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I just loved Peter Ustinov’s sophisticated and erudite goofiness. Now he is gone: Double Oscar-winner actor Sir Peter Ustinov, one of Britain’s most respected actors, has died aged 82. ….Sir Peter starred in films such as Spartacus, Death on the Nile and Logan’s Run, as well as many TV shows. …

What a great and obvious idea! Of course all great ideas look obvious in retrospect. We mentioned this concept last July, but it has really taken off since: About 16 months ago, Mr. Arnold, a co-founder and former chief executive of the WebMD Corporation, was visiting Los Angeles when a …

Surfing on a tidal wave of hubris, I have selected the Top Ten Rock Bands of all time for MSNBC, and while I was at it, thrown in the Top Ten Rock Songs also. I already have a flood of emails respectfully begging to differ with my selections and/or questioning …

What an odd coincidence that I would just grab an old surf record out of the air yesterday to write about, and now Jan Berry has died: Pioneering California rock musician Jan Berry, who rode the wave of the surf music trend in the 1960s as one half of the …

The war on terror continues right here in Northeast Ohio. We have been following the exploits of the imam of Cleveland for the last year: Cleveland Imam in the Center of Terror Probes The saga of the duplicitous Cleveland imam continues. After imam Fawaz Damra of the Islamic Center of …

I find the Sammy Hagar era with Van Halen to be flaccid and dull – it is back: Sammy Hagar has returned to the Van Halen fold after an eight-year break, and the veteran rock band will launch a U.S. tour in June, it said Friday. The group’s Web site …

The Euro conceptual artists – like the inexplicably popular Christo – crack me up. I like this iceberg guy’s concept that since he painted it, the iceberg is his: An artist with 780 gallons of red paint, three fire hoses and a 20-member crew at his disposal went to Greenland …

The Passion opens door for the return of Monty Python’s The Life of Brian: The Biblical satire will be re-released in Los Angeles, New York and other US cities to mark its 25th anniversary. Adverts will challenge Mel Gibson’s blockbuster with the lines “Mel or Monty?”, “The Passion or the …

Soul legend Aretha Franklin and famed British pianist George Shearing are both hospitalized. Aretha: Aretha Franklin has been hospitalized for an undisclosed ailment and is in stable condition, her publicist said Monday. The Queen of Soul, who lives in Detroit, was hospitalized Saturday, according to Gwendolyn Quinn, her New York …

Madonna is touring North America and Europe this summer with a stop in Israel: The trek will kick off May 24 in Los Angeles. It will consist primarily of North American arena dates, as well as 12 European shows. A handful of North American dates were confirmed through early-August, along …