- Wed, 21 Oct 2009 10:46:26 GMT
AP - Swiss officials tipped off the United States and set in motion the arrest of director Roman Polanski last month in his decades-old child sex case, according to documents obtained by The Associated Press. On Wednesday, a top Swiss official defended the move.
- Wed, 21 Oct 2009 10:36:43 GMT
AP - Joseph Wiseman, an actor who played the sinister scientist and title character of Dr. No in the first James Bond feature film, died Monday. He was 91.
- Wed, 21 Oct 2009 10:24:16 GMT
AP - A pharmacist testified Tuesday that he warned Anna Nicole Smith's psychiatrist against prescribing a powerful sleeping medication to the celebrity model after she had given birth to a daughter and endured the death of her son in 2006.
- Wed, 21 Oct 2009 10:25:46 GMT
AP - Lawyers for an ambulance driver and a former politician accused of trying to extort millions from John Travolta urged jurors Tuesday to clear their clients, accusing the actor's attorneys of setting them up.
- Wed, 21 Oct 2009 09:52:12 GMT
AP - Natalie Coughlin won't be going for the gold on "Dancing with the Stars."
- Wed, 21 Oct 2009 07:11:37 GMT
AP - Lil Wayne has a date in a Manhattan courtroom, but DNA science will take center stage.
- Wed, 21 Oct 2009 10:39:26 GMT
AP - A University of Texas official says Walter Cronkite's papers and photographs will be permanently housed at the Austin campus and then exhibited in May.
- Wed, 21 Oct 2009 10:52:42 GMT
AP - Hollywood filmmakers have recreated a rally in Georgia's capital while filming a movie about the 2008 Russia-Georgia war, with Andy Garcia playing President Mikhail Saakashvili.
- Wed, 21 Oct 2009 07:11:37 GMT
AP - Lil Wayne has a date in a Manhattan courtroom, but DNA science will take center stage.
- Wed, 21 Oct 2009 07:24:36 GMT
Reuters - Debt-laden U.S. publisher Philadelphia Newspapers LLC, which owns the Philadelphia Inquirer and Philadelphia Daily News, improved an offer to its lenders with a $20 million credit note in an effort to keep control of the titles.
- Wed, 21 Oct 2009 00:47:19 GMT
Reuters - Choreographer and "Hairspray" director Adam Shankman will produce the 82nd Academy Awards live telecast in March with movie executive Bill Mechanic, organizers said on Tuesday.
- Wed, 21 Oct 2009 10:46:27 GMT
AP - Swiss officials tipped off the United States and set in motion the arrest of director Roman Polanski last month in his decades-old child sex case, according to documents obtained by The Associated Press. On Wednesday, a top Swiss official defended the move.
- Mon, 19 Oct 2009 16:58:00 GMT
Fashion Wire Daily - The atmosphere was frenzied and tense as people crowded into Badgley Mischka's showroom on Sunday, Oct. 18, for one of the most hotly anticipated bridal gown collections to be shown this week as designers like Vera Wang, Nicole Miller and Monique Lhuillier present their bridal offerings for next year to press and buyers in New York.
- Tue, 20 Oct 2009 21:55:50 GMT
AP - Booksellers, video game dealers, newspaper publishers and other critics of an online child protection law encountered skepticism from state Supreme Court justices Tuesday for their free-speech arguments.