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'Bachelor' flap shows ugly side of public breakups (AP)

admin — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 17:35:21 +0000

AP – She said he wasn’t intimate. He said she wasn’t faithful. She called him a fame whore. He called her jealous. For weeks, the nasty break-up of “The Bachelor” couple Jake Pavelka and Vienna Girardi has been fought in the tabloids. In their latest round of sparring, the pair were back in front of the reality TV cameras where it all began.

Unruly crowd undoes NJ party featuring Diddy (AP)

admin — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 17:35:20 +0000

AP – Rowdy crowds waiting in line for a July Fourth pool party featuring Sean “Diddy” Combs forced the event to be shut down before the rap and fashion mogul had a chance to enter.

Former Met Opera singer Cesare Siepi dies at 87 (AP)

admin — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 17:35:19 +0000

AP – Singer Cesare Siepi, who performed hundreds of times at the Metropolitan Opera and was well known for the role of Don Giovanni, has died at the age of 87.

Buffett hopes to boost Gulf spirits with concert (AP)

admin — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 17:35:19 +0000

AP – Jimmy Buffett says Gulf Coast residents have every right to be mad about the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, but he’s hoping a free beach concert will help lift spirits.

Netflix inks movie deal with Relativity Media (Reuters)

admin — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 17:35:18 +0000

Reuters – U.S. DVD rental service Netflix Inc said it has signed a deal with media company Relativity Media LLC to stream major theatrical movies to Netflix customers before they are shown on premium pay-television channels.

Architect Nouvel brings splash of red to UK gallery (Reuters)

admin — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 17:35:17 +0000

Reuters – French architect Jean Nouvel has brought a vivid splash of red to London’s Serpentine Gallery with an asymmetric structure featuring red table tennis tables among activities on offer to visitors.

Lindsay Lohan probation revocation hearing begins (AP)

admin — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 17:35:17 +0000

AP – Lindsay Lohan arrived about 10 minutes early at a Beverly Hills courthouse on Tuesday for a probation revocation hearing that could end with the actress either headed for jail or her next movie role.

`Fever' urges governments to fight malaria locally (AP)

admin — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 17:35:16 +0000

AP – “The Fever: How Malaria Has Ruled Humankind for 500,000 Years” (Sarah Crichton Books/Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $26), by Sonia Shah: At age 7, author Sonia Shah visits her grandmother in southern India. She must take anti-malaria pills, and she lies in a stuffy cage of netting — mosquitoes perched menacingly above — while her local cousins sleep nearby, unencumbered in the warm breeze.

Christian Dior's Tulip Couture (Fashion Wire Daily)

admin — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 17:35:15 +0000

Fall 2010 haute couture show in Paris on Monday, July 5, 2010.(Fashion Wire Daily/Gruber)" border="0" />Fashion Wire Daily – One thing that folks here in Paris always insist gives haute couture a certain validity is that its ideas and inventions eventually translate into real fashion trends, which millions of women end up wearing without ever realizing from where the initial thought came.

George Michael arrested in London after car crash (AP)

admin — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 17:35:15 +0000

AP – British media reports say George Michael has been arrested after a car crash in London.

'Raavan' Scandal: India's Critics Skewer Bollywood Film

admin — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 17:34:07 +0000

Bollywood star couple Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai join with Mani Ratnam for an ambitious thriller, Raavan, that has Indian film critics steamed

Phil Spector and the New Film About His Lovin' Feelin'

admin — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 17:34:06 +0000

In an exclusive rambling interview for a British documentary, the iconic producer talks about his legacy and why he should be appreciated more

Toy Story 3 Box Office: Great But Not That Great

admin — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 17:34:06 +0000

After a month in the box-office doldrums, movie executives and exhibitors suddenly feel toy-rific. But even this hit is not as big as many probably hoped

'Toy Story 3' Beats 'Grown Ups,' 'Knight and Day' at Box Office

admin — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 17:34:05 +0000

In the battle of men behaving like boys vs. toys behaving like adults, Toy Story 3 emerged triumphant

Michael Jackson: Nostalgia Fuels Album Sales After Death

admin — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 17:34:04 +0000

A year after his death, the legal and financial problems that tarnish the King of Pop’s legacy have greatly diminished — and his music is more popular than ever