Patrick Swayze, 57, loses battle with cancer
LOS ANGELES (AP) Patrick Swayze personified a particular kind of masculine grace both on and off screen, from his roles in films like Dirty Dancing and Ghost to the way he carried himself in his long fight with pancreatic cancer. Swayze died fr...
 8.9K - Sep. 15, 2009; scored 272.0 '30 Rock' leads Emmy nominations with record 22 bids
LOS ANGELES Tina Fey s urbane sitcom 30 Rock received a record 22 Emmy Award nominations Thursday, while the 1960s retro series Mad Men led the drama pack with 16 bids. The shows were honored last year as best comedy and drama, and have a chanc...
7.8K - Jul. 17, 2009; scored 172.0 SAG Awards boost 'Slumdog'
LOS ANGELES (AP) Slumdog Millionaire continued its unlikely rise from low-budget underdog to the highest Hollywood heights earlier this week, winning the Screen Actors Guild Award for best cast of a motion picture. The prize, which is tantamount ...
3.4K - Feb. 2, 2009; scored 172.0 This is winter weather?
Column by Joe Hansen, Outdoors Editor I walked out of the office at 11:15 a.m. on Thursday and had to squint in the sunshine. That was Jan. 29 in Coos Bay, for those keeping track. Baffled, I went out to Bastendorff Beach to at least look around unde...
2.8K - Jan. 31, 2009; scored 172.0 SAG Awards boost Slumdog
LOS ANGELES (AP) Slumdog Millionaire continued its unlikely rise from low-budget underdog to the highest Hollywood heights earlier this week, winning the Screen Actors Guild Award for best cast of a motion picture. The prize, which is tantamount ...
3.4K - Jan. 30, 2009; scored 172.0 'Slumdog Millionaire' continues its climb with top award from Screen Actors Guild
LOS ANGELES (AP) Slumdog Millionaire continued its unlikely rise from low-budget underdog to the highest Hollywood heights, winning the Screen Actors Guild Award for best cast of a motion picture. The prize, which is tantamount to best picture fr...
1.4K - Jan. 26, 2009; scored 172.0 'Button' leads Oscar noms with 13; 'Slumdog' gets 10
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. The romantic fantasy The Curious Case of Benjamin Button led Academy Awards contenders Thursday with 13 nominations, among them best picture and acting honors for Brad Pitt and Taraji P. Henson, and a directing slot for Davi...
13.4K - Jan. 23, 2009; scored 482.0 Slumdog Millionaire takes top honors
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) Heath Ledger got his Golden Globe, and Kate Winslet came away with two. Yet the Globes otherwise went slumming, with Slumdog Millionaire taking top honors and other key prizes going to a newcomer, an underdog and a post...
1.6K - Jan. 12, 2009; scored 960.0 Tina Fey is voted AP s entertainer of the year
Tina Fey is the entertainer of the year? You betcha. Fey was voted The Associated Press Entertainer of the Year, an annual honor chosen by newspaper editors and broadcast producers across the country. Fey was selected by AP members as the performer ...
3.4K - Dec. 26, 2008; scored 172.0 Golden Globes: 'Button,' 'Frost,' 'Doubt' lead nods
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and Frost/Nixon led the Golden Globes today with five nominations each, among them best drama, while Doubt also has five, including four acting slots. Other best-drama nominees: The R...
5.6K - Dec. 11, 2008; scored 1000.0 | 
