Archive for May, 2008

Elie Tahari's Pop Art Prints (Fashion Wire Daily)

Saturday, May 31st, 2008

FWD101  A design from the Elie Tahari Resort 2009 collection is displayed in the Elie Tahari showroom in New York on Thursday, May 29, 2008.(Fashion Wire Daily/Renata Espinosa)Fashion Wire Daily - Forget what your mother told you about not mixing prints. The Elie Tahari Resort 2009, shown in a preview in New York on Thursday, May 29, breaks that rule, with an array of prints that will satisfy anyone suffering from late winter doldrums.

'Dream a Little Dream', Mamas and the Papas Musical, Resurfaces in FL; Casting Announced (Playbill)

Saturday, May 31st, 2008

Playbill - Dream a Little Dream, The Nearly True Story of The Mamas and The Papas, the new musical about one of the most influential singing groups of the ’60s, will make its East Coast premiere starting June 26 in a production by Florida Stage in Manalapan in Florida.

Were the world wars blunders by England? (AP)

Saturday, May 31st, 2008

AP - “Churchill, Hitler, and the Unnecessary War” (Crown Publishers, 544 pages, $29.95), by Patrick J. Buchanan: Pat Buchanan apparently is not big on irony. He spends a great deal of time stating his claim that British hubris turned what would have been two regional wars into world wars but he doesn’t feel the same hubris was misplaced in the building of the empire.

Lawyers set to respond to reporter testify request (AP)

Friday, May 30th, 2008

R&B singer R. Kelly enters the Cook County Criminal Court Building, Wednesday, May 28, 2008, in Chicago as his child pornography trial continues. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)AP - Chicago Sun-Times lawyers are expected to respond to a motion asking for a reporter to testify at R. Kelly’s child pornography trial.

Miami judges a popular draw for TV court shows (AP)

Friday, May 30th, 2008

TV judges Karen Mills, left , and David Young, right, are former Miami judges who have found success ruling for TV viewers.  Photographed Friday May 16, 2008 in Miami.   Surf the TV channels on any given weekday, and chances are you'll find a former Miami judge with a TV show. Miami's courts have produced no less than five TV judges, including Judge David Young who was just nominated for a daytime Emmy for his first season.  (AP Photo/David Adame)AP - Surf the TV channels anywhere in America on a given weekday, and chances are you’ll find a former Miami judge holding court.

Radiohead to Prince: Unblock 'Creep' cover videos (AP)

Friday, May 30th, 2008

In this April 26, 2008 file photo, Prince performs during the second day of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio, Calif. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, file)AP - After word spread that Prince covered Radiohead’s “Creep” at Coachella, the tens of thousands who couldn’t be there ran to YouTube for a peek. Everyone was quickly denied — even Radiohead.

Comic powerhouse Harvey Korman dies at 81 (AP)

Friday, May 30th, 2008

In this May 14, 1972 file photo Harvey Korman is shown with his Emmy award for outstanding achievement by a performer in a music or variety show in Los Angeles. Korman, the tall, versatile comedian who won four Emmys for his outrageously funny contributions to 'The Carol Burnett Show' and played a conniving politician to hilarious effect in 'Blazing Saddles,' died Thursday, May 29, 2008. He was 81. (AP Photo/file)AP - LOS ANGELES (AP) — Harvey Korman, the tall, versatile comedian who won four Emmys for his outrageously funny contributions to “The Carol Burnett Show” and played a conniving politician to hilarious effect in “Blazing Saddles,” died Thursday. He was 81.

Comic powerhouse Harvey Korman dies at 81 (AP)

Friday, May 30th, 2008

In this May 14, 1972 file photo Harvey Korman is shown with his Emmy award for outstanding achievement by a performer in a music or variety show in Los Angeles. Korman, the tall, versatile comedian who won four Emmys for his outrageously funny contributions to 'The Carol Burnett Show' and played a conniving politician to hilarious effect in 'Blazing Saddles,' died Thursday, May 29, 2008. He was 81. (AP Photo/file)AP - LOS ANGELES (AP) — Harvey Korman, the tall, versatile comedian who won four Emmys for his outrageously funny contributions to “The Carol Burnett Show” and played a conniving politician to hilarious effect in “Blazing Saddles,” died Thursday. He was 81.

Comic powerhouse Harvey Korman dies at 81 (AP)

Friday, May 30th, 2008

In this May 14, 1972 file photo Harvey Korman is shown with his Emmy award for outstanding achievement by a performer in a music or variety show in Los Angeles. Korman, the tall, versatile comedian who won four Emmys for his outrageously funny contributions to 'The Carol Burnett Show' and played a conniving politician to hilarious effect in 'Blazing Saddles,' died Thursday, May 29, 2008. He was 81. (AP Photo/file)AP - LOS ANGELES (AP) — Harvey Korman, the tall, versatile comedian who won four Emmys for his outrageously funny contributions to “The Carol Burnett Show” and played a conniving politician to hilarious effect in “Blazing Saddles,” died Thursday. He was 81.

McClellan's book on Bush a surprise hit for many (AP)

Friday, May 30th, 2008

Former White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan appears on the NBC 'Today' television program, in New York Thursday  May 29, 2008.  McClellan, who is promoting his book,  says he didn't object to the way the war in Iraq was sold to the American people at the time because he, like other Americans, gave the president the benefit of the doubt. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)AP - The allegations of deceit in Scott McClellan’s book have been a surprise not only for Bush officials enraged with the former White House spokesman but also for publishers who turned down what is now the industry’s hottest release.