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All rights reserved.http://news.usti.net/Top living storiesen-usFri, 04 Jul 2008 08:28:22 GMT288012336http://news.usti.net/http://rss.usti.net/xml_news.gif http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.top/2/wed/dm/Uus-mcgowan.RLLd_Il3.htmlwed/dm/Uus-mcgowan.RLLd_Il3.html1215159363Fri, 04 Jul 2008 08:16:03 GMT<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.top/2/wed/dm/Uus-mcgowan.RLLd_Il3.html"></a>NEW YORK, July 3 (UPI) -- Actress Rose McGowan and filmmaker Robert Rodriguez are still engaged and planning to work on three Hollywood movies together, sources told People magazine.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.top/2/wed/dm/Uus-mcgowan.RLLd_Il3.html">Rep: No split for McGowan, Rodriguez</a><br />NEW YORK, July 3 (UPI) -- Actress Rose McGowan and filmmaker Robert Rodriguez are still engaged and planning to work on three Hollywood movies together, sources told People magazine.</p><br clear="all"/>(UPI) http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.top/2/wed/aq/Ubritain-winehouse.RwjF_Il3.htmlwed/aq/Ubritain-winehouse.RwjF_Il3.html1215159363Fri, 04 Jul 2008 08:16:03 GMT<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.top/2/wed/aq/Ubritain-winehouse.RwjF_Il3.html"></a>LONDON, July 3 (UPI) -- British soul singer Amy Winehouse has admitted in a magazine interview that she took drugs while being treated for addiction in rehab earlier this year.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.top/2/wed/aq/Ubritain-winehouse.RwjF_Il3.html">Winehouse admits taking drugs in rehab</a><br />LONDON, July 3 (UPI) -- British soul singer Amy Winehouse has admitted in a magazine interview that she took drugs while being treated for addiction in rehab earlier this year.</p><br clear="all"/>(UPI) http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.top/2/wed/ba/Uchina-tibet-chan.RH1j_Il3.htmlwed/ba/Uchina-tibet-chan.RH1j_Il3.html1215159363Fri, 04 Jul 2008 08:16:03 GMT<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.top/2/wed/ba/Uchina-tibet-chan.RH1j_Il3.html"></a>BEIJING, July 3 (UPI) -- Hong Kong-born film star Jackie Chan, a spokesman for the August Summer Olympic Games in Beijing, said he doesn't think sports and politics should be mixed.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.top/2/wed/ba/Uchina-tibet-chan.RH1j_Il3.html">Actor Chan named Olympics spokesman</a><br />BEIJING, July 3 (UPI) -- Hong Kong-born film star Jackie Chan, a spokesman for the August Summer Olympic Games in Beijing, said he doesn't think sports and politics should be mixed.</p><br clear="all"/>(UPI) http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.top/2/wed/bn/Uus-snipes.Rb7x_Il3.htmlwed/bn/Uus-snipes.Rb7x_Il3.html1215159363Fri, 04 Jul 2008 08:16:03 GMT<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.top/2/wed/bn/Uus-snipes.Rb7x_Il3.html"></a>OCALA, Fla., July 3 (UPI) -- A U.S. District judge in Florida has granted actor Wesley Snipes's request to leave the country to work on two movies.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.top/2/wed/bn/Uus-snipes.Rb7x_Il3.html">Snipes allowed to leave country to film</a><br />OCALA, Fla., July 3 (UPI) -- A U.S. District judge in Florida has granted actor Wesley Snipes's request to leave the country to work on two movies.</p><br clear="all"/>(UPI) http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.top/2/wed/bt/Uus-comedycentralseries.RMId_Il3.htmlwed/bt/Uus-comedycentralseries.RMId_Il3.html1215159363Fri, 04 Jul 2008 08:16:03 GMT<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.top/2/wed/bt/Uus-comedycentralseries.RMId_Il3.html"></a>NEW YORK, July 3 (UPI) -- Comedy Central said it plans to start airing its first unscripted competition series this month with U.S. actor/comedian Michael Ian Black as its host.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.top/2/wed/bt/Uus-comedycentralseries.RMId_Il3.html">Comedy Central to air first reality series</a><br />NEW YORK, July 3 (UPI) -- Comedy Central said it plans to start airing its first unscripted competition series this month with U.S. actor/comedian Michael Ian Black as its host.</p><br clear="all"/>(UPI) http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.top/2/wed/bq/Uus-chart.R9oY_Il3.htmlwed/bq/Uus-chart.R9oY_Il3.html1215159363Fri, 04 Jul 2008 08:16:03 GMT<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.top/2/wed/bq/Uus-chart.R9oY_Il3.html"></a>LOS ANGELES, July 3 (UPI) -- Katy Perry's "I Kissed a Girl" is No. 1 on the U.S. record chart this week, Billboard.com reported Thursday.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.top/2/wed/bq/Uus-chart.R9oY_Il3.html">'Girl' is No. 1 on U.S. record chart</a><br />LOS ANGELES, July 3 (UPI) -- Katy Perry's "I Kissed a Girl" is No. 1 on the U.S. record chart this week, Billboard.com reported Thursday.</p><br clear="all"/>(UPI) http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.top/2/wed/aj/Ubritain-tombstone.RjmG_Il3.htmlwed/aj/Ubritain-tombstone.RjmG_Il3.html1215159363Fri, 04 Jul 2008 08:16:03 GMT<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.top/2/wed/aj/Ubritain-tombstone.RjmG_Il3.html"></a>LONDON, July 3 (UPI) -- Police in England say they have no leads regarding who stole a tombstone from the grave of Joy Division front man Ian Curtis at a Cheshire cemetery.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.top/2/wed/aj/Ubritain-tombstone.RjmG_Il3.html">Tombstone stolen from singer's grave</a><br />LONDON, July 3 (UPI) -- Police in England say they have no leads regarding who stole a tombstone from the grave of Joy Division front man Ian Curtis at a Cheshire cemetery.</p><br clear="all"/>(UPI) http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.top/2/wed/ag/Ubritain-dentist.RApF_Il3.htmlwed/ag/Ubritain-dentist.RApF_Il3.html1215159363Fri, 04 Jul 2008 08:16:03 GMT<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.top/2/wed/ag/Ubritain-dentist.RApF_Il3.html"></a>LONDON, July 3 (UPI) -- A British dentist known for singing to his patients as he worked has signed a $2 million, four-album deal with Sony BMG.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.top/2/wed/ag/Ubritain-dentist.RApF_Il3.html">British dentist signs four-album deal</a><br />LONDON, July 3 (UPI) -- A British dentist known for singing to his patients as he worked has signed a $2 million, four-album deal with Sony BMG.</p><br clear="all"/>(UPI) http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.top/2/wed/ab/Uus-badlieutenant.RWvP_Il3.htmlwed/ab/Uus-badlieutenant.RWvP_Il3.html1215159363Fri, 04 Jul 2008 08:16:03 GMT<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.top/2/wed/ab/Uus-badlieutenant.RWvP_Il3.html"></a>LOS ANGELES, July 3 (UPI) -- Hollywood actor Val Kilmer and rapper Xzibit reportedly have signed up for roles in the remake of Abel Ferrara's 1992 film "Bad Lieutenant."</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.top/2/wed/ab/Uus-badlieutenant.RWvP_Il3.html">Kilmer, Xzibit sign on for 'Lieutenant'</a><br />LOS ANGELES, July 3 (UPI) -- Hollywood actor Val Kilmer and rapper Xzibit reportedly have signed up for roles in the remake of Abel Ferrara's 1992 film "Bad Lieutenant."</p><br clear="all"/>(UPI) http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.top/2/wed/ax/Uus-applegate.RCQ7_Il3.htmlwed/ax/Uus-applegate.RCQ7_Il3.html1215159363Fri, 04 Jul 2008 08:16:03 GMT<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.top/2/wed/ax/Uus-applegate.RCQ7_Il3.html"></a>HOLLYWOOD, July 3 (UPI) -- The 26-year-old, on-and-off-again boyfriend of actress Christina Applegate has been found dead in his Hollywood apartment, TMZ.com reported Thursday.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.top/2/wed/ax/Uus-applegate.RCQ7_Il3.html">Applegate's on-off boyfriend found dead</a><br />HOLLYWOOD, July 3 (UPI) -- The 26-year-old, on-and-off-again boyfriend of actress Christina Applegate has been found dead in his Hollywood apartment, TMZ.com reported Thursday.</p><br clear="all"/>(UPI) http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.top/2/wed/bg/Uus-passingstrange.Rjpc_Il3.htmlwed/bg/Uus-passingstrange.Rjpc_Il3.html1215159363Fri, 04 Jul 2008 08:16:03 GMT<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.top/2/wed/bg/Uus-passingstrange.Rjpc_Il3.html"></a>NEW YORK, July 3 (UPI) -- Filmmaker Spike Lee reportedly is set to shoot the Broadway production of the Tony Award-winning musical "Passing Strange."</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.top/2/wed/bg/Uus-passingstrange.Rjpc_Il3.html">Spike Lee to film 'Strange' musical</a><br />NEW YORK, July 3 (UPI) -- Filmmaker Spike Lee reportedly is set to shoot the Broadway production of the Tony Award-winning musical "Passing Strange."</p><br clear="all"/>(UPI) http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.top/2/wed/bo/Uus-limbaugh.Rgkg_Il2.htmlwed/bo/Uus-limbaugh.Rgkg_Il2.html1215159362Fri, 04 Jul 2008 08:16:02 GMT<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.top/2/wed/bo/Uus-limbaugh.Rgkg_Il2.html"></a>LOS ANGELES, July 2 (UPI) -- U.S. radio personality Rush Limbaugh has renewed his long-term contract with Premiere Radio Networks and Clear Channel Radio, the networks announced.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.top/2/wed/bo/Uus-limbaugh.Rgkg_Il2.html">Rush Limbaugh renews radio contract</a><br />LOS ANGELES, July 2 (UPI) -- U.S. radio personality Rush Limbaugh has renewed his long-term contract with Premiere Radio Networks and Clear Channel Radio, the networks announced.</p><br clear="all"/>(UPI) http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.top/2/wed/ck/Ubritain-drwho.Ri4E_Il2.htmlwed/ck/Ubritain-drwho.Ri4E_Il2.html1215159362Fri, 04 Jul 2008 08:16:02 GMT<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.top/2/wed/ck/Ubritain-drwho.Ri4E_Il2.html"></a>LONDON, July 2 (UPI) -- Fans of the British science-fiction series "Doctor Who" are bracing for the death of a beloved main character in the upcoming season finale.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.top/2/wed/ck/Ubritain-drwho.Ri4E_Il2.html">Fans worried about fate of 'Who' companion</a><br />LONDON, July 2 (UPI) -- Fans of the British science-fiction series "Doctor Who" are bracing for the death of a beloved main character in the upcoming season finale.</p><br clear="all"/>(UPI) http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.top/2/wed/cs/Uus-anthem.RfpG_Il2.htmlwed/cs/Uus-anthem.RfpG_Il2.html1215159362Fri, 04 Jul 2008 08:16:02 GMT<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.top/2/wed/cs/Uus-anthem.RfpG_Il2.html"></a>DENVER, July 2 (UPI) -- A singer's decision to substitute lyrics from the "black national anthem" into a Star Spangled Banner rendition has provoked hate mail, a Denver official said.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.top/2/wed/cs/Uus-anthem.RfpG_Il2.html">Black National Anthem brings hate mail</a><br />DENVER, July 2 (UPI) -- A singer's decision to substitute lyrics from the "black national anthem" into a Star Spangled Banner rendition has provoked hate mail, a Denver official said.</p><br clear="all"/>(UPI) http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.top/2/wed/ax/Uus-thecloser.RwLB_Il2.htmlwed/ax/Uus-thecloser.RwLB_Il2.html1215159362Fri, 04 Jul 2008 08:16:02 GMT<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.top/2/wed/ax/Uus-thecloser.RwLB_Il2.html"></a>LOS ANGELES, July 2 (UPI) -- The home shopping television network QVC is planning to sell a version of the black tote bag character Brenda carries on the U.S. drama series "The Closer."</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.top/2/wed/ax/Uus-thecloser.RwLB_Il2.html">QVC selling Kyra's 'Closer' bag</a><br />LOS ANGELES, July 2 (UPI) -- The home shopping television network QVC is planning to sell a version of the black tote bag character Brenda carries on the U.S. drama series "The Closer."</p><br clear="all"/>(UPI) http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.top/2/wed/ad/Uus-foxnews.RfbU_Il2.htmlwed/ad/Uus-foxnews.RfbU_Il2.html1215159362Fri, 04 Jul 2008 08:16:02 GMT<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.top/2/wed/ad/Uus-foxnews.RfbU_Il2.html"></a>NEW YORK, July 2 (UPI) -- A New York Times editor Wednesday said a Fox News Channel graphic in which images of two Times reporters were altered was "beneath comment."</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.top/2/wed/ad/Uus-foxnews.RfbU_Il2.html">Report: Fox News altered photos</a><br />NEW YORK, July 2 (UPI) -- A New York Times editor Wednesday said a Fox News Channel graphic in which images of two Times reporters were altered was "beneath comment."</p><br clear="all"/>(UPI) http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.top/2/wed/dq/Uus-amptp.RyQI_Il2.htmlwed/dq/Uus-amptp.RyQI_Il2.html1215159362Fri, 04 Jul 2008 08:16:02 GMT<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.top/2/wed/dq/Uus-amptp.RyQI_Il2.html"></a>LOS ANGELES, July 2 (UPI) -- Hollywood's Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers said it met with the Screen Actors Guild Wednesday to discuss its final contract offer.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.top/2/wed/dq/Uus-amptp.RyQI_Il2.html">Producers meet with SAG to discuss offer</a><br />LOS ANGELES, July 2 (UPI) -- Hollywood's Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers said it met with the Screen Actors Guild Wednesday to discuss its final contract offer.</p><br clear="all"/>(UPI) http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.top/2/wed/dh/Uus-watts.RSYd_Il2.htmlwed/dh/Uus-watts.RSYd_Il2.html1215159362Fri, 04 Jul 2008 08:16:02 GMT<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.top/2/wed/dh/Uus-watts.RSYd_Il2.html"></a>LOS ANGELES, July 2 (UPI) -- British-born actress Naomi Watts reportedly is pregnant with her second child by her boyfriend, actor Liev Schreiber.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.top/2/wed/dh/Uus-watts.RSYd_Il2.html">Naomi Watts pregnant with baby No. 2</a><br />LOS ANGELES, July 2 (UPI) -- British-born actress Naomi Watts reportedly is pregnant with her second child by her boyfriend, actor Liev Schreiber.</p><br clear="all"/>(UPI) http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.top/2/wed/bx/Uus-90210.RHJa_Il3.htmlwed/bx/Uus-90210.RHJa_Il3.html1215159362Fri, 04 Jul 2008 08:16:02 GMT<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.top/2/wed/bx/Uus-90210.RHJa_Il3.html"></a>LOS ANGELES, July 3 (UPI) -- Actress Tori Spelling said she won't be in the first episode of the new "Beverly Hills, 90210" spinoff, however, she will appear later in the series.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.top/2/wed/bx/Uus-90210.RHJa_Il3.html">Spelling won't appear in '90210' pilot</a><br />LOS ANGELES, July 3 (UPI) -- Actress Tori Spelling said she won't be in the first episode of the new "Beverly Hills, 90210" spinoff, however, she will appear later in the series.</p><br clear="all"/>(UPI) http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.top/2/wed/bp/Uus-washington.RkBC_Il3.htmlwed/bp/Uus-washington.RkBC_Il3.html1215159362Fri, 04 Jul 2008 08:16:02 GMT<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.top/2/wed/bp/Uus-washington.RkBC_Il3.html"></a>FREDERICKSBURG, Va., July 3 (UPI) -- The home where George Washington lived as a child has been found in Virginia, researchers say.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.top/2/wed/bp/Uus-washington.RkBC_Il3.html">Researchers find Washington's boyhood home</a><br />FREDERICKSBURG, Va., July 3 (UPI) -- The home where George Washington lived as a child has been found in Virginia, researchers say.</p><br clear="all"/>(UPI) http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.top/2/wed/al/Ayb118838468.RS9r_Iu3.htmlwed/al/Ayb118838468.RS9r_Iu3.html1215159362Fri, 04 Jul 2008 08:16:02 GMT<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.top/2/wed/al/Ayb118838468.RS9r_Iu3.html"></a>Jul. 3--Before you fire up the barbecue this Fourth of July, check the ground beef to make sure it hasn't been recalled.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.top/2/wed/al/Ayb118838468.RS9r_Iu3.html">Ground Beef Worth a Check</a><br />Jul. 3--Before you fire up the barbecue this Fourth of July, check the ground beef to make sure it hasn't been recalled.</p><br clear="all"/>(AP) http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.top/2/wed/de/Uus-sherlockholmes.RH28_Il2.htmlwed/de/Uus-sherlockholmes.RH28_Il2.html1215159361Fri, 04 Jul 2008 08:16:01 GMT<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.top/2/wed/de/Uus-sherlockholmes.RH28_Il2.html"></a>LOS ANGELES, July 2 (UPI) -- Sacha Baron Cohen and Will Ferrell are set to play British detective Sherlock Holmes and his friend Dr. John Watson in a big-screen Hollywood comedy.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.top/2/wed/de/Uus-sherlockholmes.RH28_Il2.html">Cohen, Ferrell to star in Holmes comedy</a><br />LOS ANGELES, July 2 (UPI) -- Sacha Baron Cohen and Will Ferrell are set to play British detective Sherlock Holmes and his friend Dr. John Watson in a big-screen Hollywood comedy.</p><br clear="all"/>(UPI) http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.top/2/wed/cf/Ayb118798495.RQAz_Iu2.htmlwed/cf/Ayb118798495.RQAz_Iu2.html1215159361Fri, 04 Jul 2008 08:16:01 GMT<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.top/2/wed/cf/Ayb118798495.RQAz_Iu2.html"></a>Jul. 2--LeRoi Moore, saxophonist of the Dave Matthews Band, was seriously injured in an all-terrain-vehicle accident on his farm outside Charlottesville on Monday, the band said in a statement.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.top/2/wed/cf/Ayb118798495.RQAz_Iu2.html">Sax Player for DMB Injured in ATV Wreck</a><br />Jul. 2--LeRoi Moore, saxophonist of the Dave Matthews Band, was seriously injured in an all-terrain-vehicle accident on his farm outside Charlottesville on Monday, the band said in a statement.</p><br clear="all"/>(AP) http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.top/2/wed/cc/Ugermany-metropolis.Rztc_Il2.htmlwed/cc/Ugermany-metropolis.Rztc_Il2.html1215159361Fri, 04 Jul 2008 08:16:01 GMT<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.top/2/wed/cc/Ugermany-metropolis.Rztc_Il2.html"></a>HAMBURG, Germany, July 2 (UPI) -- The latest edition of Germany's Die Zeit magazine shows details of scenes that have long been missing from Fritz Lang's classic 1927 silent film "Metropolis."</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.top/2/wed/cc/Ugermany-metropolis.Rztc_Il2.html">Missing 'Metropolis' footage discovered</a><br />HAMBURG, Germany, July 2 (UPI) -- The latest edition of Germany's Die Zeit magazine shows details of scenes that have long been missing from Fritz Lang's classic 1927 silent film "Metropolis."</p><br clear="all"/>(UPI) http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.top/2/wed/ai/Ubritain-basquiat.RNQm_Il2.htmlwed/ai/Ubritain-basquiat.RNQm_Il2.html1215159361Fri, 04 Jul 2008 08:16:01 GMT<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.top/2/wed/ai/Ubritain-basquiat.RNQm_Il2.html"></a>LONDON, July 2 (UPI) -- A painting by late U.S. artist Jean-Michel Basquiat, which hung in the rock band U2's Dublin studio for years, has sold for a reported $10.4 million.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.top/2/wed/ai/Ubritain-basquiat.RNQm_Il2.html">Basquiat painting sold for $10M</a><br />LONDON, July 2 (UPI) -- A painting by late U.S. artist Jean-Michel Basquiat, which hung in the rock band U2's Dublin studio for years, has sold for a reported $10.4 million.</p><br clear="all"/>(UPI)