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• What's on TV New Year's Eve What's on TV New Year's Eve
12/31/2008
Here's a great way to say farewell to 2008. Spend two and a half hours enjoying a compilation of show-stopping moments from nearly 30 years of MGM musicals, featuring Fred Astaire, Judy Garland, Esther Williams and Bing Crosby. (5 h ago)

• 10 reasons '08 wasn't so great 10 reasons '08 wasn't so great
12/31/2008
It's not hard to find bad TV, since whole networks seem to specialize in it. The frustrating part is programs or moments that should have been better than they were. Here are a few lowlights of 2008. (6 h ago)

• Brothers in arms fight Third Reich Brothers in arms fight Third Reich
12/30/2008
The courage at the center of "Defiance" has to do not only with the truth of the movie's story, but also with how director Ed Zwick tells this tale of World War II heroism in as straightforward, old-fashioned a way as possible. (7 h ago)

• Nazi-themed pic doesn't bring much to th... Nazi-themed pic doesn't bring much to the party
12/30/2008
Shouldn't Viggo Mortensen be a bigger star? It's not as if he's short on either looks or talent. What he is missing, though, is that all-consuming drive for fame. Instead, he seems impressively attracted to the actual artistry of acting. (7 h ago)

• Godfather of Soul to live on city street... Godfather of Soul to live on city street sign
12/30/2008
The block behind the Apollo Theater in Harlem has been officially co-named "James Brown Way." The honorary naming would no doubt please the Godfather of Soul, whose rise to fame was spurred by his Apollo appearances. (8 h ago)

• East Village icon Kim's Video heads to .... East Village icon Kim's Video heads to ... Sicily
12/30/2008
East Village residents can say "Arrivederci!"to another neighborhood institution. The beloved movie shop Kim's Video will soon shut down its rental service on St. Marks Place and ship the store's 55,000-title film collection to a new far-flung home in Italy. (14 h ago)

• WBGO jazzed to jump-start New Year's WBGO jazzed to jump-start New Year's
12/30/2008
WBGO (88.3 FM) will once again join with NPR to produce the most ambitious New Year's Eve celebration on radio: "Coast to Coast," a rolling nine-hour jazz concert. This is the 29th year for the "Toast of the Nation" project. (15 h ago)

• Inner Tube: Harmony among the 'Idol' jud... Inner Tube: Harmony among the 'Idol' judges
12/30/2008
"American Idol's" newest judge, Kara DioGuardi, is starting to feel at home on the show, telling Entertainment Weekly that Simon Cowell, Paula Abdul and Randy Jackson are "like brothers and sisters at this point." (15 h ago)

• Reality TV earned its Bravos & boos Reality TV earned its Bravos & boos
12/30/2008
The year past delivered viewers plenty of mediocre reality shows, from NBC's "Baby Borrowers" to the CW's "Stylista," but only the absolutely fabulous and truly horrifying can make the list of the best and worst of this year's fare. (15 h ago)

• Love home repairs? HGTV offers a new fi... Love home repairs? HGTV offers a new fix
12/30/2008
Here's the first lesson we can all learn from "Dear Genevieve," the latest new home fixup show on HGTV. If you find yourself cordoning off large sections of your kitchen with yellow caution tape, then that kitchen needs some work. (15 h ago)

• Events for Wednesday in New York Events for Wednesday in New York
12/30/2008
Rock and roll icon Chuck Berry plays two shows at the B.B. King Blues Club & Grill. Expect to hear his much-loved and much-covered hits like "Johnny B. Goode," "Maybellene," and "Rock and Roll Music." (18 h ago)

• Sorry haters! Tom Cruise's 'Valkyrie' n... Sorry haters! Tom Cruise's 'Valkyrie' not a flop
12/30/2008
"Valkyrie" skeptics were robbed of the chance to declare "Flop!" after Tom Cruise's WWII thriller earned $21.5 million over the weekend. (20 h ago)

• Dick Clark, 79, still rocking for New Ye... Dick Clark, 79, still rocking for New Year's Eve
12/30/2008
Four years after a stroke, Dick Clark is relishing the prospect of another New Year's Eve celebration, determined to appear for his 36th year in Times Square. (22 h ago)

• 'Phantom' sequel set for next year 'Phantom' sequel set for next year
12/30/2008
A "PHANTOM" sequel is coming to Broadway by the end of 2009 - and the musical is going to be set in Brooklyn. (22 h ago)

• Siblings make sweet music with Brutha Siblings make sweet music with Brutha
12/30/2008
Male R&B singers have gone it alone lately. Right after the house of Usher went through the roof three years ago, the genre went mad for solo men, pushing young studs from Ne-Yo to Lloyd to Avant to Chris Brown. (23 h ago)

• Events for Tuesday in New York Events for Tuesday in New York
12/30/2008
Funny man Dave Attell tops off his five-night run at Carolines On Broadway. Attell, famous for bringing viewers along on his worldwide, latenight adventures in vice on Comedy Central's "Insomniac," also recently hosted the "The Gong Show." (23 h ago)

• Some old hands move into new jobs Some old hands move into new jobs
12/29/2008
The moves of on-air hosts get most of the attention in radio, but this year saw a changing of the guard behind the scenes as well. (1 d ago)

• 'Love' in the fast lane for road-trippin... 'Love' in the fast lane for road-tripping Bret
12/29/2008
For those trying to decide if that special someone is the one, Bret Michaels recommends taking them on a road trip. (1 d ago)

• Ten that made the tube glow Ten that made the tube glow
12/29/2008
It's easy and fun to dismiss all television as trash, and there's certainly enough junk so that after one or two Budweisers or Red Bulls, the argument looks tempting. (1 d ago)

• Neumaier: Best and worst films of '08 Neumaier: Best and worst films of '08
12/29/2008
Like all movie years, 2008 had highs, lows and a lot of middle ground. There were odd trends the return of cinematic Nazis was a resurgence we didn't see coming (even Indiana Jones moved on to Soviets in his fourth adventure) and unexpected high points. (1 d ago)

• Mia Farrow's Daughter Dies At 35 Mia Farrow's Daughter Dies At 35
12/30/2008
Lark Previn, a daughter of actress Mia Farrow whose sister Soon-Yi Previn was at the center of Farrow's messy breakup with Woody Allen, has died. She was 35. (13 h ago)

• William Balfour Appears In Court William Balfour Appears In Court
12/30/2008
A murder indictment has been issued against the man accused of killing the mother, brother and nephew of Oscar-winning actress Jennifer Hudson. (15 h ago)

• Children's Book Victim Of Holocaust Hoax Children's Book Victim Of Holocaust Hoax
12/30/2008
The fallout continues from Herman Rosenblat's discredited Holocaust story. Laurie Friedman's "Angel Girl," a children's book inspired by Rosenblat's tale, was pulled by the Lerner Publishing Group. (17 h ago)

• Montel Williams Unlocks Key To Happiness Montel Williams Unlocks Key To Happiness
12/30/2008
Former TV talk show host and author Montel Williams' latest book, "Living Well Emotionally: Breakthrough to a Life of Happiness," shares some valuable lessons for living a happier, more fulfilled life. (18 h ago)

• Streisand: Perfection Is Imperfection Streisand: Perfection Is Imperfection
12/30/2008
At this point in Barbra Streisand's legendary career, no one can rain on her parade -- not even President Bush. (19 h ago)

• "Terminator" Is Back, For Keeps "Terminator" Is Back, For Keeps
12/30/2008
"The Terminator," "Deliverance," "In Cold Blood," and "The Asphalt Jungle," are among 25 films deemed worthy of preservation by The Library of Congress, which is adding the films to the National Film Registry. (23 h ago)

• Jazz Man Freddie Hubbard Dead At 70 Jazz Man Freddie Hubbard Dead At 70
12/29/2008
Freddie Hubbard, the Grammy-winning jazz musician whose blazing virtuosity influenced a generation of trumpet players, died a month after suffering a heart attack. He was 70. (1 d ago)

• Studios Slug It Out Over Super Hero Flic... Studios Slug It Out Over Super Hero Flick
12/29/2008
An attorney for 20th Century Fox says the studio will press its case to delay the release of "Watchmen," but a rival studio says it plans to release the film as scheduled. (1 d ago)

• Madonna Settles Divorce For $76M Madonna Settles Divorce For $76M
12/29/2008
Madonna has settled her divorce with ex-husband Guy Ritchie for at least 50 million pounds ($76 million), the singer's spokeswoman said Monday. (1 d ago)

• Jen Tops Brad At Weekend Box Office Jen Tops Brad At Weekend Box Office
12/29/2008
Ticket sales soared with big openings for some of Hollywood's biggest names, and for their fans there was no bigger face-off than between the new movies starring those star-crossed former lovers -- Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston. (1 d ago)

• '40s "Femme Fatale" Ann Savage Dies At 8... '40s "Femme Fatale" Ann Savage Dies At 87
12/29/2008
Ann Savage, who earned a cult following as a femme fatale in such 1940s pulp-fiction movies as "Detour," has died at 87. (1 d ago)

• Late-Night TV: A Political Comfort Zone Late-Night TV: A Political Comfort Zone
12/29/2008
It proved to be more than a joke when David Letterman said in late September that "the road to the White House runs through me." (1 d ago)

• No Records, But Hollywood Can't Gripe No Records, But Hollywood Can't Gripe
12/29/2008
Hollywood loves breaking box-office records, yet studio executives aren't griping that their 2008 lineup will fall a bit shy of the all-time high set a year earlier. (1 d ago)

• Hoffman Among Critics' Choice Presenters Hoffman Among Critics' Choice Presenters
12/29/2008
Dustin Hoffman, Dennis Hopper, Dakota Fanning and Sarah Silverman are set to join the star-studded list of presenters at the Critics' Choice Awards. (1 d ago)

• BET, TV One Hope To Inspire Black Audien... BET, TV One Hope To Inspire Black Audience
12/29/2008
BET and TV One, the television networks aimed primarily at a black audience, haven't paid much attention to presidential inaugurations before. This time will be different. (1 d ago)

• Moviegoers Adopt "Marley" At Box Office Moviegoers Adopt "Marley" At Box Office
12/28/2008
Hollywood is having a happy holiday with a rush of big Christmas weekend openings. Leading the way is the dog tale "Marley & Me" with $37 million in weekend ticket sales and a total of $51.7 million since it opened Christmas Day. (2 d ago)

• Viacom could pull MTV off Time Warner Ca... Viacom could pull MTV off Time Warner Cable
12/30/2008
Media giant Viacom Inc. is threatening to pull MTV, Comedy Central, Nickelodeon and 16 other channels from Time Warner Cable Inc. if a new deal is not agreed upon by midnight Wednesday. (12 h ago)

• Scoop: Nine to watch in ’09 Scoop: Nine to watch in ’09
12/30/2008
Keep these stories on your radar for the new year: Expect late-night TV to liven up (thank you, Jay Leno), and look for smarter network TV, fewer musical and movie comebacks and your Mom joining Facebook. (13 h ago)

• Gary Coleman has habit of police involve... Gary Coleman has habit of police involvement
12/30/2008
Gary Coleman, who makes it no secret that he likes his privacy, chose to settle in small-town Utah. But a rocky romance, an overdose and sometimes contentious interactions with the public have brought him unwanted attention, usually involving the police. (18 h ago)

• Palin most desirable celeb neighbor, pol... Palin most desirable celeb neighbor, poll says
12/30/2008
If they had to live next door to a celebrity, American adults would most like to be neighbors with Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin and chat show host Oprah Winfrey. (19 h ago)

• Joe Satriani may have a case against Col... Joe Satriani may have a case against Coldplay
12/30/2008
Music plagiarism is hard to prove, but access to the original is the key, so unless Chris Martin and the boys have been living on a desert island, chances are they've heard Satriani's song. But did they steal it? (1 d ago)

• Dick Clark is still rockin’ New Year’s E... Dick Clark is still rockin’ New Year’s Eve
12/30/2008
Four years after a stroke, Dick Clark is relishing the prospect of another New Year's Eve celebration, determined to appear for his 36th year in Times Square. (1 d ago)

• ‘Terminator’ to be preserved in film reg... ‘Terminator’ to be preserved in film registry
12/30/2008
One of Arnold Schwarzenegger's most famous one-liners will be back for generations to come, now that 1984's "The Terminator" has been selected for preservation in the nation's film archive. (1 d ago)

• Slide show: The week in celebrity sighti... Slide show: The week in celebrity sightings
12/30/2008
Heather Graham is festive in Italy, Hugh Jackman is courtside in New York, Woody Allen gets jazzy in Poland and more. (1 d ago)

• Tidbits: J.Lo, Marc Anthony deny divorce... Tidbits: J.Lo, Marc Anthony deny divorce rumors
12/29/2008
Marc Anthony and Jennifer Lopez are reportedly happily married and plan to stay that way. “None of the rumors are true,” said a rep for Anthony. (1 d ago)

• ‘Phantom of the Opera’ sequel due in 200... ‘Phantom of the Opera’ sequel due in 2009
12/29/2008
A new "Phantom of the Opera" is coming to Broadway, and composer Andrew Lloyd Webber hopes to open the sequel in London and Shanghai as well. (1 d ago)

• 5Top: Songs you didn’t hear on the radio... 5Top: Songs you didn’t hear on the radio in 2008
12/29/2008
It's not too late to hear some of 2008's best and most underplayed music. From Kylie Minogue to Be Your Own Pet, here are some songs that should have gotten more attention. (1 d ago)

• Lucy, Ethel, Groucho on postage stamps i... Lucy, Ethel, Groucho on postage stamps in ’09
12/29/2008
Folks who grew up as television came of age will delight in a 20-stamp set included in the Postal Service's plans for 2009 recalling early memories of the medium with stamps featuring Lucy and Ethel, Joe Friday and Groucho Marx. (1 d ago)

• Hollywood’s happy, even without a record... Hollywood’s happy, even without a record year
12/29/2008
Hollywood loves breaking box-office records, yet studio executives aren't griping that their 2008 lineup will fall a bit shy of the all-time high set a year earlier. Movie moguls are just glad to have weathered the year with faithful audiences that continued to crowd into theaters. (1 d ago)

• Worst films 2008: Awful is the new aweso... Worst films 2008: Awful is the new awesome
12/29/2008
The worst movies of the year that you should totally see anyway include "The Love Guru," "Seven Pounds" and "Pathology." (2 d ago)

• Best bets: James Bond fights the Nazis, ... Best bets: James Bond fights the Nazis, kind of
12/28/2008
Two Nazi-themed films, "Defiance" and "Good," hit theaters this week. Also: Michael Flatley brings a new dancing competition to TV. (2 d ago)

• BUDGET BUBBLY, NO TROUBLY BUDGET BUBBLY, NO TROUBLY
12/31/2008
IT'S almost 2009. Do you know where your bottle of bubbly is? To assist you on your quest for affordable good cheer, we conducted a taste test of under-$15 alternatives to pricey French Champagne - from Spanish cava to Italian prosecco to... (5 h ago)

• RECESSION SPECIALS RECESSION SPECIALS
12/31/2008
LONG lamented as amateur night, New Year's Eve has earned a bad rap. Even club owners typically hand off their spaces to corny second-rate promoters who ask you to pony up big bucks to watch any putative celeb they can wrangle toast the stroke of... (6 h ago)

• FINE '09 FINE '09
12/31/2008
USUALLY at this time, guys like me get to write "wish-list" columns full of our highest hopes for restaurants and public pigging-out in the year ahead. But as 2009 looms, a prayer list seems more like it. Although the city's dining scene is... (6 h ago)

• CHICKENS HOME TO PROUST CHICKENS HOME TO PROUST
12/31/2008
THE banality of evil has met its match in the banality of "Good," a Holocaust parable that barely registers a pulse. Viggo Mortensen plays a literature professor in Hitler's Germany who is offered a job writing a paper for the party. The Fuhrer... (6 h ago)

• RESISTS NAZIS, NOT CLICHéS RESISTS NAZIS, NOT CLICHéS
12/31/2008
I really wanted to love "Defiance," which is based on the little-known but fascinating true story of the Bielski brothers, Jewish resistance fighters who created a refuge for 1,200 fleeing the Holocaust in the forests of Byelorussia. It's got a... (6 h ago)

• 2008'S FINAL CURTAIN CALLS 2008'S FINAL CURTAIN CALLS
12/30/2008
BROADWAY lost some delightful char acters this year. Let's remember them today, in their own words. VAN JOHNSON Johnson started out in the theater, singing and dancing in "New Faces of 1936," but found fame in Hollywood, where he appeared in... (7 h ago)

• RAPPER DMX PLEADS GUILTY TO DRUG, THEFT ... RAPPER DMX PLEADS GUILTY TO DRUG, THEFT CHARGES
12/30/2008
Rapper DMX has reached a plea deal on multiple drug possession, theft and animal cruelty charges. DMX, whose real name is Earl Simmons, pleaded guilty Tuesday to one count of animal cruelty, one count of theft, and one count each of felony... (16 h ago)

• MAN CHARGED IN HUDSON KILLINGS APPEARS I... MAN CHARGED IN HUDSON KILLINGS APPEARS IN COURT
12/30/2008
A murder indictment has been issued against the man accused of killing the mother, brother and nephew of Oscar-winning actress Jennifer Hudson. No new details are offered in Tuesday's indictment against 27-year-old William Balfour, who's facing... (16 h ago)

• WEBBER: 'PHANTOM' SEQUEL IN WORKS WEBBER: 'PHANTOM' SEQUEL IN WORKS
12/30/2008
Who will play Phantom in the sequel to "Phantom of the Opera"? Composer Andrew Lloyd Webber is keeping that secret for now. "We are pretty clear who our Phantom is going to be - I can't say who," he said. The Times said possible candidates for... (20 h ago)

• MPFREES MPFREES
12/30/2008
White Lies, "Death (Crystal Castles Remix)" An electronic remix of the cathedral-popper's epic and grandiose single. Alkaline Trio, "Help Me" Gloomy yet uplifting and unsurprisingly inspired by Anton Corbijn's Joy Division biopic... (23 h ago)

• Review: 'Good' Review: 'Good'
12/31/2008
'Good' shows how a weak man succumbs, yet falters in its own attempt at greatness. In thinking of "Good," the troubled and tangled adaptation of C.P. Taylor's morality play that examines a "good" German swept into the Hitler madness of the late 1930s, this penance came to mind: Forgive me for what I have done, and what I have failed to do. The moral? Action and inaction can each produce devastating results. (7 h ago)

• Fox, CNN and MSNBC see record ... Fox, CNN and MSNBC see record ratings
12/31/2008
However, all three saw steep drops in viewers after the presidential election. After a year of explosive audience growth, the cable news channels head into 2009 buoyed by record ratings, a rare bright spot in what has otherwise been a gloomy media season. (7 h ago)

• Review: 'Defiance' Review: 'Defiance'
12/31/2008
A great story fight its way through thickets of Hollywood banter and sentimentality. A Russian partisan commander looks dismissively at the Bielski brothers, eyeing tough Zus (Liev Schreiber) and tougher Tuvia (Daniel Craig) and proclaiming, "Jews don't fight." ¶ "These Jews do," comes the prompt reply, and "Defiance," the new film by Edward Zwick, is determined to prove that point. ¶ Though one of the standard clichés of the Holocaust is that Europe's Jews were exterminated without offering any resistance, historians have gradually uncovered evidence to the contrary, with the Bielskis being the prime case in point. ¶ Along with sibling Asael (Jamie Bell), the brothers not only formed a partisan unit that took on the Germans in the heavily wooded areas of what is now Belarus, they created a community in those woods that managed to keep 1,200 Jews alive until the war ended. ¶ Zwick, who wrote the screenplay with Clayton Frohman based on a book by Nechama Tec, has been trying to dramatize that story for at least a dozen years. As it appears on screen today, "Defiance" has some genuine strengths but also some weaker elements, and these opposing traits battle it out kind of the way the contentious Bielskis fought not only the Germans but each other. (7 h ago)

• The FCC puts the MPAA on hold The FCC puts the MPAA on hold
12/30/2008
Looks like Hollywood isn't going to unleash selectable output control, a controversial anti-piracy technique, any time soon. (12 h ago)

• Angelina Jolie's baby factory ... Angelina Jolie's baby factory closed for business?
12/30/2008
OK! is reporting that Angelina Jolie's womb is no longer open for baby business. Perhaps permanently. (12 h ago)

• Official poster of the 66th an... Official poster of the 66th annual Golden Globes
12/30/2008
The poster will be distributed to the 1,300 guests attending the ceremony on January 11 at the Beverly Hilton. (13 h ago)

• Jason Castro sings 'White Chri... Jason Castro sings 'White Christmas'
12/30/2008
Bing Crosby is now rolling his eyes in amazement somewhere at the sight of dreadlocked (15 h ago)

• Gina Glocksen plans an Idol Ne... Gina Glocksen plans an Idol New Year's wedding
12/30/2008
Ginaglocksen Season six's pioneering Idol female rocker, Gina Glocksen, will be tying the knot on New Year's Eve. (16 h ago)

• Gold Derby Video: The best act... Gold Derby Video: The best actress race
12/30/2008
Michael Musto on Oscars: 'Kate Winslet is the new Deborah Kerr, let's face it!' (17 h ago)

• 'The City': Whitney Port's dre... 'The City': Whitney Port's dream or nightmare?
12/30/2008
Here's some reax from around the blogosphere of Whitney Port's spinoff debut. (18 h ago)

• ‘Defiance’ can’t decide what it wants to... ‘Defiance’ can’t decide what it wants to be
12/30/2008
Edward Zwick's rousing WWII action movie is weighed down by Holocaust Oscar-film pretensions. (18 h ago)

• Movie crowds adopt ‘Marley’ at box offic... Movie crowds adopt ‘Marley’ at box office
12/29/2008
Hollywood received a Christmas bonus this weekend, as movies from Jennifer Aniston and Owen Wilson, Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett and Adam Sandler all opened strongly. (1 d ago)

• ‘Valkyrie’ challenges fans to rethink To... ‘Valkyrie’ challenges fans to rethink Tom Cruise
12/28/2008
Nazi thriller did not make it from script to screen without some bumps along the way. (2 d ago)

• 2008 in Rock News 2008 in Rock News
12/30/2008
2008 in Rock News Advertisement: MMO Currency MMO Street sells WoW Gold, Lord of the Rings Gold, Final Fantasy XI Gil and much much more at the lowest prices you will find! Visit MMO Street (21 h ago)

• Jennifer Hudson and her Mother Darnell H... Jennifer Hudson and her Mother Darnell Hudson Donnerson at the New York Premiere of 'Dreamgirls' at the Ziegfeld Theatre. New York City, USA - 12-04-06
12/30/2008
Jennifer Hudson and her Mother Darnell Hudson Donnerson at the New York Premiere of 'Dreamgirls' at the Ziegfeld Theatre. New York City, USA - 12-04-06 (21 h ago)

• DMX Pleads Guilty To Multiple Charges In... DMX Pleads Guilty To Multiple Charges In ArizonaDMX Pleads Guilty To Multiple Charges In Arizona
12/30/2008
DMX Pleads Guilty To Multiple Charges In ArizonaDMX Pleads Guilty To Multiple Charges In Arizona (1 d ago)

• Jay-Z Raps On DJ Khaled's 'Go Hard' Remi... Jay-Z Raps On DJ Khaled's 'Go Hard' Remix -- Check Out A Clip Here!Jay-Z Raps On DJ Khaled's 'Go Hard' Remix -- Check Out A Clip Here!
12/30/2008
Jay-Z Raps On DJ Khaled's 'Go Hard' Remix -- Check Out A Clip Here!Jay-Z Raps On DJ Khaled's 'Go Hard' Remix -- Check Out A Clip Here! (1 d ago)

• Alaska Governor Sarah Palin at the 2008 ... Alaska Governor Sarah Palin at the 2008 Clinton Global Initiative: Day 2 held at the Sheraton Hotel. New York City, USA - 09-25-08
12/30/2008
Alaska Governor Sarah Palin at the 2008 Clinton Global Initiative: Day 2 held at the Sheraton Hotel. New York City, USA - 09-25-08 (1 d ago)

• Jazz great Freddie Hubbard dead at 70 Jazz great Freddie Hubbard dead at 70
12/29/2008
Grammy-winning jazz musician Freddie Hubbard, whose style influenced a generation of trumpeters, has died at age 70. He suffered a heart attack last month. (1 d ago)

• Jimmy Buffett is cashing in on Margarita... Jimmy Buffett is cashing in on Margaritaville
12/29/2008
Jimmy Buffett's popularity and fortune grow greater even as his hair grows grayer and in the past decade, this chronicler of Margaritaville has really cashed in on his image. (1 d ago)

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• Dead Denny just one symptom of ‘Grey's’ ... Dead Denny just one symptom of ‘Grey's’ woes
12/30/2008
What has happened to once-popular and praised "Grey's Anatomy"? Izzie is sleeping with a dead man, the interns are cutting each other up, and there are only a few glimmers of hope that the show will improve. (19 h ago)

• Dick Clark still rockin’ New Year’s Eve... Dick Clark still rockin’ New Year’s Eve
12/30/2008
79-year-old says participating in annual celebration is a labor of love (1 d ago)

• Politicians found late-night TV an asset... Politicians found late-night TV an asset in 2008
12/29/2008
Presidential candidates found late-night comedy shows a particularly valuable asset during the 2008 campaign, making more than four times the number of on-set appearances with David Letterman, Jay Leno, Jon Stewart and the crowd than the 2004 contenders did. (1 d ago)

• Angelina Jolie Told Not To Get Pregnant ... Angelina Jolie Told Not To Get Pregnant Again
12/30/2008
Is Angelina Jolie being warned not to conceive again? According to a source who spoke with OK! magazine, the mother of six has been advised by doctors to avoid getting pregnant since her two prior deliveries had complications. "Her previous pregnancies ended with emergency Caesarian sections," an insider tells OK!. "She's been told that, at the least, she should not get pregnant for a year after her last deliver, and it would be safer if she did not get pregnant again - Ever." (22 h ago)

• Scott Baio Stars With Other Has-Beens on... Scott Baio Stars With Other Has-Beens on "Confessions of a Teen Idol"
12/29/2008
Have you ever wondered what happened to Scott Baio from "Happy Days" and "Charles in Charge," Christopher Atkins from " The Blue Lagoon ," or Jason Hervey who played Kevin’s older brother Wayne on " The Wonder Years "? Well the aging idols are back on a new VH1 reality show, "Confessions of a Teen Idol," which debuts January 2. While Chachi has stuck around Holly wood, the others have gone on to lead less glamorous lives. But they're willing to take a shot at celebrity again by making their "confessions." (1 d ago)

• U2 Promises We'll See "No Line On The Ho... U2 Promises We'll See "No Line On The Horizon" in March
12/29/2008
It 's been 5 long years since U2 released their last album but the dry spell is almost over. The Irish rockers have named their new album ‘No Line On The Horizon’ and have scheduled March 2, 2009, as its drop date. The band ( Bono , The Edge , Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen Jr. ) pushed back the release date from November to March to make it right, says the I rish Independent. They wanted it to be “our best album ever… or what’s the point?” (1 d ago)

• Kate Beckinsale Says Playing Catwoman Wo... Kate Beckinsale Says Playing Catwoman Would be Awesome
12/28/2008
Kate Beck insale walked away from the ' Underworld ' series but now says she wants to do more action films and she's interested in the Catwoman role in the new 'Batman' movie. She told MTV.com that if given the chance to play Catwoman , she would jump at it: “Absolutely, that would be awesome. I’d love to do that.” “One of the things I’ve done wrong with my career is not have a massive game plan for it. I was very surprised to ever find myself even considered for an action movie," she says of ' Underworld ,' which was directed by her husband, Len Wiseman . (2 d ago)

• Scoop: Bristol could earn $300,000 for b... Scoop: Bristol could earn $300,000 for baby pics
12/30/2008
Who says teen pregnancy doesn't pay? (1 d ago)

• Scoop: Mills’ ex-nanny sues over spray-t... Scoop: Mills’ ex-nanny sues over spray-tanning
12/29/2008
The Heather Mills news respite is over: now a former nanny Mills hired to look after daughter Beatrice is suing the former Mrs. Paul McCartney. (2 d ago)

• Judge Denies RIAA Appeal of Kazaa File-S... Judge Denies RIAA Appeal of Kazaa File-Sharing Mistrial
12/28/2008
A federal judge is denying the Recording Industry Association of America's request to appeal his decision granting a retrial in the RIAA's only file sharing case to go to trial. (2 d ago)

• ‘American Idol’ turns viewers into loons... ‘American Idol’ turns viewers into loons
12/29/2008
Sure, many TV shows have fans, but "American Idol" has addicts. The reality competition inspires fan wars, stupid signs, and endless hours of texting. (1 d ago)

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