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Jackson's glove sells for $350,000 at auction

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 20:04:23 -0500

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Michael Jackson's famous white glove sold for $350,000 at a memorabilia auction on Saturday, soaring far past pre-sale estimates, while a black jacket he wore during a 1989 world tour fetched $225,000.

"Twilight" sequel sets new opening-day record

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 12:26:58 -0500

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - "The Twilight Saga: New Moon" smashed the record for a single-day opening at the North American box office, and was on track to score one of the biggest weekend tallies of all time, according to preliminary data issued on Saturday.

Singer Robbie Williams to court investors: report

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 12:41:25 -0500

LONDON (Reuters) - British singer Robbie Williams may sell the right to half his future album, touring and sponsorship earnings in a 50 million pound ($83 million) deal, one of his managers was reported to say on Saturday.

Michael Jackson's doctor says others gave him propofol

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:56:01 -0500

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Michael Jackson's personal physician told investigators he was not the first doctor to give the pop star propofol, the powerful anesthetic that was one of the drugs to cause his death, according to court papers unsealed on Friday.

Taylor Swift's dream year brings out naysayers

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:10:37 -0500

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - At what may be the height of her early career, teen sensation Taylor Swift finds herself facing the downside of stardom -- naysayers.

"New Moon" rises to No. 1 at midnight box office

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:48:50 -0500

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Vampire romance movie "The Twilight Saga: New Moon" raked in $26.3 million at North American box offices in midnight showings, breaking the record set by "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince," studio officials said on Friday.

LA attorneys distance Polanski from French lawyer

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:43:50 -0500

PARIS/LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A French attorney for Roman Polanski who said the film director would not return voluntarily to the United States to face child sex charges is not authorized to speak in the case, Polanski's U.S. attorneys said on Friday.

Britney Spears' ex-boyfriend, photographer jailed

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:08:03 -0500

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A celebrity photographer who briefly dated Britney Spears at the height of her career meltdown was sentenced to 45 days in jail on Friday after clashing with an official trying to serve him a restraining order.

"Idol" wild child Adam Lambert readies first album

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:34:57 -0500

LOS ANGELES (Billboard) - Adam Lambert -- the man with the outsize personality who delivered an audacious octave-and-a-half sitar-tinged purr of Johnny Cash's "Ring of Fire" on the most-watched TV show in the country, dodged sex toys thrown at him onstage during the "American Idol" tour and did it all without smearing his eyeliner -- is curled in the fetal position.

Oprah Winfrey says ending TV show "feels right"

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:01:52 -0500

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Oprah Winfrey said on Friday that she will end her popular TV show in 2011 because it "feels right in her bones" after 25 years, and urged viewers not to believe rumors of why she's quitting.