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Conan O'Brien will take his show to theaters (AP)

Updated: Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:18:38 GMT

FILE - In this April 13, 2008 file photo, Conan O'Brien appears on stage at Comedy Central's 'Night of Too Many Stars' special in New York. In early March 2010, Sarah Killen had three Twitter followers. A week later, she has 20,000 — as well as a new iMac computer and offers to help pay for a dress and drinks for her wedding. The unsuspecting rural Michigan woman has one out-of-work late-night talk show host to thank for her newfound online popularity — Conan O'Brien. O'Brien decided last week to pick Killen as the only person he would follow on Twitter, turning the 19-year-old's life upside down. (AP Photo/Peter Kramer)AP - Without a TV show to do every night, Conan O'Brien is taking his act on the road.

HBO brings WWII veterans to memorial in DC (AP)

Updated: Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:54:32 GMT

Actor Tom Hanks salutes veterans during a ceremony at the World War II Memorial in Washington, Thursday, March 11, 2010. The ceremony coincides with the HBO premiere of a 10-part series called 'The Pacific,' premiering on Sunday. At right is former senator Elizabeth Dole. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)AP - Tom Hanks, Steven Spielberg and Elizabeth Dole welcomed 250 veterans to the World War II memorial Thursday to honor their service and introduce a TV miniseries on the battles of the Pacific.

Pro Football Hall of Famer Merlin Olsen dies at 69 (AP)

Updated: Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:49:38 GMT

FILE - This June 22, 2001, file photo shows Pro Football Hall of Famer and former television actor Merlin Olsen speaking in Urbandale, Iowa. Olsen died Wednesday night, March 10, 2010, at a Los Angeles hospital. He was 69. (AP Photo/Steve Pope)AP - Merlin Olsen, a Hall of Fame defensive lineman and member of the Los Angeles Rams' "Fearsome Foursome" who followed up football with a successful television career in "Little House on the Prairie," NFL broadcasts and commercials, has died. He was 69.

Stage adaptation of John Grisham novel is planned (AP)

Updated: Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:59:22 GMT

FILE - In this Jan. 27, 2009 file photo, author John Grisham appears at Barnes & Noble Bookstore to promote his book 'The Associate', in New York. (AP Photo/Charles Sykes)AP - A stage adaptation of John Grisham's first novel, "A Time to Kill," will have its world premiere next year in Washington in what is being billed as a "pre-Broadway" production.

Pink Floyd wins battle with EMI over online sales (AP)

Updated: Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:25:48 GMT

FILE This is a Saturday July 2, 2005 file photo of Pink Floyd's Dave Gilmore, left, and Roger Waters as they perform at the Live 8 concert in Hyde Park, London In a victory for the concept album, Britain's High Court on Thursday March 11, 2010 ordered record company EMI Group Ltd. to stop selling downloads of Pink Floyd tracks individually rather than as part of the band's original records. The rock group sued the music label, saying its contract prohibited selling the tracks 'unbundled' from their original album setting. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis, File)AP - In a victory for the concept album, Britain's High Court on Thursday ordered record company EMI Group Ltd. to stop selling downloads of Pink Floyd tracks individually rather than as part of the band's original records.

Elvis' clash with media on view at Newseum in DC (AP)

Updated: Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:23:21 GMT

The marquee for the Newseum's upcoming Elvis exhibit is seen at the Newseum in Washington, on Tuesday, March 9, 2010. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)AP - A spark that helped ignite Elvis Presley's fame more than 50 years ago was lit by the newspaper editors and critics who hated him.

HBO brings WWII veterans to memorial in DC (AP)

Updated: Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:54:32 GMT

Actor Tom Hanks salutes veterans during a ceremony at the World War II Memorial in Washington, Thursday, March 11, 2010. The ceremony coincides with the HBO premiere of a 10-part series called 'The Pacific,' premiering on Sunday. At right is former senator Elizabeth Dole. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)AP - Tom Hanks, Steven Spielberg and Elizabeth Dole welcomed 250 veterans to the World War II memorial Thursday to honor their service and introduce a TV miniseries on the battles of the Pacific.

Tribeca unveils film lineup, Spitzer in spotlight (Reuters)

Updated: Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:18:49 GMT

Reuters - The Tribeca Film Festival on Wednesday unveiled its first group of films for April's event, including one documentary about the prostitution scandal that brought down former New York governor Eliot Spitzer.

Top 20 Concert Tours (AP)

Updated: Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:10:57 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.

Tribeca unveils film lineup, Spitzer in spotlight (Reuters)

Updated: Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:18:49 GMT

Then New York Governor Eliot Spitzer addresses the media with his wife Silda Wall Spitzer at his office in New York, March 10, 2008. REUTERS/Shannon StapletonReuters - The Tribeca Film Festival on Wednesday unveiled its first group of films for April's event, including one documentary about the prostitution scandal that brought down former New York governor Eliot Spitzer.

Vargas Llosa's real "Aunt Julia" dies in Bolivia (Reuters)

Updated: Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:40:37 GMT

Peruvian novelist Mario Vargas Llosa listens during a news conference about the construction of the Reuters - The Bolivian woman who inspired Mario Vargas Llosa's 1977 novel "Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter," and married Peru's best-known writer when he was 19, has died at age 84.

Gridiron hall of famer Olsen dies (AFP)

Updated: Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:09:08 GMT

Pro Football Hall of Fame enshrinee Jack Youngblood (L) smiles with former Los Angeles Rams' teammate Merlin Olsen (R) during the enshrinement ceremony at the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2001. Olsen, a gridiron Hall of Famer who became a popular actor and broadcaster in the wake of his National Football League career, has died at the age of 69.(AFP/File/David Maxwell)AFP - Merlin Olsen, a gridiron Hall of Famer who became a popular actor and broadcaster in the wake of his National Football League career, has died at the age of 69.

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.

Books-A-Million 4Q profit up, will pay dividend (AP)

Updated: Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:42:49 GMT

AP - Chain book store Books-A-Million Inc. reported Thursday that its profit edged up slightly in the fourth quarter despite a drop in sales.

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.)