Thursday, October 28, 2010

Yahoo! News: Politics News

Yahoo! News: Politics News


Jury convicts Smith's psychiatrist, boyfriend (AP)

Posted: 28 Oct 2010 02:52 PM PDT

FILE - In this Dec. 11, 2009 photo, Anna Nicole Smith's lawyer and ex-boyfriend, Howard K. Stern leaves Los Angeles Superior Court after a hearing of the conspiracy trial of Howard K. Stern, Kapoor and Dr. Khristine Eroshevich.  A jury reached verdicts Thursday, Oct. 28, 2010 in the Anna Nicole Smith drug conspiracy trial in which the boyfriend-lawyer and two doctors of the former Playboy model were accused of providing her with excessive amounts of prescription drugs. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)AP - A jury on Thursday convicted Anna Nicole Smith's psychiatrist Khristine Eroshevich and boyfriend Howard K. Stern of conspiracy counts but acquitted the doctor who prescribed drugs for the former Playboy model of all charges.


Box Office Preview: 'Saw' to rip 'Paranormal' (AP)

Posted: 28 Oct 2010 03:06 PM PDT

In this film publicity image released by Lionsgate Entertainment, Gina Holden is shown in a scene from, 'Saw 3D.' (AP Photo/Lionsgate Entertainment, Brooke Palmer)AP - Look for a Halloween horror smack-down at the nation's theaters this weekend as Lionsgate's "Saw 3D" rips "Paranormal Activity 2" from its No. 1 perch to close the final chapter of the wildly successful "Saw" franchise with a blade of glory.


Actor who played Danno on `Hawaii Five-0' dies (AP)

Posted: 28 Oct 2010 01:53 PM PDT

FILE - In this Aug. 23, 2003 file photo, actor James MacArthur holds a photo from the late 1940s, of himself as a child with his mother, actress Helen Hayes and Bob Hope, as he arrives for 'The Bob Hope Memorial Tribute' show at the Academy of Television  Arts and Sciences headquarter in Los Angeles. MacArthur, who played 'Dano' in the original version of television's 'Hawaii Five-0' and was the son of actress Helen Hayes and playwright Charles MacArthur, died on Thursday, Oct. 28, 2010.  He was 72. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon, file)AP - Stage and screen actor James MacArthur, who played "Danno" in the original version of television's "Hawaii Five-0," died Thursday at age 72.


Jury convicts Smith's psychiatrist, boyfriend (omg!)

Posted: 28 Oct 2010 02:52 PM PDT

omg! - AP - A jury on Thursday convicted Anna Nicole Smith's psychiatrist Khristine Eroshevich and boyfriend Howard K. Stern of conspiracy counts but acquitted the doctor who prescribed drugs for the former Playboy model of all charges.

TCM launches its biggest documentary series yet (AP)

Posted: 28 Oct 2010 12:48 PM PDT

In this 1913 publicity image released by TCM, G.W 'Billy' Bitzer, center, and D.W Griffith discuss early lighting techniques in a scene from seven-part documentary series 'Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood' beginning Monday, Nov. 1, 2010 on the Turner Classic Movie channel. (AP Photo/TCM) ** FOR ONE-TIME EDITORIAL USE ONLY WITH JAKE COYLE'S STORY: TV-MOGULS AND MOVIE STARS.  NO SALES. **AP - Turner Classic Movies, that bastion of old films, is making its most dramatic foray yet into original programming.


DC's Arena Stage opens $135M home with big plans (AP)

Posted: 28 Oct 2010 02:19 PM PDT

The sign of the Arena Stage at the new Mead Center for American Theater on the waterfront in southwest Washington, is seen in this photo taken Thursday, Oct. 7, 2010. Arena Stage, Washington's Tony Award-winning regional theater, is moving into its new $120 million home at the Meade Center for American Theater, which will anchor the city's southwest waterfront.  (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)AP - Explaining her vision for the newest theater in the nation's capital, artistic director Molly Smith showed architects the cup of her hands. Four years later, they have delivered a unique oval-shaped home for new works at Arena Stage.


Plummer joins "Sound of Music" reunion after 45 years (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Oct 2010 02:48 PM PDT

Reuters - Liesl admitted she had a crush on Christopher Plummer's Captain von Trapp, and Plummer said he dubbed "The Sound of Music," "The Sound of Mucus," as the entire von Trapp family cast reunited for the first time in 45 years.

Box Office Preview: 'Saw' to rip 'Paranormal' (AP)

Posted: 28 Oct 2010 03:06 PM PDT

In this film publicity image released by Lionsgate Entertainment, Gina Holden is shown in a scene from, 'Saw 3D.' (AP Photo/Lionsgate Entertainment, Brooke Palmer)AP - Look for a Halloween horror smack-down at the nation's theaters this weekend as Lionsgate's "Saw 3D" rips "Paranormal Activity 2" from its No. 1 perch to close the final chapter of the wildly successful "Saw" franchise with a blade of glory.


Garth Brooks to play benefit for Nashville flood (AP)

Posted: 28 Oct 2010 09:29 AM PDT

AP - County music stars Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood said Thursday they will play a concert in December to benefit flood relief in middle Tennessee.

Lions Gate sues Icahn (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Oct 2010 03:13 PM PDT

Reuters - Lions Gate Entertainment Corp sued Carl Icahn on Thursday alleging the billionaire interfered with its earlier efforts to merge with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and other studios, even as the two now proceed with a joint effort to effect a merger with MGM.

Actor James MacArthur, Son of American Theatre Royalty, Dies at Age 72 (Playbill)

Posted: 28 Oct 2010 02:50 PM PDT

Playbill -

Actor James MacArthur, the son of late actress Helen Hayes and famed playwright Charles MacArthur, died Oct. 28 with his family by his side. The retired stage and screen performer He was 72 years old.

Garth Brooks to play benefit for Nashville flood (AP)

Posted: 28 Oct 2010 09:29 AM PDT

AP - County music stars Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood said Thursday they will play a concert in December to benefit flood relief in middle Tennessee.

Ex-media mogul Conrad Black hints at a comeback (The Upshot)

Posted: 28 Oct 2010 11:25 AM PDT

The Upshot - Conrad Black, the convicted press baron currently out on bail, is hinting that he might return to the media business. "I think they have been so devalued that some of them are bargains now," Black said of newspapers on BBC Radio 4's "The Media Show." "I mean, many of these great American newspapers are now [...]

Video appearing to show 1928 cell phone goes viral (AP)

Posted: 28 Oct 2010 12:47 PM PDT

AP - Charlie Chaplin's status as an extraordinary talent was already known. A new Web video would have him be a visionary, too.

'Mad Men' book will offer some Sterling advice (AP)

Posted: 28 Oct 2010 11:11 AM PDT

In this publicity image released by AMC, John Slattery portrays ad executive Roger Sterling Jr.in a scene from 'Mad Men.' (AP Photo/AMC)AP - "Mad Men" character Roger Sterling has a book coming out. For real.


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