Spokesman: Gabor to go home from hospital Friday (AP)
Sun, 01 Aug 2010 05:04:39 GMT
AP - Doctors plan to let Zsa Zsa Gabor return home Friday, about three weeks after the 93-year-old actress was hospitalized with a broken hip.

Spike Lee screens film that includes oil spill (AP)
Sun, 01 Aug 2010 03:48:38 GMT
AP - Spike Lee screened some of his new HBO documentary that includes a look at the massive BP Gulf oil spill and says no one from the oil giant is speaking to him.

Malaysia TV completes quest for Muslim role model (AP)
Sun, 01 Aug 2010 02:55:48 GMT
AP - An Islamic reality TV show that made its contestants counsel promiscuous teenagers and bury corpses has named a 26-year-old mosque prayer leader as Malaysia's top role model for young Muslims.

Schreker's opera 'Distant Sound' heard at Bard (AP)
Sat, 31 Jul 2010 16:58:09 GMT
AP - His name is all but forgotten today, but a century ago Franz Schreker was considered perhaps the most important operatic composer since Richard Wagner.

Veteran Italian screenwriter Cecchi D'Amico dies (AP)
Sat, 31 Jul 2010 15:12:52 GMT
AP - Screenwriter Suso Cecchi D'Amico, who emerged from the male-dominated post-war Italian cinema to become a celebrated artist and contribute to such milestones as "Bicycle Thieves" and "The Leopard," died Saturday at age 96.

Germany: memorial service for Love Parade victims (AP)
Sat, 31 Jul 2010 14:15:52 GMT
AP - Thousands of grief-stricken mourners watched in tears on Saturday as rescue workers lit one white candle for every one of the 21 people crushed to death in a tunnel at the Love Parade techno music festival.

Malaysia TV completes quest for Muslim role model (AP)
Sun, 01 Aug 2010 02:55:48 GMT
AP - An Islamic reality TV show that made its contestants counsel promiscuous teenagers and bury corpses has named a 26-year-old mosque prayer leader as Malaysia's top role model for young Muslims.

Spokesman: Gabor to go home from hospital Friday (AP)
Sun, 01 Aug 2010 05:04:40 GMT
AP - Doctors plan to let Zsa Zsa Gabor return home Friday, about three weeks after the 93-year-old actress was hospitalized with a broken hip.

Schreker's opera 'Distant Sound' heard at Bard (AP)
Sat, 31 Jul 2010 16:58:10 GMT
AP - His name is all but forgotten today, but a century ago Franz Schreker was considered perhaps the most important operatic composer since Richard Wagner.

As Emmys host, Jimmy Fallon aims not to offend (Reuters)
Sat, 31 Jul 2010 03:50:09 GMT
Reuters - Conan O'Brien and David Letterman have provided a valuable lesson for Jimmy Fallon, the comedian told journalists Friday. "The one thing I've learned from (O'Brien and Letterman) is (that) hosting 'Late Night' is a one-way ticket to not hosting 'The Tonight Show," the comedian quipped.