The Daytime Emmy Awards: Black, White, and Cream (Fashion Wire Daily)

110 -- McKenzie Westmore attends the 33rd Annual Daytime Emmy Awards in Los Angeles,Calif. on Friday, April 28, 2006.(Fashion Wire Daily/Marina Milosevic)Fashion Wire Daily - Fashion Wire Daily - Los Angeles - While it is a bit strange that all the "Guiding Light" stars scooped up the lion's share of Friday night's Daytime Emmy Awards but "General Hospital" took the top honor of Best Drama Series, what wasn't strange about the evening was that stars (and their stylists) had all gotten the same memo about the clothes.


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Indonesia’s best known writer Pramoedya Ananta Toer dies at 81 (AFP)

Indonesia's most celebrated novelist Pramoedya Ananta Toer, seen here, has died at the age of 81(AFP/File/Weda )AFP - Indonesia's most celebrated novelist Pramoedya Ananta Toer has died at the age of 81, his family said.


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Sadness and Glee at Harvard Writer’s Fall (AP)

Kaavya Viswanathan, 19, a sophomore at Harvard University, poses in front of her dormitory at the university in Cambridge, Mass., Monday, April 10, 2006. (AP Photo/Chitose Suzuki)AP - The rise and crashing fall of the Harvard University sophomore accused of plagiarizing passages of her debut novel has made of some of her classmates smile, some sympathize.


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Church Launches ‘Da Vinci Code’ Campaign (AP)

FILE**This undated photo released by Sony Pictures shows actors Audrey Tautou and Tom Hanks in a scene from the suspense thriller 'The Da Vinci Code.' The film, based on the novel by Dan Brown, will be released May 17-19 around the world. (AP Photo/Sony Pictures, Simon Mein)AP - An Australian church group has launched a Web site and a series of cinema advertisements challenging theories in the blockbuster book "The Da Vinci Code" to coincide with the release of the movie version.


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Famed Author Pramoedya Ananta Toer Dies (AP)

Indonesian author and former dissident Pramoedya Ananta Toer, pauses to think during an interview, in Depok, Indonesia,  in this March 16, 2004, file photo. Renowned Indonesian author Pramoedya Ananta Toer, who suffered from heart trouble and diabetes, died Sunday, a family member said. He was 81. Pramoedya died at home, his daughter Tatiana Ananta said. (AP Photo/Suzanne Plunkett, FILE)AP - Indonesian author Pramoedya Ananta Toer, an outspoken democracy advocate who overcame imprisonment and censorship to publish dozens of stories and novels about his country, died Sunday. He was 81.


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Stones Guitarist Richards Injured in Fiji (AP)

In this Feb. 5, 2006, file photo, Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards performs during the halftime show of Super Bowl XL at Ford Field in Detroit. (AP Photo/Amy Sancetta)AP - Fans gathered outside a hospital Sunday where Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards was reportedly hospitalized for a mild concussion he suffered after falling out of a palm tree while vacationing in Fiji.


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It’s a Boy for Don Johnson and Wife (AP)

U.S. actor Don Johnson ajusts his glasses as he poses for the press at the Festival Palace in Cannes on Monday, May 18, 1998. The former 'Miami Vice' and 'Nash Bridges' star Don Johnson paid $14.5 million to save his house from a foreclosure sale. Fourteen acres of his 17-acre Woody Creek estate would have been auctioned off Wednesday on the steps of the Pitkin County Colorado Courthouse if he missed the deadline. Three acres and his guesthouse would have been auctioned off May 10, Foote said.   (AP PHOTO/Lionel Cironneau)AP - "Miami Vice" and "Nash Bridges" star Don Johnson and his wife Kelley celebrated their seventh anniversary with the birth of their third child, a spokesman announced Sunday.


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Excerpt From ‘The Caged Virgin’ (AP)

AP - An excerpt from “The Caged Virgin — An Emancipation Proclamation for Women and Islam,” By Ayaan Hirsi Ali, published in the U.S. by Free Press:

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Harvey Nicks Fetes Jovovich Hawk (Fashion Wire Daily)

129 -- Milla Jovovich and Carmen Hawk, co-designers of Jovovich-Hawk, work it for the camera at the UK launch party for Harvey Nichols in London on Thursday, April 27, 2006. (Fashion Wire Daily/Godfrey Deeny)Fashion Wire Daily - Fashion Wire Daily - London - Fashion's hippest movie star designer, Milla Jovovich, drew a leggy and trendy crowd Thursday night that packed out the 5th floor of Harvey Nichols to celebrate the launch of her collection in the UK.


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First Post-Katrina Jazz Fest Opens (AP)

Bob Dylan performs during the 2006 New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival in New Orleans on Friday, April 28, 2006. (AP Photo/Jeff Christensen)AP - New Orleans' music scene, languishing along with the city after Hurricane Katrina, was rejuvenated Friday as the city's annual Jazz & Heritage Festival provided electric moments from both its homegrown musical heroes and superstar acts.


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