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Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:00:00 -0500

Winfrey: 25 years of 'Oprah' feels right ... Artist Jeanne-Claude dead at 74 ... Guild to honor 'Precious' producers ... Blur wins award for Glastonbury gig ... News from United Press International.

Cyrus not involved in fatal tour bus crash

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:13:29 -0500

RICHMOND, Va., Nov. 20 (UPI) -- Miley Cyrus's manager said the teen pop star and actress was not on the tour bus involved in a fatal crash Friday outside of Richmond, Va.

Blur wins award for Glastonbury gig

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:13:14 -0500

LONDON, Nov. 20 (UPI) -- The alternative rock band Blur has won the award for best headline performance of 2009 for its closing-night set at the Glastonbury music festival last June.

Winfrey: 25 years of 'Oprah' feels right

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:50:29 -0500

CHICAGO, Nov. 20 (UPI) -- A tearful Oprah Winfrey Friday confirmed rumors she will end her long-running television talkfest in 2011, saying the time to quit "feels right."

Guild to honor 'Precious' producers

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:31:08 -0500

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 20 (UPI) -- The Producers Guild of America says it plans to honor "Precious: Based on the Novel By Sapphire" with the 2010 Stanley Kramer Award.

Artist Jeanne-Claude dead at 74

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:48:43 -0500

NEW YORK, Nov. 20 (UPI) -- Artist Jeanne-Claude has died in New York as the result of complications due to a ruptured brain aneurysm, a message posted on her Web site said. She was 74.

Van Der Beek and McComb divorcing

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:07:00 -0500

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 20 (UPI) -- Actor James Van Der Beek and his wife, actress Heather Ann McComb, are divorcing after nearly six years of marriage, court records filed in Los Angeles show.

Blige, Diamond set for Christmas in D.C.

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:48:42 -0500

WASHINGTON, Nov. 19 (UPI) -- Mary J. Blige, Neil Diamond, Sugarland, Rob Thomas and Usher have signed up to perform at the "Christmas in Washington" concert, TNT said.

Disney nixes 'Captain Nemo' project

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:26:18 -0500

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 19 (UPI) -- Hollywood's Disney studio has postponed indefinitely production on the adventure film "Captain Nemo: 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea," Variety reported.

Sony, CBS Films ink distribution deal

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:53:27 -0500

CULVER CITY, Calif., Nov. 19 (UPI) -- Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions Group says it has signed a three-year marketing and distribution deal with CBS Films.

Weitz says he may direct one more film

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:26:01 -0500

NEW YORK, Nov. 19 (UPI) -- U.S. director Chris Weitz says the process of helming films is so exhausting he might only make one more in his career.

Boyle's CD a huge seller on Amazon.com

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:25:44 -0500

SEATTLE, Nov. 19 (UPI) -- Amazon.com says Scottish singer Susan Boyle's upcoming album, "I Dreamed a Dream," is the largest global CD pre-order in the Web site's history.

Hall & Oates to appear on 'Cleveland Show'

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:51:31 -0500

NEW YORK, Nov. 19 (UPI) -- The pop music duo Daryl Hall and John Oates have signed on to "play" themselves on the animated U.S. comedy, "The Cleveland Show," Legacy Recordings said.

Nickelback announces 2010 concert dates

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:36:00 -0500

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 19 (UPI) -- The rock band Nickelback said Thursday it has added several 2010 dates to its Dark Horse North American concert tour.

Winfrey to wrap talk show in 2011

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:16:15 -0500

CHICAGO, Nov. 19 (UPI) -- Oprah Winfrey plans to end her U.S. talk show in September 2011 after 25 years on the air, her production company said Thursday.

Show's grand prize? A chain of restaurants

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:51:16 -0500

UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif., Nov. 19 (UPI) -- The winner of a new competitive TV series called "United Plates of America" will get the chance to open a restaurant chain in four U.S. cities, NBC said.

'Lost' to return to ABC in February

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:31:59 -0500

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 19 (UPI) -- ABC says the two-hour premiere of the sixth and final season of its U.S. supernatural drama series "Lost" is scheduled to air Feb. 2.

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Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:00:00 -0500

Ferrell tops Forbes's overpaid star list ... 15 documentaries eligible for Oscar nods ... Pattinson explains baby 'biting' incident ... Model confirms she dated Sean Penn ... News from United Press International.

'Empire' tops U.S. record chart

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 12:03:45 -0500

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 19 (UPI) -- Jay-Z and Alicia Keys's "Empire State of Mind" is No. 1 on the U.S. record chart this week, Billboard.com reported Thursday.

Ferrell tops Forbes's overpaid star list

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:00:54 -0500

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 19 (UPI) -- Comic actor Will Ferrell tops Forbes's 2009 list of Hollywood's Most Overpaid Stars, the magazine has announced.

15 documentaries eligible for Oscar nods

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 10:49:12 -0500

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif., Nov. 19 (UPI) -- Hollywood's Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced 15 documentaries will advance in the voting process for the 82nd Academy Awards.

2010 Emmy Awards will be in August

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 09:55:13 -0500

UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif., Nov. 19 (UPI) -- NBC says it plans to broadcast the "62nd Prime Time Emmy Awards" show Aug. 29.

Pattinson explains baby 'biting' incident

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 09:38:55 -0500

NEW YORK, Nov. 19 (UPI) -- British actor Robert Pattinson, who plays a vampire in the "Twilight" movies, admits he was surprised a woman once asked him to pretend to bite her baby.

Model confirms she dated Sean Penn

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 09:13:39 -0500

NEW YORK, Nov. 19 (UPI) -- Model Jessica White has confirmed she had a brief relationship with Hollywood actor Sean Penn, whose wife filed for a divorce last summer.

Stewart surprised conviction hurt company

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 22:04:16 -0500

NEW YORK, Nov. 18 (UPI) -- U.S. lifestyle expert and TV personality Martha Stewart says she never thought her 2004 prison sentence would cost her her media empire.