Thu, 20 Nov 2008 02:43:18 +0100
Matthiessen wins National Book Award fiction prize
Geographical References: New York / New York, New York
NEW YORK (AP) -- The economy hung like a cloud over the 59th annual National Book Awards. Barack Obama was the silver lining....
Publicist: Paris Hilton and Benji Madden split
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Paris Hilton and her boyfriend of nine months, Benji Madden, have broken up....
Hark! Colbert sings in new Christmas special
Geographical References: New York / New York, New York
NEW YORK (AP) -- The permanently suit-clad Stephen Colbert has traded in his pinstripes for a cardigan sweater, red turtleneck and furry boots....
Winona Ryder briefly hospitalized in UK
LONDON (AP) -- Winona Ryder was briefly hospitalized after falling ill on a flight to London's Heathrow Airport on Wednesday, her publicist said. Mara Buxbaum said the 37-year-old actress was taken to a west London hospital "as a precaution" and had been released....
Hugh Jackman crowned People's `Sexiest Man Alive'
Geographical References: New York / New York, New York
NEW YORK (AP) -- Hugh Jackman says wife Deborra-Lee Furness teased him after finding out he'd been named People magazine's "Sexiest Man Alive."...
Suri Cruise tops Forbes.com list of `Hottest Tots'
Geographical References: New York / New York, New York / Holmes, New York
NEW YORK (AP) -- Suri Cruise is the most popular kid on the playground. The 2-year-old daughter of Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes tops Forbes.com's second annual list of "Hollywood's 10 Hottest Tots."...
Beyonce coming a bit more 'Fierce'
Geographical References: New York / New York, New York
NEW YORK (AP) -- With a new album and two movies on the horizon, it appears the Season of Beyonce has begun....
Pilot in deadly crash warned jet was out of runway
Geographical References: South Carolina
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) -- The pilot of a private jet warned air traffic controllers that his plane was "going off the end" of a runway before it crashed, killing him and three others and injuring celebrity DJ AM and former Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker....
'Impressionism' sets a March 12 Broadway opening
Geographical References: New York / New York, New York
NEW YORK (AP) -- The opening date and Broadway theater have been set for the world premiere of "Impressionism," a play by Michael Jacobs starring Jeremy Irons and Joan Allen....
Comedy writer Irving Brecher dies at 94
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Irving Brecher, who wrote vaudeville one-liners for Milton Berle and scripted Marx Brothers movies, the TV and radio hit "The Life of Riley" and the Oscar-nominated musical "Meet Me in St. Louis," has died. He was 94....
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