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Conan's lone Twitter followee: 'It's totally nuts' (AP)

Updated: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:44:20 GMT

Talk show host Conan O'Brien hosts the 54th annual Emmy Awards in Los Angeles September 22, 2002.AP - Last week, Sarah Killen had three Twitter followers.


'Lost Boys' actor Corey Haim dead in Calif. at 38 (AP)

Updated: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:00:32 GMT

This undated publicity image provided by A&E shows actor Corey Haim, who appeared in the A&E reality TV show 'The Two Coreys' with his friend Corey Feldman. Haim, a 1980s teen heartthrob for his roles in 'Lucas' and 'The Lost Boys' whose career was blighted by drug abuse, died Wednesday March 10, 2010. He was 38. (AP Photo/Courtesy AETN, L. Pief Weyman) NO SALES. MANDATORY CREDITAP - Corey Haim, a 1980s teen heartthrob whose career was blighted by drug abuse, has died. He was 38.


Charlie Sheen due back on `Two and a Half Men' (AP)

Updated: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:02:39 GMT

FILE - In this Jan. 28, 2009 file photo, actor Charlie Sheen is pictured at an event to celebrate Planet Hollywood's purchase of restaurant chain Buca di Beppo, at Universal CityWalk in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, file)AP - A spokesman for Charlie Sheen says the actor will soon be back at "Two and a Half Men" after undergoing rehab that temporarily halted production of CBS' top-rated sitcom.


Review: Pattinson still brooding in `Remember Me' (AP)

Updated: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:36:53 GMT

In this film publicity image released by Summit Entertainment, Emilie de Ravin, left, and Robert Pattinson are shown in a scene from 'Remember Me.' (AP Photo/Summit Entertainment, Nicole Rivelli)AP - In "Remember Me," Robert Pattinson has temporarily stepped away from "Twilight," apparently in search of his "Five Easy Pieces" or "Rebel Without a Cause."


Underwood flying high as "Play On Tour" starts (AP)

Updated: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:16:28 GMT

FILE - In this Feb. 7, 2010 file photo, country singer Carrie Underwood performs the National Anthem before the start of the NFL Super Bowl XLIV football game between the Indianapolis Colts and New Orleans Saints in Miami. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, file)AP - After selling more than a million tickets to her last concert tour, Carrie Underwood is aiming higher this time.


Critics mixed on Lloyd Webber's 'Love Never Dies' (AP)

Updated: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:37:26 GMT

British musical theatre composer Andrew Lloyd Webber arrives for the world premiere of his new musical 'Love Never Dies', at the Adelphi Theatre in London, Tuesday, March 9, 2010. The theater world was eagerly awaiting Tuesday's premiere in London of 'Love Never Dies,' the sequel to Lloyd Webber's global hit 'Phantom of the Opera.' (AP Photo/Sang Tan)AP - It got an opening-night standing ovation, but Andrew Lloyd Webber's latest musical extravaganza has received a mixed reception from London critics.


Conan's lone Twitter followee: 'It's totally nuts' (AP)

Updated: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:44:20 GMT

Talk show host Conan O'Brien hosts the 54th annual Emmy Awards in Los Angeles September 22, 2002.AP - Last week, Sarah Killen had three Twitter followers.


New Matt Damon movie may bring Iraq war into mainstream (Reuters)

Updated: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:19:10 GMT

Actor Matt Damon poses for photographers as he arrives at the World Premiere of Reuters - They conjured box office magic with their "Bourne" spy movies, but Matt Damon and Paul Greengrass risk their reputation as sure-fire hitmakers when the Iraq war thriller "Green Zone" debuts on Friday.


British rookie Taio Cruz rules U.S. singles chart (Reuters)

Updated: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:00:34 GMT

British rapper Taio Cruz arrives at 30th Brit Awards ceremony at Earl's Court in London, February 16, 2010. REUTERS/Luke MacgregorReuters - British newcomer Taio Cruz has broken a seven-year-old record by soaring to No. 1 on Billboard's Hot 100 singles chart in the United States.


NY Times outlook now stable (Reuters)

Updated: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:03:32 GMT

Reuters - Moody's Investors Service on Wednesday changed its outlook on The New York Times Co to stable, from negative, saying the newspaper publisher's revenue declines are likely to moderate.

Art dealer Edelman sued over loans (Reuters)

Updated: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:45:21 GMT

Reuters - Asher Edelman, a former corporate raider who became an art dealer, has been sued by Emigrant Bank for more than $3.1 million after allegedly defaulting on some loans, including one to buy a sculpture by Alberto Giacometti.

Madonna, Lourdes to launch 'Material Girl' line (AFP)

Updated: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 23:27:01 GMT

Madonna and her 13-year-old budding fashionista daughter Lourdes, pictured in 2009, are to launch a new line in teen clothing called AFP - Madonna and her 13-year-old budding fashionista daughter Lourdes are to launch a new line in teen clothing called "Material Girl" in the US this August.


Chanel's Fake Fur Ice Maidens (Fashion Wire Daily)

Updated: Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:50:00 GMT

FWD101  Model walks the runway at the Chanel show during Fall 2010 Fashion Week in Paris on Tuesday, March 9, 2010.(Fashion Wire Daily/Gruber)Fashion Wire Daily - One season after staging a Chanel runway show in a reconstructed Normandy farm, the house's designer Karl Lagerfeld presented its latest collection Tuesday, March 9, in Paris, in the midst of a custom-built iceberg, literally imported from Scandinavia.


Author reveals the unwritten rules of baseball (AP)

Updated: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:41:53 GMT

In this book cover image released by Pantheon Books, 'The Baseball Codes,' by Jason Turbow with Michael Duca is shown. (AP Photo/Pantheon Books)AP - "The Baseball Codes: Beanballs, Sign Stealing, and Bench-Clearing Brawls: The Unwritten Rules of America's Pastime" (Pantheon Books, 304 pages, $25), by Jason Turbow with Michael Duca: Major League Baseball is a complex, intricate game with a thick rule book that covers everything from balks and bunts to force plays and foul tips.


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.)