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LAS VEGAS – A 22-year-old Virginia woman who said she once thought her only talent was singing is the nation's newest Miss America , emerging from a field of 53 contestants picked for their beauty, compassion and interview savvy.

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Caressa Cameron, a broadcast journalism student at Virginia Commonwealth University , now plans a second year away from college as she travels extensively to raise money for charity and carry the 89-year-old pageant's crown. "I hope to gain inspiration, I hope to gain momentum so that when this 365 days is over, I can shoot through the moon," Cameron told The Associated Press.

Full Story: 22-year-old goes from Miss Va. to Miss America (AP)

." The win makes the film and its 58-year-old director the front-runners for the Academy Award .

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is hoping that it all goes away, too. The network won't know until March 1 whether he's been permanently damaged or not by the disastrous decision to try him in prime time and the clumsy way he recovered his old job. March 1 is when Leno returns to late night, opposite David Letterman on CBS.

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"He's going to be competitive and I think his audience is going to come back over time," says Jeff Gaspin, NBC Universal Entertainment chairman . Except for the Winfrey interview, Leno will do little talking after his 10 p.m. EST show ends Tuesday, Feb. 9, making way for coverage of the Winter Olympics. NBC will promote his return to late night but in a low-key fashion since it's been only a few months that it hyped his prime time show, Gaspin said.

Full Story: Has late-night battle permanently wounded Leno? (AP)

Michael Douglas pleaded guilty on Wednesday to dealing large quantities of methamphetamine and cocaine while holed up in a trendy Manhattan hotel where he was arrested last year.

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In addition to conspiracy to distribute drugs, Douglas pleaded guilty to heroin possession — a charge stemming from allegations that his girlfriend tried to smuggle him the drug in an electric toothbrush while he was under house arrest . "I think he handled it well under the circumstances," defense attorney Nicholas DeFeis said after his jailed client's plea.

Full Story: Michael Douglas' son pleads guilty in NY meth case (AP)

a year ago with the romance "(500) Days of Summer." Now the " 3rd Rock From the Sun " co-star is assailing Sundance crowds with a wild man role in "Hesher," the tale of a heavy-metal anarchist who bursts into the lives of a grieving boy and his family.

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A flurry of films that passed through Sundance — the teen dramas "Manic," " Mysterious Skin " and "Brick" — helped former child star Gordon-Levitt graduate into adult roles and showed he was more than just that alien kid in human form on his sitcom. In the title role of "Hesher," Gordon-Levitt bears little resemblance to the clean-cut young romantic of "(500) Days of Summer," which earned him a Golden Globe nomination . His Hesher has long, stringy hair, tattoos everywhere and a mad-dog demeanor that shouts: "Mess with this guy at your own peril." "I just love to act. It's my favorite thing to do in the world, and what keeps it interesting to me is the creative challenge. So different kinds of characters, that's what I just love to do," Gordon-Levitt, 28, said in an interview.

Full Story: Gordon-Levitt goes from '3rd Rock' to Sundance kid (AP)

Las Vegas mansion that belonged to Nicolas Cage before it was foreclosed on sold for nearly $5 million its first day on the market.

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Records show Cage owes millions of dollars to the IRS in unpaid taxes. The Oscar-winning actor has said he's had to sell numerous assets because of his finances. Kenneth Lowman, owner of Luxury Homes of Las Vegas , says the 14,300-square-foot, bank-owned home sold for close to the asking price of $4.95 million. Lowman says the sale is expected to close on Wednesday.

Full Story: Cage's former Vegas home sells for nearly $5M (AP)

20th Century Fox said Tuesday that the director's sci-fi spectacle, "Avatar," has passed his shipwreck saga "Titanic" to become the highest-grossing film worldwide.

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As of Monday, "Avatar" had brought in $1.859 billion at the box office, passing the $1.843 billion worldwide record set by 1997's "Titanic." "Titanic" remains the highest-grossing film domestically at $600.8 million. "Avatar" has been No. 1 at the box office for six straight weeks with a domestic total of $554.9 million. It shot down " The Dark Knight " on Saturday to become the second highest-grossing film domestically.

Full Story: 'Avatar' passes 'Titanic' on worldwide chart (AP)

Winter Olympics . A solid Olympics performance in February could go a long way toward rehabilitating the network. The past few weeks of bad publicity haven't helped, though, and NBC's struggling prime-time ratings hinder its abilities to promote the Vancouver games, which begin Feb. 12.

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NBC also knows going in that it will lose millions of dollars on the Olympics but insists that no corners will be cut that viewers will be able to see. "The squabbling over late night has really overshadowed anticipation for the games," said Shari Anne Brill, an analyst for the Madison Avenue firm Carat USA.

Full Story: NBC hopes to recover for Olympics (AP)

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Pernell Roberts , the ruggedly handsome actor who shocked Hollywood by leaving TV's "Bonanza" at the height of its popularity, then found fame again years later on "Trapper John, M.D.," has died. He was 81.

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Roberts, the last surviving member of the classic Western's cast, died of cancer Sunday at his Malibu home, his wife Eleanor Criswell told the Los Angeles Times. Although he rocketed to fame in 1959 as Adam Cartwright , eldest son of a Nevada ranching family led by Lorne Greene 's patriarchal Ben Cartwright, Roberts chafed at the limitations he felt his "Bonanza" character was given.

Full Story: Pernell Roberts, last star of TV's `Bonanza,' dies (AP)

near, "Avatar" has emerged as a favorite. Can " The Hurt Locker ," "Up in the Air" or "Inglourious Basterds" compete with the box-office behemoth? Oscar nominations will be announced Feb. 2 and the ceremony will take place March 7.

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Albert Wolsky said. Mitchell had suffered from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease for years, complicated by a recent bout of pneumonia.

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Mitchell appeared in more than 300 episodes of the popular soap from 1979 until a 40th anniversary episode this month. He was a regular on the show until 2008. Mitchell enjoyed playing the icy, wealthy Palmer, who wielded power over his children and the show's fictional town of Pine Valley.

Full Story: "All My Children" actor James Mitchell dead at 89 (AP)

LOS ANGELES – James Cameron's "Avatar" is on a course to sink "Titanic" at the box office.

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No. 1 for the sixth-straight weekend with $36 million, the 20th Century Fox sci-fi spectacle lifted its domestic total to $552.8 million, according to studio estimates Sunday. "Avatar" raised its worldwide total to $1.841 billion. That's $2 million shy of first place behind Cameron's last movie, the 1997 shipwreck epic "Titanic," at $1.843 billion. ," starring Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson as a hockey player who spreads his wings as a magical deity, took flight in the No. 4 spot with $14.5 million.

Full Story: 'Avatar' tops box office for sixth-straight week (AP)

and Sandra Bullock's chances for Academy Award gold were advanced with their trophies at the Screen Actors Guild Awards , the blockbuster "Avatar" may have felt a touch blue.

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The computer-assisted performances in James Cameron's "Avatar" didn't make the cut for SAG nominations. But the groundbreaking sci-fi film remains a strong best-picture contender for the Oscars in March. For Bridges of "Crazy Heart," Bullock of " The Blind Side " and for SAG supporting-acting honorees Mo'Nique of "Precious" and Christoph Walt of "Inglourious Basterds," there's reason to suspect the Oscar ceremony will be a happy rerun of Saturday's SAG Awards and last Sunday's Golden Globes .

Full Story: 'Inglourious Basterds' wins SAG film award (AP)

Dick was arraigned Saturday afternoon in Cabell County Magistrate Court . Court documents say he's accused of grabbing a bouncer's crotch and groping and kissing a male patron earlier in the morning at a bar in Huntington.

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NEW YORK – Though the all-star telethon was titled "Hope for Haiti Now," for most of its two hours, it was filled with tear-jerking, depressing moments, from mournful songs and grim-faced pleas from celebrities to the suffering faces of the quake-battered victims themselves.

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It took Haiti 's own native son to lift Friday evening's despairing tone to one of hope and even revival. "Enough of this moping, man, let's rebuild Haiti, let's show 'em how we do it where we come from!" Wyclef Jean , the singer and producer, shouted after singing the downbeat " Rivers of Babylon ," with a Haitian flag around his neck.

Full Story: Stars unite to help Haiti in telethon (AP)

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Menswear designer Paul Helbers said he'd looked to turn-of-the-century Vienna for this collection of layered looks with equestrian touches. "I was inspired by Vienna and the whole atmosphere of the city in the 1920s and also the Vienna of today, the strictness of it, the kind of traditional-meets-technical aspect of it," Helbers told The Associated Press in a backstage interview.

Full Story: Vuitton shows rigorous, Vienna-inspired menswear (AP)

Under the deal, which came seven months after O'Brien took the reins from Leno, O'Brien will get more than $33 million, NBC said. The rest will go to his 200-strong staff in severance.

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Compensation for O'Brien's staff and crew was the final hurdle in negotiations. O'Brien was said to have been "dug in" on the issue out of concern for the workers, while NBC said this week that it had already agreed to pay "millions of dollars to compensate every one of them" and deemed it a public relations "ploy." On Wednesday night's show, speaking of a push to get a severance deal for his staff from NBC, O'Brien joked, "At first they thought I was gullible. They said the staff would be taken to a big farm, where they'd be allowed to run free forever." O'Brien's final show will be Friday, with Tom Hanks scheduled to appear as well as Will Ferrell — his first guest as "Tonight" host last June. There has been much speculation on where he might go next. ABC (which airs "Nightline" and " Jimmy Kimmel Live !") has said it wasn't interested, while Fox, which lacks a network late-night show, expressed appreciation for his show — but nothing more. Comedy Central has also been mentioned.

Full Story: NBC: Conan O'Brien reaches $45M exit deal (AP)

Manhattan state Supreme Court Justice Richard Carruthers rejected the platinum-selling artist's argument that the gun was found during an unjustified police stop of his Maybach sports car after a July 2007 concert.

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His lawyer, Stacey Richman, said outside court she disagreed with the judge's decision and would pursue other avenues to fight the charges. Prosecutors said the traffic stop was proper because the chauffeured car was speeding and had a suspended registration and no insurance.

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This year, Jackson will be a focal point of the show, with an unprecedented posthumous tribute. The Grammys will broadcast a 3-D clip the singer made for his hit " Earth Song ," a video that was to be integral to his comeback concerts in London in July 2009 — shows that never happened because of his June 25 death in Los Angeles. Jennifer Hudson and Smokey Robinson will perform alongside the clip, which Ehrlich says will be the first time an awards show will feature 3-D.

Full Story: Grammys will stage 3-D tribute to Michael Jackson (AP)

LOS ANGELES – A month after her sudden death, Brittany Murphy's mother and husband say they are convinced the actress died of natural causes, not drugs or an eating disorder.

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In an interview with The Associated Press on Tuesday, Sharon Murphy and Simon Monjack said that Murphy did not use drugs or alcohol and that they are awaiting a determination from coroner's officials that will end speculation prescription medicine caused Murphy's death on Dec. 20 at age 32. Monjack said some of the prescription medications found in the couple's Hollywood Hills home belonged to him.

Full Story: Brittany's mom, husband say drugs didn't kill her (AP)

BOSTON – Robert B. Parker , the blunt and beloved crime novelist who helped revive the hard-boiled genre and branded a tough guy of his own through his "Spenser" series, has died. He was 77.

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An ambulance was sent to Parker's home in Cambridge on Monday morning for reports of a sudden death, said Alexa Manocchio, spokeswoman for the Cambridge police department. The death was of natural causes and was not considered suspicious, Manocchio said. Prolific to the end, Parker wrote more than 50 novels, including 37 featuring about Boston private eye Spenser. The character's first name was a mystery and his last name emphatically spelled with an "s" in the middle, not a "c." He was the basis for the 1980s TV series " Spenser: For Hire ," starring Robert Urich .

Full Story: 'Spenser' novelist Robert Parker dies at age 77 (AP)

Jay Leno turned serious on his show to discuss the late-night chaos at NBC , telling viewers that he'd been doubtful about launching a prime-time show but was prevented by NBC from going to another network instead.

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Leno, in explaining events from his standpoint, also said Monday that he had told NBC he'd return to the "Tonight" slot only after Conan O'Brien rejected the network's plan to put both men on in late night. NBC continued negotiations Monday on an exit deal with O'Brien that would clear the way for Leno to reclaim the 11:35 p.m. EST slot occupied by "Tonight," which he hosted for 17 years before turning it over to O'Brien last spring.

Full Story: Leno anticipates return to 11:30, lauds O'Brien (AP)

Yet "Avatar" has soared to a worldwide box office of $1.6 billion, second only to "Titanic" at $1.8 billion, and could end up surpassing his 1997 smash about the doomed luxury liner.

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A key difference for Cameron's success this awards season is that he's doing it with a space fantasy, the sort of far-out tale that usually goes overlooked except for visual effects and other technical honors during Hollywood's prestige period. "Hopefully, this is part of a trend of the acceptance of science fiction as a legitimate dramatic form of cinema," said Cameron, whose films include the sci-fi tales "Aliens," "The Abyss" and the first two "Terminator" movies.

Full Story: King Cameron redux? `Avatar' aims for Oscar glory (AP)

, who emerged as a fierce screen presence in "Precious." Fox's spunky new TV musical comedy series "Glee" was honored, while the best TV drama award went to AMC's 1960s Madison Avenue saga "Mad Men" for the third year in a row.

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Cameron was the big winner on the movie side, claiming best drama and best director for his science-fiction blockbuster and setting him for a possible awards sequel to 1997's "Titanic." Cameron's epic about the doomed oceanliner won the same prizes and went on to dominate the Academy Awards . This time, though, instead of being "king of the world," as Cameron declared at the Oscar ceremony, he has become king of a computer-generated distant moon that made critics gush and sent box-office receipts soaring. The film has grossed $1.6 billion worldwide, second only to "Titanic" with $1.8 billion.

Full Story: Cameron's `Avatar' wins best drama honor at Globes (AP)

. Also competing are timely dramas of the war on terror (" The Hurt Locker ") and economic hard times ("Up in the Air"), along with the grim but inspiring "Precious: Based on the Novel `Push' By Sapphire," about a Harlem teen struggling to lift herself out of an abyss of illiteracy, abuse and neglect.

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Full Story: Globe nominees mix wild fantasy, harsh reality (AP)

With his jabs at NBC network executives apparently resonating in a country filled with the unemployed, viewership has soared.

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O'Brien's ratings have been rising through the week, which was an extraordinary one in late-night television and saw O'Brien and David Letterman hurling barbed remarks at Jay Leno , and Leno firing back. "Tonight" ratings Friday were 50 percent higher than they've been this season, and O'Brien beat CBS' Letterman, according to a preliminary Nielsen Co. estimate based on large markets. In the 18-to-49-year-old demographic that NBC relies on to set advertising prices, O'Brien even beat Leno's prime-time show.

Full Story: Ratings soaring for O'Brien (AP)

White Collar " on Tuesday starts the new schedule. "Psych" will start on Wednesdays on Jan. 27.

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USA will be trading away a signature Friday night where shows like "Monk" thrived for several years, in favor of two nights when more people generally are watching television. Hammer said she has a 16-year-old son who has asked her mom why "White Collar" was on Friday nights , saying his friends would otherwise watch the show.

Full Story: USA network shakes up schedule under new strategy (AP)

Jay Leno to reclaim the late-night show he stewarded for 17 years, according to a person familiar with the negotiations.

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Top NBC Universal executives and representatives for O'Brien on Friday were close to settling details of his departure, said the person, who lacked authority to discuss the issue and spoke on condition of anonymity. Universal Studios president and COO Ron Meyer was among those involved in the talks, the person said.

Full Story: Source: Deal near for O'Brien to leave `Tonight' (AP)

NEW YORK – Four hockey-loving teenage pals from the nation's frigid heartland get a crack at music stardom as a boy band in sunny L.A.

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What a break! But the deal almost collapses when the excitable record exec, Gustavo Rocque, picks only one of the lads at an audition in their Minnesota hometown. Unacceptable. On "Big Time Rush," Nickelodeon's new comedy series, an all-or-nothing pact unites these chums. They stand firm against Gustavo, who, after seething and ranting, agrees to sign them all. Almost before they can stash their hockey sticks, they're heading west.

Full Story: An inside look at a boy band on Nick's new comedy (AP)

SAN FRANCISCO – Most local news still flows from newspapers even as an Internet-driven upheaval diminishes the depth of their coverage, according to a study to be released Monday.

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Pew Research Center's Project for Excellence in Journalism monitored 53 media outlets — newspapers, television and radio stations and Web-only operations. Newspapers and their Web sites provided 61 percent of the original reporting or fresh information on six major news stories that unfolded during the week of July 19-25, the study found.

Full Story: Study: Newspapers still a step ahead in local news (AP)

said Sunday it decided to pull the plug on the Jay Leno experiment when some affiliate stations considered dropping the nightly prime-time show, and the network is waiting to hear if Leno and "Tonight" host Conan O'Brien accept its new late-night TV plans.

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NBC Universal Television Entertainment Chairman Jeff Gaspin said that "The Jay Leno Show" at 10 p.m. EST will end with the Feb. 12 beginning of the Winter Olympics, which will air in the prime-time hours, including Leno's slot. NBC wants to begin airing Leno's show at 11:35 p.m. after the Olympics end Feb. 28, but with a half-hour show, Gaspin said.

Full Story: NBC ending Leno's nightly prime-time show (AP)

domestic violence and other charges. Sheen's wife, Brooke, told police he put a knife to her throat, an accusation the actor denies. Attorneys say the couple wants to reconcile.

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Sheen showed up at work Monday and rehearsals went well, said Chuck Lorre , the show's creator and executive producer . He said the incident wasn't ignored, but wouldn't say how it came up backstage. Lorre said Sheen seems to be doing as well as he can under the circumstances. Pitkin County Chief Deputy District Attorney Arnold Mordkin said that a Colorado judge ruled that Sheen must appear in person Feb. 8 for an Aspen hearing on suspicion of felony menacing, domestic violence and other charges.

Full Story: Charlie Sheen tapes first show since felony arrest (AP)

CBS entertainment president Nina Tassler said Saturday her network took in more advertising revenue for its 10 p.m. dramas because NBC decided to put Leno's comedy show on at that hour five nights a week. NBC is considering moving Leno back to late-night TV because its affiliates are upset that the show's low prime-time ratings are hurting late local news programs.

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"Ten o'clock is a great business for us," Tassler said. "The unfortunate thing is that our creative community was to some degree somewhat bruised by this ... A lot of people were put out of work. A lot of people really saw this as having a negative effect on our business." Hollywood actors , writers and producers had been upset about Leno's show from the beginning, seeing it as taking away from prime-time hours usually filled by scripted shows. NBC sends its executives to meet with journalists in Pasadena on Sunday, but it's still not clear if they'll have anything to announce. Under a scenario that would bring Leno back to late-night, the Conan O'Brien-hosted "Tonight" show would move back a half hour, and it's not known whether he'll accept that.

Full Story: CBS chief: Prime-time Leno great for us (AP)

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Fox respects O'Brien's talent and sees him as a good fit, a person at the network said Friday. The person, who lacked authority to comment publicly and spoke on condition of anonymity, said Fox was watching to see how the situation played out but that O'Brien remained under contract with NBC. Faced with poor ratings for both "The Jay Leno Show" and O'Brien's show, the network is said to be considering returning Leno to his 11:35 p.m. EST slot and moving "Tonight" to midnight.

Full Story: Conan may find door open at Fox if he bolts NBC (AP)

Coleman's agent, Robert Malcolm , says the 41-year-old actor had given interviews to complain about a scene in his latest movie and went to his hotel room to rest Wednesday.

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Malcolm says Coleman then began feeling unwell and was taken by ambulance to a hospital. He didn't have details. Malcolm says tests were negative and the actor was alert and feeling fine but may remain hospitalized overnight before returning to his Utah home.

Full Story: Actor Gary Coleman hospitalized in LA (AP)

Barker donated that amount to the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society , which named its new 1,200-ton anti-whaling ship The Bob Barker .

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The ship had its first confrontation with whalers on Tuesday when it joined two other Sea Shepherd vessels aiming to stop a Japanese whaling mission near Antarctica . The Bob Barker is a high-speed former whaling ship that can cut through ice, Watson said, adding that the vessel "makes it a lot easier for us to shut down these whaling operations." Sea Shepherd, which Watson describes as an "anti-poaching organization," aims to enforce the United Nations World Charter for Nature by physically intervening in illegal whaling missions.

Full Story: Bob Barker helps stop whaling with namesake ship (AP)

LOS ANGELES – The sci-fi saga "Avatar" maintained its blockbuster trek with a $68.5 million weekend domestically. The film shot past $1 billion worldwide, becoming only the fifth movie to hit that mark.

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The top 20 movies at U.S. and Canadian theaters Friday through Sunday, followed by distribution studio, gross, number of theater locations, average receipts per location, total gross and number of weeks in release, as compiled Monday by Hollywood.com are: 1. "Avatar," Fox, $68,490,688, 3,461 locations, $19,789 average, $352,114,898, three weeks. 3. " Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel ," Fox, $35,189,653, 3,747 locations, $9,391 average, $155,916,935, two weeks.

Full Story: `Avatar' continues climb with $68.5M weekend (AP)

Yes, it's a new cycle for the Trump-hosted competition show, which won't premiere until March 14 but threw an introductory news conference way back last October, with sworn-to-secrecy members of the media meeting the contenders.

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Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich . Vaulted to infamy by headlines and punch lines, he is charged with scheming to auction off President Barack Obama 's former U.S. Senate seat, campaign fundraising abuses and other offenses. He was removed from office last January, but has denied wrongdoing. "But I've been my own boss since I've been 19 years old," said the 46-year-old former star of the "Rock of Love" reality show. "For better or worse, I've been on my own, I've learned to roll with the punches." Then the pro wrestler-actor who calls himself Goldberg issued fair warning.

Full Story: Blagojevich competing on `Celebrity Apprentice' (AP)

Elton John says he has been helping American rapper Eminen fight drug problems for more than a year.

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NEW YORK – Policies forbidding payment for news interviews increasingly seem like the network television equivalent of the 55 mph speed limit: a rule often winked at unless you're heading into a speed trap.

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Three of the past month's accidental celebrities — Jasper Schuringa, who helped thwart an attack on a Detroit -bound plane; David Goldman, who took a custody fight for his son to Brazil ; and the White House party-crashing Salahis — have either sought or received goodies from TV networks eager to hear their stories. Schuringa gave interviews to outlets that had agreed to purchase blurry cell phone images he'd taken of a man who authorities say tried to use explosives to take down the plane. Goldman and his son accepted NBC's offer of a ride home from Brazil on a charter airplane.

Full Story: Networks blur policy of not paying for interviews (AP)

's science-fiction epic "Avatar" had another stellar weekend with $68.3 million domestically, shooting past $ 1 billion worldwide, only the fifth movie ever to hit that mark.

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No. 1 for the third-straight weekend, 20th Century Fox 's "Avatar" raised its domestic total to $352.1 million after just 17 days. The film added $133 million overseas to lift its international haul to $670 million, for a worldwide gross of $1.02 billion. "Avatar" opened two weekends earlier with $77 million, a strong start but far below dozens of other blockbusters that debuted as high as $158 million. But business for other blockbusters usually tumbles in following weekends, while "Avatar" revenues barely dropped over the busy Christmas and New Year's weekends.

Full Story: `Avatar' rules with $68.3M, tops $1B worldwide (AP)

James Cameron 's science-fiction epic took in $68.3 million domestically to remain the No. 1 movie for the third-straight weekend, raising its domestic total to $352.1 million in just 17 days. With $670 million more overseas, "Avatar" climbed to a worldwide total of $1.02 billion.

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's crime caper " Sherlock Holmes " with $38.4 million. "Sherlock Holmes" lifted its domestic total to $140.7 million after 10 days in theaters. In third place was the family tale " Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel " with $36.6 million. It raised its 10-day total to $157.3 million.

Full Story: `Avatar' maintains box-office ascent with $68.3M (AP)

LAKE FOREST, Calif. – Evangelical pastor Rick Warren 's plea for donations to fill a $900,000 deficit at his Southern California megachurch brought in $2.4 million, Warren announced to cheers during a sermon at the church on Saturday.

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Warren said the amount raised after the appeal was posted online Wednesday included only money parishioners brought in person to Saddleback Church by New Year's Eve. More was arriving by hand and by mail, he said. Warren said the church had largely managed to stay within its budget during the year, but "the bottom dropped out" when Christmas donations were down.

Full Story: Calif. pastor takes in $2.4M after donations plea (AP)

WAYLAND, Mass. – Artwork from the Punjab state of India decorates the Ray family home. A Johann Sebastian Bach statue sits on a piano. But in the basement — cluttered with wires, old concert fliers and drawings — 25-year-old Arjun Ray is fighting distortion from his electric guitar.

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"Yeah," said Shahjehan Khan, 26, one of the band's guitarists, "there are a lot of contradictions going on here." Deep in the woods of this colonial town boils a kind of revolutionary movement. From the basement of this middle-class home tucked in the woods west of Boston, The Kominas have helped launched a small, but growing, South Asian and Middle Eastern punk rock movement that is attracting children of Muslim and Hindu immigrants and drawing scorn from some traditional Muslims who say their political, hard-edged music is "haraam," or forbidden. The movement, an anti-establishment subculture borne of religiously conservative communities, is the subject of two new films and a hot topic on social-networking sites.

Full Story: Muslim-Hindu punk rock bands part of new movement (AP)

reached a programming deal in principle on Friday, after leaving millions of people in the lurch about whether they'd be able to see an anticipated college football bowl game and other shows on cable TV.

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Fox had threatened to force Time Warner Cable and another cable TV provider , Bright House Networks , to drop the Fox broadcast signal from 14 of its TV stations and half a dozen of its cable channels as a contract expired at midnight Thursday. The deal, which included Bright House, ended a week of public sparring that had some consumers worried they'd miss the matchup between highly ranked Florida and Cincinnati that started at 8:30 p.m. EST.

Full Story: Fox, Time Warner Cable announce broadcast deal (AP)

PASADENA, Calif. – After a run of celebrity grand marshals, a real American hero led the Rose Parade on Friday.

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Onlookers stood and cheered as Capt. Chesley B. "Sully" Sullenberger III rode down Colorado Boulevard in a vintage 1928 Pierce Arrow with his wife and two daughters as part of the annual armada of flower-draped floats, marching bands and prancing horses. Sullenberger said he did not hesitate when asked to serve as grand marshal because his family has watched the parade for decades.

Full Story: 'Real hero' Sullenberger leads 2010 Rose Parade (AP)

Van Morrison said Thursday that a computer hacker planted a false report on his Web site claiming he had fathered a fourth child at the age of 64 with a new partner.

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The false report was disseminated Monday by a Los Angeles -based publicist for Morrison, Phil Lobel. The publicist was quoted by an unidentified associate on Thursday as getting the report from the Morrison site. The false report was picked up by several news agencies, including The Associated Press, as well as celebrity sites and British newspapers. The false report on the Morrison Web site claimed that a woman identified as Gigi had just borne a son with Morrison.

Full Story: Van Morrison: Birth report 'utter fiction' (AP)

NEW YORK – AT&T Inc. said Thursday it would no longer sponsor Tiger Woods , joining Accenture in dropping support for the world's top golfer, who's taking a break from the sport to focus on his marriage after his admitted infidelity.

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The phone company hasn't used Woods' image extensively in advertising, but its logo appeared on his golf bag. That deal had been billed as a "multiyear" agreement when it was signed early in 2009, after Buick ended its endorsement one year early because of its financial woes. professional golf , he will not serve as host for the 2010 event. However, his Tiger Woods Foundation will continue to be the beneficiary of the AT&T National, under a contract that runs through 2014, Votaw said.

Full Story: AT&T is latest to end Tiger Woods sponsorship (AP)