How do teen icons spell rebound? C-a-m-e-o.Handlers of today’s troubled pop stars know the way to make amends to fans is to appear less on the Los Angeles party circuit and more on TV sitcoms.The Britney Spears rehabilitation tour continues tonight on CBS when the troubled 26-year-old pop star has her second make-nice gig on […]
In February, a series of videos started appearing on YouTube, showing Chris Berman in the Monday Night Football halftime show studio, talking off-air to ESPN employees and sometimes getting angry and profane. Some people said that was evidence that Berman is a jerk; others said everyone has a few moments in the workplace that would […]
On Wednesday week the British and Irish Lions will clear a little space for themselves in the title-winning congestion of the 2008 club season by announcing the name of the coach for their 2009 tour to South Africa.It was not supposed to be a very dramatic occasion, since Eddie O’Sullivan for a considerable time was […]
An electrical outage and a 25-minute delay couldn’t stop Jose Bautista.He homered twice and drove in four runs to help Pittsburgh beat Washington 11-4, ending the Nationals’ season-high four-game winning streak. “He’s been working awfully hard with the hitting coach (Don Long) to correct a couple of things we thought would make him better, […]
Editor’s note: This is an updated version of a story published originally at 8 this morning.By GEORGE GRAHAMand SUZANNE McLAUGHLINAMHERST - A University of Massachusetts student who fell to his death this morning from the 17th floor of a dormitory in the Southwest residential area has been identified as Liam O’Donnelly, 20, of Hingham.A sophomore, […]
Hepburn had been prompted to speak that night by actor Keir Dullea, who was then on Broadway in Butterflies Are Free. The telegram Dullea sent Hepburn on May 7 and the handwritten speech she delivered the following evening are part of Hepburn’s theatre-related papers, which were donated by her estate to the New York Public […]