Rush Limbaugh gets big payday with new deal   
Thursday, July 03, 2008
Approaching his 20th anniversary as talk radio's most dominant force, Rush Limbaugh has signed a lucrative new deal with Premiere Radio Networks that will keep him on the air until 2016.

Robot romance inspired by 'Hello, Dolly'   
Thursday, July 03, 2008
The composer of the Tony-winning musical "Hello, Dolly!" had licensed songs from the 1964 show to Pixar - The Walt Disney Co.'s computer animation arm - but he had no idea that his music and lyrics would factor so prominently in the story line of the sci-fi robot romance.

Movie productions keep rolling despite uncertainty   
Thursday, July 03, 2008
On-location movie shoots are on the rise in Los Angeles, despite repeated warnings from Hollywood studios that the possibility of an actors strike had stalled moviemaking, a permitting group said Wednesday.

DC native finds calling in Fourth of July history   
Thursday, July 03, 2008
The gray-haired, bespectacled academic has chronicled just about everything there is to know about commemorating the birth of the United States.

Christie Brinkley testifies about husband's affair   
Thursday, July 03, 2008
Christie Brinkley testified at her divorce trial Thursday that the day she learned her husband was having an affair with a teenager was the day "my life as I knew it had vanished."

A-rod and wife split   
Thursday, July 03, 2008
Yankees slugger Alex Rodriguez and his wife have split less than three months after the birth of the couple's second daughter, according to a report in the New York Daily News.

Fortune teller made famous by Springsteen has died   
Wednesday, July 02, 2008
Fortune teller Madam Marie, a figure of rock 'n' roll mythology thanks to Bruce Springsteen, has died. She was in her mid-90s.

Tatum O'Neal pleads guilty to disorderly conduct   
Wednesday, July 02, 2008
Tatum O'Neal has pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct in connection with her June cocaine possession arrest in lower Manhattan.