A New York City landlord has a message for the collector who recently sold the suit John Lennon wore on the cover of the Beatles' "Abbey Road" album: You never give me your money.The seller's former landlord has sued the gallery that auctioned the late Beatle's suit for $46,000, trying to get at the proceeds to satisfy a rent debt.Braswell Galleries was told before the Jan. 1 sale that a court had determined in 2009 that seller Biond Fury — a psychic and memorabilia collector — owed more than…See More

Italian broadcast powerhouse Mediaset will unveil an around-the-clock news channel that will start operations this year, company president Fedele Confalonieri said Tuesday.Confalonieri, speaking at the 26th meeting of Italy's leading editors union near Milan, said the channel will be part of the new News Mediaset unit and will be based on a partnership between Mediaset and a major international publishing and news organization. He did not provide further details.If the 24-hour news channel…See More

Capsule reviews of films opening this week:"Little Fockers" — Meet the latest in Robert De Niro and Ben Stiller's comedy franchise. Grit your teeth through the fairly short though agonizing duration of its stay. Then wave goodbye in relief as its huge cast of characters departs like the annoying in-laws they are. "Meet the Parents" was a tolerable trifle and "Meet the Fockers" was a bloated bore. But this third installment is tasteless trash, filled with abysmally unfunny gags involving vomit,…See More

A tally of serious onstage accidents on Broadway and off:• Nathan Lane fell through a trap door while starring in "The Frogs" at Lincoln Center in 2004 and missed a show with bruised and gashed legs.• Idina Menzel fractured a rib falling through a trap door in a 2005 performance of "Wicked" on Broadway.• Also in 2005, Christina Applegate broke her foot during out-of-town previews for "Sweet Charity."medal of honor…See More

"The King's Speech" is precisely the kind of film that has long appealed to awards voters: It's historical, focuses on royalty, depicts a character overcoming physical adversity and features a classy cast.So it should come as no surprise that it received the most Golden Globe nominations Tuesday with seven, including best picture, on a morning when there were few surprises to be found. The film's director, Tom Hooper, was also among the nominees, as were stars Colin Firth, Geoffrey Rush and…See More

Celebrities including Robert Redford, Robert De Niro, and Sting have called on Iran to release a woman sentenced to death by stoning for adultery.In an open letter published Monday, more than 80 actors, artists, musicians, academics and politicians said that "Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani has suffered enough."Signatories include actor Colin Firth, artist Damien Hirst, Nobel literature laureates Wole Soyinka and V.S. Naipaul, British opposition leader Ed Miliband and former French foreign minister…See More

For years, civic boosters have pointed out intriguing parallels that suggest Seneca Falls, N.Y., was the inspiration for Bedford Falls, the make-believe mill town in "It's a Wonderful Life."Those musings are now embodied in a museum of sorts that showcases Frank Capra's Christmas movie classic.And who cut the ribbon at Friday's grand opening? Zuzu, of course.Former child actress Karolyn Grimes, who played George Bailey's daughter Zuzu in the 1946 drama, traveled to central New York to launch…See More