http://www.wacotrib.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/communities/access_now/?cxntfid=blogs_access_now The Access Waco staff brings you all the latest entertainment and celebrity news on the Web.If you you use an RSS reader, here is the feed for Access NOW: XML. en-us choover@wacotrib.com 2009-08-31T15:26:18-06:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 The Access Waco staff brings you all the latest entertainment and celebrity news on the Web.If you you use an RSS reader, here is the feed for Access NOW: XML. The Walt Disney Co. is buying Marvel Entertainment for $4 billion, it was announced today. The deal negotiated between two mega-entertainment corporations will put Marvel’s considerable stable of characters (Spider-Man, X-Men, The Incredible Hulk, Captain America and almost 5,000 others... http://www.wacotrib.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/communities/access_now/entries/2009/08/31/spiderman_meet_mickey_disney_b.html?cxntfid=blogs_access_now The Walt Disney Co. is buying Marvel Entertainment for $4 billion, it was announced today. The deal negotiated between two mega-entertainment corporations will put Marvel’s considerable stable of characters (Spider-Man, X-Men, The Incredible Hulk, Captain America and almost 5,000 others... 14557403@http://www.wacotrib.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/communities/access_now/ 2009-08-31T15:26:18-06:00 http://www.wacotrib.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/communities/access_now/entries/2009/08/20/sir_paul_rocks_cowboys_house.html?cxntfid=blogs_access_now For those who braved the prospect of daunting traffic in Arlington last night — concert attendance of about 40,000 people at Cowboys Stadium and another 30,000 or so for the nearby Texas Rangers game — Paul McCartney’s show was a... 14399903@http://www.wacotrib.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/communities/access_now/ Music 2009-08-20T10:35:51-06:00 http://www.wacotrib.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/communities/access_now/entries/2009/08/19/the_beatles_perfect_storm_on_s.html?cxntfid=blogs_access_now Ex-Beatle Paul McCartney plays tonight at the new Cowboys Stadium in Arlington and for local Beatles fans, this may be the start of a fall of memories. CNET reports that Sept. 9 - 9/9/09, for those of you into symbology... 14376903@http://www.wacotrib.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/communities/access_now/ Music 2009-08-19T10:02:41-06:00 http://www.wacotrib.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/communities/access_now/entries/2009/08/18/sony_knocks_100_off_playstatio.html?cxntfid=blogs_access_now The current slump in videogame sales. back to school traffic and around-the-corner Christmas shopping may have forced Sony to do what some in the videogame industry had suggested for months: drop the price of its PlayStation 3. Here’s the announcement... 14368003@http://www.wacotrib.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/communities/access_now/ Video games 2009-08-18T14:59:18-06:00 http://www.wacotrib.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/communities/access_now/entries/2009/08/18/itunes_shows_muscle_in_music_w.html?cxntfid=blogs_access_now A report by NPD Group shows that music sold through iTunes adds up to about 25 percent of all music, digital and physical, sold in the United States. CDs are still the predominant format, however, representing 65 percent of the... 14365303@http://www.wacotrib.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/communities/access_now/ Music 2009-08-18T13:16:34-06:00 http://www.wacotrib.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/communities/access_now/entries/2009/08/17/will_1_redbox_rentals_kill_dvd.html?cxntfid=blogs_access_now Patrick Goldstein’s Los Angeles Times blog asks that question, given the skirmishing between Redbox, operator of those DVD-rental vending machines, and some major film studios. Warner Bros., Universal and 20th Century Fox want a 28-day or more window between their... 14343703@http://www.wacotrib.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/communities/access_now/ 2009-08-17T13:38:19-06:00 http://www.wacotrib.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/communities/access_now/entries/2009/08/17/kiss_to_release_new_album_at_w.html?cxntfid=blogs_access_now Veteran heavy metal group Kiss is now the latest in a growing list of classic acts that are putting out new music through Wal-Mart, the world’s largest retailer. “Sonic Boom” is due to be released only at Wal-Mart and Sam’s... 14335903@http://www.wacotrib.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/communities/access_now/ Access Waco 2009-08-17T08:48:15-06:00 http://www.wacotrib.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/communities/access_now/entries/2009/08/14/st_elmos_fire_may_become_tv_se.html?cxntfid=blogs_access_now A TV series version of the Brat Pack movie St. Elmo’s Fire is in the works, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Among the show’s producers are Joel Schumacher, who had a hand in the film, and “That ’70s Show” alum... 14308103@http://www.wacotrib.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/communities/access_now/ Television 2009-08-14T09:26:13-06:00 http://www.wacotrib.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/communities/access_now/entries/2009/08/14/reno_911_axed.html?cxntfid=blogs_access_now Comedy Central has canceled “Reno 911!,” says The Hollywood Reporter. The spoof of “Cops”-style shows just finished its sixth season. The THR article didn’t say why “Reno” was axed.... 14307803@http://www.wacotrib.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/communities/access_now/ Television 2009-08-14T08:59:47-06:00 http://www.wacotrib.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/communities/access_now/entries/2009/08/13/les_paul_dies_at_94.html?cxntfid=blogs_access_now Guitar legend and inventor Les Paul died today at age 94, according to an article on Variety.com. The article says his death was caused by complications from pneumonia. Paul is credited with developing one of the first solid-body electric guitars... 14291703@http://www.wacotrib.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/communities/access_now/ Celeb news 2009-08-13T11:28:52-06:00 http://www.wacotrib.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/communities/access_now/entries/2009/08/13/pitt_laughs_over_new_orleans_m.html?cxntfid=blogs_access_now Brad Pitt is laughing off the idea he should run for mayor of New Orleans. Pitt told NBC’s “Today” show today that he has seen the “Brad Pitt for Mayor” T-shirts that many New Orleans residents have been sporting for... 14291003@http://www.wacotrib.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/communities/access_now/ Celeb news 2009-08-13T10:06:24-06:00 http://www.wacotrib.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/communities/access_now/entries/2009/08/13/jon_heder_starring_in_film_for.html?cxntfid=blogs_access_now Aside from a stint last year on “My Name Is Earl,” we haven’t seen much of Jon Heder, better known as Napoleon Dynamite, in the past couple years. Which strikes me as odd, given how popular geeks have become since... 14288303@http://www.wacotrib.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/communities/access_now/ Movies 2009-08-13T09:45:58-06:00 http://www.wacotrib.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/communities/access_now/entries/2009/08/13/anne_dudek_joins_pilot_tv_show.html?cxntfid=blogs_access_now A former member of “House” has signed on for a pilot for USA. Anne Dudek — who played Amber, kind of a female version of Hugh Laurie’s Dr. Gregory House, on the medical series — is set to star opposite... 14287303@http://www.wacotrib.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/communities/access_now/ Television 2009-08-13T09:18:29-06:00 http://www.wacotrib.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/communities/access_now/entries/2009/08/13/outlook_iffy_for_spiderman_mus.html?cxntfid=blogs_access_now According to New York Post blogger Michael Riedel, the future of the “Spider-Man” musical is looking grim. Work on the sets for the Broadway musical, which boasts Julie Taymor as director and music by Bono and The Edge, has been... 14286503@http://www.wacotrib.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/communities/access_now/ Theater 2009-08-13T09:06:38-06:00 http://www.wacotrib.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/communities/access_now/entries/2009/08/13/is_a_poltergeist_remake_in_the.html?cxntfid=blogs_access_now It wouldn’t surprise me if Hollywood decided to remake Poltergeist, and if the blog /Film is to be believed, the remake will hit theaters in November 2010. (It seems to me, however, that the blogger doesn’t want to believe his... 14286203@http://www.wacotrib.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/communities/access_now/ Movies 2009-08-13T08:56:26-06:00