Archive for June, 2008

'WALL-E,' 'Wanted' team up as $100 million duo (AP)

Monday, June 30th, 2008

In this image released by Disney/Pixar Animation Studios, a scene from the animated film, 'WALL-E,' is shown.  (AP Photo/Disney/Pixar Animation Studios)AP - A lonely little robot made millions of friends during the weekend — and even outgunned Angelina Jolie.

Tale of botched terror war marred by errors (AP)

Monday, June 30th, 2008

AP - “Hunting Bin Laden” (Skyhorse Publishing. 229 pages. $24.95), by Rob Schultheis: Veteran war correspondent Rob Schultheis draws a line in the sand early in his new book, “Hunting Bin Laden.”

Citing Sensitivity About 'Ragtime''s Racial Content, IL Park Officials Cancel Show (Playbill)

Monday, June 30th, 2008

Playbill - A free outdoor production of the Tony Award-winning musical Ragtime in a suburban park in Wilmette, IL, was canceled by officials over concerns about the racially-charged language in the script and score.

Kazakh model in apparent suicide plunge -reports (Reuters)

Sunday, June 29th, 2008

Reuters - A 20-year-old woman identified by
local media as Kazakh supermodel Ruslana Korshunova plunged to
her death from a Manhattan apartment on Saturday in an apparent
suicide.

Strike 2? Hollywood braces for actor walkout (AP)

Sunday, June 29th, 2008

AP - Hollywood loves a good sequel, but here’s one it could do without: Another union strike just months after the town got up and running again from a devastating walkout by writers.

Strike 2? Hollywood braces for actor walkout (AP)

Sunday, June 29th, 2008

AP - Hollywood loves a good sequel, but here’s one it could do without: Another union strike just months after the town got up and running again from a devastating walkout by writers.

Strike 2? Hollywood braces for actor walkout (AP)

Sunday, June 29th, 2008

AP - Hollywood loves a good sequel, but here’s one it could do without: Another union strike just months after the town got up and running again from a devastating walkout by writers.

Reports: Model dies in fall from NYC building (AP)

Sunday, June 29th, 2008

AP - A European Vogue cover model fell to her death from her Manhattan apartment building Saturday in an apparent suicide, published reports said.

'American Idol' winner Ruben Studdard weds in Ala. (AP)

Sunday, June 29th, 2008

This Sept. 19, 2006 file picture shows singer Ruben Studdard in New York.  (AP Photo/Jim Cooper, file)AP - Former “American Idol” Ruben Studdard has married Surata Zuri McCants at a church in a suburb of Birmingham, Alabama. But there was no singing during the 30-minute ceremony — just an exchange of vows, prayers and music provided by a string ensemble. A reporter from The Birmingham News attended the ceremony.

'American Idol' winner Ruben Studdard weds in Ala. (AP)

Sunday, June 29th, 2008

This Sept. 19, 2006 file picture shows singer Ruben Studdard in New York.  (AP Photo/Jim Cooper, file)AP - Former “American Idol” Ruben Studdard has married Surata Zuri McCants at a church in a suburb of Birmingham, Alabama. But there was no singing during the 30-minute ceremony — just an exchange of vows, prayers and music provided by a string ensemble. A reporter from The Birmingham News attended the ceremony.