entertainment - "event"

Of my first three efforts to attend dance-related events at the new york International Fringe Festival, two were victims of recent storms and showers.

Gotham: Ed Carroll, Keith Samples also to appear -- The new york Television Festival is bringing industry bigwigs to powwow with indie TV producers for the event's fourth edition.

Front Page: 17.7 mil users have streamed Games video -- A staggering 17.7 million people have streamed video of an Olympic event on their computer or cell phone during the first five days of the Beijing Games.

Sometimes a team of little guys actually wins the gold. (I’m referring to books, and not that sporting event happening right now in Beijing.) Consider the story of a local bookstore and a self-published author in Salem, Mass.

Best known by the tongue in cheek acronym of LIPS, the Ladies international poker Series is a women only poker tournament series along the lines of the World Poker Tour, and they recently announced they will be headed for Peru for the next leg of their tour season. Headed up by the First Lady of Poker, Linda Johnson, the LIPS event will be the first major poker tournament to be held in the country of Peru, and will feature buy ins from a few hundred dollars up to just over a grand for the main event, which will take place on August 31.Related Articles:Investors respond to World Poker Tour announcementFSN and WPT Online. ...

Online poker room PokerStars was facing a $1.2 million lawsuit from poker player The Void, surrounding one player's claim of winnings that were taken from her. The event was during the 2007 World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) when The Void's account won the $1.2 million. The Void is supposed to be Natalie Teltscher, sister of a poker pro, but she admitted that another player took over the account at some point in the tournament, and that person eventually won - which is against the rules...

Film Festivals: Scrappy event up against Toronto, Venice -- The worst appears to be over for Montreal's World Film Festival, but scrappy fest president Serge Losique knows all too well that he is still going to have to battle to carve out a place for his event in the ever-more-competitive global film fest scene.

TV News: event starts Sep. 12-17 at New World Stages -- The new york Television Festival is bringing industry bigwigs to powwow with indie TV producers for the fest's fourth edition.