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The Swiss Justice Ministry says it will keep Roman Polanski in jail until at least Monday.

Ministry spokesman Folco Galli said Friday that more time is needed for the conditions of Polanski's house arrest to be fulfilled.

The 76-year-old director was granted $4.5 million bail on Wednesday on condition he remain under house arrest at his chalet in Gstaad and be fitted with an electronic bracelet.

The ministry is still deciding whether to extradite Polanski to the United States

Noisy crowds in smoky bars don't bother 96-year-old bluesman Pinetop Perkins.

It's all part of his job. Most nights, after he snuffs out his menthol cigarette, Perkins slides onto the piano bench in some club and eases into a wail about hard times and treacherous women.

Perkins is believed to be the oldest of the old-time Delta blues musicians still performing. In an 80-year career, he's traveled through juke joints, nightclubs and festival stages shared with the likes of John Lee

An audience member at "The Jay Leno Show" is especially grateful this Thanksgiving. He won a new car.

Air Force Capt. Tung Ngo (TUNG' noh) was in the audience filled with men and women of the U.S. military when Leno called his name during Thursday's special holiday program. It was taped at NBC studios in Burbank, Calif., just hours before airtime.

Ngo won a 2010 Ford Fusion Hybrid. He told Leno he was glad to get an upgrade from the 12-year-old car he drives.

The Lincoln, Neb.,

There's something about the honeyed sweetness of Joseph Calleja's voice that seems to evoke memories of a golden age, as if this young tenor carried within his vocal cords a secret passed down from bygone generations.

"Nobody sings like that anymore," said Craig Rutenberg, director of music administration for the Metropolitan Opera. "His voice is just so intrinsically beautiful, with a very old-fashioned vibrato. It's sort of like sunshine to me."

Since Calleja began performing professionally

There's something about the honeyed sweetness of Joseph Calleja's voice that seems to evoke memories of a golden age, as if this young tenor carried within his vocal cords a secret passed down from bygone generations.

"Nobody sings like that anymore," said Craig Rutenberg, director of music administration for the Metropolitan Opera. "His voice is just so intrinsically beautiful, with a very old-fashioned vibrato. It's sort of like sunshine to me."

Since Calleja began performing professionally

Some opportunities to hear tenor Joseph Calleja:

_Recordings: Calleja has released two solo albums, Tenor Arias (2004) and The Golden Voice (2005), both on Decca Classics, and is heard on complete recordings of Donizetti's "Maria Stuarda" (2003, Dynamic) and Bellini's "I Capuleti e I Montechhi" (2009, Deutsche Grammophon).

_You Tube: More than 100 audio and video clips of Calleja singing.

_"Hoffmann:" Nine performances Dec. 3-Jan. 2 at the Metropolitan Opera. The Dec. 19 matinee

There's something about the honeyed sweetness of Joseph Calleja's voice that seems to evoke memories of a golden age, as if this young tenor carried within his vocal cords a secret passed down from bygone generations.

"Nobody sings like that anymore," said Craig Rutenberg, director of music administration for the Metropolitan Opera. "His voice is just so intrinsically beautiful, with a very old-fashioned vibrato. It's sort of like sunshine to me."

Since Calleja began performing

An audience member at "The Jay Leno Show" is especially grateful this Thanksgiving. He won a new car.

Air Force Capt. Tung Ngo (TUNG' noh) was in the audience filled with men and women of the U.S. military when Leno called his name during Thursday's special holiday program. It was taped at NBC studios in Burbank, Calif., just hours before airtime.

Ngo won a 2010 Ford Fusion Hybrid. He told Leno he was glad to get an upgrade from the 12-year-old car he drives.

The Lincoln, Neb.,

HARDCOVER FICTION

1. "I, Alex Cross" by James Patterson (Little Brown)

2. "Under the Dome" by Stephen King (Scribner)

3. "The Lost Symbol" by Dan Brown (Doubleday)

4. "Ford County: Stories" by John Grisham (Doubleday)

5. "The Wrecker" by Clive Cussler and Justin Scott (Putnam Adult)

6. "The Gathering Storm (Wheel of Time)" by Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson (TOR Books)

7. "True Blue" by David Baldacci (Grand Central)

8. "The Help" by Kathryn

HARDCOVER FICTION

1. "I, Alex Cross" by James Patterson (Little Brown)

2. "Under the Dome" by Stephen King (Scribner)

3. "The Lost Symbol" by Dan Brown (Doubleday)

4. "Ford County: Stories" by John Grisham (Doubleday)

5. "The Wrecker" by Clive Cussler and Justin Scott (Putnam Adult)

6. "The Gathering Storm (Wheel of Time)" by Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson (TOR Books)

7. "True Blue" by David Baldacci (Grand Central)

8. "The Help" by Kathryn

HARDCOVER FICTION

1. "I, Alex Cross" by James Patterson (Little Brown)

2. "Under the Dome" by Stephen King (Scribner)

3. "The Lost Symbol" by Dan Brown (Doubleday)

4. "Ford County: Stories" by John Grisham (Doubleday)

5. "The Wrecker" by Clive Cussler and Justin Scott (Putnam Adult)

6. "The Gathering Storm (Wheel of Time)" by Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson (TOR Books)

7. "True Blue" by David Baldacci (Grand Central)

8. "The Help" by Kathryn

A national oral history project is trying to start a new tradition for Black Friday. Instead of hunting for bargains, StoryCorps suggests families sit down together and talk about their lives on a National Day of Listening.

Amanda Rigell, a 30-year-old middle school teacher from Johnson City, interviewed her grandmother, who was 89 at the time, for the first National Day of Listening last year.

"She was reluctant at first," Rigell said. "She doesn't really talk about herself." But

Former CNN host Lou Dobbs is seriously considering running for U.S. Senate in New Jersey in 2012 as a stepping stone to a possible White House bid _ a congressional matchup that would pit one of illegal immigration's biggest critics against a champion for immigrant rights.

Dobbs spokesman Robert Dilenschneider told The Associated Press Wednesday that Dobbs may challenge Sen. Robert Menendez, a Democrat, but is considering other offers he's received since his abrupt exit from CNN on Nov.

An Australia-based director's romance, a Taiwanese family drama and the story of a Chinese peasant guarding a cow are the unlikely trio of top contenders at the Chinese-language equivalent of the Oscars to be announced on Saturday.

Jurors for this year's Golden Horse Awards in Taiwan pushed aside several of the year's blockbusters in favor of art-house films. Movies like Jackie Chan's "Shinjuku Incident," John Woo's historical epic "Red Cliff II" and the biopic of Bruce Lee's kung fu teacher,

A list of nominees in the top categories at Taiwan's Golden Horse Awards, which will be announced this Saturday in Taipei:

Best feature film: "No Pudeo Vivir Sin Ti," "Cow," "Crazy Racer," "Face," "Like a Dream"

Best director: Clara Law, "Like a Dream;" Leon Dai, "No Pudeo Vivir Sin Ti;" Guan Hu, "Cow;" Tsai Ming-liang, "Face"

Best actor: Daniel Wu, "Like a Dream;" Chen Wen-pin, "No Pudeo Vivir Sin Ti;" Huang Bo, "Cow;" Nick Cheung, "The Beast Stalker"

Best actress: Sandrine

Former CNN host Lou Dobbs is seriously considering running for U.S. Senate in New Jersey in 2012 as a stepping stone to a possible White House bid _ a congressional matchup that would pit one of illegal immigration's biggest critics against a champion for immigrant rights.

Dobbs spokesman Robert Dilenschneider told The Associated Press Wednesday that Dobbs may challenge Sen. Robert Menendez, a Democrat, but is considering other offers he's received since his abrupt exit from CNN on Nov.

Roman Polanski has been granted $4.5 million bail, clearing the way for the fugitive director to move within days from a Swiss jail to house arrest and electronic monitoring at his Alpine resort chalet.

The justice minister said Wednesday she saw no reason to appeal the surprise decision by the Swiss Criminal Court. Polanski would have to remain in Switzerland as authorities assess whether to extradite him to the U.S. for having sex in Los Angeles in 1977 with a 13-year-old girl.

Ministry

The widow of Sen. Edward M. Kennedy told Oprah Winfrey in an interview broadcast Wednesday that even as her husband knew he was dying of brain cancer he had been "in training" to make sure he had enough strength to attend President Barack Obama's inauguration.

In the most extensive interview since her husband's death in August, Vicki Kennedy said she wouldn't try to run for her husband's former U.S. Senate seat and described how he battled brain cancer _ but she would not talk about the

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Donny Osmond may have been the celebrity winner on ABC's "Dancing With the Stars," but his professional dancing partner already has her next gig lined up _ Broadway.

Kym Johnson will make her Broadway debut Friday in "Burn the Floor," the hot-blooded ballroom dance show at the Longacre Theatre, producer Harley Medcalf announced Wednesday. She will be partnered with Maksim Chmerkovskiy, another alum of "Stars." He opened "Burn the Floor" on Broadway in August.

Johnson and Chmerkovskiy

"Up in the Air" has undergone the rarest of flights: It was delayed for a long time and its course was altered, yet it has arrived right on time.

"Up in the Air" might be the timeliest movie of the year. Hard times and the frightening prospect of unemployment are at the center of the movie, which many are calling an Academy Award favorite. Regardless of its Oscar prospects, it's unquestionably of the moment.

In the latest film from director Jason Reitman ("Juno," "Thank You for Smoking"),

A nude photo of filmmaker Roman Polanski and Sharon Tate taken just months before her death will be sold at auction next month.

The black and white photo by British photographer David Bailey will be sold by Christie's in New York on Dec. 7. It shows the topless couple embracing.

Christie's is estimating that the 33-inch-by-33 1/4-inch print will sell for $8,000 to $12,000.

Tate, Polanski's wife, was murdered in 1969 by followers of Charles Manson.

In 1977, Polanski was

H.C. Robbins Landon, a musicologist noted for his pioneering research on Franz Joseph Haydn and for writing popular works on Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, has died at age 83.

Records at the town hall in Rabastens in southern France, where Robbins Landon lived with his companion Marie-Noelle Raynal-Bechetoille, show he died Friday, Nov. 20 at age 83.

Officials at the town hall would not provide details about the cause of death or funeral ceremonies, citing the family's wish for privacy.

Robbins

Familiar Bible phrases in contemporary culture:

All things to all people (1 Corinthians)

Cast the first stone (John)

Doubting Thomas (John)

Eat, drink, be merry (Luke)

Forbidden fruit (Genesis)

Man after his own heart (1 Samuel and Acts)

Salt of the earth (Matthew)

Woe is me (Job)

Writing on the wall (Daniel)

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Source: "Biblical Literacy: the Essential Bible Stories Everyone Needs to Know"

Woe is me: If you want to be all things to all people, remember that many are called but few are chosen.

If those phrases have a familiar ring, they should: They come from the Bible and have entered the secular lexicon. The nation's left-right culture wars have heightened such use of biblical phrases as rivals try to invoke heavenly punch and challenge your Bible IQ.

For one, President Barack Obama has said that opponents of his health care proposals are "bearing false witness" against

An Oregon legislative leader plans to introduce a bill to repeal a 1923 state law that bans teachers from wearing religious garb.

House Speaker Dave Hunt, D-Gladstone, said he will push to "allow teachers to have the same religious free exercise rights as every other Oregonian" when legislators meet in February.

Labor Commissioner Brad Avakian and state schools Superintendent Susan Castillo, who recently sent letters to every lawmaker asking them to drop the ban, also support such

Sting and his wife Trudie keep with tradition on Christmas Eve: They go to a local church, sing along to carols, then head back home to their English estate to open presents with their family.

It's a cheery scene one would expect during the holiday season. But that kind of celebratory mood is absent on his latest album, "If On A Winter's Night."

Instead, the seasonal offering features the rocker's interpretations of traditional British songs, ranging from carols to lullabies, that

Julie Andrews is to perform in London, 30 years after her last appearance on the British stage.

Concert promoters AEG Europe said Wednesday the star of such musicals as "Mary Poppins" and "The Sound of Music" will appear at London's 02 Arena on May 8.

Andrews had non-cancerous throat nodules removed in 1997. The operation initially left her unable to sing.

Andrews has since starred in "The Princess Diaries" and was the voice of Queen Lillian in the "Shrek" film series.

Tickets

DJ Freddy Fresh slaps a vinyl record on the turntable, cues it up and tells a student, "Remember, the top of the note was there, right? Grab it."

The student places his hand on the disc. Freddy Fresh sets the tonearm down on a record rotating on a second turntable. He starts the first record spinning as a percolating beat fills the classroom, then twiddles some knobs.

"Bing, bing, boom. There it is," Freddy Fresh says while showing the student the precise beat where to stop the platter.

Woody Allen has successfully courted France's first lady, Carla Bruni-Sarkozy.

The former supermodel and wife of President Nicolas Sarkozy says she's agreed to be in the famed director's next film, but doesn't know what role he has in store for her and admits she could be a terrible actress.

Allen "asked me to be in his next film," she said Monday on Canal Plus television, where she appeared for an interview and duet with crooner Harry Connick Jr.

Asked if he had told her what

He's Italian premier, media mogul and one of the country's richest men. Now Silvio Berlusconi can add "Rockstar of the Year" to his caps.

The Italian edition of Rolling Stone magazine said it named Berlusconi for a "lifestyle worthy of the greatest rock stars." The magazine dedicated the cover of its December issue to a smiling Berlusconi, the red, white and green colors of the Italian flag in the backdrop.

The 73-year-old premier has been entangled in a sex scandal this year, with

Police say a convicted murderer who once served as the personal assistant to the duchess of York is back in custody after she escaped from a low-security British prison.

Police say Jane Andrews was located early Wednesday near the minimum security prison in southeast England where she had been held. The facility is 45 miles (70 kilometers) southeast of central London.

The 42-year-old former aide disappeared from the prison late Sunday. She was jailed for life in May 2002 after a jury

Ben Kingsley, famous for his Oscar-winning portrayal of Indian independence hero Mohandas Gandhi, is reaching deeper into the country's history with a new role as the Mogul emperor who ordered the construction of the Taj Mahal.

Kingsley will star as Shah Jahan in "Taj," 27 years after his award winning performance in "Gandhi." Indian superstar and former Miss World Aishwarya Rai Bachchan will play Mumtaz Mahal in the $25-30 million production, the British actor's production company, SBK

Celebrity chef Paula Deen got an unexpected serving of ham _ across her face. The Food Network star was helping unload 25,000 pounds of donated meat for an Atlanta food bank on Monday when someone threw one of the hams like a football and accidentally smacked her.

Deen tells WGCL-TV: "I thought it busted my lip, but it didn't."

Though smiles and laughter, Deen added: "I'm OK. It just knocked me for a little bit."

She says she was unloading hams when she tossed one to a man,

Prime-time viewership numbers compiled by Nielsen Co. for Nov. 16-22. Listings include the week's ranking and viewership.

1. "NCIS," CBS, 20.34 million.

2. "Dancing With the Stars," ABC, 18.84 million.

3. NFL Football: Philadelphia at Chicago, NBC, 17.33 million.

4. "Dancing With the Stars Results," ABC, 16.02 million.

5. "60 Minutes," CBS, 15.98 million.

6. "The Mentalist," CBS, 15.85 million.

7. "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation," CBS, 14.91 million.

8.

CBS flexed its strength in scripted series to sail to the top of the weekly television standings.

Of the 11 most popular dramas or comedies in prime-time last week, 10 were CBS shows, the Nielsen Co. said. ABC's "Grey's Anatomy" was the lone exception.

"NCIS," as it usually has been, was the week's most-watched show.

ABC hung tough as "Dancing With the Stars" headed toward the end of another competition. The show finished second in the ratings last week, even though its generally

A national Italian-American organization based in New Jersey says an MTV reality show that depicts Italian-American beachgoers as the "hottest, tannest, craziest Guidos" is offensive and should be scrapped before it airs.

UNICO National said Tuesday that "Jersey Shore" relies on crude stereotypes and highlights cursing, bad behavior and violence in depicting renters at a New Jersey beach house.

An MTV promo says the participants "keep their hair high, their muscles juiced and their

Capsule reviews of films opening this week:

"Me and Orson Welles" _ In Richard Linklater's adaptation of the historical fiction novel by Robert Kaplow, our view of the great, charismatic director and thespian isn't straight on, but sideways. We see Welles (Christian McKay) from the perspective of an aspiring teenager, Richard Samuels (Zac Efron), who lands a bit part in Welles' 1937 production of Shakespeare's "Julius Caesar" at the Mercury Theatre in New York. Fame is imminent for Welles,

In case anyone in the audience isn't sure when to cackle, coo, snicker or sigh, the makers of "Old Dogs" have provided a handy on-screen prompt.

It's an old dog, shown in closeup, reacting with little grunts of canine confusion or curiosity over the antics of Robin Williams and John Travolta in this dead stray of a family comedy.

Director Walt Becker cuts away to the pooch, the aging pet of Travolta's character, again and again. So often, in fact, that maybe Sebastian, the 9-year-old

Adam Lambert's racy American Music Awards performance cost him a gig on "Good Morning America," but he will perform live instead on ABC's morning rivals at CBS.

Lambert was to sing Wednesday on "GMA," but the network said Tuesday it was canceling the openly gay singer because "we were concerned about airing a similar concert so early in the morning."

While singing his new song, "For Your Entertainment," at the awards program on Sunday, Lambert kissed a male keyboardist, fondled a

Four NBC affiliates broadcasting the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade are banning a commercial promoting veganism sponsored by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals.

PETA spokesman Michael Lyubinsky said Tuesday the organization wanted to air the commercial during the parade but stations in Raleigh, N.C., Columbia, S.C., Savannah, Ga., and Little Rock, Ark., had banned it.

The commercial depicts a young girl saying grace at Thanksgiving, giving thanks for "the turkey farms where

Sade is making music again. The soulful English group fronted by 50-year-old singer Sade Adu will release a new album Feb. 8, according to Epic Records. "Soldier of Love" will be the group's first studio album since 2000's "Lovers Rock." All five of Sade's studio albums have landed in the Top 10 on the Billboard Top 200, selling more than 50 million copies worldwide.

"Soldier of Love" was recorded in England and produced by the band and longtime collaborator Mike Pela.

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On

The New Jersey town where Richie Sambora grew up says Bon Jovi's lead guitarist can come home whenever he wants.

On Tuesday, residents and public officials gathered in Sambora's hometown of Woodbridge to name a street in his honor.

The 50-year-old Sambora has launched a fundraising effort called, "You Can Go Home," to give back to the community. The program benefits Woodbridge teen Kelly Mahon, who was diagnosed with a brain tumor two years ago.

Sambora also financed the new

Filmmaker Tyler Perry has donated $1 million to the NAACP to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the civil rights organization.

The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People says the gift announced Monday is the largest donation from an individual in the organization's history. It will be distributed over four years.

In a statement, Perry says the perseverance of thousands within the NAACP helped pave the way for his success in the film industry.

NAACP leaders

Gael Garcia Bernal calls his latest film "provocative."

The Mexican actor says he knew what he was getting into when he chose to work on "Mammoth" with Swedish filmmaker Lukas Moodysson, whose previous films have covered such subjects as forced prostitution and amateur porn.

"I definitely knew that it was going to be a confrontational film, that it was going to be provocative in a certain way," Garcia Bernal told The Associated Press in Spanish during a recent phone interview from

iTunes' top 10 selling singles and albums of the week ending Nov. 23, 2009:

Singles:

1. "Bad Romance," Lady Gaga

2. "Tik Tok," Ke$ha

3. "Fireflies," Owl City

4. "Empire State of Mind (feat. Alicia Keys)," Jay-Z

5. "Replay," Iyaz

6. "Need You Now," Lady Antebellum

7. "Whatcha Say," Jason Derulo

8. "Party in the U.S.A.," Miley Cyrus

8. "Sexy Bitch (feat. Akon)," David Guetta

10. "Meet Me Halfway," Black Eyed Peas

Albums:

1.

Jimmy Wayne, "Sara Smile" (Valory)

An album of emotionally layered songs about love sustained and sometimes lost, "Sara Smile" should establish Jimmy Wayne as Nashville's most sensitive male vocalist _ both in his well-chosen material and in his elegant, soulful delivery.

The album also should further the most significant comeback in country music in recent years. The North Carolina native earned his first No.1 hit with the title song of his 2008 album, "Do You Believe Me Now." It

All the single ladies _ Shakira is looking out for you!

The Colombian-born singer says the songs on her new album "She Wolf," out this week, is a reflection of a woman who is looking for her prince charming.

"It's very much a common thing for women my age, at least my friends, to be in search for the right man and to be somehow dreaming of the prince who's going to come in and rescue them," the 32-year-old said. "Some of these songs either reveal my own daydreams or fantasies, but

"Bill Cosby Presents the Cosnarati: State of Emergency" (Turtle Head Recordings)

Bill Cosby is gangster when it comes to helping black people. Meaning he's ruthless, bold, fearless _ and will do anything to achieve his objective.

Cosby has already absorbed enormous criticism from African-Americans for his blunt attacks on self-destructive black behavior and hip-hop culture. Now he's taking his crusade into the lion's den with the improbable rap album "State of Emergency."

No,

China's economic planning agency has formally approved a plan to build a Disney theme park in Shanghai, ensuring the city will have a new showcase attraction after next year's World Expo has wound down.

The National Development and Reform Commission said in a notice Tuesday that the long-awaited park would be built, as expected, in Shanghai's eastern Pudong district.

It said the project would initially occupy 116 hectares (287 acres) of land _ a bit more than half the size of the

British TV productions won five International Emmys on Monday night as Brazil claimed its first, and Brits Julie Walters and Ben Whishaw took the top acting awards.

Walters, 59, who recently appeared on the big screen in the Harry Potter films and opposite Meryl Streep in the musical "Mamma Mia!," was chosen best actress for "A Short Stay in Switzerland." In the BBC drama based on a true story, Walters portrays a British doctor with an incurable neurological disease who seeks assisted suicide

Mya is poised to take the "Dancing With the Stars" title after finishing three points away from perfect during the final night of competition Monday.

She made it clear that she intends to claim the show's mirrorball trophy.

"I haven't worked this hard for this long not to win this thing," she said Monday. "That trophy is mine."

The singer scored 87 out of 90 points for her three dances with professional partner Dmitry Chaplin. The pair was perfect on their paso doble and bested

Complaints poured in Monday about Adam Lambert's sexually charged performance at the American Music Awards, including criticism of his kiss with a male keyboard player that was left out of rehearsals for the show.

ABC did not expect one of Lambert's dancers to stick his face in the singer's crotch during the S&M-themed performance of "For Your Entertainment," a moment that was cut out when the awards show was broadcast on a tape-delayed basis on the West Coast on Sunday.

During

Little Richard is asking fans to pray for his speedy recovery after undergoing hip surgery at a Tennessee hospital.

The Rev. Bill Minson, a family friend, says the Rock and Roll Hall of Famer had been in some pain leading up to the surgery but continued to maintain a rigorous performing schedule.

Minson says the 76-year-old asked him to tell fans "to get ready to rock 'n' roll with him in the new year because he's coming back strong."

The Macon, Ga., native now lives in Tennessee.

When considering the meager merits of the bone-snapping, blood-splattered "Ninja Assassin," it's best to remember the words of John Goodman's PC-challenged character in "The Big Lebowski": "The man in the black pajamas, Dude. Worthy ... adversary."

The makers of "Ninja Assassin" want to make those words real and rescue the ninja from the province of turtles. They want you to revere the ninja. A frightened old man at the beginning of the movie can't even bring himself to utter the word "ninja."

Southern Baptist Convention President Johnny Hunt says that he has prostate cancer and expects to have surgery in January.

The 57-year-old Hunt, pastor of the Atlanta-area First Baptist Church of Woodstock, said Monday he believes the cancer was detected early.

In a statement released through the Baptist Press, he asked for people's prayers and said the diagnosis was a reminder of his mortality _ but also his faith.

Hunt was elected SBC president at the convention's June 2008

A Los Angeles official says she's negotiating with the company that owns Staples Center about reimbursing at least some of the $3.2 million taxpayers spent on the Michael Jackson memorial.

A City Council panel postponed Monday's cost review for a week after Councilwoman Jan Perry said she had positive discussions with AEG about the memorial at Staples in July.

AEG spokesman Michael Roth had no comment.

A recent city report concluded the memorial boosted the local economy and

Another interview coup for Oprah Winfrey: Vicki Kennedy, wife of the late Sen. Edward Kennedy. In her first interview since her husband's death, Vicki Kennedy will appear on Winfrey's television talk show Wednesday, along with her stepson, Ted Kennedy Jr., and her two children from a previous marriage, Caroline and Curran.

Sen. Kennedy died in August at age 77, just weeks before the release of his memoir, "True Compass."

Winfrey, who announced last Friday she would end her program

Oprah Winfrey's new partner on cable TV is a bit like her: It came from humble beginnings to become a big force in the media business.

After launching in 1985 with 156,000 subscribers, Discovery Communications Inc. now has a global audience of millions and owns several hot cable properties, including Discovery Channel and TLC, home of the tabloid sensation "Jon & Kate Plus 8."

Its stock has more than doubled since the start of the year, and the company's market value is nearly

Rachel Weisz took top acting honors and Ian McKellen was recognized for a half-century in the theater Monday at London's Evening Standard Theater Awards.

Weisz won the acting prize for playing faded southern belle Blanche Dubois in Tennessee Williams' "A Streetcar Named Desire." The prize was renamed the Natasha Richardson Best Actress Award this year in honor of the actress who died in March after a skiing accident in Quebec.

The award was presented by Richardson's mother, Vanessa

A former federal prosecutor and prominent New Jersey defense attorney whose past clients have included Queen Latifah and Lil' Kim has pleaded not guilty to bribery, drug and prostitution charges.

Paul Bergrin of Morganville appeared Monday in U.S. District Court in Newark. He's been held since his arrest in May for allegedly arranging the murder of one witness and trying to set up the murder of another.

The government could pursue the death penalty against Bergrin for the murder counts.

Federal

It won't be just the balloons, marching bands and floats on display in the annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. The laws of physics will also be on parade.

For the first time in its more than 80-year history, the parade route is bypassing Broadway, which cuts a diagonal slice through Manhattan, as it makes its way south from the Upper West Side to the finish at Macy's flagship store in Herald Square.

Instead, participants will use a new route _ one that traverses the grid of the

Carl Kasell will finally get to sleep in. The veteran newscaster is retiring from NPR's "Morning Edition."

The 75-year-old Kasell has done the newcast during NPR's flagship morning program since its inception 30 years ago. NPR says he will give his last broadcast on Dec. 30.

In a memo to National Public Radio staff and stations, managing editor David Sweeney and vice president of programming Margaret Low Smith praised Kasell for raising "more than a generation of listeners with his

Here are a selection of box-set offerings this season:

AC/DC "Backtracks" (Sony)

The essence of a box set is great packaging, lots of swag and hard-to-find content. All that is here on the latest AC/DC box set. The high-end version comes in a box made to look like a road-worn amplifier, complete with AC/DC logo. But look _ the top comes off to reveal one of the treasures inside actually IS a working amplifier that you can plug a guitar into a jam along!

The three CDs lean heavily

Like any wife who knows her husband well, Nancy Martus knows what will annoy her man. Like when she utters the phrase, "Oprah says..."

"He doesn't like it when I start my sentences that way," laughs Martus, a 36-year-old mother of three in Plymouth, Mass. "He says he doesn't care what Oprah says."

Good luck with that, Mr. Martus.

For his wife and for millions of women around the country, Winfrey has become, over the years, much more than a regular television date. Talk to her

Television retailer QVC has made aggressive plans to keep shoppers watching _ instead of mall-hopping _ on Black Friday, an event it has traditionally ignored.

The leading network for TV shoppers promises special deals and a healthy dose of new items for sale starting on Thanksgiving night. Program host Dave James plans to stay awake for 28 hours of telethon-like coverage.

The day after Thanksgiving is traditionally the biggest shopping day of the year, called "Black Friday" because

To create an album as hard-hitting as his multiplatinum-selling debut, 2003's "Get Rich or Die Tryin'," 50 Cent says he had to tap into the troubles he dealt with before he became one of hip-hop's biggest stars.

So, the 34-year-old rapper wrote about life before he was rich and famous on his fourth studio CD, "Before I Self Destruct," released this month.

"I don't know why but for me personally, pain is more monumental than joy. I can tell you the last time I was in a really hurtful

During rehearsals for his outlandish American Music Awards performance, amid a thundercloud of throbbing theater lights and special-effects fog, Adam Lambert effortlessly governs the sprawling stage while gripping a microphone in his gloved hands and donning a tight T-shirt slathered with an image of David Bowie's face.

"Let's do it faster," the ebony-haired singer prods a choreographer.

"Tell them it should be really bright there," he later cues a technician.

"Turn that off,"

Organizers say U2 will headline Glastonbury, Britain's leading summer music festival.

Festival boss Michael Eavis said Monday that the Irish rockers will play the festival's main stage on June 25.

It will be U2's first appearance at the event, and comes as Glastonbury celebrates its 40th anniversary.

Eavis said he was delighted to have "the biggest band in the world" in the lineup and promised "more surprises in the pipeline."

Glastonbury was founded in 1970 and is held

The King of Pop is still winning awards and setting records doing it.

But while Michael Jackson won a record four posthumous awards, he couldn't beat Taylor Swift for top honors at Sunday night's American Music Awards.

The 19-year-old was named the year's favorite artist, giving Jackson his only loss of the night, and giving her five trophies in all.

"Music has never been ultimately about competition," she said as she accepted the top prize via satellite from London, where she

How do you say school's out in Chinese?

Disney is recreating its hit franchise film "High School Musical" in the East as it turns its attention to the millions of teenagers in the massive China market.

The announcement comes just weeks after the Burbank, California-based company said the Chinese government has approved plans for a Shanghai theme park.

"Disney High School Musical: China" will be a co-production with Chinese companies Shanghai Media Group and Huayi Brothers Media

Pilot Chesley Sullenberger jokes that his heroic handling of a disabled jetliner brought him "rock star sex" in an interview for "NBC's People of the Year" TV special.

Sullenberger, who safely ditched a US Airways plane in New York's Hudson River after geese hit the engines, is among those interviewed by Matt Lauer for the Thanksgiving Day special.

Lauer asked Sullenberger and his wife, Laurie, whether his sudden celebrity helped or hurt their relationship.

"He doesn't know

British pop star Sting says Brazil's government should listen to the voices of local indigenous groups before building a massive hydroelectric dam in the Amazon rain forest.

Sting told a news conference Sunday in Sao Paulo the decision to build the Belo Monte dam should be made by all Brazilians, especially the native communities that would be most affected.

The multi-billion dollar project would dam the Xingu River in Brazil's north.

Brazilian officials say the dam is needed

Seven bulls being used on the set of a film starring Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz have broken free in Spain and slightly injured two people.

Cruise and Diaz were not at Sunday's rehearsal. The actors are scheduled to arrive in the city of Cadiz in southwest Spain for the filming of the "Knight & Day" movie next weekend.

Two unidentified women were slightly injured by the bulls as they broke free from the downtown location and ran through streets to a nearby beach. It was not immediately

Patricia Racette had just sung her moving final notes in "Suor Angelica" and fallen to the stage.

Around the Metropolitan Opera House, a significant segment of the audience was sniffling and wiping away tears.

Racette took on the rare task of singing all three soprano leads in Puccini's "Il Trittico," three one-act operas of melodrama, tragedy and comedy. Her shattering performance as the nun was the highlight of the night and one of the high points of her career.

Her gleaming

An auction house says it is selling a rare first edition of Charles Darwin's "On the Origin of Species" found in a family's guest lavatory in southern England.

Christie's auction house said Sunday the book _ one of around 1,250 copies first printed in 1859 _ had been on a toilet bookshelf at a family's home in Oxford.

The book will be auctioned on Tuesday, the 150th anniversary of the publication of the famous work. Christie's said the book is likely to sell for 60,000 pounds ($99,000).

Darwin's

Kate Hudson, Pierce Brosnan, Neil Patrick Harris and other stars who are used to getting applause were giving it gladly at a ceremony honoring people who make a difference in the lives of others.

"I've cried twice and we're on hero three," Harris said backstage after introducing one of the 10 "CNN Heroes" celebrated Saturday by the TV news network for their efforts to fight poverty, disease and other problems.

"There are so many awards shows every year for the Hollywood community

British TV personality David Frost will be honored at the 37th Annual International Emmy Awards for a wide-ranging career that has taken him from pioneering political satire on television to conducting serious interviews with former President Richard Nixon and other newsmakers.

ABC's Barbara Walters will present the International Emmy Founders Award to Frost at Monday night's awards gala at the Hilton New York Hotel.

"When they're up there on the stage, you are going to be looking

John Travolta and his family have helped raise money for charities in their home state of Florida with a screening of his new comedy

The actor, his wife Kelly Preston and their daughter Ella Bleu greeted hundreds of fans on the red carpet Friday for Disney's 'Old Dogs.'

The family expressed its appreciation to the community, ending their thanks with: "Love you, Ocala."

The private gala raised money for five nonprofit agencies selected by Travolta: The Jett Travolta Foundation,

Black ties and gowns filled a ballroom Saturday in a big-bucks salute to Detroit-style royalty _ the King of Motown, the Queen of Soul and the Kid of Rock.

Motown Records founder Berry Gordy, along with Aretha Franklin, Kid Rock and Motown's original kid, Stevie Wonder, came to Motown's original hometown for the Motown 50 Golden Gala. The 50th-anniversary event, which fetched $350 and up for a ticket, was a fundraiser for the Motown Historical Museum. The museum was the original home of

The sign sits propped on a wooden chair, inviting all comers: "Ask an Atheist."

Whenever a student gets within a few feet, Anastasia Bodnar waves and smiles, trying to make a good first impression before eyes drift down to a word many Americans rank down there with "socialist."

Bodnar is the happy face of atheism at Iowa State University. Once a week at this booth at a campus community center, the PhD student who spends most of her time researching the nutritional traits of corn takes

Black ties and gowns filled a ballroom Saturday in a big-bucks salute to Detroit-style royalty _ the King of Motown, the Queen of Soul and the Kid of Rock.

Motown Records founder Berry Gordy, along with Aretha Franklin, Kid Rock and Motown's original kid, Stevie Wonder, came to Motown's original hometown for the Motown 50 Golden Gala. The 50th-anniversary event, which fetched $350 and up for a ticket, was a fundraiser for the Motown Historical Museum. The museum was the original home of

The sign sits propped on a wooden chair, inviting all comers: "Ask an Atheist."

Whenever a student gets within a few feet, Anastasia Bodnar waves and smiles, trying to make a good first impression before eyes drift down to a word many Americans rank down there with "socialist."

Bodnar is the happy face of atheism at Iowa State University. Once a week at this booth at a campus community center, the PhD student who spends most of her time researching the nutritional traits of corn takes

The shimmering, white glove Michael Jackson wore when he premiered his trademark moonwalk dance in 1983 was auctioned off for $350,000 _ plus tax _ on Saturday.

Winning bidder Hoffman Ma of Hong Kong will pay $420,000, including taxes and fees, for the rhinestone-studded, modified golf glove Jackson wore on his left hand for his moonwalk on Motown's 25th anniversary TV special.

The glove was the top item in a collection of Jackson memorabilia on the block at the Hard Rock Cafe in

Vampires and werewolves have vanquished a dark knight. "The Twilight Saga: New Moon" took in $72.7 million in its first day to break the single day domestic box office record previously held by "The Dark Knight," which had a $67.2 million opening day last year.

The Friday haul for the "Twilight" sequel includes a record $26.3 million from midnight screenings alone.

If "New Moon" maintains its pace, it might have a shot at the all-time best opening weekend record of $158.4 million,

A German auction house says it has withdrawn from sale a painting that the Max Stern estate claims was one of hundreds the Jewish art dealer was forced to sell off by the Nazis.

Karl-Sax Feddersen, responsible for legal affairs at the Duesseldorf-based Lempertz auction house, said the picture by Alexander Adriaenssen had been pulled from Saturday's sale and its owner notified.

He said the painting is valued at euro4,000 to euro5,000.

Feddersen said the painting's owner must

Guest lineup for the Sunday TV news shows:

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ABC's "This Week" _ Sens. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., and Ben Nelson, D-Neb.; Reps. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., and Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Fla.

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CBS' "Face the Nation" _ Sens. Jon Kyl, R-Ariz., and Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y.

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NBC's "Meet the Press" _ Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., Kay Bailey Hutchison, R-Texas, and Joe Lieberman, Connecticut independent; and Nancy Brinker, founder of the Susan

Cable television newsman Dominic Carter, an influential reporter on New York politics, was convicted Friday of an attempted assault on his wife.

The Rockland County district attorney's office issued a one-sentence statement Friday saying Carter, 46, was found guilty of third-degree attempted assault.

The maximum sentence is three months in jail.

Carter, who was political anchor on NY1 until the station learned of the accusation, had been accused of the more serious charge of

Britney Spears' ex-boyfriend Adnan Ghalib is being sent to jail for 45 days for leaving the scene of an accident.

Los Angeles District Attorney's spokeswoman Jane Robison says Ghalib was taken into custody immediately after being sentenced Friday.

He pleaded no contest last month to leaving the scene of an accident that injured a man who was trying to serve him with a restraining order. The order was sought by Spears' father and was eventually granted.

The process server has

Guest lineup for the Sunday TV news shows:

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ABC's "This Week" _ Sens. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., and Ben Nelson, D-Neb.; Reps. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., and Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Fla.

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CBS' "Face the Nation" _ Sens. Jon Kyl, R-Ariz., and Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y.

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NBC's "Meet the Press" _ Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., Kay Bailey Hutchison, R-Texas, and Joe Lieberman, Connecticut independent; and Nancy Brinker, founder of the Susan

Jennifer Lopez plans to include fireworks and an on-stage costume change in her performance at the American Music Awards. "American Idol" runner-up Adam Lambert will incorporate leather and chains into his.

Lopez and Lambert will be among more than a dozen performers at Sunday's ceremony, and they took time out Thursday to perfect their performances.

Lopez is in top form, but she's still a little nervous. She'll be singing a song fans have never heard before and performing live on

Wale wanted to infuse his debut album with a woman's touch, so the rapper recruited singing divas like Rihanna, Lady Gaga, Chrisette Michele and Jazmine Sullivan to get that feeling across.

"I need a woman to help me convey the message because they're more emotional and my album is 100 percent about emotion," the 25-year-old said of "Attention Deficit," released this month.

"(It's) about feeling imperfect, about feeling like the world is on your shoulders, about feeling good about

Eminem's comeback year of 2009 was expected to include the release of two new albums.

That turned out to be only partially true.

"Relapse," the Detroit rapper's first original studio album in more than four years, debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Top 200 chart in May and eventually went platinum.

The plan then was to release a follow-up disc, entitled "Relapse 2," in the second half of the year.

Instead, Eminem and Interscope Records announced Thursday that "Relapse 2"

The driver of a Miley Cyrus tour bus was killed Friday when the bus overturned, but the 16-year-old "Hannah Montana" star wasn't on board, Virginia State Police said.

Sgt. Thomas Molnar said the bus ran off the left side of Interstate 85, struck an embankment and overturned. The accident occurred around 8:15 a.m. in Dinwiddie County, about 40 miles south of Richmond. Speed and weather weren't considered factors.

The driver, William G. Douglas, 53, of Austin, Texas, died at the scene,

Heidi Klum and her post-baby body led the parade at the annual Victoria's Secret fashion show, which returned to New York with some fresh faces after four years on the road.

The lingerie retailer inducted five more women into its "Angel" ranks _ a designation reserved for top models _ in front of a packed house Thursday night at the Lexington Avenue Armory. They are Emanuela de Paula, Chanel Iman, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, Lindsay Ellingson and Candice Swanepoel.

But Klum, who gave

Rankings for the top 15 programs on cable networks as compiled by the Nielsen Co. for the week of Nov. 9-15. Day and start time (EST) are in parentheses:

1. NFL Football: Pittsburgh vs. Denver (Monday, 8:30 p.m.), ESPN, 11.35 million homes, 16 million viewers.

2. "ICarly" (Saturday, 8 p.m.), Nickelodeon, 3.44 million homes, 5.03 million viewers.

3. "SpongeBob Truth or Square" (Saturday, 9 a.m.), Nickelodeon, 3.4 million homes, 4.65 million viewers.

4. "Suite Life on Deck"

Oprah Winfrey has racked up memorable moments during her long television reign. Some were moving, some embarrassing _ to her or others _ and a handful became pop-culture landmarks. Here are highlights through the years:

_ Winfrey gets the final TV interview with pianist-showman Liberace, six weeks before his AIDS-related death, 1986.

_ Winfrey travels to all-white Forsyth County, Ga., which had gained a reputation as being a hotbed for racism, 1987. It turns out that a majority of

An official says one of South Korea's top fashion models has been found dead at her home in Paris.

The Foreign Ministry official says French police found 20-year-old Daul Kim's body on Thursday. He says French police are investigating the cause of death. He refused to provide further details Friday and asked not to be named, citing government policy.

Media reports are calling it an apparent suicide.

Kim's modeling agency in South Korea, Esteem, says agency officials and her

"The Oprah Winfrey Show," an iconic broadcast that grew over two decades into a daytime television powerhouse and the foundation of a multibillion-dollar media empire, will end its run in 2011 after 25 seasons on the air, Winfrey's production company said Thursday night.

Winfrey plans to announce the final date for her show during a live broadcast on Friday, Harpo Productions Inc. said, bringing an end to what has been television's top-rated talk show for more than two decades, airing