Struthers 'crazy' over role in TV movie (AP)
Sat, 09 Dec 2006 05:57:06 GMT
AP - Sally Struthers felt like she'd won an award when she was offered a role in a new cable television movie about small-town values. "I went crazy," she said, citing family values, love and the struggle between good and evil as her favorite themes.

Jon Peters faces sex harassment lawsuit (AP)
Sat, 09 Dec 2006 02:59:21 GMT
AP - A woman claims in a lawsuit that "Superman Returns" producer Jon Peters sexually harassed her and exposed himself to her and her 3-year-old daughter while she worked as his personal assistant.

Snipes pleads not guilty in tax case (AP)
Sat, 09 Dec 2006 00:49:22 GMT
AP - Wesley Snipes was released on $1 million bond Friday after pleading not guilty to federal charges that he failed to file tax returns and falsely claimed millions of dollars in refunds.

Pitt, Jolie tour Wright's masterpiece (AP)
Sat, 09 Dec 2006 11:32:21 GMT
AP - Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie visited Fallingwater, Frank Lloyd Wright's architectural masterpiece, where they celebrated the actor's upcoming birthday, Fallingwater's curator of education said.

Judge to review 'Borat' fraternity suit (AP)
Sat, 09 Dec 2006 00:15:16 GMT
AP - A judge weighing whether to halt the DVD release of "Borat" viewed a scene from the hit film in which a group of South Carolina fraternity brothers converse with the raucous Kazakh journalist played by British comedian Sacha Baron Cohen.

Clint Eastwood's Iwo Jima film resonates in Japan (Reuters)
Sat, 09 Dec 2006 11:20:44 GMT
Reuters - Hiromasa Murakami went to see Clint Eastwood's "Letters from Iwo Jima" to find out if an American could tell the Japanese side of a battle that became a symbol of U.S. patriotism, but for Japan was a bitter memory of defeat.

Italian pop star Pausini in Spanish foray (Reuters)
Sat, 09 Dec 2006 08:47:19 GMT
Reuters - Italian superstar Laura Pausini's new album, "Yo Canto," is a collection of Italian pop standards that span the singer's lifetime -- 32 years.

Struthers 'crazy' over role in TV movie (AP)
Sat, 09 Dec 2006 05:57:06 GMT
AP - Sally Struthers felt like she'd won an award when she was offered a role in a new cable television movie about small-town values. "I went crazy," she said, citing family values, love and the struggle between good and evil as her favorite themes.

Fox, Viacom, CBS and NBC discuss YouTube rival: WSJ (Reuters)
Sat, 09 Dec 2006 05:28:35 GMT
Reuters - News Corp.'s Fox, Viacom Inc., CBS Corp.. and NBC Universal are in talks about creating a video Web site to compete with Google Inc.'s YouTube, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday.

Shakespeare Theatre of NJ Has Four 'Henry' Plays, Plus Saroyan and Molnar in 2007 (Playbill)
Fri, 08 Dec 2006 22:56:06 GMT
Playbill - The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey will celebrate its 45th season by expanding its Main Stage season from six productions to seven.