Archive for September, 2007

Afghan models reveal the beauty under the burqa (Reuters)

Sunday, September 30th, 2007

An Afghan contestant gets her make-up done before a fashion competition initiated by Arzu, a private television channel in city of Mazar-I-Shariff north of Kabul. September 25, 2007. (Ahmad Masood/Reuters)Reuters - A model strutting
the catwalk is hardly revolutionary in most countries, but
Afghan television's answer to "America's Next Top Model" is
breaking boundaries and revealing the beauty under the burqa.

TV producer Martin Manulis dies (AP)

Sunday, September 30th, 2007

In this photo released by the Manulis Family showing Martin Manulis, a television, film and stage producer who won six Emmy awards, has died. Manulis died Friday of natural causes at his home in Los Angeles according to his son,  he was 92. (AP Photo/Family Handout)AP - Martin Manulis, a television, film and stage producer who created the classic, Emmy-winning program “Playhouse 90,” has died. He was 92.

Mexican music enjoys strong sales, timeless appeal (Reuters)

Sunday, September 30th, 2007

Reuters - Regional Mexican music, buffeted by a
slow economy, immigration crackdowns and the malaise of the
music industry in general, has seen sales slide in the past
year, along with those of Latin music overall.

The Rock passes 'Kingdom' at box office (AP)

Sunday, September 30th, 2007

Disney provided this photo of (left to right) Kyra Sedgwick, Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson and Madison Pettis in 'The Game Plan.' (AP Photo/Disney/Ron Phillips)AP - Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson had the winning game plan at the box office. Disney’s “The Game Plan,” starring Johnson as a football quarterback whose bachelor lifestyle is disrupted by the arrival of a daughter he never knew he had, opened as the top weekend flick with $22.7 million, according to studio estimates Sunday.

The Rock passes 'Kingdom' at box office (AP)

Sunday, September 30th, 2007

Disney provided this photo of (left to right) Kyra Sedgwick, Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson and Madison Pettis in 'The Game Plan.' (AP Photo/Disney/Ron Phillips)AP - Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson had the winning game plan at the box office. Disney’s “The Game Plan,” starring Johnson as a football quarterback whose bachelor lifestyle is disrupted by the arrival of a daughter he never knew he had, opened as the top weekend flick with $22.7 million, according to studio estimates Sunday.

The Rock passes 'Kingdom' at box office (AP)

Sunday, September 30th, 2007

Disney provided this photo of (left to right) Kyra Sedgwick, Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson and Madison Pettis in 'The Game Plan.' (AP Photo/Disney/Ron Phillips)AP - Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson had the winning game plan at the box office. Disney’s “The Game Plan,” starring Johnson as a football quarterback whose bachelor lifestyle is disrupted by the arrival of a daughter he never knew he had, opened as the top weekend flick with $22.7 million, according to studio estimates Sunday.

Anderson reportedly to marry again (Reuters)

Sunday, September 30th, 2007

Actress Pamela Anderson speaks to journalists after Russia's MTV Movie Awards in central Moscow in this April 19, 2007 file photo. (Denis Sinyakov/Reuters)Reuters - The stars of two of the most
infamous celebrity sex videos to surface on the Internet may be
headed for holy matrimony.

BBC to premiere an American newscast (AP)

Sunday, September 30th, 2007

This 2007 photo, provided by BBC America, shows Matt Frei who will anchor the new 'BBC World News America,' which debuts Monday at 7 p.m. EDT on BBC America, a network available in about half of the nation's TV homes. (AP Photo/BBC America, Sean McCormick)AP - They speak English at the BBC, but CBS News veteran Rome Hartman still faced a language barrier when he was hired to create a newscast specifically for American viewers.

Bond's Moneypenny, Lois Maxwell, dies (AP)

Sunday, September 30th, 2007

In this March 30, 1947 picture, Lois Maxwell, 20-year-old Canadian-born actress, receives her Screen Actors Guild member card from the new president of the guild, actor Ronald Reagan, in Hollywood, Calif. Maxwell, who starred as Miss Moneypenny in 14 James Bond movies, has died, the British Broadcasting Corp. reported Sunday, Sept. 30, 2007. She was 80. (AP Photo)AP - LONDON (AP) — Lois Maxwell, who starred as Miss Moneypenny in 14 James Bond movies, has died, the British Broadcasting Corp. reported Sunday. She was 80.

Kiefer Sutherland charged with DUI (AP)

Sunday, September 30th, 2007

Kiefer Sutherland arrives at the Fox Fall Eco-Casino Party in Los Angeles on Monday, Sept. 24, 2007. The Los Angeles city attorney's office says it has filed misdemeanor DUI charges against  Sutherland, Friday, Sept. 28, 2007.  (AP Photo/Matt Sayles)AP - Kiefer Sutherland, already on probation for a 2004 drunken driving arrest, was charged Friday with misdemeanor driving under the influence in a case the city attorney’s office said could put him in jail for more than a year.