Archive for October, 2007

Singer Robert Goulet dies at age 73 (AP)

Wednesday, October 31st, 2007

Singer Robert Goulet performs prior to the Boston Red Sox home opener in Boston in this April file photo. Goulet is in a Los Angeles hospital in critical condition awaiting a lung transplant, according to a notice put on his Web site.  (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)AP - Robert Goulet was in good spirits as he waited for a lung transplant, even telling doctors before they inserted a breathing tube, “Just watch my vocal cords,” his wife said.

Singer Robert Goulet dies at age 73 (AP)

Wednesday, October 31st, 2007

Singer Robert Goulet performs prior to the Boston Red Sox home opener in Boston in this April file photo. Goulet is in a Los Angeles hospital in critical condition awaiting a lung transplant, according to a notice put on his Web site.  (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)AP - Robert Goulet was in good spirits as he waited for a lung transplant, even telling doctors before they inserted a breathing tube, “Just watch my vocal cords,” his wife said.

Singer Robert Goulet dies at age 73 (AP)

Wednesday, October 31st, 2007

Singer Robert Goulet performs prior to the Boston Red Sox home opener in Boston in this April file photo. Goulet is in a Los Angeles hospital in critical condition awaiting a lung transplant, according to a notice put on his Web site.  (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)AP - Robert Goulet was in good spirits as he waited for a lung transplant, even telling doctors before they inserted a breathing tube, “Just watch my vocal cords,” his wife said.

ABC gives "Samantha" a full order (Reuters)

Wednesday, October 31st, 2007

Reuters - ABC has handed out a
full-season pickup to the new Christina Applegate comedy
“Samantha Who?”

Rhys Meyers dons cape for "Mandrake" (Reuters)

Wednesday, October 31st, 2007

Reuters - Irish actor Jonathan
Rhys Meyers will star as the eponymous hero of “Mandrake,” a
feature based on the classic Hearst comic book about an extreme
escape artist embroiled in international intrigue.

Police guitarist brings memoir to big screen (Reuters)

Wednesday, October 31st, 2007

Drummer Stewart Copeland (L) and guitarist Andy Summers of The Police perform during a concert at Lluis Companys Stadium in Barcelona, September 27, 2007. Summers always took his beloved Leica camera on tours with the band. So when the legendary rock act split in the mid 1980s, Summers decided to explore his skills as a photographer. (Albert Gea/Reuters)Reuters - Police guitarist Andy
Summers is turning his autobiography “One Train Later” into a
feature documentary, which will boast 25,000 photos from his
collection as well as footage from the band’s reunion tour.

Americans oppose media market concentration: survey (Reuters)

Wednesday, October 31st, 2007

Reuters - More than half of Americans surveyed
said it should be illegal for a company to own both a newspaper
and a television station in the same market, a coalition of
consumer and telecommunications advocacy groups said on
Wednesday.

Jane Seymour sickened by food poisoning (AP)

Wednesday, October 31st, 2007

Jane Seymour poses for photographers at the Los Angeles premiere of 'Reservation Road,' Thursday, Oct. 18, 2007. The actress missed the 'Dancing With the Stars' results show on Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2007 after she was sickened by food poisoning, according to a KABC-TV report. She was taken to the hospital to get it checked out. (AP Photo/Rene Macura)AP - Actress Jane Seymour missed Tuesday night’s “Dancing With the Stars” results show after being sickened by food poisoning, a television station reported.

Actor and singer Robert Goulet dies at 73 (Reuters)

Wednesday, October 31st, 2007

Actors Robert Goulet (L) and Robert Morse are shown in a scene from their 1964 film 'Honeymoon Hotel' in this undated publicity photograph. Goulet, who shot to overnight international fame by playing Lancelot in the original 1960 Broadway production of 'Camelot' with Julie Andrews and Richard Burton, died on October 30, 2007 at age 73. (MGM/Handout/Reuters)Reuters - Singer-actor Robert Goulet, whose
rich baritone voice made him an instant success when he played
Lancelot in the original 1960 Broadway hit “Camelot,” died on
Tuesday at age 73.

Britney Spears allowed visits with sons (AP)

Wednesday, October 31st, 2007

Britney Spears arrives at court for a hearing to work out custody arrangements with her ex-husband Kevin Federline for their two young sons in this Oct. 26, 2007, file photo in Los Angeles. A court commissioner granted Britney Spears three monitored visits a week with her two small sons while ordering her to childproof her house and work out a schedule for visits with ex-husband Kevin Federline, according to a ruling Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2007.  (AP Photo/Chris Polk, file)AP - Britney Spears can have sleepovers with her two boys — if she has regular drug and alcohol tests, childproofs her home and buckles the kids in car seats, a court commissioner ruled Tuesday.