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Bullock cancels appearance at London premiere (AP)

Updated: Thu, 18 Mar 2010 14:56:48 GMT

AP - Sandra Bullock canceled her appearance at the London premiere of "The Blind Side" days after Internet reports alleged she was having trouble in her marriage and that she had left the couple's Southern California home.

First 'American Idol' finalist booted (AP)

Updated: Thu, 18 Mar 2010 02:45:32 GMT

Top 12 American Idol contestant Crystal Bowersox, center, works with Ford Designer Dean Carbis as contestant Didi Benami looks on to create a theme for their customized Ford Fiesta that fits with their personalities and musical inspirations, using color, custom body graphics, wheel treatments and other accessories, March 5, 2010 in Los Angeles. The 12 Ford Fiestas will be featured Wednesday March 17, 2010 on “American Idol.' (AP Photo/Ford, Susan Goldman, handout)AP - Lacey Brown is down and out on "American Idol."


Hollywood and Bollywood join arms to fight piracy (AP)

Updated: Thu, 18 Mar 2010 16:25:11 GMT

AP - Hollywood and Bollywood linked arms Thursday to fight piracy, with the announcement of a coalition among the Motion Picture Association of America and seven Indian companies to tackle counterfeiting in one of the world's largest film markets.

'Breaking Bad' a lucky break for Aaron Paul (AP)

Updated: Thu, 18 Mar 2010 11:40:40 GMT

Actor Aaron Paul poses for a portrait in New York, Tuesday, March 16, 2010. (AP Photo/Jeff Christensen)AP - It all began when Walter White, a nebbishy high school chemistry teacher in Albuquerque, N.M., learned he had terminal cancer, then hit on a way to make fast money to leave his family when he was gone: cook and sell crystal methamphetamine.


US fashion designers pick McQueen for NYC honor (AP)

Updated: Thu, 18 Mar 2010 10:21:35 GMT

AP - The fashion world has announced one more tribute to designer Alexander McQueen.

The right trajectory for Spoon (AP)

Updated: Thu, 18 Mar 2010 11:07:24 GMT

In this March 5, 2010 photo, members of the group Spoon, from left,  Britt Daniel, Rob Pope, Jim Eno and Eric Harvey are shown in New York. (AP Photo/Jim Cooper)AP - Britt Daniel can't resist some dry humor when asked what it means to him that his band, Spoon, sold out a gig at New York's prestigious and spacious Radio City Music Hall weeks in advance.


FCC invites public comment on Comcast-NBC merger (Reuters)

Updated: Thu, 18 Mar 2010 16:26:13 GMT

The news ticker outside the Today Show announces GE's sale of NBC to Comcast, in New York, December 3, 2009. REUTERS/Chip EastReuters - The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) called on Thursday for public comment on the proposed merger between cable operator Comcast Corp and broadcaster NBC Universal.


Atty: Ex-NY art dealer to admit nearly $100M fraud (AP)

Updated: Thu, 18 Mar 2010 16:52:40 GMT

AP - A once-high-flying art dealer plans to admit swindling nearly $100 million from a star-studded clientele that included tennis great John McEnroe and the estate of actor Robert De Niro's father, the dealer's lawyer said Thursday.

Top 20 Concert Tours (AP)

Updated: Thu, 18 Mar 2010 17:20:31 GMT

AP - The Top 20 Concert Tours ranks artists by average box office gross per city and includes the average ticket price for shows in North America. The previous week's ranking is in parentheses. The list is based on data provided to the trade publication Pollstar by concert promoters and venue managers.

FCC invites public comment on Comcast-NBC merger (Reuters)

Updated: Thu, 18 Mar 2010 16:26:13 GMT

Reuters - The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) called on Thursday for public comment on the proposed merger between cable operator Comcast Corp and broadcaster NBC Universal.

Esparza, Hibbert, Conlee and Blumenkrantz Join Cast of Encores! 'Anyone Can Whistle' (Playbill)

Updated: Wed, 17 Mar 2010 22:05:35 GMT

Playbill - Raúl Esparza, Edward Hibbert, John Ellison Conlee and Jeff Blumenkrantz will join the previously announced Tony Award winners Donna Murphy and Sutton Foster in the City Center Encores! production of Anyone Can Whistle.

Apple director Jerry York dies at 71 (Reuters)

Updated: Thu, 18 Mar 2010 17:35:12 GMT

Reuters - Jerry York, a long-time adviser to billionaire investor Kirk Kerkorian and executive whose career spanned the auto and technology industries, has died, Apple Inc said on Thursday.

Miu Miu's Regal Pop (Fashion Wire Daily)

Updated: Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:32:00 GMT

FWD201  Model walks the runway at the Miu Miu show during Fall 2010 Fashion Week in Paris on  Wednesday, March 10, 2010.(Fashion Wire Daily/Gruber)Fashion Wire Daily - It was 1960s modernism meets Louis XIV at the latest collection of Miu Miu, the final show of Paris fashion week that ended Wednesday evening, March 10.


Barnes & Noble makes CEO switch (AP)

Updated: Thu, 18 Mar 2010 15:25:12 GMT

FILE - In this Oct. 20, 2009 file photo, William Lynch, then president of Barnes & Noble.com, unveils the 'nook' electronic-book reader during a news conference in New York. Barnes & Noble changed CEOs Thursday, March 18, 2010, elevating Lynch to lead the company, a surprise move that highlights the importance of digital books to the bookseller's future. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)AP - Barnes & Noble changed CEOs Thursday, elevating the president of its Web site to lead the company, a surprise move that highlights the importance of digital books to the bookseller's future.


Fashion's latest fixation: 3D (The Newsroom)

Updated: Fri, 26 Feb 2010 16:49:17 GMT

A model wears an outfit by designers Burberry Prorsum for their Autumn/Winter 2010 collection at London Fashion Week,  in London, Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2010. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)The Newsroom - Burberry has become the premiere brand to break through fashion week's fourth wall this season by staging the world's first-ever global 3D fashion show. (To note, the British fashion brand wasn't the only one to engage with the technology conceived more than half-a-century ago: Los Angeles tailored menswear label Native Son's New York Fashion Week presentation included a multi-dimensional video that required 3D glasses for viewing.)