Strikers use Internet for gain
11:01 PM 11/26/2007 — LOS ANGELES - Striking TV and movie writers kept up the pressure on studios by picketing and intensifying an Internet campaign that uses the very medium at issue in the contentious negotiations.
Both sides were set to resume contract talks Monday. The Writers Guild of America went on strike Nov.
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Sci Fi Channel's "Tin Man" miniseries provides "postmodern" take on "Wonderful Wizard of Oz"
11:27 PM 11/26/2007 — LOS ANGELES - No dancing down the yellow brick road for Zooey Deschanel, star of Sci Fi Channel's new Emerald City adaptation, "Tin Man." And no warbling "Over the Rainbow" a la Judy Garland, either.
"It's postmodern, more like Indiana Jones than a fairy tale," said Deschanel, whose Dorothy - the role immortalized by Garland in "The Wizard of Oz" - is a disaffected, motorcycle-riding waitress called DG.
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Spertus Institute to open new $55 million building
11:17 PM 11/26/2007 — CHICAGO - The buildings are located next door to each other on Michigan Avenue, and both have housed the Spertus Institute of Jewish Studies, but that's where the similarities end.
The institute's old home was a drab, clunky, nearly 100-year-old office building with small rectangular windows.
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Kick back for a classical concert
- Who: Enescu Ensemble
- Where: Krannert Center for the Performing Arts
- When: 7:30 p.m.
- Cost: $4 for students
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Pavarotti's widow sues over comments
11:13 PM 11/26/2007 — ROME - Luciano Pavarotti's widow has sued two friends of the late tenor for $44 million, claiming their comments about her marriage were defamatory.
Nicoletta Mantovani filed the lawsuit last month after warning that speculation about the state of her marriage to Pavarotti would not be tolerated, her lawyer said Monday.
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"Crazy cat" couple controls Cairo's chaotic cat community
10:52 PM 12/6/2007 — CAIRO, Ill. - Years after the factories, restaurants and businesses moved away from downtown Cairo, the felines have moved in. One couple has taken it upon themselves to not only keep the kitties healthy and fed but also get them spayed, neutered and vaccinated.
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Cameron Diaz hopes "Shrek the Halls," debuting Wednesday on ABC, will become holiday tradition
11:23 PM 11/26/2007 — NEW YORK - Shrek, star of three animated blockbusters, now has his own Christmas special, "Shrek the Halls," which debuts Wednesday on ABC-TV.
Cameron Diaz, who reprises her voice role as Princess Fiona, hopes the story of the grumpy-yet-lovable green ogre's first Christmas with family and friends will become a holiday tradition.
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House owned by Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist "Flea" is among those destroyed by Malibu fire
11:25 PM 11/26/2007 — MALIBU, Calif. - Flea isn't soured on living on Malibu, even though another house the Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist owns in the coastal enclave was among those destroyed in the weekend's wildfires, a spokeswoman said.
"Obviously he's very upset," said Gayle Fine, a spokeswoman for band manager Q Prime Inc.
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