 |
||||||||
 |
||||||||
|
||||||||
|
In the newsCompiled from Times wires
© St. Petersburg Times, First U.S.-born director to lead Boston SymphonyBOSTON -- James Levine will become the first American-born music director of the 121-year-old Boston Symphony Orchestra after the BSO board on Sunday approved his five-year contract effective 2004. Levine, 58, is expected to shuttle between Boston and New York, where he remains music director of the Metropolitan Opera through 2007. Meanwhile, he'll be the BSO's music director designate effective next September. No other American has been entrusted to direct the famed orchestra. Levine replaces longtime BSO music director Seiji Ozawa, who is leaving at the end of the 2002 summer season to become music director of the Vienna State Opera. Ozawa headed the BSO for 29 years. TV notesE!'s planned coverage of the Emmy Awards on Nov. 4 will include Joan Rivers and Melissa Rivers on the red carpet. When the ceremony was first postponed to Oct. 7 from Sept. 16, E! decided not to feature their red carpet and fashion coverage, saying their often snide, sarcastic commentary would be inappropriate for the times. . . . NYPD Blue execs are once again attempting to introduce a Hispanic detective to the squad this season. After hiring and then quickly firing newcomer Rosa Arredondo and Beverly Hills, 90210 grad Vanessa Marcil over the summer, producers are trying Jacqueline Obradors (Tortilla Soup), TVGuide.com says. People newsKenneth Branagh will play flamboyant witchcraft professor Gilderoy Lockhart in the next Harry Potter film, Harry Potter And the Chamber Of Secrets, which is to begin filming in December, spokeswoman Sara Keene said. . . . Tommy Hilfiger has chosen socialite, model and presidential niece Lauren Bush as the face of Tommy Jeans for a massive ad campaign, the New York Post says. . . . A spokesperson for Kid Rock denied to launch.com rumors that he and girlfriend Pamela Anderson are expecting a baby. Several New York radio stations and newspapers have reported that Anderson is pregnant.
 © 2006 • All Rights Reserved • Tampa Bay Times
490 First Avenue South • St. Petersburg, FL 33701 • 727-893-8111 
|
From the wire |
