DAYTON, Ohio (AP) – Wright State University President Kim Goldenberg received a surprise at his retirement bash – a visit from Mr. Spock of “Star Trek,” aka actor Leonard Nimoy.Nimoy greeted Goldenberg with the Vulcan salute, usually paired with the well-wishing, “Live long and prosper.”Goldenberg, 59, said he and his wife, Shelley, are Trekkies.“We don’t […]

VH1 will not carry the annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction gala this year, and a Hall spokeswoman says the organization is still deciding what course of television action to take.VH1 has taped the show for the past several years and telecast an edited-down version a few nights later. That system was a […]

Sunday night, PBS serves up a generous portion of “birthday” goodies to celebrate “Nature’s” 25th anniversary. Excerpts from 16 shows are packed into one hour of television, and some of those snippets reach back 20 years.Viewers will visit “India: Land of the Tiger,” “Kingdom of the Ice Bear” and even return to “Deep Jungle,” where […]

NEW YORK (AP) – The American fashion industry says it wants models to be healthy, not anorexic, bulimic or chain-smokers. And to help them achieve that, the Council of Fashion Designers of America has released a list of recommendations as part of a new health initiative.The guidelines were issued Friday, three weeks before designers start […]

PASADENA, Calif. (AP) – Straight up – Bravo says it’s making a TV series about the life of Paula Abdul.“Hey Paula,” set to debut sometime later this year, will follow Abdul, 44, as she films a new season of Fox’s “American Idol,” works on “Bratz: The Movie” and develops her own perfume and cosmetics line.“It […]

LAS VEGAS (AP) – Dethroned Miss Nevada USA Katie Rees has quickly rebounded from her public firing by pageant owner Donald Trump.Rees has signed a two-year, $2 million-plus deal to host a revival of an “estrogen-heavy” variety show at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, Jeff Beacher, promoter of the club night […]

Gunn guides ‘Style,’ ‘Queer Eye’ says goodbye “Project Runway’s” motto-spouting mentor Tim Gunn will bring his wisdom to the average Joe and Jane.Gunn will host Bravo’s series “Tim Gunn’s Guide to Style” in which he will personally shepherd one poor schlub’s journey from fashionably awful to awesome.Using the book “Tim Gunn: A Guide to Quality, […]

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (AP) – Less than a month after the recording industry dropped a music piracy case against its best-known opponent, it has won a default judgment against her 20-year-old daughter.Federal Judge Stephen Robinson ordered Michelle Santangelo to pay $750 for each of the 41 songs she is accused of downloading illegally – a […]

NEW YORK (AP) – The New York Philharmonic will present Kelsey Grammer as Professor Henry Higgins and Kelli O’Hara as Eliza Doolittle in a semi-staged, concert version of “My Fair Lady.”The classic Lerner and Loewe musical, based on George Bernard Shaw’s “Pygmalion,” will play four performances, March 7-10, at Avery Fisher Hall. The orchestra will […]

BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) – European Union antitrust regulators Thursday delayed until June 1 a deadline to rule on Universal Music Group’s plans to buy BMG Music Publishing for about $2.09 billion.They did not say why they needed more time to look at the takeover.If approved, the deal would combine the No. 3 and No. 4 […]