Archive for November, 2007

Daredevil Evel Knievel dead at 69 (AFP)

Friday, November 30th, 2007

This handout photo recieved in 2002 shows legendary motorcycle daredevil Evel Knievel leading nearly 150 motorcyclists.  Knievel, who wowed and terrified crowds with his daring long-distance leaps and equally spectacular falls, died Friday at the age of 69, his website said.(AFP/File/Darrin Bush)AFP - Motorcycle daredevil Evel Knievel, who wowed and terrified crowds with his daring long-distance leaps and equally spectacular falls, died Friday at the age of 69, his website said.

Snowbiz: 'White Christmas' Opens in Toronto With Baldwin, Rowat, O'Bryan and Yazbeck (Playbill)

Friday, November 30th, 2007

Playbill - The Toronto premiere of Irving Berlin's White Christmas opens Nov. 30 after previews from Nov. 20 at the Sony Centre for the Performing Arts.

Iconic daredevil Evel Knievel dies at 69 (AP)

Friday, November 30th, 2007

Daredevil motorcyclist Evel Knievel poses at the open-air Canadian national exhibition stadium in Toronto, Canada, Aug. 20, 1974. Knievel, the hard-living motorcycle daredevil whose exploits made him an international icon in the 1970s, died Friday, Nov. 30, 2007. He was 69. (AP Photo/File)AP - Evel Knievel, the red-white-and-blue-spangled motorcycle daredevil whose jumps over crazy obstacles including Greyhound buses, live sharks and Idaho’s Snake River Canyon made him an international icon in the 1970s, died Friday. He was 69.

Iconic daredevil Evel Knievel dies at 69 (AP)

Friday, November 30th, 2007

Daredevil motorcyclist Evel Knievel poses at the open-air Canadian national exhibition stadium in Toronto, Canada, Aug. 20, 1974. Knievel, the hard-living motorcycle daredevil whose exploits made him an international icon in the 1970s, died Friday, Nov. 30, 2007. He was 69. (AP Photo/File)AP - Evel Knievel, the red-white-and-blue-spangled motorcycle daredevil whose jumps over crazy obstacles including Greyhound buses, live sharks and Idaho’s Snake River Canyon made him an international icon in the 1970s, died Friday. He was 69.

Iconic daredevil Evel Knievel dies at 69 (AP)

Friday, November 30th, 2007

Daredevil motorcyclist Evel Knievel poses at the open-air Canadian national exhibition stadium in Toronto, Canada, Aug. 20, 1974. Knievel, the hard-living motorcycle daredevil whose exploits made him an international icon in the 1970s, died Friday, Nov. 30, 2007. He was 69. (AP Photo/File)AP - Evel Knievel, the red-white-and-blue-spangled motorcycle daredevil whose jumps over crazy obstacles including Greyhound buses, live sharks and Idaho’s Snake River Canyon made him an international icon in the 1970s, died Friday. He was 69.

Reese Witherspoon is top-earning actress (AP)

Friday, November 30th, 2007

Reese Witherspoon arrives at the 78th Academy Awards, in this Sunday, March 5, 2006 file photo in Los Angeles. Even though her last film was a flop, Reese Witherspoon is a moneymaker. The 31-year-old Oscar winner commands $15 to $20 million a movie, putting her on top of The Hollywood Reporter's annual list of the highest-paid actresses. The salary list appears in The Hollywood Reporter's 'Women in Entertainment: Power 100' issue, on news stands Tuesday Dec. 4, 2007.  (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian, FILE)AP - Even though her latest film, “Rendition,” was a flop, Reese Witherspoon is a moneymaker.

Classical stars deliver standout sets at year-end (Reuters)

Friday, November 30th, 2007

Venezuelan conductor Gustavo Dudamel leads a rehearsal with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra in Tel Aviv, Israel March 13, 2005. (Nir Elias/Reuters)Reuters - A bevy of bright vocal stars have
been lighting up the classical landscape as 2007 nears its end.

Clinton adviser was on air at GOP debate (AP)

Friday, November 30th, 2007

AP - CNN is calling its Republican presidential debate a roaring success, despite a flap over one on-air questioner who turned out to be an adviser to Hillary Clinton.

Jimi Hendrix memorabilia sells big (AP)

Friday, November 30th, 2007

This undated file photo provided by Christie's auction house on Friday, Nov. 16, 2007 shows a maroon T-shirt promoting a 1973 Led Zeppelin concert tour. The shirt sold Friday, Nov. 30, 2007 for $1,625 as part of the Rock and Pop memorabilia auction at Christie's in New York. (AP Photo/Christie's, File)AP - An auction at Christie’s of rock ‘n’ roll memorabilia from some of the hottest bands of the 1960s and ’70s hauled in big bucks Friday, including $20,000 for a Jimi Hendrix album and more than $4,000 for a Rolling Stones’ T-shirt.

Witherspoon tops list of high-paid actresses (Reuters)

Friday, November 30th, 2007

Reese Witherspoon during the 32nd Toronto International Film Festival, September 7, 2007. America's sweetheart is returning to her romantic comedy -- and box office green -- roots with the slated Christmas 2008 release of New Line's 'Four Christmases,' which Witherspoon is also producing. (Mario Anzuoni/Reuters)Reuters - When Cameron Diaz signed
on to lend her voice to Princess Fiona in 2001's animated fairy
tale "Shrek," she earned a modest six figures for the work.