Electra show in danger at Aladdin as lease is rejected
Las Vegas bankrupt Aladdin files to reject a 30 year Showclubs of America lease for a $12 million to $14 million Lumiere nightclub and showroom. Carmen Electra signed a two year July deal to star, with 12 performances weekly, but delays create uncertainty about her continued involvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carmen Electra
Las Vegas
Aladdin
U.S
Showclubs of America
Electra
Baywatch
David Tamaroff
Johnny Cash Leaves Nashville Hospital After Bronchitis Stay
Johnny Cash 69 checked out of Baptist Hospital in Nashville Thursday afternoon after a second stay for bronchitis since October. Hospital spokeswoman Jessica Etz confirmed the discharge. The singer, famous for Walk the Line and Ring of Fire, has autonomic neuropathy, a nervous system disease that raises pneumonia risk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnny Cash
Baptist Hospital
Nashville
Cash
Jessica Etz. Cash
Me and Mrs. Jones musical based on Philly sound opens
Lou Rawls stars in a new musical built from the 1970s Philadelphia soul hits. The show at Prince Music Theater features Love Train If You Don’t Know Me By Now Back Stabbers and uses the affair plot of Me and Mrs Jones to transition between ballads. Run runs through December 9.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Jones
Philly
Lou Rawls
Prince Music Theater
Rawls
Power of positive thinking helps Turlington quit smoking
Supermodel Christy Turlington says she quit smoking after seven years by thinking positively and cutting alcohol and coffee, which she found triggered urges. She returned to yoga to feel powerful as she focused on breath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christy Turlington
Glamour Magazine
Turlington
Historic events marked on this date bookend
This brief notes key events across years: the 1979 start of the Iranian hostage crisis at the U S Embassy in Tehran, the 1922 tomb entrance discovery of King Tutankhamen, the 1956 Soviet invasion of Hungary, Reagan’s 1980 White House victory, and Rabin’s 1995 assassination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
Tehran
King Tutankhamen
Egypt
Ronald Reagan
White House
Carter
Yitzhak Rabin
Birthdays today include Puff Daddy and Cronkite lineup
Today's notable birthdays feature Sean Combs at 32 and Walter Cronkite at 85. Also celebrating are Art Carney at 83 Loretta Swit 64 Delbert McClinton 61 Laura Bush 55.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sean
Puff Daddy
Combs
CBS News
Walter Cronkite
Art Carney
Loretta Swit
Delbert McClinton
Laura Bush
Investment advice urges max 401(k) contributions
In the post Sept 1 era financial markets are volatile yet workers should not cut back. Michelle Singletary argues in the Journal-World that employees should contribute the maximum to their 401(k) retirement plans to safeguard long term gains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Journal-World
Michelle Singletary
Kodak Theatre opens as new home for Oscars in Hollywood
Hollywood prepares for Friday's grand opening of the Kodak Theatre, a $94 million, 3500-seat venue at Hollywood Boulevard and Highland Avenue. The complex, part of a $6.5 billion redevelopment, will house the Academy Awards after seven decades of gypsy hosting, create about 2500 jobs, and boost city tourism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Hollywood
Kodak Theatre
Hollywood Boulevard
Highland Avenue
Hollywood and Highland
Grauman’s
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
Kodak
Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel
Academy
John Pavlik
Hollywood Chamber of Commerce
Leron Gabler
Chamber
TrizecHahn Co
Los Angeles Community Redevelopment Administration
Eastman Kodak Co
TrizecHahn
Beth Harris
Kodak Theatre snapshots outline new Academy Awards venue
Kodak Theatre, the new permanent home for the Academy Awards, is described with facts on its design by David Rockwell, operation by Anschutz Entertainment Group, and a $94 million cost. The 180,000 square foot venue seats 2,200 to 3,500, features 20 four-seat opera boxes and multiple restrooms. Scheduled events include the Oscars on March 24, Melissa Etheridge, Barry Manilow, the American Ballet Theatre, and a Broadway run of The Full Monty, with security plans noted for a safe ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kodak Theatre
Barry Manilow
Russell Watson
Manilow
Academy
David Rockwell
Anschutz Entertainment Group
Melissa Etheridge
American Ballet Theater
Kodak
Staples Center
Kansas University
Philip Anschutz
Pavlik
America
Pavlis
Emmys Face Competition for TV Viewers Tonight
The 53rd Primetime Emmys air at 7 p.m. CST on CBS amid strong rival specials. Toy Story 2 on ABC and World Series Game 7 on Fox compete for ratings, while Uprising on NBC and Band of Brothers on HBO provide additional prime time options. Ellen DeGeneres hosts a toned down ceremony after the September attacks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
New York Yankees
Arizona Diamondbacks
Fox
Ellen DeGeneres
CBS
U.S
West Wing
ABC
NBC
HBO
Gilbert elected SAG president in tight race amid ballot flaw
Melissa Gilbert won the Screen Actors Guild presidency with 45.3 percent of the vote, defeating Valerie Harper who had 39.4 percent. About 24,000 ballots lacked a signature line, though officials said identities were on labels. Gilbert, 37, known for Laura Ingalls, urged unity as the union faces post strike tensions and work to bring film and TV production back to the United States. Elliott Gould and Mike Farrell won secretary and first vice president posts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Little House On the Prairie
Melissa
Gilbert
Screen Actors Guild
Valerie Harper
SAG
Laura Ingalls
Union
Greg Krizman Harper
Rhoda Morgenstern
Mary Tyler Moore
Mike Farrell
Guild
United States
New York
Also Mentioned on This Page
Hotelcasino
LG VO Ovo
Kansas
2Day’s History Journal
2Day
Sean Combs
New Kodak Theatre
Highland
DW. Griffith
Campidoglio
Berkeley
Lincoln Center
Washington
Kennedy Center
Los Angeles’ Music Center
Sunflower Cablevision
Actors’ Union
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!