AP - Jim McKay elegantly covered competitions from badminton to barrel jumping. Yet he may best be remembered for that grim day at the Munich Olympics when he broke the news with three simple words: "They're all gone."
AFP - Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi fell ill briefly as he finished addressing a business conference Saturday, prompting one of the organisers to ask if their was a doctor in the room, journalists on the scene said.
Reuters - Film director Dino Risi, who chronicled
the bittersweet and lighter side of Italy's post-war economic
boom, died on Saturday, the residence where he lived said.
AP - WASHINGTON (AP) The actress who played Wonder Woman on TV in the 1970s says she didn't do anything extraordinary when she discovered a body this week on the Potomac River in Washington.
AP - NEW YORK (AP) Jim McKay, the venerable and eloquent sportscaster thrust into the role of telling Americans about the tragedy at the 1972 Munich Olympics, has died. He was 86.
AP - Even the staunchest opponents of the wars in Vietnam and Iraq are loath to take issue with World War II, the quintessential conflict between good and evil that became the model of a morally just war. -- read full article
Fri, 06 Jun 2008 22:50:56 GMT - Yahoo! News: Entertainment News
Fashion Wire Daily - A rooftop in the Meatpacking District with impressive views of downtown New York - and Carlos Miele's 14th Street store - was the setting for Miele's light and carefree Resort 2008 collection.
Playbill - Tony Award nominee Brad Oscar, never afraid to chomp into juicy roles, tackles multiple parts - as does co-star J. Fred Shiffman - in Arena Stage's new production of Charles Ludlam's frenzied two-actor comedy The Mystery of Irma Vep, June 6-July 13 in Washington, DC. -- read full article
Fri, 06 Jun 2008 22:04:27 GMT - Yahoo! News: Entertainment News
Reuters - Arguably the No. 1 item on record
labels' to-do list for the year is, "Establish variable pricing
for digital downloads." -- read full article
Fri, 06 Jun 2008 23:44:54 GMT - Yahoo! News: Entertainment News
Reuters - Fashion brand Candie's didn't
have to look far to find its new pop-music "it girl": "Heroes"
star and Candie's spokeswoman Hayden Panettiere. -- read full article
Sat, 07 Jun 2008 04:18:36 GMT - Yahoo! News: Entertainment News
AP - Steve Carell, who plays Maxwell Smart in the upcoming spy comedy "Get Smart," says he had a scent-sational time kissing co-star Dwayne Johnson, who most might recognize as "The Rock."
AP - Vin Diesel is a dad. Diesel, star of "The Pacifier" and "The Chronicles of Riddick," and his girlfriend, model Paloma Jimenez, welcomed a baby girl in Los Angeles on April 2, his representative, Meredith O'Sullivan, said in an e-mail Friday.
AP - Steve Carell, who plays Maxwell Smart in the upcoming spy comedy "Get Smart," says he had a scent-sational time kissing co-star Dwayne Johnson, who most might recognize as "The Rock."