Entertainment: Top News

Blue Mountain to Rock the Fall

Thu, 16 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0400

A Mountain of music

When Blue Mountain Ski Area decided this year that it wanted to stage concerts, it also decided it wanted to do it in a big way.

Starters is a good bet on game day

Thu, 16 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0400

When it comes to a playoff game -- or any other game for that matter -- Starters Riverport may just be the next best thing to being there. This Bethlehem sports bar and restaurant has space enough for a crowd of cheering fans and televisions everywhere, plus pretty good food to boot.

James Taylor to perform 5 free NC concerts as he tours state to support Obama

Thu, 16 Oct 2008 11:05:00 -0400

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) _ James Taylor will play five free concerts in North Carolina as he tours the state to support Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama.

Lawsuit against Jay Leno claims 'Tonight Show' host bought valuable car at sham auction

Thu, 16 Oct 2008 09:36:00 -0400

NEW YORK (AP) _ The estate of a department store heir says in a lawsuit that Jay Leno was illegally sold a valuable automobile at a sham auction.

Times Square TKTS, Father Duffy Square in Manhattan open with updated new look

Thu, 16 Oct 2008 11:34:00 -0400

NEW YORK (AP) _ The TKTS booth in New York's Times Square has a new updated look that fits in with its neon-bright neighborhood.

A new 'Star Trek' is born: J.J. Abrams talks about revitalizing the beloved franchise

Thu, 16 Oct 2008 11:01:00 -0400

LOS ANGELES (AP) _ J.J. Abrams is no Trekkie.

Doubt cast on claim of mob plot to kill author of 'Gomorra' expose of Camorra crime syndicate

Thu, 16 Oct 2008 13:06:00 -0400

ROME (AP) _ An anti-mafia prosecutor investigating a reported mob death threat against a best-selling author said Wednesday that an informant now denies having claimed there was a plot.

Ryan O'Neal and his son, Redmond, charged with possession of methamphetamine

Thu, 16 Oct 2008 13:06:00 -0400

MALIBU, Calif. (AP) _ Ryan O'Neal and his son, Redmond, were charged Wednesday with possession of methamphetamine.

Family Time: Graeme Base book signing

Thu, 16 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0400

My son, who has always had a passion for alphabet books, cut his teeth on Graeme Base's fantastical illustrations of ''crafty crimson cats carefully catching crusty crayfish'' and ''jovial jackals juggling jugs of jelly in the jungle'' in his picture book ''Animalia.''

Classical Music: String sextet to perform in Bethlehem

Thu, 16 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0400

For the 50-plus years that the Chamber Music Society of Bethlehem has been sponsoring concerts in the Lehigh Valley, two kinds of ensembles have been its bread and butter -- the string quartet and the piano trio. That's because these two forms represent the heart of the Chamber music literature.