stage.

The Hobbit tale grows into trilogy
The film version of JRR Tolkien's The Hobbit will be split into three movies, rather than two as originally planned.

Juggernaut movie Dark Knight continues to rise
Batman flick The Dark Knight Rises has held on to the top spot at North American box offices despite the recent mass shooting in a Colorado cinema where 12 people died.

No monkey business with CBS fall lineup
CBS won't be monkeying around with its traditional fall TV show roll-out, despite rival networks moving up the premieres of many of their new comedies and dramas to late next month or early September.

Russia builds massive studio to draw expertise from Hollywood
A Russian company has spent US$89 million (HK$694.2 million) building eastern Europe's largest production facilities in a field outside Moscow and hopes to lure Hollywood majors to shoot and produce movies.

Life to 'Go On' for former Friends star
Matthew Perry, who appeared in Friends for 10 years, makes another bid for a television comeback.

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