By LINDA DEUTSCH
AP Special Correspondent
SANTA MONICA, California (AP) – With O.J. Simpson giving his agreement from prison, a judge approved a plan Monday to donate the suit the former NFL star was wearing when he was acquitted of murder to the Smithsonian Institution.
The deal ends a 13-year legal battle between Simpson’s former sports agent Mike [...]
By ERIKA KINETZ
Associated Press Writer
MUMBAI, India (AP) – The slum kid stars of “Slumdog Millionaire” want a lot of things in life – new houses, a car, trips to London and Paris – but they aren’t too interested in school.
Ten-year-old Rubina Ali has missed nearly 75 percent of her classes and her co-star hasn’t done [...]
By JOSH DICKEY
AP Entertainment Writer
MOUNTAIN VIEW, California (AP) – Phish and crew bustle about Shoreline Amphitheater’s backstage area, a sprawling patio where memories linger of raging parties from bygone tours.
Hours before a recent show, the scene is markedly different. Voices and footfalls carry across the expanse of empty picnic tables. A baby stroller clatters across [...]
SYDNEY (AP) – An Australian rapper who was a boyhood friend of Heath Ledger has released a music video the star directed shortly before his death.
N’fa Forster-Jones posted the 3 minute, 31 second-clip for his song “Cause An Effect” on his YouTube and MySpace pages on Thursday, along with a video in which he explains [...]
By SANDY COHEN
AP Entertainment Writer
LOS ANGELES (AP) – Dennis Hopper has been diagnosed with prostate cancer and is canceling all travel plans to focus on treatment, his manager said Thursday.
The 73-year-old actor and artist is being treated through a “special program” at the University of Southern California, said Sam Maydew.
Asked about Hopper’s prognosis, Maydew said, [...]
By NEKESA MUMBI MOODY
AP Music Writer
NEW YORK (AP) – The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame honors music’s most treasured acts, but this time it was the hall’s turn to be feted, as Bruce Springsteen, Billy Joel, Stevie Wonder and more celebrated the hall’s 25th birthday with a concert that included all-star collaborations, spellbinding guitars, [...]
By ANTHONY McCARTNEY
AP Entertainment Writer
LOS ANGELES (AP) – A judge is set to rule Friday on whether to admit into evidence a 45-minute video that purportedly shows Anna Nicole Smith under the influence of drugs provided by her lawyer-boyfriend.
Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Robert J. Perry said he would take the video home Thursday night [...]
SAVANNAH, Georgia (AP) – A 53-year-old Georgia man accused of trying to stalk teen pop star Miley Cyrus is expected in court just two days after a grand jury refused to indict him.
Mark McLeod is scheduled to appear Friday morning before a State Court judge in Savannah, where he’s been jailed since August.
Police say McLeod [...]
By SANDY COHEN
AP Entertainment Writer
LOS ANGELES (AP) – “Michael Jackson’s This Is It” premiered to high praise from fans who applauded at each number as though they were at a concert and marveled as the singer stepped nimbly through his moonwalk and other signature moves.
Jackson, 50 when he died last June, kept pace with backup [...]
By MICHELLE ROBERTS
Associated Press Writer
SAN ANTONIO (AP) – Retired Army Sgt. Richard Yarosh has gotten used to the stares. His face is blanketed in knotty scar tissue. His nose tip is missing. His ears are gone, as is part of his right leg. His fingers are permanently bent and rigid.
All is the result of an [...]
