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Stand Up to Cancer telethon takes over network TV
(AP)
AP - LOS ANGELES (AP) — Skateboarder Tony Hawk, actor Shemar Moore and other celebrities said they joined in a three-network cancer telethon on Friday because the disease had touched or taken the lives of loved ones.
Robert Giroux, giant of publishing, dies
(AP)
AP - Robert Giroux, a distinguished giant of 20th century publishing who guided and supported dozens of great writers from T.S. Eliot and Jack Kerouac to Bernard Malamud and Susan Sontag, died in his sleep early Friday morning. He was 94.
Leighton Meester's Ex-Con Mom Books Herself
(E! Online)
E! Online - Lynne Spears isn't the only celebrity mom coming out with a memoir.
Spider-Man 4: Tobey Not a Lock???Yet?
(E! Online)
E! Online - Call it the battle of the contractual web weavers. Tobey Maguire's very interested in doing the next Spider-Man sequel, sure, and now there's word today that the deal is done. Not true at all, blab several top sources on the project, who say the news about Spidey 4?and maybe 5?is jumping the gun.
Court Clears Joe Francis for Celeb Apprentice
(E! Online)
E! Online - Joe Francis doesn't have to worry about a little old tax-dodging trial to get in the way of his budding TV stardom.
WWI drama can't make up its mind about war
(Reuters)
Reuters - The raison d'etre for
"Passchendaele" is a savage World War I battle by that name, a
proud yet horrific moment in Canadian history that cost the
still-young and underpopulated country so many of its finest
young men.
"Idol" grad Pickler writes from the heart
(Reuters)
Reuters - She has domestic turmoil and
tabloid-fodder romance in her past, but Kellie Pickler just
wants people "to get to know me through my music." It's
fitting, then, that the "American Idol" alumna's sophomore
album, due September 30, is self-titled.
"Idol" grad Pickler writes from the heart
(Reuters)
Reuters - She has domestic turmoil and
tabloid-fodder romance in her past, but Kellie Pickler just
wants people "to get to know me through my music." It's
fitting, then, that the "American Idol" alumna's sophomore
album, due September 30, is self-titled.
Baseball teams hit home run with post-game concerts
(Reuters)
Reuters - Jessica Simpson probably won't be
pitching for the majors anytime soon, but the singer is one of
many artists stepping onto the field this year for free
post-game concerts at Major League Baseball stadiums around the
United States.
PLAYBILL.COM'S THEATRE WEEK IN REVIEW: A Little Help
(Playbill)
Playbill - Big-deal musicals honing their acts out of town reached out for a little help this week.
Stand Up to Cancer telethon takes over network TV
(AP)
AP - LOS ANGELES (AP) — Skateboarder Tony Hawk, actor Shemar Moore and other celebrities said they joined in a three-network cancer telethon on Friday because the disease had touched or taken the lives of loved ones.
Jamie-Lynn Sigler praises purple
(AP)
AP - Many stylish women worship the color black, but not Jamie-Lynn Sigler.
Partner in U.S. publisher Farrar, Straus & Giroux dies
(Reuters)
Reuters - Robert Giroux, who rose to become a
partner in U.S. publishing house Farrar, Straus & Giroux, has
died at the age of 94, the New York Times reported on Friday.