Today's News

M.I.A. flips bird during Super Bowl halftime show (AP)

AP - For all the pomp and excess of Madonna's Super Bowl halftime extravaganza a single extended middle finger by guest singer M.I.A. is likely to be the most remembered piece of the show.

Travolta, Sandler, more make Super Bowl picks (AP)

AP - John Travolta had the Super Bowl score wrong — but his prediction was right.

Cannon says he is completely healthy after illness (AP)
AP - What do you do after recovering from a serious illness? If you're Nick Cannon, you celebrate by attending the Super Bowl.

Deep-sea filmmakers killed in Australia helicopter crash (omg!)
omg! - CANBERRA (Reuters) - Two award-winning filmmakers working on a documentary with renowned Hollywood director James Cameron were killed in a helicopter crash in Australia on Saturday, according to National Geographic. American cinematographer Michael deGruy, 60, and Australian TV writer-producer Andrew Wight, 52, were killed when their helicopter crashed shortly after takeoff from an airstrip south of Sydney, the media group said on its website. Police did not release the victims' identities immediately. ...

Producers on Tom Cruise film sued for breach of contract (omg!)
omg! - LOS ANGELES, Feb 5 (TheWrap.com) - Two producers of Tom Cruise's upcoming thriller "One Shot" were slapped by a breach of contract suit in Los Angeles Superior Court on Friday by a former producer on the project. Kevin Messick, a producer on "Batman Forever" and "The Other Guys," alleges that Don Granger and Gary Levinsohn of Mutual Film Company edged him out of the film adaptation of Lee Child's best-selling novel. Messick is asking for unspecified damages, his producer's fees and the rights to participate in any upcoming sequels. ...