By DAVID GERMAIN
~ The Associated Press ~ 7/8/08
LOS ANGELES — The worst monsters in your most terrifying dreams probably would run and hide from the creatures Guillermo del Toro puts on a movie screen.
By DAVID BAUDER ~ The Associated Press ~ 7/8/08
NEW YORK — NBC is using the Olympics as a "billion-dollar research lab" to get a sense of how people are using different media platforms to experience the Beijing Games that begin Aug. 8.
By Matt Sanders
~ Southeast Missourian ~ 7/8/08
"America's Got Talent" hasn't moved on to the Las Vegas finals yet, the next step in Neal E. Boyd's run. But we're getting a taste of his competition. Check out the videos to see the latest competition.
The Associated Press ~ 7/6/08
CLEVELAND — The Emmy-winning daughter of the late "Crocodile Hunter" Steve Irwin is getting her own doll.
By FRANK ELTMAN ~ The Associated Press ~ 7/5/08
CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. — A tearful Christie Brinkley testified at her divorce trial Thursday that she was devastated by her husband's affair with a teenager and his attempts to find other paramours through pornographic Web sites.
The Associated Press ~ 7/5/08
LOS ANGELES — Larry Harmon wasn't the original Bozo the Clown, but he was the real one.
By NAFEESA SYEED ~ The Associated Press ~ 7/5/08
CLARKSBURG, Md. — Historian James Heintze can tick off colorful accounts of how the nation has celebrated the Fourth of July over the years: In the 19th century, cannons fired, church bells sounded and fireworks exploded.
7/3/08
A place for those interested in Neal E. Boyd to talk about the tenor and "America's Got Talent."
By James Samons ~ 7/3/08
Get ready to celebrate your independence with music, fireworks, air shows and more as two annual events — the Cape Girardeau Regional Air Festival and Libertyfest — combine for a major Fourth of July festival.
The Assoicated Press ~ 7/3/08
NEW YORK — Stevie Wonder is fidgeting with his camera phone, embarrassed because he can't get it to work right.But wait, it's not what you think.
7/3/08
While the second installment of "High School Musical" was extremely successful, that might not be the case for Vanessa Hudgens' second album, "Identified.
By Blake Heuring ~ 7/3/08
This is probably the only time in my life I will say this: "Thank God for advertising.
By Bart Eftink ~ 7/3/08
Webster's Online Dictionary defines a masterpiece as follows: A work done with extraordinary skill; or a supreme intellectual or artistic achievement. I define a masterpiece as follows: Pixar's "WALL-E.
7/3/08
Less than two hoursSoldier's Memorial Plaza, St. LouisFair St. Louis/Celebrate St. Louis and Live Off the Levee begin Friday. This year the events have moved away from their usual riverfront location because of flooding.
7/3/08
"Vantage Point"Someone's out to kill the president — and this breakneck thriller applies a "Rashomon"-style multiple-viewpoint approach to tell and retell the story through the eyes of people at the epicenter.
7/3/08
Live MusicDoug Rees The Jackson singer-songwriter settles in with special guest Mark Rees.Where: Stooges, JacksonWhen: 7 to 11 p.m. todayIvas John BandIllinois blues band in its weekly gig.
7/3/08
1. "Fearless Fourteen" by Janet Evanovich2. "Sail" by James Patterson and Howard Roughan3. "Twilight" by Stephenie Meyer4. "New Moon" by Stephenie Meyer5. "The Last Lecture" by Randy Pausch, Jeffrey Zaslow
7/3/08
National arts organization honors Missouri governorAmericans for the Arts awarded Gov. Matt Blunt with the 2008 National Award for Gubernatorial Arts Leadership for his role in advancing the arts and art education in Missouri.
The Associated Press ~ 7/3/08
NEW YORK — Tatum O'Neal has pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct in connection with her June cocaine possession arrest in lower Manhattan.
The Associated Press ~ 7/3/08
LOS ANGELES — Heath Ledger is getting a fond tribute from his collaborators on "The Dark Knight."
The Associated Press ~ 7/3/08
SAN FRANCISCO — On his book promotion stopover here, former White House press secretary Scott McClellan was squired around by a "literary escort," a pleasant woman named Naomi who drives visiting authors to their speaking engagements in a blue convertible.
By Cherish West ~ 7/3/08
It's Sunday evening in Dennis Scivally Park in Cape Girardeau. Birds are chirping and a cool breeze is rustling the leaves of the tall trees that line the park. But in the midst of it all there is a different sound than most nights — bluegrass music.
The Associated Press ~ 7/3/08
The arrival of a new Pixar film also means the debut of the animation studio's latest short. And this time, the feature film has more in common with its short-film tradition.
By KINNEY LITTLEFIELD ~ The Associated Press ~ 7/3/08
Tom and Ray Magliozzi, aka Click and Clack, the Tappet Brothers of NPR's "Car Talk" fame, are just two low-ego lugs. That's why — familiar self-deprecating shtick aside — the boys' ambivalence about their new public television series rings seriously true.
By Joe Reed ~ 7/3/08
Back in the '90s, few people would have imagined that Will Smith, TV's "Fresh Prince of Bel-Air," would someday be one of three actors to star in seven consecutive $100 million blockbusters. But he is — and with "Hancock," he may just make it eight.
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