AP - LeRoi Moore, the versatile saxophonist whose signature staccato fused jazz and funk overtones onto the eclectic sound of the Dave Matthews Band, died Tuesday of complications from injuries he suffered in an all-terrain vehicle accident, the band said. He was 46.
AP - Jessica Simpson is now selling beer. The singer and actress has signed on as spokeswoman for Stampede Light Plus, made by Dallas' Stampede Brewing Co.
E! Online - The rekindled "bromance" between Hills stars Brody Jenner and Spencer Pratt took a turn for the worse following the show's season premiere party at Paradise Cove in Malibu Monday night.
Reuters - The sci-fi saturation of
the film business shows little sign of letup. The latest
project is a feature based on a Robert Heinlein novela and
written and directed by Alex Proyas.
AP - Jessica Simpson is now selling beer. The singer and actress has signed on as spokeswoman for Stampede Light Plus, made by Dallas' Stampede Brewing Co.
Reuters - The Hollywood talent agency
International Creative Management agreed on Tuesday to pay $4.5
million to settle an age-discrimination suit brought by TV
writers, the first of 23 such class-action cases to be
resolved.
Playbill - Off-Broadway's Transport Group, winner of a special 2007 Drama Desk Award, has Irwin Shaw's Bury the Dead and a world premiere musical about a woman who is inspired by Audrey Hepburn for its 2008-09 season.
AFP - Diego Maradona is about to become a grandfather, with Atletico Madrid forward Sergio Aguero revealing the Argentine football legend's daughter Gianinna is expecting a baby.
AP - "The First Billion Is the Hardest" (Crown Business. 252 pages. $26.95), by T. Boone Pickens: T. Boone Pickens deals in big figures. Very big. He quotes Forbes Magazine as pegging his worth at $3 billion in 2007, when he was 79.
