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A FOODIE FEAST FIT FOR A RED CARPET

A FOODIE FEAST FIT FOR A RED CARPET

Even the food gets the red-carpet treatment at the Academy Awards. Celebrity chef Wolfgang Puck rolled a tray out onto the carpet to show off just a few of the goodies that will be served at the annual Governor's Ball following the show. Making the scene were baked potatoes with caviar, smoked salmo

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TAKE TWO FOR OSCAR RESULTS

TAKE TWO FOR OSCAR RESULTS

Sometimes in Hollywood it takes more than one try to get the perfect shot. On Sunday afternoon, that was the case for the accountants bringing in the Oscar ballot results — the men walked calmly down the red carpet clutching briefcases as a film crew recorded their every move. But before they coul

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FROM FRONT LINE TO RED CARPET

FROM FRONT LINE TO RED CARPET

A few months ago Army Sgt. 1st Class Walter Talens was shooting footage from Afghanistan, but on Sunday he had a prime seat to star watch at The Academy Awards. Talens was one of dozens of service members from various military branches sprinkled around the show's fan bleachers, where Talens says he

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50 seasons after debut, Maazel returns to Met

50 seasons after debut, Maazel returns to Met

While Lorin Maazel isn't slowing down, his tempi are based on the performance of Verdi's "Don Carlo" he led to mark the 50th anniversary season of his Metropolitan Opera debut. Now 82, the former music director of the Cleveland Orchestra, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra and New York Philharmonic cond

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Japan wins mixed team ski jump at Nordic worlds

Japan wins mixed team ski jump at Nordic worlds

Japan won the first ever mixed team ski jumping title Sunday to secure its first gold medal of the Nordic skiing world championships. Yuki Ito, Daiki Ito, Sara Takanashi and Taku Takeuchi dominated in both rounds to amass a total of 1,011 points in the event, which features two men and two women on

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France wins Nordic combined team title at worlds

France wins Nordic combined team title at worlds

Olympic champion Jason Lamy Chappuis led France to victory in the Nordic combined team event at the world championships on Sunday. Chappuis — who won the individual title on Friday — beat Magnus Moan in a close sprint on the final straight to finish 0.4 seconds ahead of the Norwegian. The Unite

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Daytona: We're Willing to Relocate Fans

Daytona: We're Willing to Relocate Fans

Daytona International Speedway has been repaired in time for NASCAR's biggest race, and officials are willing to relocate fans concerned about safety following a horrific crash that injured more than 30 people. (Feb. 24)

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Inbee Park edges Jutanugarn for LPGA Thailand win

Inbee Park edges Jutanugarn for LPGA Thailand win

Inbee Park of South Korea took advantage of overnight leader Ariya Jutanugarn's collapse on the last hole of the final round Sunday to secure a one-stroke victory in the LPGA Thailand at the Siam Country Club Pattaya Old Course. Thai teenager Jutanugarn blew a two-stroke lead over the Korean on the

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GOP opens 2013 with money advantage over Democrats

GOP opens 2013 with money advantage over Democrats

The Republican National Committee is starting 2013 with a financial advantage over its Democratic rivals. The RNC raised $6.9 million in January and ended the month with $7.1 million in cash — along with no debt. The Democratic National Committee brought in $4.3 million in January and ended the m

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NY songwriter Diane Lampert dies at age 88

NY songwriter Diane Lampert dies at age 88

Diane Charlotte Lampert, an accomplished songwriter of the 1950s and 1960s who wrote lyrics to title songs for more than 20 movies, has died. Lampert's husband, Fred Stuart, said she died of heart failure Friday at a Manhattan hospital. She was 88. Lampert worked on songs performed by Brenda Lee, S

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Nobu honored at South Beach Wine and Food Festival

Nobu honored at South Beach Wine and Food Festival

His name is drawn on the napkins and chop sticks at his more than 30 restaurants around the world, but chef and restaurateur Nobuyuki "Nobu" Matsuhisa prefers to stay out of the limelight. "Normally I am the chef. Today is a tie and suit and I feel bad," he told The Associated Press, referring to h

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Cameron Mackintosh doubles down on 'Les Miz'

Cameron Mackintosh doubles down on 'Les Miz'

Win or lose at the Academy Awards, Cameron Mackintosh is happy to keep all things miserable. The film and stage producer behind the blockbuster movie version of "Les Miserables" is also planning to take a currently touring stage version of the musical to Broadway next year. But he doesn't think the

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New film tells story of unsung civil rights leader

New film tells story of unsung civil rights leader

Just before the March on Washington in 1963, President John F. Kennedy summoned six top civil rights leaders to the White House to talk about his fears that civil rights legislation he was moving through Congress might be undermined if the march turned violent. Whitney Young Jr. cut through the pre

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AIG slides to a loss, hurt by Superstorm Sandy

AIG slides to a loss, hurt by Superstorm Sandy

American International Group lost $4 billion in the last three months of 2012 as the insurer absorbed costs related to damage caused by Superstorm Sandy and the sale of its airplane leasing unit. AIG posted an operating profit that was better than analysts were expecting, however, and its stock rose

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DC pairing Batman, Superman in new title

DC pairing Batman, Superman in new title

DC Entertainment says it will unveil a new ongoing series focusing on Superman and Batman, two of the publisher's best-known and revered heroes. "Batman/Superman" is set to debut in June and will be written Greg Pak and illustrated by Jae Lee. It will focus on how the two iconic heroes first met in

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Robert Caro wins $50,000 history prize

Robert Caro wins $50,000 history prize

Robert Caro has won yet another literary prize, this one worth $50,000. The New-York Historical Society announced Thursday that Caro had won its American History Book Prize for the fourth volume of his Lyndon Johnson series, "The Passage of Power." Caro is a two-time Pulitzer Prize winner and a rec

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1960s soul group The Rascals reunite for Broadway

1960s soul group The Rascals reunite for Broadway

The band that gave us "Good Lovin,'" "People Got To Be Free" and "I've Been Lonely Too Long" are grooving their way to Broadway. The original members of the 1960s-era blue-eyed soul quartet — singer Eddie Brigati, keyboardist Felix Cavaliere, guitarist Gene Cornish and drummer Dino Danelli — wi

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'Top Chef: Seattle' down to final 2 chefs

'Top Chef: Seattle' down to final 2 chefs

Kristen Kish is no longer among the leftovers on "Top Chef: Seattle." The 28-year-old chef de cuisine at Boston restaurant Stir returned in Wednesday's edition of the Bravo cooking competition after facing off against five previously eliminated contestants — or chef'testants, as they're known in

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Judge dismisses Axl Rose case against Activision

Judge dismisses Axl Rose case against Activision

A judge has ruled that Activision Blizzard Inc. did not violate an agreement with Axl Rose to prevent the inclusion of guitarist Slash in a "Guitar Hero" video game and has dismissed a lawsuit filed by the Guns N' Roses frontman. Superior Court Judge Charles Palmer dismissed the case on Wednesday,

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Rachael Ray heads to SXSW; announces book releases

Rachael Ray heads to SXSW; announces book releases

Rachael Ray is multitasking. The author and Emmy-winning chef is getting ready for next month's South by Southwest Festival in Austin, Texas, where she again will be hosting all-day music performances, with more than a dozen bands. One of those bands, The Cringe, is led by her husband, John Cusiman

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