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Sony bets up to $250 million that Michael Jackson left enough material that can rock with you

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 03:56:21 +0000

LOS ANGELES - The man who spearheaded the record-breaking deal in which Michael Jackson's estate will get up to $250 million in the next seven years said Tuesday that Sony Music Entertainment bought a...

NBC prime-time viewership increases by 45 per cent in 2 weeks since Jay Lenos move

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 03:07:39 +0000

NEW YORK - Two weeks after late night host Jay Leno left prime time and returned to the Tonight Show, NBC's audience for the final hour of prime-time TV has increased by 45 per cent. While NBC does...

Girlfriend of actor Michael Douglas' drug dealer son sentenced in NY, given no new jail time

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 02:34:46 +0000

NEW YORK - The girlfriend of actor Michael Douglas'wayward son was freed Tuesday after spending seven months in jail for becoming embroiled in Cameron Douglas' downward spiral with drugs. A judge i...

Settlement approved for widow, son of Blink 182 drummer's assistant killed in crash

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 02:34:46 +0000

LOS ANGELES - A judge approved a multimillion-dollar legal settlement Tuesday involving the wife and young son of former Blink 182 drummer Travis Barker's assistant, who was killed in a 2008 plane cra...

Judge in Arizona issues bench warrant after jailed rapper Lil Wayne fails to appear in court

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 02:34:43 +0000

YUMA, Ariz. - An Arizona judge issued a bench warrant Tuesday for Grammy Award-winning rapper Lil Wayne after he failed to appear for a hearing on drug and weapons charges because he is serving jail t...

Jessica Simpson's 'Price of Beauty' investigates standards of beauty around the world

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 01:42:14 +0000

NEW YORK - Singer and sometimes actress Jessica Simpson has paid the price of beauty, and now she's examining people's obsession with looking good. She made headlines last year when photos of her p...

Judge orders rapper DMX to spend 6 months in Phoenix jail, undergo mental health evaluation

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 01:42:10 +0000

PHOENIX - A judge has ordered rapper DMX to spend six months in a Phoenix jail for violating probation and to undergo a mental health evaluation. DMX, whose real name is Earl Simmons, admitted in c...

Montreal man cited by FBI as prolific illegal film-copier gets jail sentence

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 23:27:26 +0000

MONTREAL - A Canadian man who drew international attention as a prolific producer of illegally copied movies was slapped with a two-and-a-half-month jail sentence Tuesday. His involvement in piracy...

Oprah must defend defamation suit filed by ex-headmistress of S. African school

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 23:27:34 +0000

PHILADELPHIA - Media mogul Oprah Winfrey is expected to spend two weeks defending herself at trial in a defamation case linked to the sex-abuse scandal at her girls school in South Africa. A federa...

NY continues to boost aid to film, TV studios despite fiscal crisis

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 23:27:25 +0000

As television and film studios line up for a 20-per cent boost in their tax credit - one of the few windfalls proposed during New York's fiscal crisis - the return on what is now a US$350 million tax ...

'Toy Story,' 'Up' creator Pixar Animation earns award from theatre owners

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 23:27:32 +0000

LAS VEGAS - The makers of "Up," "WALL-E" and other Academy Award-winning cartoons have taken home a new prize. Disney-owned Pixar Animation received the ShoWest Big Ten Award on Tuesday in honour o...

NBC prime-time viewership up by 45 per cent in 2 weeks without Jay Leno

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 23:27:23 +0000

NEW YORK - Two weeks into non-Jay Leno programming, NBC's audience for the final hour of prime-time TV has increased by 45 per cent. While NBC doesn't necessarily have any hits in that hour, the in...

'Growing Pains' executive producer Marshall jailed 7.5 years for kid porn

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 21:52:32 +0000

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - An executive producer for the 1980s sit-com "Growing Pains" has been sentenced in Arkansas to 7 1/2 years in prison for distribution of child pornography. Steven Marshall was ar...

Virgin America apologizes for grounding passengers for 4½ hours

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 21:52:40 +0000

LOS ANGELES - Virgin America has offered refunds to "Dancing With the Stars" judge Carrie Ann Inaba and other passengers who were stranded for hours on a grounded plane bound for New York from Los Ang...

The Court Yard Hounds (2/3rds of the Dixie Chicks) make debut at SXSW

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 21:52:22 +0000

NEW YORK - Even though the Court Yard Hounds are a new group, they are hardly your typical baby act. The duo is derived from one of music's best-selling bands - the Dixie Chicks - and their self-title...