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Ann Powers: The Top 12 meet the Rolling Stones
Fox discusses deal with Conan O'Brien
Katherine Heigl contemplates her post-'Grey's Anatomy' options
How many 'Avatar' DVDs are you willing to buy?
Judge in Arizona issues bench warrant after jailed rapper Lil Wayne fails to appear in court
Judge orders rapper DMX to spend 6 months in Phoenix jail, undergo mental health evaluation
'Diary of a Wimpy Kid' gets real
Winfrey set for March 29 defamation trial over comments on abuse at South Africa school
Studios may tighten credit on Blockbuster, force bankruptcy
Comcast won't make promises about your cable bill, has no problem with bundling

Ann Powers: The Top 12 meet the Rolling Stones

Posted: 16 Mar 2010 10:51 PM PDT

The theme of Tuesday night's first showing for the Top 12 -- the music of the Rolling Stones -- was fraught with tension.

Fox discusses deal with Conan O'Brien

Posted: 17 Mar 2010 12:00 AM PDT

The network may have a viable plan to bring the comedian back to late night, sources say.

Fox Broadcasting is inching closer to bringing Conan O'Brien back to late night.

Katherine Heigl contemplates her post-'Grey's Anatomy' options

Posted: 16 Mar 2010 08:09 PM PDT

One lead candidate is "Blended," the modern-day Brady Bunch tale about two single parents who go on a blind date, then end up on a cruise with each other and their kids.

How many 'Avatar' DVDs are you willing to buy?

Posted: 16 Mar 2010 05:48 PM PDT

Even though Fox has made untold hundreds of millions from the blockbuster, it seems determined to squeeze a few more hundreds of millions out of our wallets.

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

Posted: 16 Mar 2010 05:38 PM PDT

YUMA, Ariz. (AP) — 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 time in New York.

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

Posted: 17 Mar 2010 03:54 AM PDT

PHOENIX (AP) — A judge has ordered rapper DMX to spend six months in a Phoenix jail for violating probation and to undergo a mental health evaluation.

'Diary of a Wimpy Kid' gets real

Posted: 17 Mar 2010 12:00 AM PDT

The film version of author Jeff Kinney's work changes the drawings to actors but works to keep the spirit.

The world of childhood, according to many movies and TV shows, is full of preternaturally cheery moppets who sing and dance and make calculated wisecracks. That's not the world inhabited by sixth-grader Greg Heffley, the hero of the bestselling "Diary of a Wimpy Kid" books.

Winfrey set for March 29 defamation trial over comments on abuse at South Africa school

Posted: 16 Mar 2010 03:31 PM PDT

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Talk show host and media magnate 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.