Reuters - Actress and dancer Cyd Charisse,
who gained fame in the movies as a partner with Hollywood dance
greats Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly, has died of heart failure
in Los Angeles at age 86.
Reuters - American International Group Inc's
former chief executive, Martin Sullivan, who stepped
down on Sunday amid large subprime losses, could receive up to
$68 million in severance pay and benefits, according to an
estimate compiled by an outside research firm.
AP - Broadway star Patti LuPone, known for her Tony Award-winning roles in "Gypsy" and "Evita," is working on a memoir, tentatively scheduled to be released in 2010 by Harmony Books, an imprint of Random House Inc.
Reuters - Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc's
shares dropped 7.6 percent on Tuesday, as earnings from rival
Goldman Sachs Group showed how difficult the future
could be for Lehman, analysts said.
AP - In "The Love Guru," Mike Myers must come to love himself before he can love others. From the credits of this scattershot comedy sketch stretched and strained to movie length, Myers clearly loved himself to the point of narcissism going in.
AP - A California man has filed a petition asking a Nashville court to order DNA testing he believes will prove the late singer Eddy Arnold was his father.
AP - President Bush and his wife, Laura, went to a wake for Tim Russert, the television newsman who died last Friday.
AP - It will be a bit longer before the court begins to sort out Britney Spears' finances.
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