AP - Author Ishmael Beah disputed reports that his best-selling 2007 memoir about serving as a child soldier in Sierra Leone contained inconsistencies.
AP - Wesley Snipes must surrender to prison authorities June 3 if he isn't granted bail to appeal three federal tax convictions, defense lawyers said in a court filing.
AP - Wesley Snipes must surrender to prison authorities June 3 if he isn't granted bail to appeal three federal tax convictions, defense lawyers said in a court filing.
Reuters - U.S. bookseller Barnes and Noble Inc
is looking into a possible bid for competitor Borders
Group Inc , the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday.
Fashion Wire Daily - Now in its tenth year, the 2008 Gen Art Styles competition presented the next crop of emerging fashion talent at Hammerstein Ballroom in New York on Monday night, May 19, before a panel of judges that included fashion designers Victoria Bartlett and Marc Ecko among others, Sak's Fifth Avenue Fashion Director Michael Fink and Designer & Agent's founder Barbara Kramer.
AFP - Veteran US Senator Edward Kennedy left hospital Wednesday giving a thumbs up to waiting supporters a day after doctors announced he had a malignant brain tumor.
Playbill - Casting has been announced for Victory Gardens Theater's Relatively Close, a new family comedy by James Sherman, directed by VGT artistic director Dennis Zacek. -- read full article
Tue, 20 May 2008 21:05:38 GMT - Yahoo! News: Entertainment News
Reuters - Time Warner Inc will completely split
with Time Warner Cable Inc by the end of the year, and receive
a $9.25 billion payout, to separate its media content and
distribution businesses.
Reuters - The TV schedule is
filled with programs that are more entertaining than this one.
For millions of people, though, none are more relevant. -- read full article
Wed, 21 May 2008 16:12:47 GMT - Yahoo! News: Entertainment News
Reuters - A powerful new film, made with a
cast of former child soldiers from Liberia and shot in the
streets of Monrovia, depicts the brutal chaos of civil wars
that have consumed generations of African children.
AP - Edvard Munch's masterpiece "The Scream" goes back on display this week for the first time since it was stolen four years ago but has suffered permanent damage, museum officials said Wednesday.