Friday, November 26, 2010

Yahoo! News: Politics News

Yahoo! News: Politics News

T.R. Knight, Brendan Fraser bow out on Broadway (AP)

Posted: 26 Nov 2010 10:40 AM PST

In this undated theater publicity image released by Aurora Productions, Denis O'Hare, left, and Brendan Fraser are shown in a scene from the Broadway production of 'Elling' in New York. (AP Photo/Aurora Productions, Joan Marcus) NO SALESAP - T.R. Knight, Brendan Fraser, Patrick Stewart, David Hyde Pierce and Mark Rylance are among the high-profile actors whose Broadway season has ended rather abruptly.

Yoko Ono, son swap memories for Day of Listening (AP)

Posted: 26 Nov 2010 10:36 AM PST

FILE - in this Feb. 8, 2004 file photo, John Lennon's widow, Yoko Ono, and their son, Sean Lennon, appear backstage at the Grammy Awards in Los Angeles. Ono and her son are joining a national oral history project that is urging people to take time the day after Thanksgiving for a National Day of Listening with their friends and loved ones. Their recorded conversation will be broadcast Friday as part of the StoryCorps project on NPR's 'Morning Edition.' Also this year, the project includes recordings from staff at the National Museum of the American Indian and from U.S. Olympic athletes. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon, File)AP - Sean Lennon is finding connections with his 77-year-old mother, Yoko Ono — not about the Beatles or John Lennon — but about her life in an interview broadcast on NPR as part of a national oral history project.

HBO's 'The Wire' topic of class at Johns Hopkins (AP)

Posted: 26 Nov 2010 10:35 AM PST

AP - The former HBO series "The Wire" is the topic of a new class at Johns Hopkins University, in the city where the drama was based.

ShowBiz Minute: Super Bowl, Parade, Darth Vader (omg!)

Posted: 26 Nov 2010 12:56 PM PST

omg! - Black Eyed Peas to perform Super Bowl halftime; Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade watched by millions; 'Darth Vader' costume can't find new owner at auction. (Nov. 26)

Find Out Which Celeb Asked Out Newly Single Eva Longoria (omg!)

Posted: 26 Nov 2010 12:19 PM PST

omg! - The hunky bachelor wants to take the actress to dinner and a movie

T.R. Knight, Brendan Fraser bow out on Broadway (omg!)

Posted: 26 Nov 2010 10:40 AM PST

omg! - AP - T.R. Knight, Brendan Fraser, Patrick Stewart, David Hyde Pierce and Mark Rylance are among the high-profile actors whose Broadway season has ended rather abruptly.

Jennifer Aniston, Chelsea Handler Flaunt Bikini Bods in Mexico (omg!)

Posted: 26 Nov 2010 10:29 AM PST

omg! - The new BFFs show off their curves while celebrating Thanksgiving abroad

Barbra Streisand details love of design in new book (omg!)

Posted: 26 Nov 2010 09:42 AM PST

omg! - Reuters - It's not exactly opening your home to guests at a holiday party, but for film and singing star Barbra Streisand and her fans, it's pretty close.

Ugly Betty Actor: I "Killed the Demon" Inside My Mom (omg!)

Posted: 26 Nov 2010 09:22 AM PST

omg! - Michael Brea calls the recent murder "the work of God"

Happy Birthday to.... (omg!)

Posted: 26 Nov 2010 09:20 AM PST

omg! - See which stars blow out candles during the week of November 27-December 3.

Dutch rock fans snap up tickets to avoid new tax (AP)

Posted: 26 Nov 2010 10:08 AM PST

AP - Tickets for a Dutch rock festival sold out in hours Friday, even though it's nearly nine months away and not a single act has yet been announced.

First Wills and Kate book published; more in store (AP)

Posted: 26 Nov 2010 06:46 AM PST

FILE - In this Nov. 16, 2010 file photo, Britain's Prince William and his fiancee Kate Middleton are seen at St. James's Palace in London, after they announced their engagement. Prince William and Kate Middleton will marry April 29, 2011 in Westminster Abbey, the historic London church where Princess Diana's funeral was held, royal officials said Tuesday, Nov. 23, 2010. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, file)AP - First came the royal engagement. Now — 10 days later — the first book.

Murakami took 4 years to approve 'Norwegian Wood' (AP)

Posted: 26 Nov 2010 02:40 AM PST

Vietnamese film director Tran Anh Hung answers reporters questions during a interview with The Associated Press in Tokyo, Friday, Nov. 26, 2010. The director of an upcoming movie based on Haruki Murakami's book 'Norwegian Wood' says it took him four years to win the Japanese author's approval to adapt the popular novel.(AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)AP - The director of a soon-to-be-released movie based on Haruki Murakami's book "Norwegian Wood" said Friday it took him four years to win the approval of the Japanese author to adapt the popular novel.

Author seeks to understand Israel in debut novel (AP)

Posted: 26 Nov 2010 03:09 AM PST

In this graphic novel cover image released by Vertigo, 'How to Understand Israel in 60 Days or Less' by Sarah Glidden is shown. (AP Photo/Vertigo)AP - Sarah Glidden's first graphic novel — "How to Understand Israel in 60 Days or Less" — is not just her debut, but a travelogue with a decidedly personal bent that invokes a deft blend of history, skepticism and, ultimately, acceptance.

HBO's 'The Wire' topic of class at Johns Hopkins (AP)

Posted: 26 Nov 2010 10:35 AM PST

AP - The former HBO series "The Wire" is the topic of a new class at Johns Hopkins University, in the city where the drama was based.

'Restrepo' shows Afghan combat from soldier's view (AP)

Posted: 26 Nov 2010 01:11 PM PST

AP - It wasn't the bestselling books or the magazine articles that got Sebastian Junger in tight with members of the 173rd Airborne. It was the bar.

Music firm Chrysalis agrees to corporate sell-out (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Nov 2010 11:56 AM PST

Reuters - Music publisher Chrysalis has ended 43 years of independence, agreeing on Friday to be sold to a joint venture of Bertelsmann and private equity firm KKR for 107 million pounds ($168.8 million).

Icahn clashes again with Lions Gate on board (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Nov 2010 02:31 PM PST

Reuters - Carl Icahn released a slate of five proposed dissident directors for the board of Lions Gate Entertainment Corp, setting the stage for another showdown between the billionaire investor and the Hollywood studio's senior executives.

Auction houses eye Russian recovery ahead of sales (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Nov 2010 04:46 AM PST

Reuters - Rich Russians return to London next week for a series of art sales which auctioneers hope will prove the once-booming market is on a path to growth.

Obama gets 12 stitches after 'elbow in the lip' (AFP)

Posted: 26 Nov 2010 12:08 PM PST

US President Barack Obama (R) walks to his car with Secret Service Agents after a game of basketball with firends and aides on at Fort McNair in Washington, DC.(AFP/Tim Sloan)AFP - US President Barack Obama had to get 12 stitches in his lip Friday after being struck in the face by an elbow during a basketball game, the White House said.
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