CATE Blanchett has missed out on another major acting award to Dreamgirls star Jennifer Hudson at the 13th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards.

NEWRY, Maine -- For many weekend skiers, the aprs-ski scene can be as torturously demanding as navigating a black-diamond nightmare laced with washboard moguls, hidden ice, and out-of-control snowboarders. Dancing and drinking until 2 a.m., sandwiched between two marathon days of skiing, is an Olympian test worthy of downhill bad boy Bode Miller.

MASON CITY With brimstone, bluff and a devastating smile, Burroughs A. Waltrip blew into Mason City in 1937, a Bible and the promise of a dream church in hand.

The Diviners, by Rick Moody (FABER 8.99)

The boardwalk in Asbury Park stretches off into the dark for what seems like miles in either direction, a long herringbone of timber zipping together land and sea. In pop songs, the boardwalk traditionally signifies a sort of convivial refuge, a place to shelter from both sun and prying eyes, where romantic dalliance can take place amidst the sounds and smells of seaside fun and frolics, while ...

Aussie can revive Oscar hopes at the 13th SAG Awards.

LUDLOW -- Ski resorts often like to boast about how much white snow they have. Now they're also talking about how "green&quo t; it is. ... - BY PETER J. HOWE The Boston Globe