AP - Leaders of Hollywood's second-largest actors union approved a new contract with studios that grants actors more money for Internet work an issue that sparked a crippling writers strike this year.
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