Master chefs offer different contest at US Open (AP)

In this Sept. 4, 2010 photo, Bravo's Master Chefs, from left to right, Tony Mantuano, Jonathan Waxman, Susan Feniger, Carmen Gonzalez and Rick Moonen, are shown at the U.S. Open in New York. The five chefs have created new meals for the fans at the grand slam and competed for the most popular dish. (AP Photo/Nekesa Mumbi Moody)AP - There's been intense competition going on at the U.S. Open, and it has nothing to do with aces or foot faults.


More ››
Kanye West: 'I bled hard' over Swift debacle (AP)

FILE - In this Sept. 13, 2009 file photo, singer Kanye West takes the microphone from singer Taylor Swift as she accepts the 'Best Female Video' award during the MTV Video Music Awards in New York. West is still feeling the pain over his trophy grab from Taylor Swift last year, and he’s expressing his pain all over Twitter. West has unleashed a torrent of emotions on his official Twitter on Saturday, Sept. 4, 2010, acknowledging he was wrong for taking an award from the country sweetheart at the MTV Video Music Awards. But he says he 'bled hard.' He says he had to cancel his tour with Lady Gaga and even lost employees. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow, File)AP - Hip-hop star Kanye West is still feeling the pain over his ambush of Taylor Swift last year — and he's expressing his pain all over Twitter.


More ››
Comedian Robert Schimmel dies after car accident (AP)
AP - Standup comic Robert Schimmel, a frequent guest on Howard Stern's radio show, has died after suffering serious injuries in a car accident. He was 60.
More ››
U.S. comedian Robert Schimmel dies after car accident (omg!)
omg! - Reuters - Comedian Robert Schimmel died on Friday night in a Phoenix hospital from injuries he sustained in a car accident, his public relations firm said on Saturday.
More ››
Fox: Kara DioGuardi departs 'American Idol' (AP)

FILE - In this Jan. 13, 2009 file photo, Kara DioGuardi of 'American Idol' arrives at the FOX Winter All-Star Party in Los Angeles. Fox TV says Kara DioGuardi is leaving as `American Idol' judge, Friday, Sept. 3, 2010. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, file)AP - Kara DioGuardi is following Ellen DeGeneres and Simon Cowell out the door at "American Idol."


More ››
Irreverent Cuban movie promises zombie revolution (AP)

In this photo taken Sept. 2, 2010, Mexican makeup artist Cristian Jauregui, left, works on the mold of the zombie mask of Claudia Calvino, Cuban co-producer of the film 'Juan de los Muertos' or 'Juan of the Dead' in Havana, Cuba. Part horror show, part social satire, the soon-to-be-shot movie has the backing of a Spanish production company, a green-light from Cuban authorities, and a budget that dwarfs most big-screen offerings from the island. (AP Photo/Javier Galeano)AP - What would you do if your entire city was taken over by flesh-eating zombies and communist leaders insisted it was nothing but a plot by U.S-backed dissidents to destabilize the government?


More ››
Noted bicyclist to ride in Maine Dempsey Challenge (AP)
AP - Olympic bronze medalist and Tour de France veteran Levi Leipheimer (LEE'-vy LYP'-hy-mur) is visiting Maine to take part in the second annual bicycling fundraiser put on by "Grey's Anatomy" star Patrick Dempsey.
More ››
George Clooney shoots first at box office (Reuters)

Actor George Clooney poses backstage after receiving the Bob Hope Humanitarian Award at the 62nd annual Primetime Emmy Awards in Los Angeles, California, August 29, 2010. REUTERS/Danny MoloshokReuters - George Clooney outgunned his rivals at the Labor Day holiday weekend box office in North America with a low-caliber opening for his assassin drama "The American," as the lucrative summer moviegoing season wound down on a traditionally weak note.


More ››
Brazilian superstar Ivete Sangalo plays NY arena (AP)

Brazilian singer Ivete Sangalo performs at Madison Square Garden Saturday, Sept. 4, 2010 in New York. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow)AP - The most Earth-shattering event in Brazil this weekend took place in New York, where singer Ivete Sangalo played a sold out show at Madison Square Garden. Too bad, few Americans even noticed.


More ››
George Clooney shoots first at box office (Reuters)

Actor George Clooney poses backstage after receiving the Bob Hope Humanitarian Award at the 62nd annual Primetime Emmy Awards in Los Angeles, California, August 29, 2010. REUTERS/Danny MoloshokReuters - George Clooney outgunned his rivals at the Labor Day holiday weekend box office in North America with a low-caliber opening for his assassin drama "The American," as the lucrative summer moviegoing season wound down on a traditionally weak note.


More ››
Dutch painter and Cobra co-founder Corneille dies (Reuters)
Reuters - The Dutch painter Corneille, co-founder of the avant-garde Cobra movement, died on Sunday at the age of 88, the Dutch Cobra museum said on Sunday.
More ››
Noted bicyclist to ride in Maine Dempsey Challenge (AP)
AP - Olympic bronze medalist and Tour de France veteran Levi Leipheimer (LEE'-vy LYP'-hy-mur) is visiting Maine to take part in the second annual bicycling fundraiser put on by "Grey's Anatomy" star Patrick Dempsey.
More ››
An Emmy Awards to Remember (Fashion Wire Daily)

FWD102 Anna Paquin and Stephen Moyer arrive at Fashion Wire Daily - They danced, they sang and host Jimmy Fallon killed it at the 62nd Primetime Emmy Awards held Sunday, Aug. 29, at the Nokia Theater in downtown Los Angeles.


More ››
Judge OKs sale of Ohio-based newspaper chain (AP)
AP - A federal bankruptcy judge in New York on Friday approved the sale of most of the assets of Ohio-based newspaper chain Brown Publishing Co. to the company's lenders for about $21.8 million.
More ››
Bristol Palin tells Leno 'Dancing' choice was easy (AP)

FILE -  In this May 6, 2009 file photo, Bristol Palin, daughter of former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, arrives at an event to promote National Teen Pregnancy Awareness Day in New York.  (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)AP - Bristol Palin said she didn't think twice before waltzing into "Dancing with the Stars," though she's barely danced in her life.


More ››