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Wednesday, 17 December 2008 at 04:32 Posted by smp

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Marilyn Monroe pics sold for nearly $150,000 (AP)

Posted: 17 Dec 2008 06:08 AM CST

In this Sept. 9, 1954 file photo, Marilyn Monroe poses over the updraft of a New York subway grating while in character for the filming of 'The Seven Year Itch' in New York.(AP Photo/Matty Zimmerman, file)AP - A collection of photographs of Marilyn Monroe taken for Vogue magazine the year she died has been auctioned in New York for nearly $150,000.

Madonna, Ritchie say divorce sums "wrongly issued" (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Dec 2008 05:38 AM CST

Guy Ritchie and Madonna arrive for the world premiere of 'RocknRolla' in Leicester Square, London, September 1, 2008. (Stephen Hird/Reuters)Reuters - U.S. pop star Madonna and ex-husband Guy Ritchie said on Wednesday that a statement released on the singer's behalf detailing terms of their divorce was "misleading and inaccurate."

Carrie Underwood to sing at People's Choice Awards (AP)

Posted: 17 Dec 2008 04:44 AM CST

Carrie Underwood sings the national anthem before Game 3 of the baseball World Series between the Colorado Rockies and Boston Red Sox in this Saturday, Oct. 27, 2007 file photo taken at Coors Field in Denver. Underwood will perform at its 35th annual ceremony airing Jan. 7, 2009. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, FILE)AP - The People's Choice Awards says Carrie Underwood will perform at its 35th annual ceremony next month.

Sundance likely to escape economic woes (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Dec 2008 02:54 AM CST

Cast members Colin Farrell (R) and Brendan Gleeson from the movie Reuters - The media and entertainment world might look like a giant pink-slip party, but don't expect gloom at the annual soiree in the snow that is the Sundance Film Festival.

Adapted screenplays confront dreaded voice-over (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Dec 2008 02:28 AM CST

Kate Winslet in a scene from 'The Reader'. (Handout/Reuters)Reuters - When it comes to adapting literary works for the big screen, British playwright David Hare says, one must be promiscuous to be faithful.

Reitman invites actors to "Wedding" (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Dec 2008 02:19 AM CST

Reuters - Jesse Eisenberg and Anna Friel are attached to star in "The Wedding," a romantic comedy that visits the perils and peccadilloes of young love.

Oprah Winfrey makes TV movie deal with HBO (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Dec 2008 01:10 AM CST

Oprah Winfrey, chairman of Harpo Inc. and host of 'The Oprah Winfrey Show', poses as she arrives for a breakfast honoring women in Beverly Hills, California December 5, 2008. (Fred Prouser/Reuters)Reuters - Oprah Winfrey's production company has signed a deal to make movies, documentaries and series for cable channel HBO, Harpo Films and HBO said on Tuesday.

Harrison Ford rises early for talk-show comedy (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Dec 2008 12:00 AM CST

Actor Harrison Ford waves as he arrives for a screening of his film 'Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull' in Tokyo, June 5, 2008. (Yuriko Nakao/Reuters)Reuters - Harrison Ford as Regis Philbin? Well, not quite.

Directors Guild to honor Roger Ebert (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Dec 2008 11:47 PM CST

Movie critic Roger Ebert gives the thumbs-up as he arrives at a ceremony to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on June 23, 2005. (Mario Anzuoni/Reuters)Reuters - Film critic Roger Ebert will be made an honorary life member of the Directors Guild of America during the group's annual awards ceremony on January 31.

"High School Musical" tunes among Oscar hopefuls (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Dec 2008 10:58 PM CST

Reuters - Forty-nine tunes have been deemed eligible to compete in the best original song category at the 81st Annual Academy Awards on February 22.

Mamma Mia!: Titanic's U.K. Record Run Aground (E! Online)

Posted: 16 Dec 2008 08:22 PM CST

Mamma Mia!: Titanic's U.K. Record Run Aground(E! Online)E! Online - Meryl Streep has sunk the Titanic in international waters.

Jennifer Lopez Opts for Plan B (E! Online)

Posted: 16 Dec 2008 04:03 PM CST

Jennifer Lopez Opts for Plan B(E! Online)E! Online - Jennifer Lopez may have just given birth, but she's all in favor of Plan B.

Freddie Prinze Jr. Movie Biggest Bomb Ever (E! Online)

Posted: 16 Dec 2008 12:09 PM CST

Freddie Prinze Jr. Movie Biggest Bomb Ever(E! Online)E! Online - Twilight wasn't the only flick to reach a box-office milestone this past weekend.

Ebert gets life membership from Directors Guild (AP)

Posted: 16 Dec 2008 04:16 PM CST

Roger Ebert is shown in this, Nov. 27, 2007, file photo in New York. (AP Photo/Evan Agostini, file)AP - Roger Ebert is becoming an honorary life member of the Directors Guild of America.

`Twilight' sequel speeds ahead for November 2009 (AP)

Posted: 16 Dec 2008 01:10 PM CST

In this image released by Summit Entertainment, Kristen Stewart, left, and Robert Pattinson are shown in a scene from, 'Twilight.' (AP Photo/Summit Entertainment, Peter Sorel)AP - "Twilight" fans have a short wait for the next installment of the vampire saga.

Soviet film historian Rashit Yangirov dies at 54 (AP)

Posted: 16 Dec 2008 11:45 AM CST

Rashit Yangirov, right, is seen in Kiev, in this Tuesday, Sept. 4, 2007 file picture. Yangirov, a longtime producer for the Associated Press Television Network and well-known historian of the Soviet cinema, has died in Moscow clinic early Monday, Dec. 15, 2008. He was 54. Yangirov penned more than 200 publications on Russian cinema, fiction and folklore.His subjects included the cinematic cult of Soviet founder Vladimir Lenin, emigre female authors, persecution of dissident Soviet poets and references to silent films in works of writers such as Vladimir Nabokov or Mikhail Bulgakov.(AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, file)AP - Rashit Yangirov, a prominent historian of the Soviet cinema whose works saved many pre-World War II emigre filmmakers from critical oblivion, has died at age 54.

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