Girlicious band member arrested in California on suspicion of cocaine possession
March 11, 2010 - 3:41 am
Girlicious was arrested after Glendale officers found more than a dozen plastic bags of cocaine in her Gucci purse during a traffic stop. Police Sgt. Tom Lorenz says 21-year-old Natalie Mejia (meh-HEE'-ah) was being held Wednesday in jail in the Los Angeles suburb on suspicion of cocaine ...
John English wins Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Pierre Trudeau biography
March 10, 2010 - 11:48 pm
OTTAWA - John English of Kitchener, Ont., has won the $25,000 Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing for his latest biography on Pierre Trudeau. The former MP and history professor at the University of Waterloo nabbed the prize Wednesday night at the Politics and the Pen gala in ...
Israeli novel, collection of Russian poetry win prizes for best English-language translation
March 10, 2010 - 10:52 pm
NEW YORK - An Israeli novel and a collection of Russian poetry have won prizes for best English-language translation. Gail Hareven's novel "The Confessions of Noa Weber" won the Best Translated Book Award for fiction. It was written in Hebrew and translated by Dalya Bilu for Melville House ...
Cable, satellite TV operators ask for government intervention in fee dispute with broadcasters
March 10, 2010 - 8:10 pm
The most recent showdown left millions of Cablevision Systems Corp. customers around New York without an ABC station at the start of the Academy Awards. About 15 minutes into the show, a scrolling announcement told viewers that a tentative agreement had been reached. As advertising ...
Country superstar Carrie Underwood is flying high as "Play On Tour" starts
March 10, 2010 - 7:47 pm
NASHVILLE - After selling more than a million tickets to her last concert tour, Carrie Underwood is aiming higher this time. Really high. She plans to fly over the audience, for starters. "We're kind of going for broke on this one just because I feel like it's time," Underwood said in an ...
Web user's world turned upside down by Conan's decision to follow her on Twitter
March 10, 2010 - 7:42 pm
CONWAY TOWNSHIP, Mich. - Last week, Sarah Killen had three Twitter followers. This week, she has 20,000 - as well as a new iMac computer and offers to help pay for a dress and drinks for her wedding. The unsuspecting rural Michigan woman has one out-of-work late-night talk show host ...
Producers of Season 12 of 'The Ultimate Fighter' hold open casting call
March 10, 2010 - 7:22 pm
LAS VEGAS - Season 11 of "The Ultimate Fighter" has yet to air but the UFC and Spike TV are already preparing for Season 12. An open casting call is scheduled for April 1 in Charlotte. N.C. Producers of the reality TV show are looking for mixed martial arts fighters in the lightweight ...
Samsung unveils new 3D TV technology, says Canadian launch coming March 26
March 10, 2010 - 7:03 pm
TORONTO - Early adopters can buy a new 3D TV by the end of the month, Samsung said Wednesday, although it remains to be seen how many consumers will be willing to pay a premium for a technology in its infancy. Samsung is the first major manufacturer to announce plans to launch the new ...
Rarely seen Italian Renaissance painting will be on view at Milwaukee Art Museum
March 10, 2010 - 6:43 pm
MILWAUKEE - Rarely lent from the Pitti Palace in Florence, Italy, Raphael Sanzio's painting "The Woman with the Veil" is making its last United States' appearance likely for many years at the Milwaukee Art Museum. Responding to Leonardo da Vinci's "Mona Lisa," Raphael developed his own ...
A 12-hour adaptation of Dostoyevsky novel set for Lincoln Center
March 10, 2010 - 6:42 pm
NEW YORK - A 12-hour adaptation of a Dostoyevsky novel will be among the highlights of Lincoln Center Festival 2010, running for 45 performances this summer. Festival director Nigel Redden said Wednesday the arts celebration, which runs from July 7 to July 25, will take place at Lincoln ...
Charlie Sheen due back at work on CBS' 'Two and a Half Men' after rehab
March 10, 2010 - 6:39 pm
LOS ANGELES - A spokesman for Charlie Sheen says the actor will soon be back at "Two and a Half Men" after undergoing rehab that temporarily halted production of CBS' top-rated sitcom. Publicist Stan Rosenfield says Sheen will be returning to work and shooting will resume next Tuesday in ...
'Lost' star de Ravin says Pattinson smart to switch gears with 'Remember Me'
March 10, 2010 - 6:38 pm
TORONTO - "Twilight" heartthrob Robert Pattinson ditches the vampire fangs in his newest love story, "Remember Me," a straight-ahead romantic drama that nevertheless preserves his reputation as this generation's quintessential brooding young man. Anguish and loss pervade the wounded soul ...
Author Margaret Atwood shoots cameo for the film 'Score: A Hockey Musical'
March 10, 2010 - 6:34 pm
TORONTO - Canadian literary icon Margaret Atwood says she's joined the star-packed cast of the film, "Score: A Hockey Musical." The writer blogs about a recent day on set that saw her hanging out with retired NHL'r Eddie Shack and Theo Fleury, race car driver Alex Tagliani, musician Dan ...
3-D movies help boost movie box office worldwide to record $30 billion
March 10, 2010 - 6:32 pm
LOS ANGELES - The appeal of 3-D movies helped boost movie ticket sales by nearly 8 per cent to a record US$29.9 billion worldwide in 2009, according to the Motion Picture Association of America. The jump, from $27.8 billion a year earlier, was driven by a rise in ticket prices and the ...
Actress Reese Witherspoon says first lady toppled Elle Woods as top fashionista
March 10, 2010 - 6:31 pm
WASHINGTON - Actress Reese Witherspoon says her "Legally Blonde" character Elle Woods has been ousted as the most stylish woman to come to the nation's capital by first lady Michelle Obama. Speaking Wednesday at a ceremony where the first lady and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton ...
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