Lancome in contract wrangle with former spokeswoman Uma Thurman
May 08, 2008 - 21:37
Samuel Maull, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
NEW YORK - French cosmetics giant Lancome and Uma Thurman are wrangling over the use of her name and image in an advertising campaign. The company asked for a ruling against the actress, who it says is demanding $1 million for unauthorized use of her name and face on Canadian billboards ...
Canadian selected Playboy's Playmate of the year for 2008
May 08, 2008 - 20:57
LOS ANGELES - Another Canadian has become a big name at the Playboy Mansion. Jayde Nicole is Playboy's 2008 Playmate of the Year. The 22-year-old brunette bombshell is featured in a ten-page nude pictorial in Playboy's June issue that comes out this week. Along with her title, she ...
A family that built Saudi Arabia and shaped a wayward son: review
May 08, 2008 - 20:15
Scott Lindlaw, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
In Steve Coll's "Ghost Wars," the Pulitzer Prize-winning 2004 account of the CIA, Afghanistan and Osama bin Laden, the bin Laden family gets passing treatment. We learned that Osama was one of roughly 50 children of patriarch Mohammed bin Laden, who turned his skills as a construction worker ...
Hulk Hogan's son won't fight reckless driving charge, sentencing Friday
May 08, 2008 - 20:15
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
CLEARWATER, Fla. - The son of wrestling superstar Hulk Hogan plans to drop his fight against reckless driving charges and could be sentenced Friday to up to five years in state prison, according to prosecutors. The move means that Nick Bollea, 17, will be at the mercy of a judge who will ...
Mellow country music superstar Eddy Arnold dies Thursday at 89
May 08, 2008 - 19:25
John Gerome, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Eddy Arnold, whose mellow baritone on songs like "Make the World Go Away" made him one of the most successful country singers in history, died Thursday morning, days short of his 90th birthday. Arnold died at a care facility near Nashville, said Don Cusic, a professor at ...
Jeff Probst tells how he's survived all 16 seasons of 'Survivor'
May 08, 2008 - 18:29
Frazier Moore, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
NEW YORK - After all this time, you don't associate Jeff Probst with traffic gridlock, yowling sirens, or office towers crowding the sky. It's not that Probst seems out of place in a metropolis like New York. It's just that, after 16 seasons hosting CBS' "Survivor," he's more readily ...
New DVD releases include a rather timely 'Indiana Jones' boxed set
May 08, 2008 - 17:21
David Germain, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Selected home-video releases: "Indiana Jones: The Adventure Collection" Professor Henry Jones Jr. is offering a refresher course on his past achievements before you join the throng to see his latest, "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull," which hits theatres May 22. ...
Gordon Pinsent to host CBC Radio show on 'the art of the obituary'
May 08, 2008 - 17:20
THE CANADIAN PRESS
TORONTO - Canadian actor Gordon Pinsent will host a CBC Radio One morning show this summer offering "an unconventional take on the art of the obituary," the public broadcaster said Thursday. "The Late Show," airing Tuesdays at 9:30 a.m. and Sundays at 11 a.m., will review the lives of ...
Playwright Judith Thompson directs Dove play about beauty and aging
May 08, 2008 - 16:24
Victoria Ahearn, THE CANADIAN PRESS
TORONTO - Renowned Canadian playwright Judith Thompson unveils what she calls one of the most "creatively gratifying" stage productions of her 30-year career this weekend. But she didn't write it, nor did she come up with the initial concept. It was soap maker Dove that first hatched the ...
Madonna's 'Sticky & Sweet' tour to visit Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver
May 08, 2008 - 15:14
THE CANADIAN PRESS
LOS ANGELES - Madonna's "Sticky & Sweet" tour will make three Canadian stops, beginning in Toronto on Oct. 18. It moves to Montreal Oct. 22 and Vancouver Oct. 30. The tour begins Aug. 23 in Cardiff, Wales, with stops in major European markets through September before hitting North ...
Charges dropped against reality show director accused of holding women
May 08, 2008 - 15:13
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
APOPKA, Fla. - Prosecutors have dropped a false imprisonment charge against an aspiring reality show director accused of holding women against their will while filming a show. Prosecutors said there wasn't enough evidence to support the charge against Marc Brilleman, 33, who was arrested ...
No luck finding surprises in formulaic 'What Happens in Vegas'
May 08, 2008 - 15:12
Christy Lemire, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Come on, now. You already know "What Happens in Vegas." You've undoubtedly seen the ubiquitous television commercials in which Cameron Diaz and Ashton Kutcher bicker and beat each other black-and-blue but, secretly, seethe with lust. And you already know that they'll end up softening their ...
Strombo becoming an Internet star as 'The Hour' gets fans via YouTube
May 08, 2008 - 15:11
Lee-Anne Goodman, THE CANADIAN PRESS
TORONTO - George Stroumboulopoulos has been quietly amassing a devout Internet following that reaches beyond Canada's borders with his low-key CBC talk show, "The Hour." The show has been getting millions of hits on YouTube since the public broadcaster started showcasing its content on the ...
Cosmetics giant Lancome seeks declaratory judgment against Uma Thurman
May 08, 2008 - 14:21
Samuel Maull, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
NEW YORK - Lancome, the French cosmetics giant, is suing "Kill Bill" actress Uma Thurman, saying the company did not violate its contract with her and she is not entitled to the $1 million she has demanded. The company, suing as Lancome Parfums et Beaute & Cie., filed papers in ...
Carly Simon charts new course with her Brazilian-inspired CD
May 08, 2008 - 13:41
Charles J. Gans, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
NEW YORK - Carly Simon was worried about preserving her voice as she rehearsed for her first public performance of tunes from her new CD, but she couldn't restrain herself as she got swept away singing the sexy title song, "This Kind of Love." Tall and slender, her blond hair flowing, she ...
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