Entertainment - News April 18, 2011

Hats off! Britain's royal wedding stirs hat fever (Log Cabin Democrat)
France has the beret, America the humble baseball cap, yet Britain's love of hats has always been in a different league.

'Great Gatsby' Mansion To Be Razed (WMUR-TV Manchester)
A 25-room New York mansion that some scholars believe inspired "The Great Gatsby" is being razed for redevelopment.

Movie fans go to 'Rio' for the weekend (WYFX-TV Youngstown)
Anne Hathaway arrives for the premiere of Twentieth Century Fox & Blue Sky Studios' 'RIO' on April 10, 2011 in Hollywood, California.

Reese Witherspoon gets a little disordered (KFSM-TV Fort Smith)
As far as tightly wound actresses go, Reese Witherspoon tops the list. She insists upon a strict sense of order in her life.

The Sunday Conversation: Julie Andrews (KDVR)
British film and stage star Julie Andrews , 75, will be honored at "Backstage at the Geffen," the Geffen Playhouse's annual fundraiser, on May 2 for cutting a swath on Broadway with leading roles in "Victor/Victoria," "My Fair Lady" and "Camelot." Her career has also spanned films from "Mary Poppins" to "Shrek Forever After" and numerous children's ...

TV show follows evolution of exurbanites' farm (WCNC-TV Charlotte)
It sounds like the breathless plot of a zany sitcom: Manhattan adman who moonlights as a drag queen trades high heels for barn boots to raise goats and purple tomatoes with his life partner, a doctor who moved from geriatric practice to "The Martha Stewart Show" before chucking the city life for a new career on the farm.

"Rio" rocks box office while "Scream 4" bombs (WHO-TV)
Moviegoers around the world headed to "Rio" for the weekend. The 3D animated misadventure of a Brazilian macaw scored the biggest opening so far this year at the North American box office, and was the top choice overseas for a second weekend, distributor 20th Century Fox said on Sunday.

Tribeca film festival turns ten (KSWB-TV San Diego)
The Tribeca Film Festival, born as a way to revive downtown Manhattan after the September 11 attacks, turns ten this week and is leading a push for new ways for audiences to watch independent films.

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