Bob Tourtellotte

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Position: Entertainment Editor

It's pronounced tour-tell-ot. :-) I am a native of Oklahoma in the U.S. and have lived and worked in Washington, D.C., New York City and Los Angeles. I left Oklahoma and moved to New York at age 25 to be a creative writer and look where I ended up. (sigh). But it's been fun along the way with stops in the East Village (Manhattan), NYU and now Hollywood. In LA, I have covered the entertainment industry for 16 years, have been Reuters chief movie writer for more than a decade and am currently the entertainment editor. I do ...

Articles

New star Taylor Lautner rises in "New Moon" November 09, 03:56am EST

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Women swooned for Robert Pattinson as vampire Edward Cullen in last year's hit movie romance "Twilight," but in its upcoming sequel Taylor Lautner, who almost didn't make it into the film, is the newest hunk for fan's to feast ... Full Article

Rihanna describes night of attack by Chris Brown

Joe Jackson seeks allowance from son's estate

Hollywood calls on Clooney for holiday movie cheer

Calle 13 tops Latin Grammy awards

Elton John leaves hospital, back on stage Nov 14

Blog Posts

Rihanna, Chris Brown set dueling TV interviews

In what is shaping up as dueling interviews from former lovers whose affair went very wrong earlier this year, Chris Brown this Friday will give an interview to MTV News talking about his attack on former girlfriend Rihanna. One day earlier, Rihanna will talk to ABC's Diane Sawyer about the assault. Full Article | Comments [16]

Oscar hires Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin ... Huh?

They aren't exactly Laurel and Hardy, Hope and Crosby, Lewis and Martin, or even Rowan and Martin. So when Oscar organizers named Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin as co-hosts of the upcoming Academy Awards, it left more than a few Hollywood watchers scratching their heads. Full Article | Comments [4]

Michael Jackson's "This Is It," was it at box offices

The movie turned in a solid, if less than spectacular, debut at theaters around the world this weekend. Its total ticket sales since its debut last Wednesday are $101 million -- $32.5 million in the U.S. and Canada and another $68.5 million. Full Article | Comments [8]