Zap2it.com ABC is turning to one of the cable networks in the Disney family to help fill out its summer programming slate.Starting June 30, ABC will air same-week encores of the ABC Family series “Kyle XY,” a sci fi-tinged family drama about a teenage savant. The show premieres June 26 on the cable network.ABC will […]

By Frasier Moore,AP Television Writer NEW YORK- When NBC’s fall schedule was announced last month, two of its half-dozen new series stood out: the Tina Fey-starring comedy, “30 Rock,” and the Aaron Sorkin drama, “Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip.”Their common denominator? Each in its own way takes a look behind the scenes at a […]

NEW YORK (AP) – The jeweler known for putting diamonds on celebrities from Kanye West to Sir Elton John was arrested Thursday in connection with a multistate drug and money-laundering ring.Yakov Arabov, known throughout the hip-hop world as Jacob Arabo or “Jacob the Jeweler,” was arrested on money-laundering charges.Arabov, who appeared briefly in U.S. District […]

HARRISON – Veteran Lincoln County newspaperman Art Mayers, a longtime friend of Reny’s founder Bob Reny, watched over the years as the small-town retail icon struggled with the evolution of shopping habits. He watched as customers and planning boards grappled with the issues of zoning and development. He watched as main streets in town after […]

SCARBOROUGH – Guster will appear live at the Scarborough Bull Moose store at 8 p.m. Wednesday, June 21. The alternative rock group that started in Boston in the ’90s will be promoting the June 20 release of its new album, “Ganging Up on the Sun.”An acoustic performance of their new material will be followed by […]

LIVERMORE – The North Livermore Baptist Church starts its summer program, Music in the Meetinghouse, Sunday, June 18, and continuing until Sept. 3.Featured area musicians present a mini concert starting at 9:10 a.m., immediately followed by morning worship at 9:30 a.m. with two more presentations by the artist.The summer lineup is:June 18, Jerry Ellis, pianoJune […]

PARIS – Physical comedian Michael Lane Trautman will kick off Celebration Barn Theater’s summer performance series Friday, June 23. The show featuring mime, improv, juggling and magic begins at 8 p.m.Identified as a visual comic, performance artist, new vaudevillian, mime, physical comedian, storyteller, magician and fool, Trautman claims only to be a clown. He has […]

NEW YORK (AP) – One of two men who allegedly tried to sell Marc Anthony and Jennifer Lopez’s stolen wedding video back to the couple for $1 million pleaded guilty Wednesday to attempted grand larceny.Tito Moses, 31, admitted in Manhattan’s state Supreme Court that he tried to get a $1 million ransom for the stolen […]

NEW YORK (AP) – Rappers have long proclaimed their love for Cristal, frequently mentioning the high-end champagne in songs and popping the corks of the clear, gold-labeled bottles in music videos and at nightclubs.But the makers of Cristal don’t seem to feel the same way about hip-hop – at least that’s how one rapper-turned-record executive […]

NEW YORK (AP) – Dustin Hoffman is a lucky guy. He got his big break in 1967’s “The Graduate” – despite his audition.In a two-hour edition of Bravo’s “Inside the Actors Studio,” set to air June 25 (9 p.m EDT), Hoffman recalls the experience: “I went to shake the prop guy’s hand and all my […]