DALLAS (AP) – Everyone’s talking about Emmitt Smith these days. But they aren’t discussing how the NFL career leading rusher outmaneuvered linebackers on the field.The chatter is about how Smith’s hip-swaying and smooth glides on the dance floor have gotten him to this week’s finale on the ABC celebrity dance contest, “Dancing With the Stars.”“I […]

ROME (AP) – Tom Cruise made his first public appearance since arriving in Rome to get married, speeding away in a van from a luxury hotel Tuesday.Cruise sat in the back of one of two dark vans with tinted windows that left the Hassler hotel, surrounded by dozens of fans holding photos and cameras in […]

Disney’s movie ‘American Girl’ Samantha introduced girls to a Victorian lifestyle, while Felicity showed the forces at work during the American Revolution. Now, Molly will demonstrate how World War II affected a nine-year-old girl living in Illinois.The Disney Channel will premiere “Molly: An American Girl on the Home Front” on Nov. 26. The made-for-TV holiday […]

Today Nov. 15: FARMINGTON, “Le Gout des Jeunes Filles,” French film with English subtitles, will be shown at 7 p.m. at UMF Roberts Learning Center. Free 778-7420Nov. 15: FARMINGTON, Cahill Music will perform at 7:15 p.m. at UMF Olsen Student Center. Free 778-7346Nov. 15: LEWISTON, country line dancing will be held every Wednesday at 6:30 […]

NEW YORK (AP) – It’s been an eventful 25 years for Laura Spencer since marrying Luke in a fairy-tale wedding seen on television by 30 million people.She died, and was brought back to life. She killed her stepfather. She gave birth to a son by an adulterous affair, and now Nikolas is a single dad […]

It’s been a tough couple weeks for breakups.After two years of being the world’s richest white trash chick – and perpetually preggers popster princess – Britney Spears may be welcomed back into the good graces of America after dumping K-Fed. As a result, I expect the sometimes-corn rowed “rapper” will soon be dumped by his […]

LONDON (AP) – The new blond Bond – sandy-haired Daniel Craig – met his public as “Casino Royale” had its world premiere in London.Queen Elizabeth II, Elton John and Sharon Osborne were among those in the audience at Leicester Square on Tuesday as Craig made his screen debut as the suave secret agent OO7.Craig, 38, […]

NEW YORK (AP) – Dan Rather has gone digital. Dan Rather has gone boutique.Returning to television with “Dan Rather Reports,” his new weekly magazine, he will now be available in just the 4 million satellite and cable homes reached by media mogul Mark Cuban’s high-definition channel HDNet.By contrast, “The CBS Evening News,” which Rather anchored […]

TV briefs Boyle feeds ‘insatiable’ appetite If the creators of the Showtime pilot “Insatiable” want to keep describing the tone of their series as “Twin Peaks”-esque, casting Lara Flynn Boyle seems like a good move.According to The Hollywood Reporter, Boyle is close to joining the cast of the “Insatiable” pilot, along with Andie MacDowell and […]

NEW YORK (AP) ­- While teaching American humor to a gregarious and absurdly out-of-touch foreign journalist, Pat Haggerty realized something was off ­- who WAS this guy?Haggerty, a public speaking coach from Washington, is one of the unwitting co-stars of the surprise hit movie “Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit of Glorious Nation […]