News For Sunday Jul 20, 2008 News For Sunday Jul 20, 2008

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Shannen Doherty back in '90210' 'hood this fall - Added 2 hours ago

Brenda Walsh is all grown-up and returning to Beverly Hills, 90210, this fall. But cast members of the new CW spin-off, "90210," are speculating whether Shannen Doherty will be equally mature when she reprises her role...

'Dark Knight' sets box office record with $66.4M - Added 7 hours ago

Batman's joust with the Joker has set another box office record. Stoked by fan fever over the manic performance of the late Heath Ledger as the Joker, "The Dark Knight" set a one-day box office record with $66.4 million...

Shannen Doherty back in `90210' 'hood this fall - Added 15 hours ago

Brenda Walsh is coming back to "Beverly Hills 90210," and she's arriving in style. Shannen Doherty will reprise her role as Walsh in CW's new version of the 1990-2000 series, with her character now a famous director...

Jolie and twins slip out of hospital in Nice - Added 22 hours ago

Angelina Jolie has left the building. Oh, and so have the twins. Before dawn Saturday, the Hollywood superstar and her newborn twins left the French Riviera hospital where she gave birth a week ago, the hospital said in...

Sing us one last song at Shea, Piano Man - Added 1 day ago

Billy Joel bade a stirring farewell to Shea Stadium on Friday during an electrifying, sold-out final show at the same ballpark where the Beatles famously ushered in a new era in rock 'n' roll four decades ago. He was...

Troyer reaches settlement in sex tape lawsuit - Added 1 day ago

Actor Verne Troyer has settled a lawsuit he filed against a porn broker after the defendant agreed not distribute a sex tape depicting Troyer and a former girlfriend, court documents filed Friday show. Troyer filed a...

Spears' role as mom expands after epic meltdown - Added 1 day ago

Less than eight months after an epic meltdown that led to a court taking away her children, Britney Spears is reclaiming her role as a mother _ to the point where she may be with her boys nearly half the time. ...

Khloe Kardashian does hard time: 3 hours - Added 1 day ago

Khloe Kardashian's stay in jail Friday may have been brief, but it did include a bit of drama: a jailhouse lockdown. The reality TV starlet spent roughly three hours in a Los Angeles area jail for violating probation...

Ed McMahon sues hospital, others over neck injury - Added 1 day ago

Ed McMahon sued a hospital, two doctors and an investment tycoon Friday over a neck injury he has said has left him unable to work, a circumstance he has blamed for his recent money woes. The lawsuit seeks an...

Milo Ventimiglia discusses 'Heroes,' Mideast trip - Added 1 day ago

"Iron Man" isn't the only superhero to visit the Middle East this summer. Milo Ventimiglia, who plays power-absorbing Peter Petrelli on NBC's "Heroes," traveled to the region last week as part of a USO tour of U.S....

Singer and radio star Jo Stafford dies at 90 - Added 1 day ago

Jo Stafford, the honey-voiced band singer who starred in radio and television and sold more than 25 million records with her ballads and folks songs, has died. She was 90. Stafford died of congestive heart failure...

DMC undergoing surgery to remove blood clots - Added 1 day ago

Darryl "DMC" McDaniels of the legendary rap group Run-DMC was scheduled to undergo surgery at a New Jersey hospital Friday to remove two major blood clots in his left arm. McDaniels, 44, had been suffering from pain...

Coroner: Kallenbach died of natural causes - Added 1 day ago

Comedian Kenneth Keith Kallenbach, a long-running member of Howard Stern's "Wack Pack," died of complications from cystic fibrosis, a medical examiner ruled Friday. He died April 24 at age 39 at a hospital near...

Couric's anchor job safe, her CBS News boss says - Added 1 day ago

Job insecurity may be widespread in the media but Katie Couric still has no need to worry, her boss says. Rumors that Couric will be replaced on the "CBS Evening News" after the presidential election or inauguration...

Vereen hosts fundraiser for $32M brain center - Added 1 day ago

Because of his own injuries, Ben Vereen seems like a natural to highlight a fundraiser for an institute that researches brain damage, but it took an introduction from the woman who walks his dog to make it happen. ...

Ledger's compelling Joker thrills, saddens fans - Added 1 day ago

As Chris Finegan watched Heath Ledger's stunning portrayal of the Joker on Friday in "The Dark Knight," he couldn't help but think of another actor who wasn't on the screen: James Dean, who also died prematurely and...

Atlanta's National Black Arts Festival turns 20 - Added 1 day ago

Stephanie Hughley's 12th floor office at the new headquarters of the National Black Arts Festival has a stunning view of Atlanta, including the city's cultural standard: the High Museum of Art. The vantage point...

Salma Hayek, Pinault call off their engagement - Added 1 day ago

Salma Hayek has called off her engagement to businessman Francois-Henri Pinault, her representative said Friday. The couple announced their plans to wed in March 2007, and welcomed a daughter, Valentina Paloma Pinault,...

Exhibit illustrates advances in prefab home design - Added 1 day ago

Prefabricated houses don't have to be ticky-tacky. Contemporary prefab homes now possess all the flair and durability of traditional housing. Computerized designs and innovative materials are behind this architectural...

`Desperate Housewives' creator says end in sight - Added 1 day ago

The women of Wisteria Lane may have only a few more years to resolve their assorted problems. "Desperate Housewives" creator and executive producer Marc Cherry told a meeting of the Television Critics Association on...

Songwriter Hank Cochran recovering from surgery - Added 1 day ago

Songwriter Hank Cochran is recovering at a Nashville hospital following surgery to remove cancerous tumors from his pancreas and lymph node. The 72-year-old Cochran says the diagnosis was made very early and doctors...

Ex-Guns N' Roses drummer arrested in Los Angeles - Added 1 day ago

Former Guns N' Roses drummer Steven Adler has been arrested in Hollywood for alleged drug possession. Los Angeles police spokesman Richard French says the 43-year-old Adler was arrested around 4 a.m. Friday by officers...

Exhibit marks Bruce Lee's death - Added 1 day ago

Bruce Lee fans are marking the 35th anniversary of his death with an exhibit featuring movie posters, magazine covers and books about the action star. Also among the 800 items on display are letters written by Lee that...

Laugh Factory owner: Jackson should pay for N-word - Added 1 day ago

When Michael Richards stunned a nightclub audience two years ago by shouting the N-word at a black patron, Laugh Factory owner Jamie Masada was quick to join the Rev. Jesse Jackson in calling for a ban on the word's...

Andy Warhol, Lichtenstein art stolen in Sweden - Added 1 day ago

Officials say one or more thieves broke into a Swedish museum and stole work done by American pop icons Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein. Police say the break-in happened at the Abergs Museum near Stockholm early...

Emmy nominations show younger isn't always better - Added 1 day ago

Teens and 20-somethings may be the target demographic for many TV shows, but when it comes to top actresses, over 40 is where it's at. Only one actress nominated for an Emmy on Thursday is in her 20s: 24-year-old "Ugly...

Analysis: `The Wire' gets 1 final Emmy snub - Added 1 day ago

The Emmys said goodbye to "The Wire" with the same lack of respect that it showed the HBO drama during its acclaimed five-season run. Call it the final nail in the row house. The last season of "The Wire," which was...

Reality sets in for Seacrest, Bergeron, others - Added 1 day ago

Three minutes to showtime, and Cristian de la Fuente still hadn't decided whether he would continue after tearing a tendon in his biceps. The producers of ABC's "Dancing With the Stars," the popular live dancing...

Jimi Hendrix coming to 'Guitar Hero' - Added 1 day ago

Jimi Hendrix is coming to "Guitar Hero." The Seattle-based company Experience Hendrix, which controls the rock icon's musical legacy, is providing Hendrix's music and likeness for the latest "Guitar Hero" video game,...

Got a brand new bag? James Brown items auctioned - Added 1 day ago

James Brown mementoes ranging from his signature capes to a medical bracelet fetched thousands of dollars Thursday at an auction, which the soul icon's children protested. Fans and collectors packed a Christie's...

McCartney appeals for peace over Quebec concert - Added 1 day ago

Paul McCartney told Quebec nationalists on Thursday "to smoke the pipes of peace" over their opposition to his free concert celebrating the city's 400th anniversary. Several artists and politicians have questioned...

50 Cent passes drug test, can take son on trip - Added 1 day ago

Rapper 50 Cent is free to take a vacation with his son after passing a court-ordered drug test. The 33-year-old entertainer was in a Long Island courtroom Thursday to ask a judge for permission to take 11-year-old...

SAG stakes fight on made-for-Internet content - Added 2 days ago

The Screen Actors Guild on Thursday gave its most detailed explanation yet for its rejection of a final contract offer by Hollywood studios, citing shortfalls in pay and union jurisdiction on made-for-Internet...

Got a brand new bag? James Brown items auctioned - Added 2 days ago

James Brown mementoes ranging from his signature capes to a medical bracelet fetched thousands of dollars Thursday at an auction, which the soul icon's children protested. Fans and collectors packed a Christie's...

Spike in sales for next poet laureate - Added 2 days ago

Kay Ryan is no longer an unknown poet. Demand for her work jumped sharply Thursday upon the Library of Congress' announcement that she had been named the new U.S. poet laureate, a one-year term beginning in the fall....

U2's Bono, Edge win hotel legal battle - Added 2 days ago

U2 stars Bono and The Edge won a four-year legal battle Thursday to reshape their old-fashioned Dublin hotel, the Clarence, into a futuristic landmark _ a decision that appeared to fly in the face of Ireland's...

Two musical obsessives follow their dream to B'way - Added 2 days ago

When we last saw Hunter Bell and Jeff Bowen on stage, the two theater-obsessed lads were basking in the glow of a successful off-Broadway run in "title of show," their delightful tale of writing and putting on a...

Jimi Hendrix coming to 'Guitar Hero' - Added 2 days ago

Jimi Hendrix is coming to "Guitar Hero." The Seattle-based company Experience Hendrix, which controls the rock icon's musical legacy, is providing Hendrix's music and likeness for the latest "Guitar Hero" video game,...

AP Exclusive: A digital Albom through Kindle - Added 2 days ago

Mitch Albom has a new book out _ well, not really a book, but a commencement speech in book form. And not in traditional book form, but as an e-book, published exclusively through Amazon.com's Kindle reader. ...

Dennis Farina pleads no contest to gun charge - Added 2 days ago

Dennis Farina may be able to carry a gun on-screen, but he won't be able to own one in California for several months. The actor's attorney pleaded no contest on Thursday to a misdemeanor charge of bringing a weapon...

Reality sets in for Seacrest, Bergeron, others - Added 2 days ago

Three minutes to showtime, and Cristian de la Fuente still hadn't decided whether he would continue after tearing a tendon in his biceps. The producers of ABC's "Dancing With the Stars," the popular live dancing...

Deciding vote in XM-Sirius deal makes offer - Added 2 days ago

The potential deciding vote in the government's review of the $3.1 billion merger between satellite radio companies XM and Sirius told The Associated Press he will vote in favor of the deal if the companies agree to...

Amy Poehler says she's bound for 'Office' spinoff - Added 2 days ago

Amy Poehler confirmed to The Associated Press that she'll be joining the planned "Office" spinoff, paving the way for her eventual exit from "Saturday Night Live" and promoting the comedian to primetime. Speaking by...

Emmy nominations show younger isn't always better - Added 2 days ago

Teens and 20-somethings may be the target demographic for many TV shows, but when it comes to top actresses, over 40 is where it's at. Only one actress nominated for an Emmy on Thursday is in her 20s: 24-year-old "Ugly...

Billy Crystal joins 9/11 memorial foundation board - Added 2 days ago

Billy Crystal is going to help build the Sept. 11 memorial. The 60-year-old actor was named Thursday to the board of directors of the National September 11 Memorial & Museum, the foundation raising money to build...

Now showing: Batmania as 'The Dark Knight' opens - Added 2 days ago

If you haven't already, you might want to pick up the Batphone and order your tickets for "The Dark Knight." Advance sales are through the roof, fans are heading to 12:01 a.m. screenings in Batman gear and the buzz is...

Seigenthaler joins family's PR firm - Added 2 days ago

Former "NBC Nightly News" weekend anchor John Seigenthaler has joined a public relations firm founded and operated by his family as partner and CEO of its New York operations. Seigenthaler had been with NBC News for 11...

`30 Rock' nets 7 Emmy nominations for guest stars - Added 2 days ago

An appearance on "30 Rock" may be the best gig in television. Seven actors were nominated Thursday for their guest performances on the NBC comedy, a near monopoly on the categories for guest actors and actresses in a...

Police: Video taken of Brolin, Wright during brawl - Added 2 days ago

Police said they have video of a bar brawl in which members of a crew filming an Oliver Stone movie _ including actors Josh Brolin and Jeffrey Wright _ were arrested. Police Chief Henry Whitehorn told The Times of...

USA's `Burn Notice is No. 1 on cable TV - Added 2 days ago

Rankings for the top 15 programs on cable networks as compiled by Nielsen Media Research for the week of July 7-13. Day and start time (EDT) are in parentheses: 1. "Burn Notice" (Thursday, 10 p.m.), USA, 3.86 million...