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Margaret Cho talks sexuality, size

May. 4, 2009
Comedienne Margaret Cho knows a great deal about Hollywood's obsession with body image. The once-zaftig actress is co-starring in a new series for Lifetime titled "Drop Dead Diva" about a brilliant plus-size attorney who finds her body inhabited by the soul of a shallow wannabe model.
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Cho to co-star in new Lifetime comedy

Cho to co-star in new Lifetime comedy

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 19 (UPI) -- Lifetime Television has announced it is picking up "Drop Dead Diva," a new comedic drama series co-starring Margaret Cho.
Cho: TV series giving parents 'new life'

Cho: TV series giving parents 'new life'

NEW YORK, Aug. 24 (UPI) -- Comedian Margaret Cho says starring in a new reality U.S. TV series with her parents has given them a "new life."

No drugs in Va. Tech shooter's system

RICHMOND, Va., June 22 (UPI) -- The student who killed 32 people at Virginia Tech was not under the influence of drugs at the time of the massacre, the state medical examiner reported.

Pastor: Virginia Tech killer 'possessed'

WASHINGTON, May 6 (UPI) -- A church pastor said he wanted to rid Virginia Tech shooter Seung Hui Cho of "demonic power" before the troubled student went on his shooting rampage.

Police look at Cho's e-mail, phone records

BLACKSBURG, Va., April 24 (UPI) -- Police investigating the Virginia Tech shootings are combing through the e-mail and cell phone records of shooter Cho Seung-hui.

Cho complained about 'rich kids'

BLACKSBURG, Va., April 17 (UPI) -- Alleged Virginia Tech shooter Cho Seung-hui reportedly left a note listing his grievances against "rich kids," "debauchery" and "deceitful charlatans."

Margaret Cho joins cast of 'Til Death'

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 6 (UPI) -- Outspoken comedian Margaret Cho has joined the cast of the U.S. TV series "Til Death" as one half of an odd married couple.

Final set at Canberra

CANBERRA, Australia, Jan. 12 (UPI) -- Top-seeded Anabel Medina Garrigues Thursday beat Shahar Peer in the semifinals of the Canberra (Australia) International.

Margaret Cho prepares 'Mommy' for Fox

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 3 (UPI) -- Comedian Margaret Cho is developing a comedy revolving around her mother for Fox and Regency Television.

Dropping Cho angers gay activists

BOSTON, July 27 (UPI) -- Angry gay and lesbian activists say the Kerry campaign is backing down on the gay marriage issue, the Boston Herald said Tuesday.
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Lori Anne Madison, 6, competes in Scripps National Spelling Bee
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Lori Anne Madison, 6, of Woodbridge, Virginia, spells out the letters in her word as she competes during the opening round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, May 30, 2012, in National Harbor, Maryland. Madison, the youngest known qualifier in the history of the contest, correctly spelled the word "dirigible*", a lighter-than-air aircraft, to advance. UPI/Mike Theiler