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Keaton was Woody’s ‘endearing oaf’
NEW YORK (AP) — She would know: Going out with Woody Allen was like being in a Woody Allen movie, Diane Keaton writes in an upcoming memoir. The Academy Award-winning actress starred with Allen in such favorites as “Sleeper” and “Love and Death” and got an Oscar for “Annie Hall,” in which her baggy-panted WASP [...]
Prequel to ‘Peter Pan’ heading to Broadway
NEW YORK (AP) — A prequel to “Peter Pan” is flying to Broadway. Producers Nancy Nagel Gibbs and Greg Schaffert said Wednesday that “Peter and the Starcatcher,” the first play commissioned by Disney, will be staged in the spring. It was last seen off-Broadway at the New York Theatre Workshop, where it earned five Drama [...]
Testimony to resume in Jackson doctor’s trial
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The trial of the doctor charged in Michael Jackson‘s death will resume Wednesday after days of delay, with jurors hearing from a leading expert on the powerful anesthetic that authorities contend killed the King of Pop. Dr. Steven Shafer‘s return to the stand on behalf of the prosecution comes after testimony [...]
Fashion guru gets the boot on ‘Dancing’
[fivefilters.org: unable to retrieve full-text content] Carson Kressley can go back to evaluating wardrobes.
ABC’s ‘Modern Family’ is big winner with DVRs
NEW YORK (AP) — ABC’s “Modern Family” may not be the top-rated comedy on television, but it’s the one most viewers catch up with on their digital video recorders. Through the first two weeks of the season, the Nielsen Co. said an average of 4.5 million viewers watched a recording of “Modern Family” after it [...]
Amy Winehouse Death
Though the official cause of death will take a few weeks to come, Amy Winehouse’s family is saying that alcohol withdrawal was the cause, according to news reports. According to a study in the journal American Family Physician, 226,000 people were discharged from a short-stay hospital with a diagnosis of alcohol withdrawal, alcohol withdrawal delirium [...]
Is Carla Bruni Next Axl Rose? French First Lady Puts Off New Album
Reuters Carla Bruni Sarkozy Axl Rose took 10 years to release the Guns ‘n Roses album “Chinese Democracy.” Now Carla Bruni is putting French democracy ahead of her own singing career. Carla Bruni-Sarkozy was putting her husband’s career before her own by confirming that she will delay the launch of her [...]
‘American Idol’ Sends 2 Finalists Home
AP American Idol’s Top Ten singers (left to right) Thia Megia, James Durbin, Scotty McCreery, Jacob Lusk, Haley Beinhart, Naima Adedapo, Pia Toscano, Stefano Langone, Lauren Alaina and Paul McDonald arrive at Muhammad Ali Celebrity Fight Night XVII on Saturday March. 19, 2011, in Phoenix. LOS ANGELES — Naima Adedapo and Thia Megia are no [...]
Britney Spears Sued Over Fragrance Line: What’s the Most Overrated Celebrity Perfume?
AP Dec. 2, 2008: Britney Spears performs on ABC’s “Good Morning America.” At least one company thinks Britney Spears‘ perfume empire really stinks. A licensing firm that helped Spears launch her successful fragrance line is suing the pop star for more than $10 million, claiming she used “under-handed” means to get out of [...]
‘Cooking For Your Cub’: Jennifer Aniston, Demi Moore Inspire New Cougar Cookbook
Mary Jo Eustace wrote ‘Cooking for Your Cub.’ (Cougarlife.com) In 2005, actress/chef Mary Jo Eustace, host of the popular Canadian cooking series “What’s For Dinner?,” hit the headlines when her husband of 12 years, Dean McDermott, hooked up with co-star Tori Spelling on the set of their Lifetime movie “Mind Over Murder.” But the devastated mother-of-two didn’t [...]
