Boston – Sunday, September 7

Berman ‘not a rational lad’

INTERVIEW. Published poet and unofficial lyrical laureate of the indie rock community David Berman is best known as the founder and sole constant of the band Silver Jews. Formed in 1990 along with a pre-Pavement Stephen Malkmus, Berman has gone on to release six records with a constantly changing cast of musicians.

All in a day's Cirque

Cirque du Soleil’s latest production, “KOOZA,” comes to Boston for a month-long run. Metro caught up with general manager Scott Wallace, 42, a Boston native, who worked for the Boston Ballet before joining the Cirque almost 10 years ago

Weighing in on what’s real talent

GOSSIP. “Desperate Housewives” star Eva Longoria would like to set the record straight about something, you nosy, nosy entertainment reporters: She is not in a family way. She is not comparing paint samples for a nursery. She is not with child. Actually, we’ll let Longoria tell you, since she puts it best: “I’m not pregnant. I’m just fat.”

The evolution of Turtle

“I need comfort food." says Jerry Ferrara hours before the New York premiere of “Entourage” Season 5. “I’m excited, but I’m very nervous, also, ’cause all my family and all my really good friends are going to be there. I want to make sure everyone has a really good time.”

Updated 2007-11-01 04:09

Seinfeld denies ‘vegetable plagiarism’

NEWS. Jerry Seinfeld says his wife isn’t guilty of “vegetable plagiarism.”

Jessica Seinfeld’s “Deceptively Delicious: Simple Secrets to Get Your Kids Eating Good Food,” published this month by HarperCollins, explains how to hide nutritious vegetables in traditional recipes so children will eat them; she has been accused of stealing from a similar book by Missy Chase Lapine.

“She comes out ... and she accuses my wife. She says, ‘You stole my mushed-up carrots. ... It’s vegetable plagiarism,’” Seinfeld joked on CBS’s “Late Show With David Letterman.”

The Associated Press

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