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NY Rock Entertainment News
2/21/2008 11:20:01 PM
'Idol' cuts 4 but keeps Irish crooner
(AP)
2/21/2008 11:03:22 PM
 AP - Carly Smithson progressed on "American Idol" Thursday amid controversy over her professional past. Smithson, 24, has made headlines for having a pre-"Idol" career: The Irish crooner recorded a debut album, 2001's "Ultimate High," for MCA Records. It flopped — after the label spent more than $2 million trying to sell it.
Spears' pal served restraining order
(AP)
2/21/2008 8:52:51 PM
 AP - After three weeks of trying, Britney Spears' parents on Thursday finally got to order Sam Lutfi to stay away from their daughter — at least until Friday.
Edie Falco signs on for Showtime series
(AP)
2/21/2008 7:33:12 PM
 AP - Moving beyond Carmella Soprano, Edie Falco has signed on for a Showtime comedy where she will play a New York City nurse who doesn't hesitate to tell her superiors off. Falco's character is said to have a personal life that is "precarious, unpredictable and demanding in ways that she is surprisingly not always prepared for."
Delta Burke opens up about depression
(AP)
2/21/2008 7:30:44 PM
 AP - For the first time since entering a psychiatric hospital in January, Delta Burke is speaking out about her depression, saying she remembered having anxiety as early as kindergarten.
Miley Cyrus seat belt flap debated
(AP)
2/21/2008 6:49:34 PM
 AP - When Consumer Reports posted a blog last week criticizing Miley Cyrus for not wearing her seat belt in a new film, Hannah Montana Nation rallied in her defense. Before long, the posting had received nearly 200 comments (far more than the typical one or two) — and made national news.
"Vantage Point" an unintentionally funny thriller
(Reuters)
2/21/2008 10:36:06 PM
Reuters - Straight out of the
slice-and-dice school of filmmaking, "Vantage Point" fractures
chronology and perspective in a vain attempt to disguise its
flimsiness.
'Idol' cuts 4 but keeps Irish crooner
(AP)
2/21/2008 11:03:21 PM
AP - Carly Smithson progressed on "American Idol" Thursday amid controversy over her professional past. Smithson, 24, has made headlines for having a pre-"Idol" career: The Irish crooner recorded a debut album, 2001's "Ultimate High," for MCA Records. It flopped — after the label spent more than $2 million trying to sell it.
'Idol' cuts 4 but keeps Irish crooner
(AP)
2/21/2008 11:03:22 PM
AP - Carly Smithson progressed on "American Idol" Thursday amid controversy over her professional past. Smithson, 24, has made headlines for having a pre-"Idol" career: The Irish crooner recorded a debut album, 2001's "Ultimate High," for MCA Records. It flopped — after the label spent more than $2 million trying to sell it.
Investor group ready for New York Times proxy fight
(Reuters)
2/21/2008 8:35:05 PM
 Reuters - A dissident investor group that is now
the largest shareholder in The New York Times Co said on
Thursday it was disappointed in a board slate recommended by
the publisher and was preparing a proxy battle.
Sondheim revival a "Sunday" surprise
(Reuters)
2/21/2008 10:37:11 PM
Reuters - Stephen Sondheim's
Pulitzer-Prize winning musical "Sunday in the Park With George"
has not received a major New York revival since its 1984
Broadway premiere, and it's easy to see why.
Obama's wife angers conservatives with remarks on patriotism
(AFP)
2/21/2008 10:49:46 PM
 AFP - Highly educated, strong-willed and outspoken Michelle Obama stirred up sudden controversy this week by mentioning the surge of pride she feels due to her husband's presidential bid.
"Penelope": A Piggy Premiere
(Fashion Wire Daily)
2/21/2008 7:10:00 PM
 Fashion Wire Daily - Christina Ricci's nose was no worse for the wear at the Wednesday night premiere of her new romantic comedy "Penelope"; nor did she show any other physical affects of playing an heiress born under the curse of a pig, including having a pig nose.
Author Danielle Steel had childhood dreams of becoming a nun
(Reuters)
2/21/2008 8:10:06 PM
Reuters - Danielle Steel is one of the world's
most popular authors, known for tales of romance that have
earned her hundreds of millions of dollars. But as a child she
eyed a different career -- as a Catholic nun.
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