20A THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
ENTERTAINMENT
MONDAY. AUGUST 15, 2005
COURTS
LOS ANGELES — A judge extended a temporary restraining order barring an ex-girlfriend of Colin Farrell from marketing a tape of them having sex.
Farrell sues for sex tape with Playmate
Farrell's lawsuit against Playboy Playmate Nicole Narain says they made the videotape 2 1/2 years ago with the understanding that it would not be made public.
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Leodis Matthws, a lawyer for Narin, said her client didn't attempt to profit from the tape, but wanted to keep half of the rights to the video.
Last month, Superior Court Judge David Yaffe blocked Narain from selling, distributing or displaying the 15-minute tape. On Wednesday,Yaffe extended the order.The lawsuit by Farrell,29, accused the 31-year-old woman of working with the owner of an Internet pornography business and contacting the news media about the tape.
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New era for news
The triumvirate held steady as the world of news changed around them, driven by the spread of cable and the Internet. Today, people can get news
NEW YORK — The death of Peter Jennings means an era in television news has ended with stunning swiftness, giving broadcasters the challenge of reimagining the nightly news in an age of instant Internet updates.
For more than 20 years, many American television viewers learned the day's news at the dinner hour from either Jennings, NBC's Tom Brokaw and CBS's Dan Rather — covering the Reagan era, communism's fall, O.J. Simpson and the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.
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headlines .simply by flipping open their cell phones.
Brokaw, 65, retired from the "Nightly News" in November, and Rather, 73, signed off in March. With Jennings gone, the days of name-brand anchors serving as the public face of their news networks may be disappearing as well.
Jennings, 67, died Sunday at his Manhattan home. He hadn't been seen by viewers of ABC's "World News Tonight" since announcing in April he had lung cancer.
"It's a cruel twist of fate in that Jennings was suddenly going to have the network (evening) news to himself after 20 years of long service," said William Lord, a Boston University journalism professor and one of Jennings' producers in the 1980s. "This was going to be Peter's time to reclaim that No. 1 ranking."
Jennings, a former smoker, spoke bravely of keeping up with work when he revealed his cancer diagnosis on April 5. But he wasn't seen at ABC's Manhattan offices after late May.
Charles Gibson and Elizabeth Vargas filled in for him at "World News Tonight," a role
both will continue indefinitely ABC wasn't talking about the broadcast's future on Monday.
"There will be a time to discuss that," ABC News spokesman Jeffrey Schneider said. "This is not that time. When we emerge from this difficult time and are prepared to say something, we will."
Gibson, 62, is a solid contender, familiar to ABC viewers as the longtime anchor of "Good Morning America." He anchored ABC's live coverage of Pope Benedict XVI's selection and the space shuttle Discovery's takeoff last month.
It's almost certain the next "World News Tonight" anchor will come from within ABC News.
However, moving Gibson into that role would take him off "Good Morning America," which has been surging in the ratings and giving NBC's "Today" its first serious fight in a decade.
Maroon 5 rockin' the NFL
Music group Maroon 5 poses at Quixote Studios in West Hollywood, Calif. in this Jan. 27, 2005 file photo. From left are Ryan Dusick, Mickey Madden, Adam Levine, Jesse Carmichael and James Valentine. The National Football League will kick off the season Sept. 8 with concerts in three cities featuring a look back at the history of the Super Bowl. A free concert outside Los Angeles Coliseum, site of the first Super Bowl, will include Grammy winners Kanve West and Maroon 5.
STARS
Bob Hope, John Wayne, Jimmy Stewart and Red Skelton follow her on the popularity list.
For 41 years, Levitt's company has given consumers a list of names and asked if they know the people and to rate how much they like them. From their responses they calculate the Q score, a measure of both familiarity and likability.
Lucille Ball picked most popular dead celebrity
Advertising executives use the information to make sponsorship decisions, while broadcasters check Q scores to see how well their news and entertainment stars are connecting.
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NEW YORK - Lucille Ball is America's most beloved dead star.
The company that developed the "Q score" that broadcasters and advertisers quietly consult to measure a personality's popularity has done a survey that tests the reputation of performers who have gone on to that big soundstage in the sky.
The redheaded sitcom star of the 1950s and '60s, who died in 1989, has topped past "Dead Q" lists as her comedies seemingly live forever on television, said Steve Levitt, president of Marketing Evaluations, Inc., which conducts the tests.
"What is there not to like
about Lucy?" he said.
Tom Hanks has been the most popular live star in the last few surveys.
Van Halen vs. Orioles
The Associated Press
Members of the rock group Van Halen, Eddie Van Halen, foreground, and Sammy Hagar perform in this Thursday, Aug. 19, 2004 file photo, in Los Angeles. The group has filed a lawsuit in Los Angeles against the Baltimore Orioles, alleging that the team backed out of a contract for what would have been the first ever concert inside Camden Yards. A trial was to have begun this month, King said Wednesday, but the judge became ill.
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