UPI Almanac for Saturday, Aug. 23, 2008.

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif., May 15 (UPI) -- Warren Cowan, co-founder of the famed Hollywood public relations firm Rogers & Cowan, has died in Los Angeles. He was 87.

RENO, Nev., Nov. 28 (UPI) -- A new U.S. book on world cinema, "99 Remarkable Films of the World," lists Orson Welles' 1941 masterpiece, "Citizen Kane," as the No. 1 movie of all time.

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 4 (UPI) -- The American Film Institutes's Board of Trustees announced Thursday it plans to honor Warren Beatty with its 36th AFI Life Achievement Award.

LOS ANGELES, Sept. 18 (UPI) -- Dancer and choreographer Alex Romero has died of natural causes at the Motion Picture and Television Fund home in Los Angeles at age 94.

UPI Almanac for Thursday, Aug. 23, 2007.

NEW YORK, Aug. 11 (UPI) -- The hit Broadway show "Xanadu" will soon head out for a U.S. tour -- and possibly even a London production -- a representative for the musical said.

VERO BEACH, Fla., March 23 (UPI) -- Carol Richards, who teamed with Bing Crosby on the Christmas classic "Silver Bells," died of heart disease in a Vero Beach, Fla., hospital. She was 84.

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 18 (UPI) -- Joe Barbera, half of the creative team that created Tom and Jerry, Huckleberry Hound, the Flintstones and the Jetsons, died Monday at the age of 95. Warner Brothers, in an announcement, said that Barbera's wife, Stella, was with him at his home in the Stu