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Crikey! 'Crocodile Hunter' daughter gets own doll
(AP)
AP - CLEVELAND (AP) — The Emmy-winning daughter of the late "Crocodile Hunter" Steve Irwin is getting her own doll.
Spitzer call girl drops 'Girls Gone Wild' lawsuit
(AP)
AP - The call girl involved in a scandal that brought down New York's former governor has dropped a lawsuit claiming "Girls Gone Wild" founder Joe Francis exploited her image and name on the Internet.
Winehouse sings in Spain, glass of wine in hand
(AP)
AP - Soul diva Amy Winehouse sipped from a glass of red wine and looked a bit unsteady on her feet as she appeared in front of a large audience at the Rock in Rio music festival southeast of Madrid on Friday.
Franken tries the switch from comic to Congress
(AP)
AP - WASHINGTON (AP) — Moving from celebrity to senator isn't exactly an untraveled path. But that doesn't mean comedian Al Franken, who is vying for a Senate seat in Minnesota, will coast to Capitol Hill on a wide, smooth road.
Brinkley split is newest image-crushing NY divorce
(AP)
AP - When the media capital of the world meets a celebrity divorce, it's a breakup made in tabloid heaven. So the city that has hosted the spectacular splits of Woody Allen, Liza Minnelli and Rudolph Giuliani now is feasting on the salacious details of model Christie Brinkley's fourth marital breakup.
Mamma Mia! ABBA Reunites for Film Premiere
(E! Online)
E! Online - Don't pull out the polyester and platforms just yet, folks. It was just for a movie premiere.
Gospel singer Wright hurt in Pa. car accident
(AP)
AP - Gospel singer Timothy Wright was critically injured in a crash in central Pennsylvania that killed his wife and a wrong-way driver who hit their vehicle, police said.
Crikey! 'Crocodile Hunter' daughter gets own doll
(AP)
AP - CLEVELAND (AP) — The Emmy-winning daughter of the late "Crocodile Hunter" Steve Irwin is getting her own doll.
Merrill nears deal to sell Bloomberg stake: report
(Reuters)
Reuters - Merrill Lynch & Co may sell its 20
percent stake in financial news and data provider Bloomberg LP
to a blind trust controlled by New York City Mayor Michael
Bloomberg, The New York Post reported on Friday.
'Summer and Smoke' to Billow Off-Broadway
(Playbill)
Playbill - A dawning troupe called Big Sky Theatre Company will present Tennessee Williams' Summer and Smoke, a sensuous tale of the Gothic South, Aug. 20-31 at the Clurman Theatre in Theatre Row in Manhattan. It is the company's inaugural Off-Broadway production.
Gospel singer Wright hurt in Pa. car accident
(AP)
AP - Gospel singer Timothy Wright was critically injured in a crash in central Pennsylvania that killed his wife and a wrong-way driver who hit their vehicle, police said.
Jean Paul Gaultier's Caged Belles
(Fashion Wire Daily)
Fashion Wire Daily - Half the passages in this week's haute couture show by Jean Paul Gaultier had birds' names; several were simply entitled cage, befitting a collection where many of fashion's most beautiful models hit the runway bound in wire traps or metal frames.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY BEST-SELLERS
(AP)
AP - 1. "Fearless Fourteen" by Janet Evanovich (St. Martin's Press)
