AFP - Tottenham and England striker Jermain Defoe may not face Manchester United in the Premier League on Saturday after police revealed that his half-brother had died from injuries suffered in a assault.
AP - Mary-Kate Olsen is taking her duties as a juror at the Tribeca Film Festival as seriously as an A-student getting ready for the first day of school.
Playbill - Heddatron, the unique merging of robotics and a classic Henrik Ibsen play, scheduled for a July 5-Aug. 2 run as the final production of the Center Theatre Group/Kirk Douglas Theatre 2008-2009 season, will be postponed indefinitely, CTG artistic director Michael Ritchie said. -- read full article
Reuters - Fox television this week faced an uncomfortable future when the two biggest stars on its No. 1-rated show "American Idol" openly discussed leaving, which experts said could send viewership plummeting in future seasons. -- read full article
Reuters - In the midst of a photo shoot for a Bloomingdale's ad in Manhattan's West Village, singer-songwriter Rob Thomas overhears a conversation about Twitter. "Dude," he says, reaching for a new scarf to throw over a faux-vintage T-shirt, "I've gotten to the point where I sit around and wait for things to happen so I can Twitter them." -- read full article
AP - A civil lawsuit against Sharon Stone that had been conducted in secret turned out to be a routine dispute over legal fees that both sides wanted kept from public view, though the judge says they were sealed in error.
Reuters - Oscar-winning American actress Meryl Streep will receive a lifetime achievement award at this year's Rome film festival, organizers said on Friday. -- read full article
Reuters - Grammy Award winning singer and actress Beyonce Knowles has a plan to settle down in a couple of years and have some children with her husband, hip hop mogul Jay-Z, do less touring and -- debut on Broadway.
