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  • '24's' Jack Bauer relocates to Washington (AP) -

    In this image released by Fox, Kiefer Sutherland stars as Jack Bauer, right, and Annie Wersching stars as Renee Walker in a scene from the seventh season of '24,' premiering with a special two-night, four-hour event Sunday, Jan. 11 and Monday, Jan. 12, at 8:00 p.m. on FOX. (AP Photo/FOX, Kelsey McNeal)AP - Early one cold November morning, actress Annie Wersching leads Kiefer Sutherland to an "armored" SUV with dark windows parked outside the U.S. Department of Agriculture building.


  • All About the Hair at the "Bride Wars" Premiere (Fashion Wire Daily) -

    FWD105  Anne Hathaway, left, and Kate Hudson arrive for the premiere of Fashion Wire Daily - You'd think that at a movie premiere for a flick called "Bride Wars" would be all about the dresses, but in New York on Monday night, it was all about the hair.


  • Lisa Marie Presley defends Scientology (AP) -

    This Dec. 6, 2007, file photo shows Lisa Marie Presley in New York. Lisa Marie Presley is expressing her condolences over the death of Jett Travolta, the son of John Travolta and Kelly Preston, and is defending Scientology, the controversial religion created by science-fiction writer L. Ron Hubbard that Presley, Travolta and Preston follow.  (AP Photo/Evan Agostini, File)AP - Lisa Marie Presley is expressing her condolences over Jett Travolta's death and defending Scientology, the religion that Presley, John Travolta and Kelly Preston follow.


  • Jennifer Garner, Ben Affleck welcome 2nd daughter (AP) -

    In this Feb. 9, 2003 file photo, actress Jennifer Garner, left, and actor Ben Affleck pose in Los Angeles.  The couple's spokespeople said Monday, Jan. 5, 2009 that Garner gave birth to their second daughter but would not provide any additional details. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, file)AP - It's another girl for Jennifer Garner and Ben Affleck.


  • Jennifer Garner, Ben Affleck welcome 2nd daughter (AP) -

    In this Feb. 9, 2003 file photo, actress Jennifer Garner, left, and actor Ben Affleck pose in Los Angeles.  The couple's spokespeople said Monday, Jan. 5, 2009 that Garner gave birth to their second daughter but would not provide any additional details. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, file)AP - It's another girl for Jennifer Garner and Ben Affleck.


  • Anne Hathaway's Hot Desert Night With New Man (E! Online) -

    Anne Hathaway's Hot Desert Night With New Man(E! Online)E! Online - Anne Hathaway is a getting a little more serious with her new man, actor Adam Shulman.


  • Time Warner sees $25 billion fourth-quarter charge (Reuters) -

    Time Warner Chairman and CEO Jeffrey L. Bewkes in a file photo. (Lucas Jackson/Reuters)Reuters - Time Warner Inc said on Wednesday it expects to record a charge of about $25 billion in goodwill writedowns, leading to a loss in the fourth quarter and its shares fell 7 percent.


  • 'Hedda Gabler', Starring Parker, Cerveris, Stormare and Sparks, Begins Broadway Run (Playbill) - Playbill - Tony Award winner Mary-Louise Parker exercises a trigger finger starting Jan. 6, with the first Broadway preview of Christopher Shinn's new adaptation of Hedda Gabler, the Henrik Ibsen classic about an unhappily married woman in 1880s Norway.
  • Schadenfreude Still Nailin' the Palins (E! Online) -

    Schadenfreude Still Nailin' the Palins(E! Online)E! Online - If Sarah Palin was feeling some "fear and despair" over daughter Bristol's situation before, we can only imagine what things are like now that both the father and paternal grandmother of little Tripp are dealing with some major issues.


  • Book links JFK murder to killing of RFK and MLK (AP) -

    This photo released by Counterpoint Press shows the cover of 'Legacy of Secrecy', by Lamar Waldron with Thom Hartmann.(AP Photo/Counterpoint Press)AP - "Legacy of Secrecy/The Long Shadow of the JFK Assassination" (Counterpoint, 848 pages, $33), by Lamar Waldron with Thom Hartmann: A new, heavily researched book on John F. Kennedy's murder and its investigation sees links with a bagful of sensational stories, from President Johnson's fear of a nuclear attack by the Soviets to the killing of Martin Luther King Jr.


  • Movies : All The Gossip!!!

  • Josh Brolin, Jeffrey Wright Cleared in Bar Brawl (E! Online) -

    Josh Brolin, Jeffrey Wright Cleared in Bar Brawl(E! Online)E! Online - Looks like there'll be no need for a presidential pardon for this W. crew.


  • UK scribe Peter Morgan joins Hollywood royalty (Reuters) -

    Peter Morgan of 'The Queen' arrives at the 79th Annual Academy Awards in Hollywood, California February 25, 2007. (Lucy Nicholson/Reuters)Reuters - Public figures must shiver when Peter Morgan shows up at a cocktail party.


  • HK to restore Bruce Lee's old home (AP) -

    In this June 24, 2008 file photo, the old home of Hong Kong movie star Bruce Lee is pictured in Hong Kong. The Hong Kong government has agreed in principle to preserve the former home of late martial arts legend Bruce Lee and turn it into a tourist attraction, officials said Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2009. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)AP - The Hong Kong government has agreed to preserve a former home of late martial arts legend Bruce Lee and turn it into a tourist attraction, an official said Wednesday.


  • Batman, Iron Man, Kidman Clash Over F/X Oscar (E! Online) -

    Batman, Iron Man, Kidman Clash Over F/X Oscar(E! Online)E! Online - Indy, we hardly knew ya.


  • Sony Classics gets early start on Sundance (Reuters) -

    Cast member Diego Luna arrives for the world premiere of the film 'Milk' at the Castro Theatre in San Francisco, California October 28, 2008. (Robert Galbraith/Reuters)Reuters - The Sundance Film Festival won't begin for eight days, but already it has seen its first prominent acquisitions target enter the negotiation phase.


  • Jennifer Garner, Ben Affleck welcome 2nd daughter (AP) -

    In this Feb. 9, 2003 file photo, actress Jennifer Garner, left, and actor Ben Affleck pose in Los Angeles.  The couple's spokespeople said Monday, Jan. 5, 2009 that Garner gave birth to their second daughter but would not provide any additional details. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, file)AP - It's another girl for Jennifer Garner and Ben Affleck.


  • Lisa Marie Presley defends Scientology (AP) -

    This Dec. 6, 2007, file photo shows Lisa Marie Presley in New York. Lisa Marie Presley is expressing her condolences over the death of Jett Travolta, the son of John Travolta and Kelly Preston, and is defending Scientology, the controversial religion created by science-fiction writer L. Ron Hubbard that Presley, Travolta and Preston follow.  (AP Photo/Evan Agostini, File)AP - Lisa Marie Presley is expressing her condolences over Jett Travolta's death and defending Scientology, the religion that Presley, John Travolta and Kelly Preston follow.


  • Bollywood bids Bush goodbye with a parting shot (Reuters) -

    U.S. President George W. Bush speaks about conservation and the environment in Washington January 6, 2009. (Kevin Lamarque/Reuters)Reuters - Barely two weeks before George W. Bush leaves the White House, Bollywood is ready with a farewell present -- a film that takes pot shots at the outgoing U.S. president.


  • Small Fla. town embraces Travolta during tragedy (AP) -

    Diana McCarty of Citra, Fla., bows her head after laying a rose at the entrance to the Jumbolair Aviation Estates where actor John Travolta lives Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2009 near Ocala, Fla. Travolta and wife, Kelly Preston, returned to their Florida house with the remains of their 16-year-old son, Jett, who died at the family vacation home in Grand Bahama.(AP Photo/Phil Sandlin)AP - This small central Florida town is about as far from Hollywood as you can get. Maybe that's why actor John Travolta moved his family here.


  • Globes Predictions: Big Night—or Bust—for Button? (E! Online) -

    Globes Predictions: Big Night—or Bust—for Button?(E! Online)E! Online - It's happening already—the Golden Globes kick off the awards-season marathon on Sunday. And this year it's truer than ever: The Globes are always a tough nut to crack.


  • Music : Who’s Doing What, And Where!!!

  • Apple to sell copy protection-free songs (Reuters) -

    New Apple iPod Nanos are seen during an unveiling in San Francisco, California September 5, 2007. (Robert Galbraith/Reuters)Reuters - Apple Inc has reached a deal with major record labels to sell digital songs without the copy protection software that had prevented fans from sharing music bought from its iTunes store, the maker of the iPod and iPhone said on Tuesday.


  • Stooges guitarist Asheton found dead in Michigan (Reuters) - Reuters - Ron Asheton, a guitarist and founding member of the influential rock band The Stooges, was found dead at his home in Ann Arbor, Michigan, on Tuesday, police said.
  • Is Madonna's Little Girl Meant for Stardom? (E! Online) -

    Is Madonna's Little Girl Meant for Stardom?(E! Online)E! Online - We've been anxiously awaiting the acting/singing/modeling debut of Madonna's firstborn, Lourdes Ciccone Leon, for a while. The 14-year-old, who looks like she just fell out of an American Apparel ad, always seemed destined to follow in her mother's creative footsteps.


  • Lindsay Lohan: It's not over with Ronson (AP) -

    In this Sept. 6, 2008 file photo, actress Lindsay Lohan and Samantha Ronson, left, attend the Charlotte Ronson 2009 Spring Collection in Bryant Park during Fashion Week in New York.  (AP Photo/Peter Kramer, file)AP - Lindsay Lohan says she hasn't split with DJ Samantha Ronson, despite media reports they had publicly sparred several times over the holidays.


  • Arab-Israeli orchestra stops shows in Qatar, Egypt (AP) -

    Argentine-born Israeli Maestro Daniel Barenboim conducts the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra during the traditional New Year's concert at the golden hall of Vienna's Musikverein, Austria on Thursday, Jan. 1, 2009. (AP Photo/Lilli Strauss)AP - Israeli conductor Daniel Barenboim and his orchestra of Arab and Israeli musicians have canceled performances in the Middle East this weekend because of fighting between Israel and Hamas, he said Tuesday.


  • Bon Jovi to Hillary Clinton: I'll Be There for You (E! Online) -

    Bon Jovi to Hillary Clinton: I'll Be There for You(E! Online)E! Online - Forget government bailouts! Former first lady Hillary Clinton is hoping Jon Bon Jovi can help with her financial crisis.


  • Lupe Fiasco abandons rap and launches post-punk band? (Yahoo! Music) - Yahoo! Music - Rapper Lupe Fiasco is rumored to have started a post-punk band called Japanese Cartoon.
  • The Stooges guitarist Ron Asheton found dead at 60 (AP) -

    In this image released by Virgin Records, Iggy Pop, center, is shown with Ron Asheton, left, and Scott Asheton of The Stooges. Ron Asheton of The Stooges was found dead in his home on Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2009, in Ann Arbor, Mich. He was 60. City police Sgt. Brad Hill says there were no signs of foul play, and the death appeared to be of natural causes. (AP Photo/Virgin Records)AP - Ron Asheton, the guitarist for the Stooges whose raw sound helped inspire the first generation of punk musicians, has died. He was 60.


  • Mariah Carey told off by scientists for E=MC2 claims (Yahoo! Music) - Yahoo! Music - Scientists have criticized Mariah Carey's mathematics skills, after she appropriated Albert Einstein's mass-energy equivalence formula for an album title.
  • New Eminem, 50 Cent songs hit radio and Web (Reuters) -

    Rap artist Eminem performs during the 2006 BET Awards at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles June 27, 2006. (Mario Anzuoni/Reuters)Reuters - There's still no solidified release dates for upcoming albums from Eminem and 50 Cent, but new music from both rappers has emerged in the past 24 hours.


  • Television : Whats Happening On The Box!!!

  • Actress Alyssa Milano to wed Hollywood agent (AP) -

    In this Feb. 3, 2007 file photo, Alyssa Milano arrives at the Playboy Super Bowl XLI party in Miami.  (AP Photo/Carlo Allegri, file)AP - Who's the fiance?


  • Brad Pitt to Present at People's Choice? (E! Online) -

    Brad Pitt to Present at People's Choice?(E! Online)E! Online - Brad Pitt could be a surprise guest at tomorrow night's People's Choice Awards.


  • Patrick Swayze: "I'm Going Through Hell" (E! Online) -

    Patrick Swayze: E! Online - Patrick Swayze has always been a fighter on the big screen. Now's he's proving his warrior worth in real life.


  • CBS replaces "Worst Week" with more "Rules" (Reuters) - Reuters - CBS plans to return the midseason comedy "Rules of Engagement" to its schedule on March 3, replacing freshman series "Worst Week."
  • Jennifer Garner, Ben Affleck welcome 2nd daughter (AP) -

    In this Feb. 9, 2003 file photo, actress Jennifer Garner, left, and actor Ben Affleck pose in Los Angeles.  The couple's spokespeople said Monday, Jan. 5, 2009 that Garner gave birth to their second daughter but would not provide any additional details. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, file)AP - It's another girl for Jennifer Garner and Ben Affleck.


  • "True Beauty" another TV travesty (Reuters) -

    Model Cheryl Tiegs arrives at the 16th Annual Elton John AIDS Foundation Party to celebrate the Academy Awards, the Oscars, at the Pacific Design Center in West Hollywood, California, February 24, 2008. (Danny Moloshok/Reuters)Reuters - The Ashton Kutcher-ing of television continues with ABC's "True Beauty," a pandering show that finds the actor who gave us "Punk'd" and "Beauty and the Geek" serving as one of eight executive producers.


  • Swayze faces cancer (and a new TV series) bravely (AP) -

    In this image released by ABC, Barbara Walters, right, poses with actor Patrick Swayze at his California ranch on Dec. 6, 2008.  In his first television interview since being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, Swayze and his wife Lisa Niemi speak to Barbara Walters in  'Barbara Walters Special-Patrick Swayze: The Truth', airing Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2009, at 10:00 p.m. EDT.   (AP Photo/ABC, Ron Tom)AP - Patrick Swayze says his yearlong battle with pancreatic cancer put him "through hell" while he pushed ahead on his new TV series.


  • FX's "Damages" the best drama on TV (Reuters) -

    Actress Glenn Close arrives to attend opening night of the play 'Equus' at the Broadhurst Theater in New York September 25, 2008. (Lucas Jackson/Reuters)Reuters - If you don't love "Damages," you may well be in a coma -- or at least in the throes of some sort of brain rot.


  • '24's' Jack Bauer relocates to Washington (AP) -

    In this image released by Fox, Kiefer Sutherland stars as Jack Bauer, right, and Annie Wersching stars as Renee Walker in a scene from the seventh season of '24,' premiering with a special two-night, four-hour event Sunday, Jan. 11 and Monday, Jan. 12, at 8:00 p.m. on FOX. (AP Photo/FOX, Kelsey McNeal)AP - Early one cold November morning, actress Annie Wersching leads Kiefer Sutherland to an "armored" SUV with dark windows parked outside the U.S. Department of Agriculture building.


  • Anna Nicole Smith judge cleared of wrongdoing (AP) -

    In this Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2007 file photo, Circuit Judge Larry Seidlin gestures during the Anna Nicole Smith hearing at the Broward County Circuit Court in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.. Authorities say the former Broward County judge who presided in the dispute over Anna Nicole Smith's remains has been cleared of any wrongdoing, after allegations that he accepted bribes. (AP Photo/Lou Toman, Pool)AP - Authorities say the former judge who presided in the dispute over Anna Nicole Smith's remains has been cleared of any wrongdoing.


  • Arts And Stage : Whats On, And Where!!!

  • Denver Center Reveals Casting for World Premieres of 'Inana' and 'Dusty' (Playbill) - Playbill - Casting has been announced for Denver Center Theatre Company's world-premiere productions of Inana and Dusty and the Big Bad World, the centerpieces of the upcoming Colorado New Play Summit.
  • Cuba opens Hemingway archives to scholars (Reuters) -

    A visitor looks into the house of late Nobel-prize winning author Ernest Hemingway at Finca Vigia in Havana July 2, 2008. (Claudia Daut/Reuters)Reuters - Cuba on Monday made the first of thousands of digitized documents, photographs and books that belonged to writer Ernest Hemingway available to scholars after the items languished for decades in the basement of his home outside of Havana.


  • Hollywood publicity agent earning "15 minutes" (Reuters) - Reuters - Howard Bragman is a Hollywood spin doctor with a message for everyday Joes and Josephines -- shape your public image.
  • Buffalo's Road Less Traveled to Premiere Romantic Comedy 'Twice Around' (Playbill) - Playbill - Road Less Traveled Productions, filling a void in Buffalo, NY, lately following the 2008 shutdown of Studio Arena Theatre, offers the world premiere of Darryl Schneider's romantic comedy, Twice Around, about a man's middle-school crush resurfacing after many years, Jan. 23-Feb 15.
  • Philly's Walnut Street to Stage 'Scoundrels, Oliver!, Fiddler', Coward and Conger (Playbill) - Playbill - Bernard Havard, producing artistic director of Philadelphia's Walnut Street Theatre, announced a 2009-10 Mainstage season that includes the musicals Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Oliver! and Fiddler on the Roof, plus a NoÎl Coward play and a world-premiere play.
  • Degas sculpture expected to fetch up to $17.5 million (Reuters) - Reuters - Sotheby's expects a rare sculpture of a young ballet dancer by French impressionist Edgar Degas to fetch up to 12 million pounds ($17.5 million) when it goes under the hammer in London next month.
  • Cumpsty, Cumming, Turturro, Sexton, Kulick, Edelstein Rehearse "Monday Night 'Othello'" (Playbill) - Playbill - Off-Broadway's Classic Stage Company announced details of its "Monday Night Othello" series, in which acclaimed actors and directors explore a different act of the Shakespeare play on four Monday evenings.
  • Taking Over for Benanti, Paice Joins Roundabout 'Night Music' Concert (Playbill) - Playbill - Under the advice of her doctor, Tony Award-winning actress Laura Benanti has to withdraw from the gala concert of A Little Night Music Jan. 12 in Manhattan.
  • Gandhi works to go public 60 years after his death (Reuters) - Reuters - The thought-provoking literary works of Mahatma Gandhi, India's iconic freedom fighter, are set to go public after the copyright on his writings and speeches lapses this month.
  • PLAYBILL.COM'S BRIEF ENCOUNTER With Elisabeth Moss (Playbill) - Playbill - Elisabeth Moss speaks about recent events surrounding the acclaimed new Broadway revival of Speed-the-Plow.
  • Reviews : What The Critics Say!!!

  • Review: `Bashir' a riveting dance of genres (AP) -

    In this image released by Sony Pictures Classics, a scene is shown from the animated film, 'Waltz with Bashir. (AP Photo/Sony Pictures Classics)AP - Unlike anything you've ever seen before, "Waltz With Bashir" will change your ideas about the possibility of film.


  • The AP notes 2008 CDs that deserve a second look (AP) -

    In this Jan. 20, 2005, file photo, Joe Lovano plays tenor saxophone during the Panama Jazz Festival in Panama City, Panama. (AP Photo/Arnulfo Franco, file)AP - The AP takes a look at some of 2008's overlooked albums:


  • Against odds, Germans warm to Cruise in Nazi film (Reuters) -

    Tom Cruise as Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg during the production of 'Valkyrie', near Berlin. (United Artists/Handout/Reuters)Reuters - Tom Cruise has defied expectations and won favorable reviews from German critics for his portrayal of a Prussian army officer who tried to assassinate Hitler in 1944 in the Hollywood film "Valkyrie."


  • Alagna, Gheorghiu ring in the new year at the Met (AP) - AP - At the end of Giacomo Puccini's "La Rondine," an enamored woman jilts her ardent but poor lover, saying she can't give up her old life as a rich man's mistress.
  • Rasping rapper Lil Wayne a charismatic performer (Reuters) -

    Lil Wayne performs at the 2008 MTV Video Music Awards in Los Angeles September 7, 2008. (Mario Anzuoni/Reuters)Reuters - The ultraprolific rap/music machine known as Lil Wayne stormed into town Sunday with the year's best-selling album and on the heels of eight Grammy nominations. While not possessed of the most mellifluous rap, he makes it up with a charismatic and straightforward stage presence.


  • Video games inspired by TV, movies, board games (AP) -

    This screen grab released by Ubisoft shows insane bunnies taking over the TV schedule in ”Rayman Raving Rabbids TV Party”. (AP Photo/Ubisoft)AP - Like so many American creations — baseball, comic books, rock 'n' roll — the video game is a mongrel art form. Literature, music, art and film all get jumbled together in this relatively new medium, but even that isn't enough: Designers have to figure out how to make the whole package interactive as well.


  • Capsule reviews of `Valkyrie' and other films (AP) -

    In this image released by MGM, Tom Cruise portrays Claus von Stauffenberg in 'Valkyrie.' (AP Photo/MGM, Frank Connor)AP - Capsule reviews of films opening this week:


  • Sing in the new with the latest musical games (AP) -

    This screen grab released by Disney shows a scene from 'Ultimate Band' which invites you to rock out with just a Wii controller, rather than a plastic guitar.(AP Photo/Disney)AP - What does "Auld Lang Syne" mean, anyway? And who knows the lyrics beyond the first verse? Don't you want something a little livelier at your New Year's Eve party? Wouldn't, say, Queen's "Another One Bites the Dust" be more appropriate after a largely dismal year?


  • FX's "Damages" the best drama on TV (Reuters) -

    Actress Glenn Close arrives to attend opening night of the play 'Equus' at the Broadhurst Theater in New York September 25, 2008. (Lucas Jackson/Reuters)Reuters - If you don't love "Damages," you may well be in a coma -- or at least in the throes of some sort of brain rot.


  • "Scrubs" brings hospital hijinks to ABC (Reuters) -

    Zach Braff poses for a portrait in Los Angeles in this August 19, 2006 file photo. (Danny Moloshok/Files/Reuters)Reuters - Here it is, Season eight of "Scrubs" -- the one that never was supposed to happen. Like "Diff'rent Strokes" more than 20 years ago, the hospital sitcom has defected from NBC to ABC for what is presumed to be its final season. Or maybe not.


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