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| Actor Dick Van Dyke escapes unhurt from car fire on Los Angeles freeway Monday, Aug 19, 2013 07:35 PM PDT  By Steve Gorman and Eric Kelsey LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Veteran actor Dick Van Dyke, best known for his hit television comedy of the 1960s, survived a car fire unscathed on Monday when a passerby pulled him from the smoldering vehicle before it burst into flames on the side of a Los Angeles-area freeway. A spokesman for the California Highway Patrol confirmed that the 87-year-old performer was the driver seen slumped over the steering wheel of a Jaguar that was reported to be on fire on the shoulder of the Ventura Freeway. ... Full Story | Top |
| Actor Dick Van Dyke survives car fire on Los Angeles-area freeway: police Monday, Aug 19, 2013 04:26 PM PDT  LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Veteran actor Dick Van Dyke, best known for his self-titled hit 1960s television comedy, survived a car fire, apparently unscathed, on a Los Angeles-area freeway on Monday. A spokesman for the California Highway Patrol confirmed it was the 87-year-old performer whose car was reported on fire on the shoulder of the Ventura Freeway with a driver seen slumped over the steering wheel. Some off-duty nurses stopped to offer assistance, and firefighters arrived quickly and put out the blaze, said the CHP spokesman, officer Saul Gomez. ... Full Story | Top |
| Britain forced Guardian to destroy copy of Snowden material Monday, Aug 19, 2013 04:19 PM PDT  By Mark Hosenball WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The editor of the Guardian, a major outlet for revelations based on leaks from former U.S. intelligence contractor Edward Snowden, says the British government threatened legal action against the newspaper unless it either destroyed the classified documents or handed them back to British authorities. In an article posted on the British newspaper's website on Monday, Guardian editor Alan Rusbridger said that a month ago, after the newspaper had published several stories based on Snowden's material, a British official advised him: "You've had your fun. ... Full Story | Top |
| Victorian woman photographer Cameron celebrated at NY museum show Monday, Aug 19, 2013 04:15 PM PDT  By Chris Michaud NEW YORK (Reuters) - With a camera meant to amuse her in her solitude and some famous friends, Julia Margaret Cameron managed to forge a body of work focused on Victorian portraiture that is still celebrated a century and a half later. "She was one of the greatest portraitists in photography, and one of the great portraitists in any medium," said Malcolm Daniel, curator of a new exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum of Art which features 35 pristine 19th-century photographs. ... Full Story | Top |
| One Direction launch 3D behind-the-scenes documentary 'This Is Us' Monday, Aug 19, 2013 03:18 PM PDT  By Sarah Mills LONDON (Reuters) - British boy band One Direction, one of the pop music industry's biggest acts in the last two years, plan to show the world what they're really like in a new 3D documentary that will premiere in London on Tuesday. The five singers told a news conference in the British capital on Monday that "This Is Us" allowed them to present themselves in a more realistic manner than they are depicted on videos, in concert and on the ubiquitous social media sites that track their every movement on and off stage. ... Full Story | Top |
| R&B singer Brown pulls out of Canada festival, shows canceled Monday, Aug 19, 2013 03:16 PM PDT  Full Story | Top |
| Former Disney star Lee Thompson Young dead at 29 Monday, Aug 19, 2013 01:04 PM PDT LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Former Disney star Lee Thompson Young, best known for his lead role in the 1990s series "The Famous Jett Jackson," committed suicide in Los Angeles, the actor's manager said on Monday. He was 29. "It is with great sadness that I announce that Lee Thompson Young tragically took his own life this morning," Young's manager, Jonathan Baruch, said in a statement. "Lee was more than just a brilliant young actor, he was a wonderful and gentle soul who will be truly missed," Baruch added. ... Full Story | Top |
| Czech firm hits right tune with vinyl records in fashion Monday, Aug 19, 2013 07:58 AM PDT  By Jana Mlcochova PRAGUE (Reuters) - When vinyl record sales hit bottom in the late 1980s, managers at Czech record producer GZ Media in a small town near Prague were wondering what to do with their idle record pressing machines. They decided not to get rid of them and put them in garages at the company's backyard. That was a lucky move. As vinyl retro-mania started spreading around the world a decade later, the firm dusted off the presses and is now spinning profits on records for the likes of the Rolling Stones, U2, Bob Dylan and David Bowie. ... Full Story | Top |
| For 'Biggest Loser' trainer, diet trumps exercise in weight loss Monday, Aug 19, 2013 01:01 AM PDT  By Dorene Internicola NEW YORK (Reuters) - Celebrity trainer Bob Harper, of the weight-loss TV show "The Biggest Loser," has built a career putting very obese people through some grueling fitness paces but if he's learned anything from the experience, it's that diet trumps exercise every time. The Los Angeles-based trainer, who was born on a cattle farm in Tennessee and arrived in California some 20 years ago, said gone are the days when he believed it was possible to just exercise the pounds away. ... Full Story | Top |
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