BANGKOK, Aug. 29, 2008 (Reuters) — Thai Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej was under growing pressure on Saturday as protesters determined to topple him occupied his official compound amid reports the army chief had suggested he consider stepping down. ... > full story
PARAMUS, New Jersey, Aug. 24, 2008 (Reuters) — Vijay Singh of Fiji won his fourth Barclays Classic title on Sunday after beating Spain's Sergio Garcia and American Kevin Sutherland in a playoff. ... > full story
BEIJING, Aug. 24, 2008 (Reuters) — The Beijing Olympics ended with a blaze of deafening fireworks on Sunday, bringing down the curtain on a Games that dazzled the world with sporting brilliance and showcased the might of modern day China. ... > full story
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 13, 2008 (Reuters) — A 33-year-old woman arrested on charges of stalking actor John Cusack is mentally competent to stand trial, a judge ruled on Wednesday. ... > full story
CHICAGO, Aug. 12, 2008 (Reuters) — Isaac Hayes, the deep-voiced soul music star who won an Oscar for writing the theme song to the movie "Shaft," died over the weekend from a stroke related to high blood pressure, Memphis authorities said on Tuesday. ... > full story
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 10, 2008 (Reuters) — Oscar-winning soul singer Isaac Hayes who, along with Al Green, James Brown and Stevie Wonder, was one of the dominant black artists in the early 1970s, died in Memphis on Sunday. He was 65. ... > full story
LOS ANGELES/CHICAGO, Aug 9, Aug. 9, 2008 (Reuters Life!) — Comedian and actor Bernie Mac, who starred in one of U.S. TV's few black sitcoms and appeared in the "Ocean's 11" movies, died in Chicago on Saturday after a bout with pneumonia. He was 50. ... > full story
NEW YORK, Aug. 7, 2008 (Reuters) — A New York City nightclub worker has confessed to beating a woman to death during a Sunday night birthday celebration for rapper Lil' Kim, the police commissioner said. ... > full story
NEW YORK, Aug. 7, 2008 (Reuters) — Millionaire socialite Paris Hilton has jumped into the U.S. election campaign, calling Republican candidate John McCain a "wrinkly white-haired guy" and offering her own energy policy. ... > full story
ELKHART, Indiana, Aug. 6, 2008 (Reuters) — Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama took aim at Republican John McCain's maverick image on Wednesday as the campaign trail took another negative turn. ... > full story
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Economy on minds even at comedy fest July 20, 2008 (Hollywood Reporter) — Get THR Mobile Alerts The weak global economy did pop up a few times during this week's Just Comedy conference and Just for Laughs comedy festival ...
back to the interview he gave us five years ago, July 18, 2008 (Beliefnet) — The comedian talks about comedy, Christians, and talking to God. . . Andy Dick came to our attention as the quirky reporter Matthew on the 1995 ...
Amy Poehler in 'The Office II'? July 16, 2008 (Boston Globe) — That's what Variety and Deadline Hollywood are reporting. Somehow, I can't picture her in a sitcom, but it could well work out ...
THE TALKBACK: June 13, 2008 (Men.Style.com) — There's nothing hot about a woman who belches and tells dick jokes-not even if she's Cameron Diaz.. . . . There's a moment in nearly every decent ...
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