Designer Accessories Get Bold Next Spring (Fashion Wire Daily)

Designer accessories on display at the Neiman Marcus Spring 2008 accessories preview in New York on Wed., Nov. 28, 2007.(Fashion Wire Daily/Renata Espinosa)Fashion Wire Daily - Neiman Marcus offered peak at next spring's biggest accessory trends at their semi-annual preview on Wed., Nov. 28. For a break from thinking about holiday gifts, here's what's topping their list of top designer trends when the weather warms up. Take the plunge and get creative next spring.


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Argentine poet wins literature prize (AP)

AP - Argentine poet Juan Gelman, who wrote about the pain of loss under his country’s military juntas, has won the Cervantes Prize, the Spanish-speaking world’s top literary award.

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Italy TV suspends executive in phone taps scandal (Reuters)

Former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi listens to questions by journalists during a presentation of new party 'Il popolo della Liberta' (People of Freedom) in downtown Rome November 19, 2007. Italian state television RAI suspended a top executive on Thursday after phone taps showed she colluded with rival broadcaster Mediaset to give Berlusconi favorable news coverage when he was prime minister. (Alessandro Bianchi/Reuters)Reuters - Italian state television RAI suspended a
top executive on Thursday after phone taps showed she colluded
with rival broadcaster Mediaset to give Silvio Berlusconi
favorable news coverage when he was prime minister.


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Deal brokered to end Broadway strike (Reuters)

Members of the stagehands union walk the picket line in front of the Broadway show 'Les Miserables,' in New York November 13, 2007. (Brendan McDermid/Reuters)Reuters - Broadway theaters and the striking
stagehands union have reached a deal to end a strike which has
kept most of the premier U.S. theater district dark since
November 10, negotiators for both sides said on Wednesday.


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Veteran Hollywood agent signs book deal (AP)

AP - Veteran Hollywood agent Sam Haskell said Wednesday he had signed a book deal, but that former clients including Bill Cosby, Dolly Parton and Ray Romano need not worry about a juicy tell-all memoir.

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Shows to resume on Broadway; strike ends (AP)

Jim Claffey, center, president of Local 1, celebrates, Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2007, in New York, after Broadway stagehands and theater producers reached a tentative agreement to end a strike that has shut down more than two dozen plays and musicals for more than two weeks. (AP Photo/Diane Bondareff)AP - Curtain up. Broadway raced to reopen for business Thursday after stagehands and theater producers reached a tentative agreement, ending a crippling strike that kept more than two dozen shows dark for 19 days.


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Dems cancel Los Angeles debate (AP)

Writers of horror films and television shows chant 'out, demons, out' after performing a mock exorcism, saying the AMPTP, while not evil, has 'been invaded by evil spirits whose devilish agenda is the destruction of our Guild,' with other striking Writers Guild of America members outside Warner Bros. Studios in Burbank, Calif., Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2007.  (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)AP - The Democratic National Committee has canceled a scheduled presidential debate in Los Angeles because of a potential strike by CBS news writers.


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Pregnant Aguilera poses for Marie Claire (AP)

In this image released by Marie Claire, singer Christina Aguilera is shown on the cover of the January 2008 issue of Marie Claire magazine.  Aguilera is downright giggly as she opens up for the first time about her baby boy, her marriage, and her future in the 'Sexy Mama' cover article featured in the January 2008 issue, on newsstands nationally on Dec. 11.   (AP Photo/Marie Claire)AP - Christina Aguilera flaunts her pregnancy in an upcoming issue of Marie Claire magazine. The 26-year-old singer is shown wearing a cropped jacket, hoop earrings and a ring on the cover of the January issue, on newsstands Dec. 11. Excerpts from the story were released Wednesday.


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Hannah Storm leaving CBS’ ‘Early Show’ (AP)

AP - Hannah Storm is leaving as co-anchor of CBS’ “The Early Show” after five years of daybreak duty, the network said Wednesday.

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Brooke Shields: Women should want it all (AP)

Brooke Shields poses for photographers during the 75th Rockefeller Center tree lighting ceremony Wednesday, Nov. 28,2007 in New York. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)AP - Brooke Shields hopes her upcoming show, “Lipstick Jungle,” will convince women that they shouldn’t be afraid to want it all.


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