AP - Screenwriter Suso Cecchi D’Amico, who emerged from the male-dominated post-war Italian cinema to become a celebrated artist and contribute to such milestones as “Bicycle Thieves” and “The Leopard,” died Saturday at age 96.
AP - Thousands of grief-stricken mourners watched in tears on Saturday as rescue workers lit one white candle for every one of the 21 people crushed to death in a tunnel at the Love Parade techno music festival.
AFP - After an intensely secretive build-up, Chelsea Clinton and her hedge fund manager beau were to marry on Saturday at a star-studded wedding outside New York.
Reuters - Conan O’Brien and David Letterman have provided a valuable lesson for Jimmy Fallon, the comedian told journalists Friday. “The one thing I’ve learned from (O’Brien and Letterman) is (that) hosting ‘Late Night’ is a one-way ticket to not hosting ‘The Tonight Show,” the comedian quipped.
Reuters - Wedding proposals at concerts are nothing new, but country act Little Big Town took things a step further on its recent tour, setting up a space for lucky fans to tie the knot at one of its shows.
Reuters - Making an album about such seemingly simple concepts as food or ice cream trucks might seem like a fool’s errand, but for Brooklyn indie duo One Ring Zero, those concepts have led to opportunities to perform at events including book award ceremonies and children’s festivals.
AP - A prosecutor sprang a surprise claim Friday that Anna Nicole Smith was a co-conspirator in the actions that have brought her two doctors and lawyer-boyfriend to trial for over-prescribing and obtaining massive amounts of prescription drugs.
AP - “Jersey Shore” cast member Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi has been arrested in the New Jersey beach town where the MTV show is based.
AP - Fifteen months after saying “I do,” reality TV stars Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt are headed for divorce.
AP - “Law & Order: Los Angeles” is getting another big-name prosecutor.