17-year-old sues Amazon for deleting e-books on his Kindle (AP)

Posted by Yahoo! News: Entertainment News | Uncategorized | Friday 31 July 2009 11:52 pm

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos unveils the Kindle DX, a large-screen version of its popular Kindle electronic reader during a press conference in New York in May 2009. Bezos has issued an apology to Kindle customers after AP - A high school student is suing Amazon.com Inc. for deleting an e-book he purchased for the Kindle reader, saying his electronic notes were bollixed, too.


F1’s Massa to return to Brazil on Monday (AFP)

Posted by Yahoo! News: Entertainment News | Uncategorized | Friday 31 July 2009 9:32 pm

Injured Formula One driver Felipe Massa, seen here after his accident on July 25, will leave hospital on Monday to return to Brasil in a private jet, his personal physician Dino Altman has said.(AFP/HO/File/Tamas Kovacs)AFP - Injured Formula One driver Felipe Massa will leave hospital on Monday to return to Brasil in a private jet, his personal physician Dino Altman said Friday.


Washington Post reports profit; ad revenue falls (Reuters)

Posted by Yahoo! News: Entertainment News | Uncategorized | Friday 31 July 2009 9:05 pm

Reuters - The Washington Post Co swung to a quarterly profit and revenue rose in the second quarter because of its education and cable television units, while advertising revenue at its namesake newspaper fell 20 percent.

In Cuba, Del Toro wins award with Murray on hand (AP)

Posted by Yahoo! News: Entertainment News | Uncategorized | Friday 31 July 2009 8:33 pm

Actor Benicio Del Toro, right, shakes hands with Cuban actor Jorge Perrugoria before accepting the Cuban Cultural Government Award Tomas Gutierrez Alea in Havana, Thursday, July 30, 2009. Del Toro accepted a new Cuban government award for international artists for his full body of work, which includes the starring role in 'Che' the director Steven Soderbergh's film that wowed audiences in Havana earlier this year. Miguel Barnet, President of The National Union of Writers and Artists of Cuba, looks on at center. (AP Photo/Franklin Reyes)AP - Benicio del Toro accepted a new Cuban government award for international artists at a ceremony in Havana on Thursday, while Bill Murray entertained a small audience by crooning from “As Time Goes By.


Annie Leibovitz sued in NY for breach of contract (AP)

Posted by Yahoo! News: Entertainment News | Uncategorized | Friday 31 July 2009 8:14 pm

In this Jan. 15, 2009 photo, photographer Annie Leibovitz is pictured during a photo shoot while on assignment for Vanity Fair magazine in Washington. A New York finance company that lent  Leibovitz $24 million in 2008, using her photos and real estate as collateral, has filed a lawsuit charging that she is reneging on the deal. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)AP - A New York finance company that lent celebrity photographer Annie Leibovitz $24 million has filed a lawsuit charging that she reneged on the deal.


Financial Literacy: Reaching the College Crowd (BusinessWeek Online)

Posted by Yahoo! News: Entertainment News | Uncategorized | Friday 31 July 2009 8:08 pm

BusinessWeek Online - Cash-strapped families taking out large student loans to pay tuition. College students graduating with thousands of dollars in debts. Stressed-out seniors working double-shifts to pay off loans. These aren’t new stories, but they’re becoming increasingly common at universities as the financial crisis drags on. With experts blaming students’ financial woes on risky loans and a lack of understanding of key money concepts, financial illiteracy in America is getting serious attention from universities around the country.

ABC’s ‘Defying Gravity’ launches sex into space (AP)

Posted by Yahoo! News: Entertainment News | Uncategorized | Friday 31 July 2009 7:27 pm

AP - Put four men and four women on a six-year space mission and what happens?

Seth Rogen Goes Off On Katherine Heigl’s “Bats–t” Comments (E! Online)

Posted by Yahoo! News: Entertainment News | Uncategorized | Friday 31 July 2009 2:28 pm

Seth Rogen Goes Off On Katherine Heigl's E! Online - They got knocked up together, but these days it’s more like they’re trying to knock each other out.


David: ‘Seinfeld’ cast to reunite on ‘Curb’ (AP)

Posted by Yahoo! News: Entertainment News | Uncategorized | Friday 31 July 2009 1:15 pm

Creator and executive producer Larry David speaks during the HBO panel for 'Curb Your Enthusiasm' at the Television Critics Association summer press tour in Pasadena, Calif. on Thursday, July 30, 2009. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles)AP - Larry David says the on-screen reunion of the “Seinfeld” cast will be “tough to beat.”


Judd Apatow inks 3-film directing deal at Universal (Reuters)

Posted by Yahoo! News: Entertainment News | Uncategorized | Friday 31 July 2009 10:49 am

Reuters - On the eve of the release of his latest movie, “Funny People,” Judd Apatow has signed a three-picture directing deal with Universal Pictures.

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