This post was originally published on this siteActor John D. Barrymore (search), the father of Drew Barrymore, died Monday, the actress said. He was 72. “He was a cool cat. Please smile when you think of him,” Drew Barrymore said in a statement issued by her publicist. No information was released about the cause of […]
Radio Host Calls Rice an ‘Aunt Jemima’
This post was originally published on this siteA radio talk show host drew criticism Thursday after calling Condoleezza Rice (search) an “Aunt Jemima” and saying she isn’t competent to be secretary of state. John Sylvester (search), the program director and morning personality on WTDY-AM in Madison, said in a phone interview Thursday that he used […]
Yushchenko Poisoning Sparks Criminal Probe
This post was originally published on this siteUkrainian prosecutors Sunday reopened their investigation into allegations Viktor Yushchenko (search) was poisoned after doctors treating the opposition leader confirmed he had been slipped the toxic chemical dioxin (search). Yushchenko returned home to campaign for this month’s presidential runoff vote. He said he did not want the poisoning […]
Swing Era Bandleader Artie Shaw Dies at 94
This post was originally published on this siteArtie Shaw (search), the clarinetist and bandleader whose recording of “Begin the Beguine” epitomized the Big Band era, died Thursday at his home. He was 94. Shaw had long suffered from adult onset diabetes and likely died of complications of the disease, said Larry Rose, his personal assistant […]
Interfaith Couples Celebrate ‘Chrismukkah’
This post was originally published on this siteA remote barn in Livingston, Mont., serves as the worksite for a harmonious holiday quest. Ron and Michelle Gompertz, an interfaith couple, launched the greeting card company Chrismukkah.com this year for other couples like themselves whose families celebrate both Christmas (search) and Hanukkah (search). There are an estimated […]
‘Law & Order’ Star Jerry Orbach Dies
This post was originally published on this siteActor Jerry Orbach (search), who played a world-weary cop on TV’s “Law & Order” and put Baby in the corner in “Dirty Dancing,” has died of prostate cancer at 69, a representative of the show said Wednesday. Orbach died Tuesday night in Manhattan after several weeks of treatment, […]
Powerball Winner’s Wife Wishes He’d Torn Up Ticket
This post was originally published on this siteThe world’s first glimpse of Jack Whittaker (search), winner of the richest undivided lottery jackpot in U.S. history, was of a boisterous, happy-go-lucky guy in a big cowboy hat who loved his family, work and God and promised to share his good fortune with the church and the […]
Workers Strike at Seven Atlantic City Casinos
This post was originally published on this siteAbout 10,000 casino hotel workers from more than half the city’s 12 casinos went on strike Friday, even though negotiators had reached a tentative agreement with three of the casinos. Members of Local 54 of the Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees union chanted and carried picket signs outside […]
Ashlee Simpson Has ‘SNL’ Gaffe
This post was originally published on this siteSinger Ashlee Simpson’s (search) “extra help” may have been exposed when a “Saturday Night Live” audience heard her voice — singing the wrong song — while she held a microphone at her waist. Her record company blamed a computer glitch and she blamed her band for Sunday morning’s incident, which […]
Ingmar Bergman Reveals Secret Daughter
This post was originally published on this siteIn a book to be published Monday, iconoclastic filmmaker Ingmar Bergman (search) reveals that he fathered a daughter outside of one of his five marriages, a secret he had kept for 45 years, his publisher said. Bergman, 86, who is widely considered one of cinema’s greatest directors, writes in the […]