Chicago author Sara Paretsky publishes 14th mystery with V.I. Warshawski
CHICAGO - Sara Paretsky’s latest installment in her series about feisty, female private detective V.I. Warshawski opens with the heroine outside a Chicago nightclub, the bloody body of a woman who was just shot to death in her arms.
An Iraqi war veteran is charged with the crime and his pare...
Friday , September 03, 2010
A tale of two cousins: Jane Urquhart releases new novel, ’Sanctuary Line’
TORONTO - Jane Urquhart always wanted to write a book about the bond between cousins.
Growing up with brothers, the author says she formed close ties with her gang of young female relatives.
"It’s like a sibling relationship in some sense, but on the other hand, it’s also like a friendship,"...
Friday , September 03, 2010
Hotel workers launch strike at Toronto’s Hyatt Regency
TORONTO - Hotel workers at the Hyatt Regency, home of this year?s Toronto International Film Festival, have started a one-day walkout.
Their union, UNITE HERE, says the walkout began after talks with the hotel owner ran past a midnight deadline without a new agreement.
The union says picketi...
Friday , September 03, 2010
’It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia’ stars Olson, McElhenney welcome baby boy
LOS ANGELES, Calif. - Kaitlin Olson and Rob McElhenney (MAK’-uh-lay-nee) of "It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia" hit a home run with their new baby boy.
A spokeswoman for the couple says Olson gave birth to Alex Lee McElhenney at home in the Los Angeles area Wednesday. He weighed in at 8 poun...
Thursday , September 02, 2010
Box Office Preview: ’Machete’ and ’The American’ expected to win holiday weekend
LOS ANGELES, Calif. - Twentieth Century Fox’s "Machete" is set to slice up the competition as director Robert Rodriguez’s star-studded extravaganza will likely dominate the weekend with a Friday through Monday total of around $16 million.
With co-star Lindsay Lohan all over the news lately a...
Thursday , September 02, 2010
