Rapper DMX arrested at Phoenix mall on felony charge of ID theft
July 19, 2008 - 11:02 pm
PHOENIX - Rapper DMX has been arrested at a Phoenix mall on a felony charge of taking the identity of another. Phoenix police didn't have details of the charge, as it stemmed from a Maricopa County Sheriff's Office case. Hill says DMX, whose real name is Earl Simmons, was taken for ...
More than 1.5 million dance to techno beats at annual Love Parade mass-rave
July 19, 2008 - 9:16 pm
BERLIN - More than 1.5 million people danced through the streets of the western German city of Dortmund at the annual Love Parade techno music festival. Once a summer institution in Berlin, the parade - staged under the motto "Highway of Love" - moved last year to Germany's industrial Ruhr ...
Welsh mayor wants to overturn town's ban on Monty Python's 'Life of Brian'
July 19, 2008 - 8:16 pm
LONDON - The mayor of a small Welsh coastal town wants to overturn its ban on Monty Python's "Life of Brian." After all, she starred in it. "Life of Brian" follows the rise and fall of the titular hero, a first century Jew mistaken for the messiah and hounded by a relentless crowd of ...
Slow going to buy tickets for Elton John concert in Saint John, N.B.
July 19, 2008 - 5:22 pm
SAINT JOHN, N.B. - Patience and persistence paid off on Saturday morning for some Elton John fans trying to buy tickets to his upcoming show in Saint John, N.B. Fans who lined up at the box office at 8 a.m. on Saturday reported they waited about five hours to get tickets, which range from ...
Shannen Doherty joins Garth, Spelling on new version of 'Beverly Hills 90210'
July 19, 2008 - 4:01 pm
BEVERLY HILLS, California - Brenda Walsh is coming back to "Beverly Hills 90210," and she's arriving in style. Shannen Doherty will reprise her role as Walsh in the CW network's new version of the 1990-2000 series, with her character now a famous director who's invited back to stage a ...
'Dark Knight' sets single-day box office record with $66.4M opening
July 19, 2008 - 1:33 pm
LOS ANGELES - 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 US$66.4 million on opening day, Warner Bros. head of distribution Dan ...
'Dark Knight' sets single-day box office record with $66.4M opening
July 19, 2008 - 12:45 am
LOS ANGELES - A Warner Bros. executive says the Batman sequel "The Dark Knight" has set a single-day box office record by taking in $66.4 million on opening day. The movie's Friday haul surpasses the previous record of $59.8 million set last year by "Spider-Man 3." "The Dark Knight" ...
Jolie and twins slip out of hospital in Nice
July 19, 2008 - 11:33 am
PARIS - 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 a statement. "The mother and her babies are doing very ...
Billy Joel in a Shea Stadium state of mind, playing ballpark's final concert
July 19, 2008 - 1:37 am
NEW YORK - 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 joined by an all-star lineup of friends including Paul ...
Verne Troyer reaches settlement in sex tape lawsuit
July 18, 2008 - 11:39 pm
LOS ANGELES - Actor Verne Troyer has settled a lawsuit he filed against a porn broker that will prevent the distribution of a sex tape depicting Troyer and a former girlfriend, court documents filed Friday show. Troyer filed a $20 million lawsuit against porn broker Kevin Blatt, ...
McCain, Conan agree: Age jokes getting old
July 18, 2008 - 11:15 pm
NEW YORK - How old is John McCain? So old, the jokes about it are getting old. So at a taping Friday night of NBC's "Late Night with Conan O'Brien," the host asked the Republican presidential candidate for some new material. "We all agree on a take on you, which is your seniority," ...
Singer and radio star Jo Stafford dies at 90 from congestive heart failure
July 18, 2008 - 9:47 pm
LOS ANGELES - 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 Wednesday at her Century City home, her son, Tim Weston of ...
Midnight stampede to 'The Dark Knight' sets box office record
July 18, 2008 - 6:48 pm
LOS ANGELES - Nothing dark about Batman's first night at the box office. "The Dark Knight" lit up cash registers during its midnight debut, stealing away with a record $18.5 million from 3,040 theatres, distributor Warner Bros. said Friday. That bested the 2005 performance of "Star ...
Ledger's compelling Joker thrills, saddens fans as 'The Dark Knight' opens
July 18, 2008 - 6:46 pm
NEW YORK - 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 tragically, nearly 53 years ago. "Heath Ledger is going to have ...
Britney Spears gets to see kids more without full custody trial
July 18, 2008 - 5:37 pm
LOS ANGELES - Britney Spears and Kevin Federline have reached an agreement that grants the pop singer more overnight visits with her children and averts a custody trial that was scheduled for next month, lawyers said Friday. The agreement was announced following a closed-door session ...
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