France's Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clezio wins Nobel literature prize
STOCKHOLM, Sweden - France's Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clezio won the 2008 Nobel Prize in literature on Thursday for works characterized by "poetic adventure and sensual ecstasy" and focused on the environment, especially the desert. Le Clezio, 68, is the first French writer to win the prestigious award since Chinese-born Frenchman Gao Xingjian was honoured in 2000. The decision was in line with the Swedish Academy's recent picks of European authors. Last year's prize went to Doris Lessing of Britain.

France's Le Clezio wins Nobel literature prize
France's Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clezio won the 2008 Nobel Prize in literature on Thursday for works characterized by "poetic adventure and sensual ecstasy." Le Clezio, 68, is the first French writer to win the prestigious award since Chinese-born Frenchman Gao Xingjian was honored in 2000. The decision was in line with the Swedish Academy's recent picks of European authors. Last year's prize went to Doris Lessing of Britain. The academy called Le Clezio an "author of new departures, poetic adventure and s

Nobel literature prize to be announced on Oct. 9
AP - The 2008 winner of the Nobel Prize in literature will be presented on Oct. 9, the Swedish Academy said Friday, completing the schedule of this year’s Nobel announcements. The secretive academy is not revealing any hints about its selection for the award, which many consider the highest accolade for writers. British betting firm Ladbrokes gives Italian writer Claudio Magris and Syrian poet Adonis the lowest odds for this year’s prize. The Swedish Academy is always the last of the Nobel Pri

France's Le Clezio wins Nobel literature prize
France's Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clezio won the 2008 Nobel Prize in literature on Thursday for works characterized by "poetic adventure and sensual ecstasy" and focused on the environment, especially the desert. Le Clezio, 68, is the first French writer to win the prestigious award since Chinese-born Frenchman Gao Xingjian was honored in 2000. The decision was in line with the Swedish Academy's recent picks of European authors. Last year's prize went to Doris Lessing of Britain. The academy called Le Clezio a

France's Le Clezio wins Nobel literature prize
STOCKHOLM, Sweden - France's Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clezio won the 2008 Nobel Prize in literature on Thursday for works characterized by "poetic adventure and sensual ecstasy" and focused on the environment, especially the desert. This is a Feb. 2008 file photo of French novelist Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clezio who won the 2008 Nobel Prize in literature on Thursday, Oct. 9, 2008. (AP Photo/Jessica Gow/file) Le Clezio, 68, is the first French wr

France's Le Clezio wins Nobel literature prize
STOCKHOLM, Sweden - France's Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clezio won the 2008 Nobel Prize in literature on Thursday for works characterized by "poetic adventure and sensual ecstasy" and focused on the environment, especially the desert. This is a Feb. 2008 file photo of French novelist Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clezio who won the 2008 Nobel Prize in literature on Thursday, Oct. 9, 2008. (AP Photo/Jessica Gow/file) Le Clezio, 68, is the first French wr

France's Le Clezio wins Nobel literature prize
France's Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clezio won the 2008 Nobel Prize in literature on Thursday for works characterized by "poetic adventure and sensual ecstasy" and focused on the environment, especially the desert. Le Clezio, 68, is the first French writer to win the prestigious award since Chinese-born Frenchman Gao Xingjian was honored in 2000. The decision was in line with the Swedish Academy's recent picks of European authors. Last year's prize went to Doris Lessing of Britain. The academy called Le Clezio a

France’s Le Clezio wins Nobel literature prize
AP - France’s Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clezio won the 2008 Nobel Prize in literature on Thursday for works characterized by "poetic adventure and sensual ecstasy" and focused on the environment, especially the desert. Le Clezio, 68, is the first French writer to win the prestigious award since Chinese-born Frenchman Gao Xingjian was honored in 2000. The decision was in line with the Swedish Academy’s recent picks of European authors. Last year’s prize went to Doris Lessing of Britain. The

France’s Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio Wins Nobel Prize
Photo: Getty ImagesLast week, a member of the selection committee for the Nobel Prize for Literature set off a controversy when he claimed American writers were too "insular" to win the award — and now they've gone and given it to an author from France! Nice-born novelist Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio was named the winner this morning and cited by the committee as an "author of new departures, poetic adventure and sensual ecstasy, explorer of a humanity beyond and below the reigning civiliz

3am: Take That's road trip spurs hopes to crack America
They may be all grown up these days but Take That turned into a bunch of teenagers on a recent trip to America.

Take That meet Robbie in America
Take That enjoy dinner with former member Robbie Williams during a road trip in America.

Take That reunite with Robbie Williams
Take That have reunited with former member Robbie Williams.

Take That, Subway
In honor of its new Oven Baked Sandwiches, Domino’s Pizza (NYSE:DPZ) , the recognized world leader in pizza delivery, will be giving away a free Oven Baked Sandwich to anyone named Jared (all spellings of the name Jared will be accepted). The first 1,000 “Jareds” to contact Domino’s Pizza will receive a gift certificate for a free Oven Baked Sandwich. “The ‘Jareds’ of the world have got to be clamoring for hot, tasty sandwiches,” said Patrick Doyle, president

Take that, Tina: Palin wants to spoof her spoofer
It’s looking more and more likely that Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin will appear on ”Saturday Night Live” — to have some fun with Tina Fey. As the comedian’s impressions of the GOP vice presidential candidate draw laughs from Republicans and Democrats alike, a top honcho from the John McCain campaign tells me there’s a debate going on about how to respond. Some key McCain staffers are content with Palin joking about the “SNL” routines on the campaign trail —

Baz Bamigboye on the end of Take That, Emma Thompson and much more
Baz reveals the Take That musical will close five weeks before Christmas putting cast and crew out of work and how Jessica Chastain will step into Helen Mirren's boots in film The Debt.

Take That stars meet Robbie for dinner
Singer Robbie Williams has met up with his old Take That bandmates while the group were touring in the US.

You guys go on ahead, I'm fine [Recap]
Is everyone done blogging about Valleywag's layoffs? I'm still here. I'm the "one other" the New York media deigned to mention. It's exactly like being the 80 percent of Yahoo that won't be laid off, if that 80 percent was one guy. Melissa, Jackson and Nicholas are good writers. All three will probably be making more money soon. For me, at least the rest of the week didn't hit so hard. Google's stock drop had no effect on my personal net worth — take that, Kara Swisher! Facebook's star engineer quit,

House Passes Bailout, Now That There’s Some Tasty Pork In It
Whoa what is going on here, the wacky bailout bill has somehow passed in the House of Representative by two million votes, 263-171. Take that, uh, China!…?? Many House Republicans switched from “no” to “yes” because they thought they were voting on a measure legalizing gay sex with pages. Now the bill will be driven in a fat cat limousine down Pennsylvania Avenue to the White House, where George Bush is currently naked and expecting it. A Rose Garden signing ceremony is also ex

Survivor - Probst Hates Fang
She Obviously is Post-Op!: Fang doesn't suck quite so much as we initially thought. Take that, Probst.

Pop stars demand control over music
Robbie Williams, Radiohead and Kate Nash are among Britain's top pop and rock acts who are demanding more control over their music.

Millionaire rock stars launch performers' union
Millionaire rock stars are clubbing together to launch a union to protect their interests from the threats of illegal downloading and the flux of record labels.

Radiohead - Musicians Band Together For Better Rights
A group of musicians have cone todether to try to gain greater ownership and control of their work from record labels. Robbie Williams, Radiohead, Kaiser Chiefs and ...

Artists join together to fight for their digital distribution rights.
Radiohead and The Verve are among a group of British musicians who have formed a new organization in an attempt to fight for artists’ rights in the digital distribution of their music. The Featured Artists’ Coalition launches on Sunday at the In the City conference in Manchester, England. Founding members include Angels singer Robbie Williams, former Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour, DJ Paul Oakenfold, Craig David, Iron Maiden, Kaiser Chiefs and the Klaxons. The organization aims to help artists st

Robbie Williams' Martian music
Robbie Williams has spent two weeks at a UFO camp writing his new alien-themed album.

Robbie Williams' Martian music
Robbie Williams has spent two weeks at a UFO camp writing his new alien-themed album...