WASHINGTON (AP) - Phylicia Rashad will open Arena Stage's new Mead Center for American Theater this fall in Washington, starring in one of the inaugural productions.

Rashad stars in the premiere of "Every Tongue Confess" from playwright Marcus Gardley. It will run Nov. 9 through Jan. 2. Rashad is best known ...

LEIDSCHENDAM, NETHERLANDS (AP) - Naomi Campbell's former agent fended off defense accusations Tuesday that she lied to the war crimes court to further her own lawsuit against Campbell, insisting the model knew she was receiving diamonds from Charles Taylor.

Taylor, the former Liberian president, faces 11 counts of war crimes linked ...

LEIDSCHENDAM, NETHERLANDS (AP) - Naomi Campbell's former agent is denying fabricating her testimony that the fashion model acknowledged receiving diamonds from former Liberian President Charles Taylor, who is on trial for war crimes.

Carole White says she was present in 1997 when Campbell told the man who headed the Nelson Mandela ...

BEIJING (AP) - Disaster drama "Aftershock" has set the all-time domestic box office record for a Chinese film with 532 million yuan ($79 million) in ticket sales, its distributors say.

The Feng Xiaogang-directed drama overtook star-studded propaganda movie "The Founding of a Republic," which earned 420 million yuan ($62 million), according ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Zsa Zsa Gabor's publicist says the actress has developed an infection that will keep the 93-year-old hospitalized indefinitely as she recovers from a broken hip.

Doctors had hoped to release Gabor on Monday, but Gabor's publicist John Blanchette says an infection changed those plans. He had no ...

STURGIS, S.D. (AP) - Mean machines and burly bikers didn't draw Amanda White to the world's largest motorcycle rally. She had her sights set on a bow-tied nerd in an ill-fitting gray plaid suit: Pee-wee Herman.

Actor Paul Reubens is reintroducing Pee-wee _ his alter ego and 1980s cult character _ ...

NEWPORT, R.I. (AP) - Jazz legend Dave Brubeck turns 90 on Dec. 6, but the birthday celebrations got off to an early start on the closing day of the CareFusion Newport Jazz Festival.

With Wynton Marsalis' quintet playing "Happy Birthday" to a New Orleans beat, festival producer and founder George Wein ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Defense attorneys in the Anna Nicole Smith drug conspiracy trial attempted to weaken the credibility of a key prosecution witness by questioning him about schemes to profit from his association with the former Playboy model.

Bodyguard Maurice Brighthaupt told Monday of signing contracts with "Access Hollywood" for ...

JUNEAU, ALASKA (AP) - From Playgirl to ... politico?

That's right: Levi Johnston's manager, Tank Jones, is confirming a report that Johnston is planning to run for city office in his hometown of Wasilla, Alaska, as part of a reality TV show.

Wasilla is where Sarah Palin got her start in politics, ...

JUNEAU, ALASKA (AP) - Levi Johnston may be following in Sarah Palin's footsteps.

Johnston's manager, Tank Jones, on Monday confirmed a report on Variety magazine's website that Johnston is planning to run for city office in his hometown of Wasilla, Alaska, as part of a reality TV show.

Wasilla is where Palin ...

JUNEAU, ALASKA (AP) - Levi Johnston may be following in Sarah Palin's footsteps.

Johnston's manager, Tank Jones, on Monday confirmed a report on Variety magazine's website that Johnston is planning to run for city office in his hometown of Wasilla, Alaska, as part of a reality TV show.

Wasilla is where Palin ...

NEWPORT, R.I. (AP) - Jazz legend Dave Brubeck turns 90 on Dec. 6, but the birthday celebrations got off to an early start on the closing day of the CareFusion Newport Jazz Festival.

With Wynton Marsalis' quintet playing "Happy Birthday" to a New Orleans beat, festival producer and founder George Wein ...

STURGIS, S.D. (AP) - Mean machines and burly bikers didn't draw Amanda White to the world's largest motorcycle rally. She had her sights set on a bow-tied nerd in an ill-fitting gray plaid suit: Pee-wee Herman.

Actor Paul Reubens is reintroducing Pee-wee _ his alter ego and 1980s cult character ...

The comic book permeates all levels of popular culture. This sporadic feature reviews some recent examples from the world of digital video discs (compatible with DVD-ROM and Blu-ray enabled computers and home entertainment centers) and also includes a recommended sequential-art reading list to extend the multimedia adventures.

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