CW Network to offer more spoiled rich kids in new fall schedule
May 13, 2008 - 7:52 pm
NEW YORK - The tiny CW network, trying not to get lost in a crowded media world, is banking on television viewers' interest in even more spoiled, wealthy kids. CW is launching a successor to "Beverly Hills 90210" in the fall, featuring two high schoolers from Kansas who move to California ...
Chicago Shakespeare Theater wins regional Tony, started on roof of pub
May 13, 2008 - 7:02 pm
CHICAGO - Chicago Shakespeare Theater, recipient of the 2008 regional-theatre Tony Award, has its roots in a 1986 production of "Henry V" performed on a pub's rooftop deck. The announcement was made Tuesday in New York along with nominations for next month's annual Tony Awards ceremony, ...
A late-night need for smokes led to Shia LaBeouf's arrest at drug store
May 13, 2008 - 6:58 pm
NEW YORK - It was a need for nicotine that led to actor Shia LaBeouf's arrest in Chicago. The 21-year-old, who stars opposite Harrison Ford in "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull," told the story of his arrest at a drug store during his appearance on Monday night's "Late ...
Pop art pioneer Robert Rauschenberg dies in Florida at the age of 82
May 13, 2008 - 6:15 pm
TAMPA, Fla. - Pop artist Robert Rauschenberg's mediums knew few bounds. One of his most famous works or "combines" was "Bed," created when he woke up in the mood to paint but had no money for a canvas. His solution was to take the quilt off his bed and use paint, toothpaste and fingernail ...
Apple now selling HBO TV shows on its iTunes store for U.S. customers
May 13, 2008 - 6:06 pm
SAN FRANCISCO - Apple Inc. has scooped up Time Warner Inc.'s HBO to feed television shows to its online iTunes store in the United States, reeling in one of the last holdouts among major channels and agreeing to a rare pricing concession to land hit shows such as "The Sopranos," "Sex and the ...
Roger Moore wages foie gras battle against Galen Weston for PETA
May 13, 2008 - 6:05 pm
LONDON - A former James Bond is taking aim at one of Canada's wealthiest entrepreneurs over a French delicacy largely enjoyed by well-heeled gourmands. Sir Roger Moore has fired off a letter and a video on behalf of PETA to Galen Weston, demanding he remove foie gras from the shelves of ...
Cdn fans glued to 'Damages' season finale, but Danson has yet to watch it
May 13, 2008 - 5:55 pm
TORONTO - The season finale of "Damages" aired in Canada this week, but Ted Danson - who stars in the TV legal thriller - has yet to see it. "I haven't," Danson, who plays corrupt billionaire Arthur Frobisher on the series, said Tuesday after giving a speech to business leaders about the ...
Ludacris returns to his alma mater in Atlanta for anti-violence crusade
May 13, 2008 - 5:54 pm
ATLANTA - Ludacris returned to his alma mater, stepped into the gymnasium and saw a mural that included his likeness. "I've always wanted a street named after me, but this is better," the 30-year-old rapper said of the mural, which includes his face overlooking the words "Gym of ...
'Frames' is something of a departure for author Loren D. Estleman
May 13, 2008 - 5:52 pm
"Frames" Loren D. Estleman (Forge) Valentino is a movie archivist at UCLA but his business card reads "film detective." His job: tracking down prints of old Hollywood movies before they deteriorate and are lost forever. As "Frames" opens, Valentino has just sunk all of his ...
Another predictable run for Sandford's Davenport in 'Phantom Prey'
May 13, 2008 - 5:33 pm
"Phantom Prey" John Sandford (G.P. Putnam's Sons) We've become friends with Lucas Davenport in Sandford's 18-novel series about the rough-and-tumble ex-jock who dispatches headline-level criminals in the Twin Cities. And, just as with old friends, we have the tendency to ...
Bear Grylls offers a few survival techniques we all might need
May 13, 2008 - 5:32 pm
"Man vs. Wild: Survival Techniques for the Most Dangerous Places on Earth" Bear Grylls (Hyperion) In these days of global warming, rising oceans, monsoons, hurricanes, tornadoes and wildfires, the most dangerous place on earth could be right were you are. Bear Grylls, a former ...
Villeneuve says Cannes will be much-needed break after editing ?Polytechnique?
May 13, 2008 - 5:27 pm
MONTREAL - Denis Villeneuve says his upcoming trip to the glamorous Cannes Film Festival to show off his sumptuous short, "Next Floor," will be a much-needed holiday. The director is looking forward to some time away from the editing room, where he's been labouring over "Polytechnique," ...
John McCain to make cameo appearance on 'Saturday Night Live'
May 13, 2008 - 4:03 pm
SEATTLE - Live from New York, it's John McCain. The Republican presidential contender will make a cameo appearance this week on NBC-TV's "Saturday Night Live," a comedy venue that most recently has been focused on the ongoing Democratic presidential contest. Aides travelling with ...
Barrio musical 'In the Heights' leads Tony nominees list with 13 nods
May 13, 2008 - 3:37 pm
NEW YORK - "In the Heights," the little barrio musical that brought a fresh salsa and hip-hop beat to Broadway, dominated the 2008 Tony Award nominations Tuesday, picking up 13, more than any other show. But it was a day of other new faces, too, particularly in the best-musical category, ...
Rapper Remy Ma sentenced to eight years for shooting outside nightclub
May 13, 2008 - 3:34 pm
NEW YORK - A weeping Remy Ma was sentenced to eight years in prison Tuesday for shooting a woman outside a Manhattan nightclub. "I feel so bad for all the physical and mental pain you've gone through," the Grammy-nominated rapper told the victim. "This has taken a toll on us and both our ...
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