Celebs, comics to offer free show

MTV is offering a rare opportunity to see Sheryl Crow, the Counting Crows, Robin Williams and Jimmy Fallon for free May 10 in Manhattan. These and other celebrities will perform as part of MTV’s Rock and Comedy Concert, scheduled in conjunction with the Tribeca Film Festival.

Although the show is free, a ticket is needed for admission. To find out more about the show, check out www.tribecafilmfestival.org and www.mtv.com

ABC president voluntarily resigns

Steve Bornstein, president of ABC Television, voluntarily – and unexpectedly – resigned Tuesday. He had been at his post less than a year.

“I have had the good fortune of having some very challenging and rewarding positions with ESPN, ABC and the Walt Disney Company,” Bornstein said in a statement. “There are other interests I wish to pursue and now is an appropriate time to do this.”

Bornstein is a former ESPN president; he was key in turning the sports network into one of the leading channels on the dial.

While working as president of ABC, Bornstein helped bring a new management system to the ABC Family channel.

Not every mark on Bornstein’s extensive resume has been a success, however. He was the lead organizer in Disney’s failed attempt to compete with America Online and Yahoo by creating Go.com.

Hemingway letters to be published

A Penn State University professor, along with the Ernest Hemingway Foundation and the author’s family, is currently working on a project to publish thousands of Hemingway’s unreleased personal letters, some of which were never even sent.

The author himself once called these letters “often libelous, always indiscreet and often obscene.”

Penn State’s Sandra Spanier, who is leading the project, and a team of experts from around the world will start by digging through letters contained in private hands and small collections.

“A big part of this project is finding those letters,” Spanier told The Associated Press.

Spanier and her team expect more than twelve volumes of previously unpublished material to result from the project. Scholars estimate there are up to 10,000 letters in various libraries and collections around the globe.

– News gathered by Bethany Kohoutek from The Associated Press.