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Mariah Carey flies high at Palm Springs Film Fest gala after winning 'Precious' award
MIKE CIDONI - January 6, 2010
PALM SPRINGS, Calif. (AP) Mariah Carey lived up to her sometimes loopy reputation at the Palm Springs International Film Festival awards gala as the teetering diva gave a long, rambling acceptance speech after being named Breakthrough Actress for her performance in "Precious: Based on the Novel '...
Lawyers in Polanski case gather in court as director remains under house arrest in Switzerland
LINDA DEUTSCH - January 6, 2010
LOS ANGELES (AP) With Roman Polanski under house arrest in Switzerland, lawyers in his 32-year-old sex case are gathering in a Los Angeles court Wednesday to discuss future legal moves that could resolve the marathon prosecution. The hearing is described as a status conference before...
Christina Aguilera, Tom Hanks, Neil Patrick Harris to appear at the Golden Globe Awards
By Associated Press - January 6, 2010
LOS ANGELES (AP) Christina Aguilera, Tom Hanks and Neil Patrick Harris will appear at the Golden Globe Awards. The Hollywood Foreign Press Association says the three stars will be presenters at the 67th annual ceremony. Ricky Gervais is set to host the awards, which will...
Donny Osmond dives into radio with syndicated show on heels of 'Dancing With the Stars' win
OSKAR GARCIA - January 6, 2010
LAS VEGAS (AP) Singer Donny Osmond is coming back to the airwaves as he launches a radio show on the heels of his "Dancing With the Stars" win. A music show hosted by the 52-year-old Las Vegas headliner debuts Jan. 18 on about 60 stations across the country. "I've been up...
'Avatar' races to $4.8M opening day in China, publicist predicts new box office record
MIN LEE - January 6, 2010
HONG KONG (AP) Already a global hit, James Cameron's "Avatar" raced to a $4.8 million first day in populous China, with a publicist predicting the sci-fi blockbuster will set a new Chinese box office record. "Avatar" raked in 33.03 million Chinese yuan ($4.8 million) on Monday, in a...
Successful food drive wins New York middle school concert by teen pop star Justin Bieber
By Associated Press - January 6, 2010
LIDO BEACH, N.Y. (AP) A successful canned food drive has won students at a New York middle school a concert by teen pop sensation Justin Bieber (BEE'-bur). Officials at Long Beach Middle School in Lido Beach say the 15-year-old Canadian singer will perform at the school sometime in...
Anti-whaling ship named Bob Barker joins Antarctic expedition after $5M gift from namesake
SANDY COHEN - January 6, 2010
LOS ANGELES (AP) Five million dollars for an anti-whaling ship? Bob Barker says the price is right. Barker donated that amount to the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, which named its new 1,200-ton anti-whaling ship The Bob Barker. The ship had its first confrontation...
David Gerber, who won awards for producing television shows, dies at 86
By Associated Press - January 6, 2010
LOS ANGELES (AP) David Gerber, who won Emmy, Golden Globe and Peabody awards for his television shows, has died of heart failure at the University of Southern California Medical Center. He was 86. The announcement was made Tuesday by his publicist, Jeff Sanderson. Gerber...
Sharon Stone to guest star for 4 episodes of NBC's 'Law & Order: Special Victims Unit'
By Associated Press - January 5, 2010
NEW YORK (AP) Sharon Stone will soon be fighting crime in a guest role on "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit." The Oscar-nominated actress will appear on the NBC cop drama in a four-episode story arc later this season, says Pam Golum, a spokeswoman for producer Dick Wolf....
News consultant finds NBC's Andrea Mitchell was reporter with most evening news time in decade
By Associated Press - January 5, 2010
NEW YORK (AP) NBC's Andrea Mitchell logged more TV face time than any other network evening news reporter during the past decade. News consultant Andrew Tyndall (TIN'-duhl), who logs each evening newscast, calculated that Mitchell was on NBC's "Nightly News" for 2,416 minutes from...
