Wednesday, September 29, 2010

Yahoo! News: Politics News

Yahoo! News: Politics News

Arthur Penn, director of 'Bonnie and Clyde,' dies (AP)

Posted: 29 Sep 2010 01:29 PM PDT

FILE - In this July 28, 1961 file photo, actress Anne Bancroft, left, producer Fred Coe and director Arthur Penn, right, discuss a scene during a break in filming of 'The Miracle Worker' on location in Middletown, N.J. (AP Photo/File)AP - "Bonnie and Clyde" wasn't a movie that director Arthur Penn wanted to make, but when he finally agreed to, he made sure that the violence provoked by the lawbreaking couple from the 1930s — and that led to the protagonists' bullet-riddled demise — wasn't disguised.

'Mad Men"s Sally Draper not allowed to watch show (AP)

Posted: 29 Sep 2010 02:29 PM PDT

FILE - In this Aug. 29, 2010 file photo, actress Kiernan Shipka is shown backstage during the 62nd Primetime Emmy Awards in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles, file)AP - The 10-year-old actress who plays Don and Betty Draper's daughter Sally on "Mad Men" is getting a lot of airtime this season, but she's not allowed to see much more than her own scenes.

Liza Minnelli falls ill, cancels Maine concert (AP)

Posted: 29 Sep 2010 03:08 PM PDT

FILE - In this May 24, 2010 file photo, Liza Minnelli attends the premiere of 'Sex And The City 2' at Radio City Music Hall in New York. (AP Photo/Peter Kramer, file)AP - Singer Liza Minnelli has canceled a concert in Maine because of an illness.

Greg Giraldo Dies at 44 Following Drug Overdose (omg!)

Posted: 29 Sep 2010 02:53 PM PDT

omg! -

Comedian Greg Giraldo died Wednesday following a drug overdose, TMZ reported. He was 44.

Friend and fellow comedian Jim Norton confirmed the news on his Twitter: "Greg...

'Star Wars' films to be rereleased in 3-D (AP)

Posted: 29 Sep 2010 10:20 AM PDT

FILE - In this publicity photo released by Lucasfilm Ltd., actor Jake Lloyd portrays Anakin Skywalker, a young Darth Vader, in 'Star Wars: Episode I, The Phantom Menace.' (AP Photo/Lucasfilm Ltd., file)AP - May the force be in 3-D.

Russian Soprana shines in Met debut (AP)

Posted: 29 Sep 2010 11:55 AM PDT

This photo provided by the Metropolitan Opera, shows Enkelejda Shkosa as Giuletta and Giuseppe Filianoti in the title role of Offenbach's “Les Contes d'Hoffmann,” during a rehearsal Sept. 21, 2010, at the Metropolitan Opera in New York. (AP Photo/Marty Sohl)AP - Reading the cast list for Offenbach's "Les Contes d'Hoffmann" ("Tales of Hoffmann") at the Metropolitan Opera, audiences might understandably have asked themselves, "Hibla who?"

Mister Rogers' Pa. company gets cops-kids grant (AP)

Posted: 29 Sep 2010 03:09 PM PDT

AP - The Pittsburgh company founded by television's Mister Rogers has received a $496,000 federal grant for a program that brings police and children together.

PHOTO CALL: Paige O'Hara, Terrence Mann, Robby Benson and Gary Beach Discuss 'Beauty and the Beast' (Playbill)

Posted: 29 Sep 2010 03:16 PM PDT

Playbill -

The casts of both the film and Broadway versions of Disney's Beauty and the Beast met in Manhattan Sept. 29 to discuss the process of creating their characters for the Academy Award-nominated film and Tony Award-nominated musical.

Liza Minnelli falls ill, cancels Maine concert (AP)

Posted: 29 Sep 2010 03:08 PM PDT

FILE - In this May 24, 2010 file photo, Liza Minnelli attends the premiere of 'Sex And The City 2' at Radio City Music Hall in New York. (AP Photo/Peter Kramer, file)AP - Singer Liza Minnelli has canceled a concert in Maine because of an illness.

"Stars Wars" blasts back into theaters in 3D (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Sep 2010 02:53 PM PDT

The Phantom MenaceReuters - If movie fans thought that after 33 years and six blockbusters they had seen all they would of George Lucas' "Star Wars" saga, they should think again.

Jerry Mathers, Jennifer Leigh Warren, Freddie Stroma Cast in Lythgoe Family's Panto 'Cinderella' in CA (Playbill)

Posted: 29 Sep 2010 03:16 PM PDT

Playbill -

Jerry Mathers, Jennifer Leigh Warren and Freddie Stroma will headline a traditional London panto-style production of Cinderella at the El Portal Theatre in Hollywood, CA, Nov. 27-Dec. 19.

PHOTO CALL: Paige O'Hara, Terrence Mann, Robby Benson and Gary Beach Discuss 'Beauty and the Beast' (Playbill)

Posted: 29 Sep 2010 03:16 PM PDT

Playbill -

The casts of both the film and Broadway versions of Disney's Beauty and the Beast met in Manhattan Sept. 29 to discuss the process of creating their characters for the Academy Award-nominated film and Tony Award-nominated musical.

Former Washington Post publisher portrait subject (AP)

Posted: 29 Sep 2010 02:42 PM PDT

** CORRECTS SPELLING OF KATHARINE ** A photograph of Katharine Graham, by Richard Avedon, part of the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery's newest exhibit, 'One Life: Katharine Graham' , Wednesday, Sept. 29, 2010 in Washington. The exhibit opens Oct. 1, 2010 and continues through May 30, 2011, is on Graham who was publisher of the Washington Post. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)AP - Former Washington Post publisher Katharine Graham is in the spotlight at the National Portrait Gallery with an exhibit devoted to her work that helped shape U.S. history, most notably Watergate and the Pentagon Papers.

Dick Griffey, SOLAR Records founder, dies at 71 (AP)

Posted: 29 Sep 2010 02:57 PM PDT

AP - Dick Griffey, a key figure in black music whose record label SOLAR churned out classic R&B hits including "Fantastic Voyage" and "Rock Steady," has died. He was 71.

Nicole Richie is no longer famous for being famous (AP)

Posted: 29 Sep 2010 11:32 AM PDT

FILE - In this Sept. 25, 2010 file photo, television personality Nicole Richie arrives at the LACMA Resnick Exhibition Pavilion grand opening gala in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Dan Steinberg, file)AP - Nicole Richie first became a tabloid regular when she co-starred with childhood pal Paris Hilton in the reality show "The Simple Life."
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