AP - JACKSON, Miss. (AP) Jamie Lynn Spears gave birth to a baby girl Thursday morning at a south Mississippi hospital, according to a friend of the Spears family. The friend, who asked not to be identified because the family had not yet announced the baby's birth, told The Associated Press that the baby was named Maddie Briann and weighed 7 pounds, 11 ounces.
Reuters - British designer Henry Holland,
who first made a splash in the fashion world with his cheeky
slogan t-shirts, says London Fashion Week is becoming ever more
business-savvy, while retaining its creative edge.
Reuters - Wasfi Kani has earned a reputation as
the Robin Hood of the opera world, robbing from the rich to
give to the poor by using her elite country house productions
to help finance performances in prisons. -- read full article
Thu, 19 Jun 2008 18:50:23 GMT - Yahoo! News: Entertainment News
Reuters - News Corp Chief Executive Rupert
Murdoch said on Thursday that the share of revenue coming from
digital businesses across the Dow Jones Company could reach 75
percent "in a very few years."
AP - The former Tennessee home of Johnny Cash's parents is on sale for $1.4 million and that includes a gold record from "The Man in Black." -- read full article
Thu, 19 Jun 2008 18:33:06 GMT - Yahoo! News: Entertainment News
Reuters - A week-long film festival in
Chechnya had been designed to prove the south Russian republic
has ditched its war-torn past. Instead it coincided with an
upsurge in rebel attacks.
AP - The tiny Montana cabin where Unabomber Ted Kaczynski hid now stands a few blocks from the Washington headquarters of the FBI, which spent 17 years searching for him.
AP - Pianist Herbie Hancock was honored as musician of the year at the Jazz Awards, just months after he took home the best album Grammy for "River: The Joni Letters," but the big winner was Maria Schneider, who won four trophies.
Reuters - New York-based designer Diane
von Furstenberg sent models traipsing down a lush garden runway
in breezy chiffon dresses and ruffled headbands to mark her
first fashion show in her native Europe.
Reuters - Actress and singer Queen Latifah sued
a small film production company that helped finance the movie
"The Perfect Holiday" on Wednesday, saying she had not been
paid any money for the film.