Tuesday, May 3, 2011

Yahoo! News: Politics News

Yahoo! News: Politics News


2 very daring musicals lead the Tony Awards race (AP)

Posted: 03 May 2011 01:41 PM PDT

FILE - In this file theater publicity image released by Boneau/Bryan-Brown, from left, Rema Webb, Andrew Rannells and Josh Gad perform in 'The Book of Mormon' at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre in New York. 'The Book of Mormon' nabbed a leading 14 Tony Award nominations Tuesday morning, earning the profane musical nods for best musical, best book of a musical, best original score, two leading actor spots and two featured actor nominations.    (AP Photo/Boneau/Bryan-Brown, Joan Marcus)AP - Who says Broadway won't take a risk? "The Book of Mormon" and "The Scottsboro Boys" — two very different musicals with very different fates — have emerged with the most Tony Award nominations this season.


Review: 'Thor' rumbles, never quite roars (AP)

Posted: 03 May 2011 01:19 PM PDT

In this film publicity image released by Paramount Pictures, Chris Hemsworth portrays the title character in a scene from the film, 'Thor.' (AP Photo/Paramount Pictures-Marvel Studios, Zade Rosenthal)AP - The Norse gods are off to a decent, though not divine, start in "Thor," the latest movie in Marvel Comics' big-screen expansion of its superhero pantheon.


South African puppeteers win Tony (AP)

Posted: 03 May 2011 11:26 AM PDT

AP - The South Africans who put horses on a New York stage have received special Tony recognition.

Apple co-founder Wozniak: computers can teach kids (omg!)

Posted: 03 May 2011 02:25 PM PDT

omg! - Reuters - Apple Inc co-founder Steve Wozniak has an idea that could help fix the U.S. public education system: computers, of course.

Steven Tyler to Debut Solo Music Video on Idol, Aerosmith to Perform on Season Finale (omg!)

Posted: 03 May 2011 02:25 PM PDT

omg! -

Steven Tyler will debut his first-ever solo music video on American Idol this month, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

The video for "(It) Feels So Good" will premiere on...

Katy Perry Explains Why She Didn't Sell Her Wedding Photos To The Mags (omg!)

Posted: 03 May 2011 02:20 PM PDT

omg! -

LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- When Katy Perry married Russell Brand in India last fall, the couple kept things private - refusing to sell photographs of their big day, despite big time offers from a host of magazines.

Rep: Jennifer Love Hewitt Splits With Beau Alex Beh (omg!)

Posted: 03 May 2011 02:14 PM PDT

omg! - After less than a year together, she and the actor/director have parted ways

ABC Pulls Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution Off Sweeps Schedule, Will Resume in June (omg!)

Posted: 03 May 2011 02:03 PM PDT

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ABC has decided to pull Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution off the May sweeps schedule, TVGuide.com has confirmed.

The series, which follows British chef Jamie Oliver as he attempts to reform school lunch programs in America, will resume in June, where it will air on Fridays at 9/8c. The move comes as a result of...

Prince Charles in Washington on environmental mission (omg!)

Posted: 03 May 2011 02:00 PM PDT

omg! - Reuters - Britain's Prince Charles began a three-day visit to Washington on Tuesday to focus largely on environmental sustainability, the British Embassy said.

The Best TV Moms Who Weren't Moms (omg!)

Posted: 03 May 2011 01:59 PM PDT

omg! - These TV Mom Substitutes Were the Real Deal!

Back to remote Anglesey in Wales for royal couple (AP)

Posted: 03 May 2011 10:46 AM PDT

FILE - This is a Thursday, April 14, 2011 file photo of a  sign is seen outside the Search and Rescue base, RAF Valley, Anglesey, Wales.  Britain's most glamorous royal couple. Prince William and Kate Duchess of Cambridge  are spending this week on an island  just not the kind of island everyone expected.  It's not a private honeymoon retreat in the Caribbean or the Seychelles, but Anglesey, a windswept speck of land just off the coast of northwest Wales where William works as a helicopter rescue pilot at the Royal Air Force Valley base. (AP Photo/Jon Super, File)AP - Britain's most glamorous royal couple is spending this week on an island — just not the kind of island everyone expected.


Judge clears 'Housewives' firing lawsuit for trial (AP)

Posted: 03 May 2011 11:35 AM PDT

FILE - In this Jan. 25, 2009 file photo, Nicollette Sheridan arrives at the 15th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards in Los Angeles. Sheridan appeared in a Los Angeles court Tuesday, May 3, 2011, when a judge said her wrongful termination case against ABC and 'Desperate Housewives' creator Marc Cherry should go to trial. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles, File)AP - A jury should decide whether Nicollette Sheridan's character was unfairly written out of the hit show "Desperate Housewives," a judge ruled Tuesday.


Officials try to ID body in home of 1959 Playmate (AP)

Posted: 03 May 2011 01:09 PM PDT

AP - Former Playboy playmate and B-movie actress Yvette Vickers kept to herself and tended her flowers on a quiet, tree-lined street perched above Beverly Hills that actors, producers and writers call home.

Scott Pelley taking over for Couric as CBS anchor (AP)

Posted: 03 May 2011 12:53 PM PDT

FILE - In this 2005 photo released by CBS, '60 Minutes' correspondent Scott Pelley, is shown. CBS announced Tuesday, May 3, 2011 that Pelley, the veteran '60 Minutes' reporter, will take over as its evening news anchor, starting on June 6, to replace Katie Couric on the 'CBS Evening News.'   (AP Photo/CBS, John Filo) MANDATORY CREDIT; NO ARCHIVE; NO SALES; FOR NORTH AMERICAN USE ONLY.AP - Scott Pelley, named on Tuesday to replace Katie Couric as "CBS Evening News" anchor, promised to bring his "60 Minutes" sensibility to his new job when he starts June 6.


2 very daring musicals lead the Tony Awards race (AP)

Posted: 03 May 2011 01:41 PM PDT

FILE - In this file theater publicity image released by Boneau/Bryan-Brown, from left, Rema Webb, Andrew Rannells and Josh Gad perform in 'The Book of Mormon' at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre in New York. 'The Book of Mormon' nabbed a leading 14 Tony Award nominations Tuesday morning, earning the profane musical nods for best musical, best book of a musical, best original score, two leading actor spots and two featured actor nominations.    (AP Photo/Boneau/Bryan-Brown, Joan Marcus)AP - Who says Broadway won't take a risk? "The Book of Mormon" and "The Scottsboro Boys" — two very different musicals with very different fates — have emerged with the most Tony Award nominations this season.


Officials try to ID body in home of ex-Playmate (AP)

Posted: 03 May 2011 02:40 PM PDT

Actress Susan Savage describes the moment of founding the body of her neighbor, former Playboy playmate and B-movie actress Yvette Vickers, in Beverly Hills, Calif., Tuesday, May 3, 2011. Savage found a badly decomposing body that had been inside her home for several months to a year. Savage saw letters and cobwebs in Vickers' mailbox before going into the house and discovering the body last week. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)AP - DNA tests might be needed to identify a badly decomposed body found in the home of a former Playboy playmate and B-movie actress who appeared in "Attack of the 50 Foot Woman," a coroner's official said Tuesday.


Devil talk banned in Katy Perry's childhood home (Reuters)

Posted: 03 May 2011 02:41 PM PDT

Reuters - Katy Perry says she did not have a childhood with her evangelical minister parents, who allowed her to read only the Bible and even banned terms like "deviled eggs."

"Ace Ventura" film co. seeks protection in U.S (Reuters)

Posted: 03 May 2011 02:02 PM PDT

Reuters - The Bermuda-based company that holds the rights to the films "Ace Ventura: Pet Detective" and "Last of the Mohicans" asked a U.S. bankruptcy judge on Tuesday to recognize it as insolvent, citing $74 million in debt.

"Book of Mormon" leads with 14 Tony nominations (Reuters)

Posted: 03 May 2011 11:12 AM PDT

Reuters - "The Book of Mormon," a musical comedy skewering many classes of people, was nominated for 14 Tony Awards on Tuesday, potentially making it the most celebrated Broadway show since "The Producers" won 12 of 15 nominations in 2001.

Devil talk banned in Katy Perry's childhood home (Reuters)

Posted: 03 May 2011 02:41 PM PDT

Reuters - Katy Perry says she did not have a childhood with her evangelical minister parents, who allowed her to read only the Bible and even banned terms like "deviled eggs."

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