DEAR ABBY: My boyfriend of two years, “Marc,” has been talking a lot about marriage lately. I love him and want to spend the rest of my life with him. There is, however, one fly in the ointment: I was born a biological male.I have never felt like a man, Abby. I have lived as […]

It would take a year to list all of 2006’s odd flavor additions and line extensions, but here’s a quick sampling, without details: Kettle Brand Tuscan three-cheese potato chips, salsa-flavor Jolly Time microwave popcorn, Meow-Berry flavor Hello Kitty Pop-Tarts, amaretto-flavor and black-and-white Milanos, LifeSavers five-flavor sherbet, Nestle Stixx filled wafer cylinders (Butterfinger, Nestle Crunch and […]

LOS ANGELES (AP) – Corbin Bleu is living a rock star’s life, or at least a well-scrubbed Disney version.The 17-year-old actor of “High School Musical” fame is on a nationwide concert tour that’s delivering the young cast of Disney Channel’s hit TV movie to fans, who amount to horde status at each stop.The 40-city schedule […]

LAS VEGAS (AP) – Celine Dion’s Las Vegas concert extravaganza at Caesars Palace will close on Dec. 15 after a nearly five-year run.“As we prepare ourselves to say goodbye, I know this will be the best year yet,” Dion said in a statement Thursday outlining production changes for the show’s final year.The Grammy award-winning singer, […]

NEW YORK (AP) – Drew Barrymore wants everybody to lighten up.“You know, it’s all just humor,” the 31-year-old actress says in an interview in the February issue of Harper’s Bazaar magazine, on newsstands Jan. 16. “Don’t take life so seriously. Don’t take fashion too seriously. Don’t take the movie industry too seriously. Don’t take love […]

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – Crouched in military fatigues, you peer through night-vision goggles and brandish a semiautomatic gun as you hunt down terrorists who’ve overtaken Las Vegas.Incongruously, while patrolling a neon-decorated side street in the video game “Rainbow Six Vegas,” you spot a jar of body wash. You spray the container with bullets, and voila! […]

NEW YORK (AP) – Vincent Sardi Jr., owner of Sardi’s restaurant, the legendary Broadway watering hole where for decades the New York theater celebrated its opening nights, died Thursday at age 91.Sardi, who had been hospitalized in Berlin, Vt., died of complications related to a urinary tract infection, said Max Klimavicius, managing partner of Sardi’s.“This […]

NEW YORK (AP) – Britney Spears is putting fans on notice: Be prepared for her hot career comeback.“The last couple of years have been quite a ride for me, the media has criticized my every move and printed a skewed perception of who I really am as a human being,” the 25-year-old pop star/tabloid target […]

NEW YORK (AP) – Chris Kattan, a former cast member of NBC’s “Saturday Night Live,” became engaged to model Sunshine Tutt on Christmas Eve, his spokeswoman, Jill Fritzo, said Friday.Fritzo declined to give details. In a story on its Web site, People magazine reported that Kattan, 36, proposed to Tutt at her grandparents’ home in […]

SHANGHAI, China (AP) – Eric Clapton will perform in Shanghai later this month, the latest rock legend to take the stage in China’s business and entertainment hub.Clapton, 61, will appear Jan. 20 at the Shanghai Grand Stage, the same venue where the Rolling Stones made their Chinese debut last April.Ticket prices range from $230 for […]