NEW YORK (AP) — David Mamet's new play "The Anarchist" and Katie Lee Gifford's "Scandalous" will both end their Broadway runs much earlier than their creators wanted.Producers said Tuesday night that Mamet's play starring Patti LuPone and Debra Winger portraying an inmate and warden respectively will close Dec. 16 after just 23 previews and 17 performances.Producers of "Scandalous," a musical about...
Recipes for Health: Mediterranean Lentil Purée — Recipes for Health
Label: HealthAndrew Scrivani for The New York TimesThe spicing here is the same as one used in a popular Egyptian lentil salad. The dish is inspired by a lentil purée that accompanies bread at Terra Bistro in Vail, Colo. 1/4 cup olive oil 1 large garlic clove, minced or pureed 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground cumin seeds 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground coriander seeds 1/8 teaspoon freshly...
Netflix buys exclusive rights to Disney movies
Label: Business Netflix Inc. has acquired exclusive U.S. rights to movies from Walt Disney Studios in a deal that catapults the Internet video-on-demand...
Dec
04
Chino Hills seeks to close home used by pregnant Chinese women
Label: World A Chino Hills residence allegedly housing women from China who want to give birth to U.S.-citizen children is on the verge of...
Facebook voting begins on Instagram data-sharing, email privacy
Label: TechnologySAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Facebook Inc opened the polls on Monday for its roughly 1 billion users to vote on a variety of changes to the social network‘s policies, including a proposal to scrap the user voting system that Facebook introduced in 2009.Facebook also said it had “clarified” some of the proposed changes, specifying that a new policy allowing it to share user data with recently acquired...
Court upholds $319M verdict in 'Millionaire' case
Label: LifestyleLOS ANGELES (AP) — A federal appeals court on Monday upheld a $319 million verdict over profits from the game show "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire" and rejected Walt Disney Co.'s request for a new trial.A jury decided in 2010 that Disney hid the show's profits from its creators, London-based Celador International. The ruling Monday by a three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals found...
Generic Drug Makers Facing Squeeze on Revenue
Label: HealthThey call it the patent cliff. Brand-name drug makers have feared it for years. And now the makers of generic drugs fear it, too. This year, more than 40 brand-name drugs — valued at $35 billion in annual sales — lost their patent protection, meaning that generic companies were permitted to make their own lower-priced versions of well-known drugs like Plavix, Lexapro and Seroquel...
Rupert Murdoch pulls plug on 'the Daily,' first news app for iPad
Label: Business Rupert Murdoch has pulled the plug on News Corp.'s high-profile experiment to create a digital national newspaper.The demise...
Dec
03
San Diego mayor leaves office with his legacy intact
Label: World SAN DIEGO — On his last full day as mayor of San Diego, Jerry Sanders did something Sunday that took him back four decades.He...
U.S. election, iPhone 5, Kardashian top Yahoo! 2012 searches
Label: TechnologyLOS ANGELES (Reuters) – The U.S. presidential election became the most-searched item and Kim Kardashian was the most-searched person on Yahoo! in a year when online searches were dominated by big news stories and pop culture obsessions, the search engine company said on Monday.The search term “election” topped the list of searches, led not only by extensive media coverage but also widening conversation...
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