Last month, Frances Mayes marked her 20th year living in Tuscany. Readers first learned about Mayes life as a transplanted American in central Italy in Under the Tuscan Sun, a beautifully wrought travelogue that was adapted into a popular movie starring Diane Lane.

So how does OPP Commissioner Julian Fantino wind down his final hours on the job before retirement?

Shana Barr A celebration of life will be held at 3 p.m. Aug. 22 at the Springfield Faith Center for Molly Shana Barr of Rockford, Mich., formerly of Eugene, who died July 20 of cancer. She was 35. The fun-eral and bur-ial were held July 23 in Rockford. She was

Coming from behind

Baseball project "Million Dollar Arm" has taken a sharp right turn. The project, with Mark Ciardi, Gordon Gray and Joe Roth producing and Palak Patel exec producing, was in the middle of being snagged by Columbia but now appears to be heading to Disney. Under the new leadership of Rich Ross and Sean Bailey, Disney has been [...]

Baseball project "Million Dollar Arm" has taken a sharp right turn. The project, with Mitch Glazer attached to write and Mark Ciardi, Gordon Gray and Joe Roth producing, was in the middle of being snagged by Columbia but is now heading to Disney. Under the new leadership of Rich Ross and Sean Bailey, Disney has been focusing [...]

ComingSoon.net talks with filmmaker Sharon Spring Berman ( American Splendor ) about directing the adaptation of Jonathan ("Bored to Death") Ames' The Extra Man , starring Kevin Kline, Paul Dano and John C. Reilly.

EDUNJOBI, Bolashade T., 42, 213 Bates St., St. Paul, Minn., theft by false representation July 2, $240 fine. HJERLEID, Bryan E., 35, 1827 Whipple St., unlawful phone use (threatening harm) March 24, $87 fine.

The directors Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini have a new movie coming out this month, The Extra Man, a comedy based on the book by Jonathan Ames.

The Star on the Franklin Mountains may be lighted in honor of an El Pasoan or an El Paso business. Tonight, the star is lighted:In memory of Delbert and Edna Perry.