Today’s Movies, Music & Entertainment
Is so much easier to initiate conversation with your teen when you have a few “soft” topics to discuss as well. If each nightly conversation brings a few new bits of cool information, your whole family will look forward to the dialogue you create, and the information you convey. If you then want to quickly address a more consequential topic, you can do so painlessly and inconspicuously. Remember, we’ve got plenty of other topics here, so don’t be afraid to shop around a bit!
This page contains today’s top ranked movies, music and entertainment news. You can use this information to keep your small-talk up to date. You can also use the movie information to suggest weekend activities for your kids that don’t include “just hanging”.
For your convenience, the movie rankings on the left link directly to Fandango.com, where you can get your local movie times and even purchase tickets for this weekend. The music ratings on the right display the top ten songs in the country. The song titles link to itunes.com. If you want to listen to one of the songs, or purchase it, just click on its title.
The entertainment news provided below is drawn from Yahoo News. Clicking on the link will take you directly to the original story.
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Venezuelan-born academic named president of MIT - 2012-05-17T04:14
CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts (Reuters) - The Massachusetts Institute of Technology on Wednesday named Rafael Reif, an electrical engineer born in Venezuela who has been the university's provost since 2005, as its 17th president. Reif, 61, replaces Susan Hockfield, the first female president of MIT, who announced in mid-February that she was stepping down after almost eight years leading one of the most prestigious universities in the United States. Reif will take up his post at the Cambridge, Massachusetts, university on July 2, the first MIT president not to be a native English speaker. ...
Peter Berg discusses bringing "Battleship" to film - 2012-05-17T20:36
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Peter Berg parlayed successful acting work on TV shows like medical drama "Chicago Hope" to an even greater directing career of movies such as "Friday Night Lights," which later became a TV series, and the Will Smith action flick "Hancock." On Friday, Berg's latest film, alien-invasion actioner "Battleship," steams into theaters. It takes its title from the Hasbro board game in which two players engage in a guessing game to see who can sink the other's naval ships. ...
Britney is back - and so are the brickbats - 2012-05-16T22:20
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Britney Spears hasn't even taken her seat as the new judge of "The X Factor," but the pop icon is already getting a lesson in the media glare of live, talent show television. Spears had barely wrapped up an appearance in New York confirming she is joining the singing contest before the celebrity knives were out, raising the question of how well the singer, who went through a public meltdown in 2007, can handle all the newfound attention. ...
Second Travolta accuser drops suit, hires celebrity attorney - 2012-05-17T18:45
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The second masseur who accused John Travolta of sexual battery dropped his lawsuit against the Hollywood star on Thursday and hired celebrity attorney Gloria Allred, who said she may file a new complaint in a different court. Allred now represents the Atlanta-based man, known as John Doe No. 2, as well as the original Travolta sexual battery accuser, a Texas masseur known as John Doe No. 1. "We believe that the lawsuit should be filed in another court and, therefore, the lawsuit was dismissed without prejudice," Allred said in a statement. ...
Mexico pays tribute to Carlos Fuentes before French burial - 2012-05-16T23:28
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexicans bid farewell to renowned author Carlos Fuentes on Wednesday in an emotional tribute attended by the president and the country's most prominent intellectuals before a planned burial in France. Fuentes, who died suddenly on Tuesday at 83 after an internal hemorrhage, was one of Latin America's best-known novelists and was still active until the very end of his life working on books and participating in events. ...