Marissa Jaret Winokur eliminated from 'Dancing With the Stars'
May 13, 2008 - 23:31
Sandy Cohen, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
LOS ANGELES - Tony Award winner Marissa Jaret Winokur won't be adding a mirrorball trophy to her collection of prizes - the actress was eliminated Tuesday from "Dancing With the Stars." She and her professional partner, Tony Dovolani, came into the semifinal results show in last place, ...
Honda robot conducts Detroit Symphony to warm response
May 13, 2008 - 22:46
Dee-Ann Durbin, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
DETROIT - The lights dimmed, the sold-out hall grew hushed and out walked the conductor - shiny, white and 4 feet, 3 inches tall. ASIMO, a robot designed by Honda Motor Co., met its latest challenge Tuesday evening: Conducting the Detroit Symphony in a performance of "The Impossible Dream" ...
Lucian Freud painting sets auction record at NYC sale; bid over $33 million
May 13, 2008 - 22:35
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
NEW YORK - A Christie's auction house spokeswoman says a painting by British artist Lucian Freud has broken a global record for living artists by fetching more than $33 million at a New York sale. Spokeswoman Sara Fox says an anonymous buyer won Tuesday's bidding for Freud's "Benefits ...
'The New Adventures of Old Christine' and 'How I Met Your Mother' back on CBS
May 13, 2008 - 21:17
NEW YORK - CBS has given a new lease on life to Julia Louis-Dreyfus' comedy "The New Adventures of Old Christine" and, perhaps thanks to Britney Spears, the sitcom "How I Met Your Mother." They were among four series considered on the bubble for renewal that CBS informed producers will be ...
Goldmans put stock in Mike Gilbert's assertion of O.J. Simpson confession
May 13, 2008 - 21:10
John Rogers, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
LOS ANGELES - Ron Goldman's sister says she's inclined to believe a memorabilia dealer who says O.J. Simpson confessed to him that he killed his ex-wife and Goldman. But Kim Goldman says she's not ready to accept Mike Gilbert's apology for helping shield the former football star's assets ...
Hollywood's MGM studio taps veteran fundraiser to build film fund
May 13, 2008 - 19:48
Ryan Nakashima, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
LOS ANGELES - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc. says it has hired industry veteran Bedi Singh as its finance chief and head fundraiser for upcoming films, a further sign it is ramping up efforts to produce its own movies. The studio, taken private for nearly $5 billion in 2005, aims to establish a ...
Actor James Garner hospitalized after stroke, publicist says
May 13, 2008 - 19:47
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
LOS ANGELES - James Garner's publicist says the veteran TV and film star has been hospitalized in Los Angeles after suffering a minor stroke at his home last week. Publicist Jennifer Allen says the star of "Maverick" and "The Rockford Files" was hospitalized Friday. Allen says Garner ...
Phil Spector's recording engineer Larry Levine dies at age 80
May 13, 2008 - 19:38
Linda Deutsch, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
LOS ANGELES - Larry Levine, the recording engineer who helped Phil Spector re-invent rock 'n' roll music with his "Wall of Sound" technique and won a Grammy for his work with Herb Alpert, died on his 80th birthday, his family said Tuesday. Levine's wife, Lynn, said he died at his Encino ...
Paparazzi snap Britney Spears as she rear-ends SUV in Beverly Hills
May 13, 2008 - 19:37
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
LOS ANGELES - Another Britney Spears fender-bender, another instant online video. Paparazzi had cameras rolling when the pop star's white Mercedes-Benz coupe rear-ended a red Ford Explorer on Tuesday in Beverly Hills. The video, posted on TMZ.com, shows Spears in the driver's ...
Chicago Shakespeare Theater wins regional Tony, started on roof of pub
May 13, 2008 - 18:58
Tara Burghart, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
CHICAGO - Chicago Shakespeare Theater has its roots in a 1986 production of "Henry V" performed on a pub's rooftop deck. On Tuesday, the company was named the recipient of the 2008 Tony Award for outstanding regional theater. The announcement was made Tuesday in New York along with ...
Kelsey Grammer says 'Back to You' sitcom won't be back on Fox
May 13, 2008 - 18:55
Lynn Elber, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
LOS ANGELES - Kelsey Grammer said Tuesday that Fox is dropping his sitcom "Back to You," calling the decision a surprise and a shame. "They have let it go," Grammer told The Associated Press. "We were told all this time we were in good shape and we were coming back." On Friday, ...
CW Network to offer more spoiled rich kids in new fall schedule
May 13, 2008 - 18:52
David Bauder, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
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 ...
A late-night need for smokes led to Shia LaBeouf's arrest at drug store
May 13, 2008 - 17:58
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
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 - 17:15
Mitch Stacy, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
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 - 17:06
Jordan Robertson, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
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 ...
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