Entertainment - Page 24

Playbill - New York City Opera's spring 2008 revival of Ragtime has been postponed, the company announced March 12. More Info...  

AP - Grandmaster Flash brings the turntables as hip-hop's first entrant into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on Monday. Patti Smith and the dysfunctional Van Halen — some of the band, anyway — as well as R.E.M. and the Ronettes were slated for induction in the annual ceremony, too. It was being streamed on the Web and televised live on VH1 Classic for the first time.

AP - The Aspen Ski Patrol had to lead actors Rob Morrow, Chad Lowe and Fisher Stevens to safety after they and other skiers got lost in snow and fog and ended up out of bounds.

AP - As documentary filmmakers, Debbie Melnyk and Rick Caine looked up to Michael Moore.

AP - When the thunder of the power generators eases to a rumble, Spc. Brandon Begley heads for an echoing hangar on this U.S. outpost near the Pakistan border and sets up his electric organ.

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AP - Richard Jeni, a standup comedian who played to sold-out crowds, was a regular on the "Tonight Show" and appeared in movies, died of a gunshot wound in an apparent suicide, police said Sunday.

AP - Richard Jeni, a standup comedian who played to sold-out crowds, was a regular on the "Tonight Show" and appeared in movies, died of a gunshot wound in an apparent suicide, police said Sunday.

AP - Angelina Jolie says her work as a humanitarian ambassador for the United Nations at first left her tearful and overwhelmed.

AP - Francine Prose can't help it. No matter how many books she has written — more than 20 to date — she also has this "parallel self" that needs to take on political and social issues in real life, in real time.

AP - Ann Coulter has been a reliable name for years among people who plan television news shows — an attractive, articulate blonde conservative who's made a living lobbing verbal bombs.

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AP - A movie production company was forced to begin its first day of shooting Saturday without Busta Rhymes after the NYPD raised security concerns.

AP - A movie production company was forced to begin its first day of shooting Saturday without Busta Rhymes after the NYPD raised security concerns.

AP - James Brown's body was placed in a crypt Saturday at the Beech Island home of one his daughters, family and friends of the soul singer said.

AP - Michael Jackson greeted thousands of U.S. troops and their family members at a U.S. Army base south of Tokyo Saturday, taking a break from days of parties with die-hard fans and well-heeled business people.

AP - Anna Nicole Smith never finished high school, but the strange twists of the model's life — and now her death — are helping teach lessons at law schools around the country.

AP - The Hamas-run Education Ministry on Saturday rescinded its decision to pull an anthology of Palestinian folk tales from school libraries and destroy copies, reportedly over mild sexual innuendo, following a widespread public outcry.

AP - Beyonce was the woman to beat at the 21st Anniversary Soul Train Music Awards, leading the field with three nominations that included best female album for "B'Day."

AP - A drug rehabilitation center has sued Courtney Love, claiming the singer has repeatedly refused to pay her $181,000 bill for her stay there 1 1/2 years ago. The lawsuit, filed March 1 in Orange County Superior Court, said Love paid $10,000 when she entered Beau Monde, an oceanfront retreat in Newport Beach, in August 2005, but she still owes $181,286.

AP - "Grey's Anatomy" presents itself as an ensemble cast, but at least this week some of its stars, with newly renegotiated contracts, have clear reason to be happier than others. Ellen Pompeo, who stars as Meredith Grey, will receive nearly $200,000 per episode, according to the Hollywood Reporter.

AP - Two of the summer's most anticipated movies signed on for small-screen appearances before their big-screen debuts. More Info...