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AP - On a flight to Ireland last year, Stephanie J. Block checked out what her traveling companion was wearing and smiled.

AP - The first preview begins in three days, and Broadway's Brooks Atkinson Theatre is in full traffic mode. Stagehands, dressers, the house electrician, a company manager, even a press agent or two crisscross the ancient backstage confines of the Atkinson, the shabby part of the theater an audience never sees.

AP - A driver arrested after the crash that killed "A Christmas Story" director Bob Clark and his son pleaded not guilty Friday to two counts of gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated.

Reuters - A MarketWatch technology columnist is leaving the news service after media reports raised questions about her investment in a technology start-up, parent company Dow Jones & Co. Inc. said on Friday. More Info...  

AP - Martha Stewart is sending gracious living into orbit, picking a gourmet space meal of duck breast confit and semolina cake with dried apricots for her billionaire space tourist "best friend" and his comrades in the international space station.

AP - Bill O'Reilly and Geraldo Rivera said Friday there were no hard feelings after they engaged in a shouting match unusual even for a cable opinion program where the volume is frequently set to loud.

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AP - Radio host Don Imus apologized Friday for calling the Rutgers University women's basketball team "nappy headed hos" on his nationally syndicated program.

AP - At a recent club performance, Michel Legrand decided to have a little fun by "destroying" his familiar tune — "I Will Wait For You," the theme from Jacques Demy's film which turned Catherine Deneuve into a star and earned the French pianist-composer his first Oscar nominations. More Info...  

AP - Kate Beckinsale says what's considered the ideal look in Hollywood is completely different than anywhere else in the world.

AP - When it comes time to write, Randy Wayne White often sequesters himself with laptop in a garden shed on his Pine Island homestead, which is built atop an ancient Calusa Indian mound in a tranquil part of the Gulf Coast. More Info...  

Playbill - Chicago actor Tom Amandes, a veteran of the Off-Loop stage scene who is widely known for playing salty Dr. Harold Abbott on the TV series "Everwood," returns to the Windy City to star in Douglas Post's new political drama, Cynical Weathers, at Victory Gardens Theater. More Info...  

AP - Two diaries penned by Anna Nicole Smith in the early 1990s reveal a troubled young woman professing to be deeply in love with octogenarian oil tycoon J. Howard Marshall II, and often depressed and concerned about her weight and eating habits.

AP - Kevin Costner has sued a music promoter, claiming the company reneged on a contract to back the actor's fledgling music career.

Playbill - With the success of the world premiere of Bob Glaudini's Jack Goes Boating (the play's current run is sold out), the LAByrinth Theater Company has lined up another work by the playwright for its forthcoming new season. More Info...  

AdWeek.com - NEW YORK PHD's North America CEO Steve Grubbs has left the Omnicom-owned media agency to become CEO of the holding company's newly formed unit, Fuse Sports and Entertainment Group in North America, which already exists in several European countries. More Info...  

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AP - DALLAS (AP) — Two diaries penned by Anna Nicole Smith in the early 1990s reveal a troubled young woman professing to be deeply in love with octogenarian oil tycoon J. Howard Marshall II, and often depressed and concerned about her weight and eating habits.

AP - The Medical Board of California acknowledged Thursday that it is investigating a Los Angeles doctor who, according to documents, authorized all 11 prescription medications found in Anna Nicole Smith's hotel room the day the starlet died of a drug overdose.

AP - Al Gore will host the opening night gala of the Tribeca Film Festival, which will begin with a series of short films on global warming.

Reuters - Michael Jackson's trademark black fedora and the gold record for his "Thriller" album are among dozens of the pop star's belongings to be auctioned by New York's Guernsey's auction house next month.

AP - Did Scarlett Johansson have a fling with Justin Timberlake? She's not saying.