Pussycat Dolls wow Fashion Rocks
NEW YORK, Sept. 6 (UPI) -- U.S. pop and R&B quintet Pussycat Dolls jumped and kicked their way through the fifth annual Fashion Rocks concert celebrating ties between music and fashion.
First Drew Peterson-inspired book released
JOLIET, Ill., Sept. 1 (UPI) -- An Illinois writer, in the first released book about former police Sgt. Drew Peterson, details mysteries surrounding the deaths of two of his four wives.
Records: Photographer Leibovitz in debt
NEW YORK, Aug. 31 (UPI) -- Photographer Annie Leibovitz, who has made millions of dollars photographing U.S. celebrities, is allegedly $715,000 in debt, court records show.
Guns N' Roses book alleges risky excess
NEW YORK, Aug. 31 (UPI) -- A new book detailing the lives of Guns N' Roses band members alleges the U.S. rockers lived lives of excessive drug use and risky sex.
Dealer doubts da Vinci work's authenticity
ROME, Aug. 30 (UPI) -- A New York art dealer says she does not believe a painting she once owned was created by famed Italian painter Leonardo da Vinci.
Legal battle may block 'Watchmen' release
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 30 (UPI) -- The U.S. release of a movie version of the popular graphic novel "Watchmen" should be blocked, a major Hollywood studio alleges.
Director: 'Twilight' filming 'pretty cool'
PASADENA, Calif., Aug. 30 (UPI) -- Hollywood director Catherine Hardwicke says filming the big screen adaptation of the vampire novel "Twilight" has been "pretty cool" to date.
Aaron Sorkin penning Facebook flick
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 28 (UPI) -- U.S. screenwriter and playwright Aaron Sorkin reportedly is penning a film about the creation of the wildly popular Facebook social networking Web site.
Edinburgh Fringe director quits after year
EDINBURGH, Scotland, Aug. 28 (UPI) -- Jon Morgan has announced his resignation as director of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe arts event in Scotland after only a year in the position.
Report: Wellesley missing Leger painting
BOSTON, Aug. 28 (UPI) -- "Woman and Child," a valuable 1921 painting by French cubist Fernand Leger, reportedly has gone missing from Wellesley College.
Rushdie wins apology from ex-bodyguard
LONDON, Aug. 28 (UPI) -- Author Salman Rushdie reportedly has won an apology in London High Court from a former bodyguard who made false claims against him.
'House of Payne' creator goes Brown
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 26 (UPI) -- The producer of "House of Payne," the highest-rated original cable TV comedy, will produce a new U.S. sitcom "Meet the Browns," Variety reported Wednesday.
Team says it created world record nanolens
BOSTON, Aug. 26 (UPI) -- A Boston research team has created a new microlens that team members say can point the way to higher quality digital electronic imaging.
Buck, Poehler to curate Merge Records set
DURHAM, N.C., Aug. 26 (UPI) -- Seminal U.S. independent label Merge Records says it's readying a 20th anniversary CD box set curated by REM's Peter Buck and actress Amy Poehler.
McCain blasts Madonna's Hitler comparison
CARDIFF, Wales, Aug. 26 (UPI) -- Campaigners for likely Republican U.S. presidential nominee John McCain say it was "outrageous" for Madonna to compare him to Adolf Hitler at a Wales concert.
Jason Biggs gets off-Broadway comedy nod
NEW YORK, Aug. 25 (UPI) -- U.S. actor Jason Biggs, best known for his "American Pie" movie roles, has been cast in the off-Broadway stage comedy "Boy's Life," Variety reported Monday.
Leachman, Lucci to compete on 'Dancing'
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 25 (UPI) -- This year's contestants on "Dancing With the Stars" include daytime star Susan Lucci and 82-year-old actress Cloris Leachman, the Fox show's U.S. producers say.
Barenaked Ladies singer survives crash
BANCROFT, Ontario, Aug. 25 (UPI) -- Authorities say Barenaked Ladies front man Ed Robertson and three others are "very lucky" to be alive after a float-plane crash in southeastern Ontario.
Berlusconi CD aims for Christmas release
SARDINIA, Italy, Aug. 25 (UPI) -- Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's renditions of Neopolitan love songs may be released on CD in time for Christmas, his music partner says.
O'Doherty wins Fringe comedy award
EDINBURGH, Scotland, Aug. 25 (UPI) -- Irish comedian David O'Doherty has won Britain's most prestigious comedy award for routines delivered at Scotland's Edinburgh Fringe Festival, officials say.
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