NEW YORK (Reuters) – Meredith Vieira marked her final appearance as a popular co-host of NBC’s top-rated “Today” show on Wednesday with an emotional farewell, telling her fans: “I will never leave you.” http://feeds.reuters.com/reuters/entertainment
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Laurence Fishburne is leaving his starring role on TV forensic investigation drama “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation” after a little more than two seasons, Hollywood publications reported on Wednesday. http://feeds.reuters.com/reuters/entertainment
LONDON (Reuters) – Belgrade-born author Tea Obreht was the surprise winner on Wednesday of Britain’s Orange Prize for Fiction with her debut novel “The Tiger’s Wife,” a mystical, magical examination of the recent conflicts in the Balkans. http://feeds.reuters.com/reuters/entertainment
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Amid rumblings about its low-key marketing campaign, “Super 8″ will come out in movie theaters one day ahead of schedule on Thursday as part of a promotional campaign targeted at Twitter users. http://feeds.reuters.com/reuters/entertainment
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Its pedigree could hardly be stronger — producer Steven Spielberg and sci-fi master J.J. Abrams. http://feeds.reuters.com/reuters/entertainment
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – The insurers of Michael Jackson’s ill-fated “This Is It” London comeback concerts have asked a judge to nullify a $17.5 million policy taken out by promoters, saying they were never told that the singer was taking powerful drugs. http://feeds.reuters.com/reuters/entertainment
