Archive for November, 2007

Esteban Cortazar is new Ungaro designer (AP)

Friday, November 30th, 2007

Esteban Cortazar acknowledges applause from the audience during the conclusion of the showing of his fall/winter 2004 collection in New York, in this Feb. 12, 2004, file photo.  Cortazar has been selected by French fashion house Emanuel Ungaro as its new chief designer for womenswear. Cortazar, 23, succeeds Norwegian designer Peter Dundas, who left in July after three seasons at the house. 'I was looking for someone young, but I was mostly looking for someone who had an eye for modernizing the house,' Ungaro Chief Executive Mounir Moufarrige told The Associated Press on Friday, Nov. 30, 2007. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, file)AP - Esteban Cortazar has been selected by French fashion house Emanuel Ungaro as its new chief designer for womenswear.

Broadway gets its act together as strike ends (Reuters)

Friday, November 30th, 2007

A Broadway street sign hangs in New York's Time's Square, November 29, 2007. (Brendan McDermid/Reuters)Reuters - Broadway got back to business
Thursday, a day after its stagehands ended the longest work
stoppage on the Main Stem in more than 30 years.

Argentine poet wins literature prize (AP)

Friday, November 30th, 2007

AP - Argentine poet Juan Gelman, who wrote about the pain of loss under his country’s military juntas, has won the Cervantes Prize, the Spanish-speaking world’s top literary award.

Warner Music profit drops but beats Wall Street view (Reuters)

Thursday, November 29th, 2007

Warner artist Madonna performs at the Live Earth concert at Wembley Stadium, July 7, 2007. Warner Music Group, the world's third-largest music company, on Thursday posted a 58 percent drop in quarterly profit, hurt by an industry-wide slump in CD sales, as more fans bought songs online. (Stephen Hird/Reuters)Reuters - Warner Music Group, the world’s No. 3
music company, on Thursday said profits fell 58 percent as CD
sales slipped further, but shares rose as investors hoped the
worst of an industry slump was priced into its stock.

Warner Music profit drops but beats Wall Street view (Reuters)

Thursday, November 29th, 2007

Warner artist Madonna performs at the Live Earth concert at Wembley Stadium, July 7, 2007. Warner Music Group, the world's third-largest music company, on Thursday posted a 58 percent drop in quarterly profit, hurt by an industry-wide slump in CD sales, as more fans bought songs online. (Stephen Hird/Reuters)Reuters - Warner Music Group, the world’s No. 3
music company, on Thursday said profits fell 58 percent as CD
sales slipped further, but shares rose as investors hoped the
worst of an industry slump was priced into its stock.

Lights come back on Broadway (AP)

Thursday, November 29th, 2007

Cast members from the Broadway musical 'Chorus Line' prepare to pose for cameras in Times Square in New York, Thursday Nov. 29, 2007.  A tentative agreement between the League of American Theatres Producers and stagehands union ended a strike that had kept most of Broadway in the dark since Nov. 10.  (AP Photos/Bebeto Matthews)AP - Broadway came back to life Thursday as stage-starved fans lined up in the cold for tickets and theaters reopened their doors following a 19-day stagehands strike that took a big toll on the local economy.

Argentine poet wins literature prize (AP)

Thursday, November 29th, 2007

AP - Argentine poet Juan Gelman, who wrote about the pain of loss under his country’s military juntas, has won the Cervantes Prize, the Spanish-speaking world’s top literary award.

Jodie Foster to get leadership award (AP)

Thursday, November 29th, 2007

Actress Jodie Foster poses for a portrait at an interview during the Toronto International Film Festival in Toronto, in this Sept. 7, 2007, file photo. Sherry Lansing will present Foster with the Sherry Lansing Leadership Award Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2007, at The Hollywood Reporter's 16th annual Women in Entertainment breakfast at the Beverly Hills Hotel. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)AP - Jodie Foster needs to make more room on her trophy shelf.

Jodie Foster to get leadership award (AP)

Thursday, November 29th, 2007

Actress Jodie Foster poses for a portrait at an interview during the Toronto International Film Festival in Toronto, in this Sept. 7, 2007, file photo. Sherry Lansing will present Foster with the Sherry Lansing Leadership Award Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2007, at The Hollywood Reporter's 16th annual Women in Entertainment breakfast at the Beverly Hills Hotel. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)AP - Jodie Foster needs to make more room on her trophy shelf.

Visnjic agrees to pay child support (AP)

Thursday, November 29th, 2007

Actor Goran Visnjic arrives at the 7th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards, in this March 11, 2001, file photo in Los Angeles. Visnjic, who plays Dr. Luka Kovac on the NBC series 'ER,' has agreed to pay child support for the daughter of Mirela Rupic. Rupic, 36, sued Visnjic earlier this year, claiming Visnjic was the father.  The child is now 8 months old. At the hearing Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2007, before a Zagreb court, Visnjic's lawyer, Marijan Hanzekovic, said the 35-year-old actor agreed to pay $1,800 a month in child support. (AP Photo/Michael Caulfield, file)AP - Goran Visnjic has agreed to pay child support for the infant daughter of a Croatian woman. Mirela Rupic, 36, had sued Visnjic, claiming he is the father of her 8-month-old child.