Reuters - Singer/songwriter Natasha Shneider,
who collaborated with former Soundgarden frontman Chris Cornell
and rock band Queens of the Stone Age, died Tuesday of cancer. -- read full article
Reuters - An online network formed
by professional TV and film scribes during the Hollywood
writers' strike earlier this year unveiled a slate Wednesday
featuring contributions from the minds behind the likes of "The
Office" and "Die Hard."
AP - Live from Newport: it's Chevy Chase. Chase, the comic actor and original cast member of "Saturday Night Live" will host the Newport Jazz Festival for the second year in a row.
AP - On-location movie shoots are on the rise in Los Angeles, despite repeated warnings from Hollywood studios that the possibility of an actors strike had stalled moviemaking, a permitting group said Wednesday.
AP - CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. (AP) A $300,000 payoff to a teenage mistress. Thousands of dollars worth of online porn. Extramarital trysts in the office and his supermodel wife's Hamptons homes.
AP - NEW YORK (AP) Yankees slugger Alex Rodriguez and his wife have split less than three months after the birth of the couple's second daughter, according to a report in the New York Daily News.
AFP - Top-selling Spanish cookbook author and chef Simone Ortega, who won top culinary awards in both France and Spain, has died, her publisher said Wednesday. She was 89. -- read full article
AP - Rankings for the top 15 programs on cable networks as compiled by Nielsen Media Research for the week of June 23-29. Day and start time (EDT) are in parentheses: -- read full article
AP - Rankings for the top 15 programs on cable networks as compiled by Nielsen Media Research for the week of June 23-29. Day and start time (EDT) are in parentheses: -- read full article
Reuters - British rock band Coldplay ruled the
U.S. pop chart for a second week Wednesday, while veteran bad
boys Motley Crue debuted at No. 4 with the original lineup's
first album in 11 years.
AP - The woman in a sex tape featuring Verne Troyer best known for his role in the "Austin Powers" movies says she allowed celebrity Web site TMZ to broadcast snippets of the tape.
AP - The father of a 13-year-old girl who may be Lindsay Lohan's half-sister said the family went public with the story after Lohan's father, Michael, repeatedly refused to provide support.