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Union threatens to boycott Rockefeller Center tree lighting TV show, wants NBC contract talks
By Associated Press - December 2, 2009
NEW YORK (AP) A broadcasters union is threatening to boycott a popular television special of the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree lighting ceremony unless NBC's entertainment division restarts stalled contract talks. The New York City chapter of the National Association of Broadcast...
Top Asian cinematographer expresses distaste of digital shooting
MIN LEE - December 1, 2009
HONG KONG (AP) A top Asian cinematographer has expressed his distaste for digital cameras in a recently released book, complaining about having to use them to shoot an adaptation of Haruki Murakami's hit novel "Norwegian Wood." Cannes-winning Taiwanese cameraman Mark Lee Ping-bing...
Little Richard home from hospital after hip surgery, thanks fans for their prayers
CAITLIN R. KING - December 2, 2009
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) Little Richard is out of the hospital following hip surgery, promising to perform again. He's recovering at his home near Nashville. The Rock and Roll Hall of Famer, who'll be 77 Saturday, tells The Associated Press that he plans to work hard to...
NYC prosecutors: 'Additional victims' of composer/director charged in aspiring-actress rapes
JENNIFER PELTZ - December 1, 2009
NEW YORK (AP) Prosecutors want to boost sexual assault charges against the Academy Award-winning songwriter behind "You Light Up My Life," who already is accused of 11 casting-couch rapes. Manhattan Assistant District Attorney Maxine Rosenthal said Tuesday prosecutors would ask a...
'Simpsons' 20th anniversary special airing Jan. 10 with filmmaker Morgan Spurlock as host
By Associated Press - December 2, 2009
LOS ANGELES (AP) "The Simpsons" is going to wrap up its 20th anniversary year of celebration with the help of filmmaker Morgan Spurlock. Fox announced Tuesday that Spurlock will present the hourlong special "The Simpsons 20th Anniversary Special: in 3-D! on Ice" on Sunday, Jan. 10, at...
Boston city youth panel says Lady Gaga, Jamie Foxx songs among those unhealthy for teens
RUSSELL CONTRERAS - December 1, 2009
BOSTON (AP) An initiative to encourage healthy teen relationships says songs by Jamie Foxx and Lady Gaga are the musical equivalent of junk food. A teen panel working with the Boston Public Health Commission has determined that their songs are among the top 10 with "unhealthy...
UK pop singer Natasha Bedingfield to perform at Nobel Peace Prize Concert in Norway
By Associated Press - December 1, 2009
OSLO (AP) British pop star Natasha Bedingfield will perform at the Dec. 11 Nobel Peace Prize Concert honoring this year's winner, U.S. President Barack Obama, organizers said Wednesday. Bedingfield, a chart-topper in the U.S. and Europe, will join Wyclef Jean, Toby Keith, and Chinese...
'Big Brother 9' winner ordered to Mass. treatment center as he awaits trial on drug charges
By Associated Press - December 1, 2009
BOSTON (AP) The winner of the CBS reality television show "Big Brother 9" was ordered on Tuesday to undergo substance abuse counseling at a Massachusetts treatment center before being released on bail on drug charges. Adam Jasinski, of Delray Beach, Fla., has pleaded not guilty to a...
18-year-old woman accused in burglary of Orlando Bloom's LA home to stand trial
By Associated Press - December 1, 2009
LOS ANGELES (AP) A judge ruled Tuesday that a teen accused of burglarizing the home of Orlando Bloom must stand trial. Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Darrell Mavis made his ruling in the case of Alexis Neiers after a 90-minute preliminary hearing that included testimony by two...
Music Review: R. Kelly again gives us an overload of sex _ without the sex appeal
NEKESA MUMBI MOODY - December 1, 2009
R. Kelly, "Untitled" (Jive Records) When it comes to R&B raunch, no one does it better than R. Kelly. The man has more songs about sex than there are ways of actually having it. From "Bump N' Grind" to "The Greatest Sex" to "Sex Weed" to "Freaky in the Club," Kelly has more than proven...
