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Bankrupt Sports Museum Holds Mementos Hostage

Harry Kimball — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 12:31:59 CDT

New York’s Sports Museum of America has filed for bankruptcy, and is holding some priceless memorabilia hostage, the Wall Street Journa l reports. Though more established halls of fame saw the move coming and pulled out loaners, the trustee wants legal fees from owners of items still in storage, or...

Hornby Seeks YA Audience

Sam Gale Rosen — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 14:00:10 CST

Nick Hornby, the British novelist best known for High Fidelity and About a Boy, is temporarily shucking characters who refuse to grow up for characters who really aren't grown up. Hornby's first young adult novel, Slam, is about a teen who gets his girlfriend pregnant and talks his problems over...

Vivendi to Buy Activision

Kevin Spak — Sun, 02 Dec 2007 14:49:00 CST

Vivendi, producer of mega-hit World of Warcraft , today announced plans to merge operations with Activision, forming an independent video game behemoth to rival EA. Vivendi will buy 52% of Activision for $1.7 billion and $27.50 per share, the Times reports, a premium on Friday’s $22.15 closing price....

Best Celebrity Websites

Sophie Goldstein — Sat, 30 Jun 2007 10:29:34 CDT

The editors at PC magazine gave high marks to sites they found imaginative (Jeff Bridges), surprising (Pat Sajack), or loaded with great content (Beck). And they dismissed money-hungry sites with a lot of gated content. Here, their faves: Jeff Bridges (www.jeffbridges.com) Tyra Banks (www.tyrabanks.com) Ken Jennings...