Richard Phillips

It`s brayback time. Putting an annual summer pastime-contrived academic honors-in perspective, Princeton University has granted an honorary doctorate to Elwood Blues. Never heard of him? Well, the esteemed Dr. Blues...

Another investigative agency leak in Washington, this one over Fawn Hall. Seems that Oliver North`s trusted secretary was a ''weekend'' cocaine user for several years. Hall admitted her powdery proclivities...

Mike Tyson is free at last. After months of marital sparring with Robin Givens, the world heavyweight boxing champion has been granted a divorce in Somerville, N.J. Actress Givens was...

Unlike many students of journalism, Harry Reasoner knows what he wants when he gets out of school. Forty years after prematurely quitting the University of Minnesota, the esteemed veteran of...

The alleged last hurrah of Indiana Jones already is the most profitable goodbye in Hollywood history. In its first six days, ''Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade'' grossed $46.9 million,...

For the 17th consecutive Memorial Day, a pink rose has been left on Polly Scantlin`s grave in Joplin, Mo. Mrs. Scantlin, who died in 1971 at 81, was known to...

On the birthday of legendary tapper Bill ''Bojangles'' Robinson, a chorus line of 30 shuffle-stepping dancers tapped their way Thursday across San Francisco`s Golden Gate Bridge to celebrate National Tap...

The mystery of the missing tutus wears on as ''The Stars of the Bolshoi Ballet''-now outfitted in borrowed regalia-prepare for Thursday`s opening at the Civic Opera House. A courier from...

Anxiety rules Alaska, but sex sells: With tourist business slipping after Exxon`s oily catastrophe, Alaskan merchants are calling upon Marilyn Monroe for help. But something is missing from photos of...

Welcome to the George and Barbara Show. President and Mrs. Bush will host public television`s upcoming concert series, ''In Performance at the White House,'' with three holiday concerts to commemorate...