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• After Fox's `Idol,' CBS dominates TV ratings (AP)
• Judge tells Lohan day of reckoning coming soon (AP)
• AP critics split on Oscar best picture winner (AP)
• Clooney says women, drugs rule him out of politics (omg!)
• Billy Ray Cyrus: I Am Mending My Family (omg!)
• Jen Aniston's Hairstylist on New Cut: "It Was Time for a Change" (omg!)
• Flashback! Justin Bieber, 13, Sings for Spare Change (omg!)
• PICS: Kelly Osbourne Flashes Bra for Madonnas Material Girl Line! (omg!)
• Ed Westwick, Ryan Kwanten Party Together in West Hollywood (omg!)
• Dave Franco Reveals Family Secret About Oscar Host James & Talks Emma Roberts Video Make Out Session (omg!)
• Review: `Of Gods and Men' is martyrdom masterpiece (AP)
• Thurman stalker seeks plea deal in new NYC case (AP)
• Barbados lifts ban on 'Black Swan' after outcry (AP)
• 5 — or 10 — most bizarre Oscar moments (AP)
• 'Deadliest Catch' crew member found dead in hotel (AP)
• "Last Lions" film humanizes fate of African lions (Reuters)
• Spotify nears Universal label deal, no Warner yet (Reuters)
• Spotify nears Universal label deal, no Warner yet (Reuters)
• It's not over 'til the tenor sings - now in 3D (Reuters)
• Fearless (Sort Of) Predictions for Sunday's Oscars (ContributorNetwork)

After Fox's `Idol,' CBS dominates TV ratings (AP) Posted: 23 Feb 2011 01:50 PM PST AP - After Fox's "American Idol," the television landscape lately has become pretty clear: There's CBS, and there's everybody else.

Judge tells Lohan day of reckoning coming soon (AP) Posted: 23 Feb 2011 01:24 PM PST AP - A judge on Wednesday gave Lindsay Lohan roughly two weeks to decide if she will fight or take a plea deal in a felony grand theft case, but either decision could send the troubled starlet back behind bars.

AP critics split on Oscar best picture winner (AP) Posted: 23 Feb 2011 12:14 PM PST AP - Associated Press Movie Writers David Germain and Christy Lemire agree on who will win five of the six top categories at Sunday's Academy Awards, but they are divided on the biggest of all.

Clooney says women, drugs rule him out of politics (omg!) Posted: 23 Feb 2011 02:33 PM PST omg! - Reuters - Actor George Clooney will play a flawed presidential candidate in his latest movie, but he has again rejected the notion of running for politics in real life.

Billy Ray Cyrus: I Am Mending My Family (omg!) Posted: 23 Feb 2011 02:31 PM PST omg! - One week after opening up about the destruction of his family, Billy Ray Cyrus is hoping to put it back together. "It is very important to me to work on mending my family right now," the country singer, 49, told People in a statement Wednesday. Billy Ray Cyrus: Hannah Montana destroyed my family In an interview with GQ magazine released earlier this month, Cyrus blamed...

Jen Aniston's Hairstylist on New Cut: "It Was Time for a Change" (omg!) Posted: 23 Feb 2011 02:28 PM PST omg! - Chris McMillan calls the new bob "simple," "chic" and "modern"

Flashback! Justin Bieber, 13, Sings for Spare Change (omg!) Posted: 23 Feb 2011 02:19 PM PST omg! - The then-unknown kid entertainer was chased off the steps of a theatre in his native Stratford, Ontario

PICS: Kelly Osbourne Flashes Bra for Madonnas Material Girl Line! (omg!) Posted: 23 Feb 2011 02:18 PM PST omg! - The Fashion Police host flaunts her style in the gritty, 80s-inspired ads

Ed Westwick, Ryan Kwanten Party Together in West Hollywood (omg!) Posted: 23 Feb 2011 02:01 PM PST omg! - See what the celebs did this week

Dave Franco Reveals Family Secret About Oscar Host James & Talks Emma Roberts Video Make Out Session (omg!) Posted: 23 Feb 2011 01:49 PM PST omg! - LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Former "Scrubs" hunk Dave Franco is heading to the Oscars this weekend to catch his older brother in action behind the microphone and the handsome actor revealed he'll have a hot lady on his arm on the red carpet. Plus, the actor reveals what he thinks of recent music video co-star Emma Roberts.

Review: `Of Gods and Men' is martyrdom masterpiece (AP) Posted: 23 Feb 2011 02:03 PM PST AP - Monastic life is anything but tedious in Xavier Beauvois' masterful drama "Of Gods and Men," based on the real-life tragedy of seven French monks abducted and beheaded during Algeria's civil war in 1996.

Thurman stalker seeks plea deal in new NYC case (AP) Posted: 23 Feb 2011 09:57 AM PST AP - Uma Thurman's convicted stalker is trying to work out a plea deal on charges that he tried to contact her again after a judge declined Wednesday to toss out or pare down the new case.

Barbados lifts ban on 'Black Swan' after outcry (AP) Posted: 23 Feb 2011 12:41 PM PST AP - A censorship board has reversed a decision to ban theaters in Barbados from showing "Black Swan" because of its sexual and violent content.

5 — or 10 — most bizarre Oscar moments (AP) Posted: 23 Feb 2011 09:31 AM PST AP - The Academy Awards are, for the most part, an elegant and tightly controlled affair. But wacky things can and do happen sometimes — and those are the moments viewers remember the most.

'Deadliest Catch' crew member found dead in hotel (AP) Posted: 23 Feb 2011 02:03 PM PST AP - A member of a 'Deadliest Catch' has been found dead in an Alaska hotel room.

"Last Lions" film humanizes fate of African lions (Reuters) Posted: 23 Feb 2011 03:05 PM PST Reuters - Filmmakers Dereck and Beverly Joubert are somewhat famous in the small world of wildlife documentaries, and to those outside it, lead a romantic life filming wild animals against an enchanting African landscape.

Spotify nears Universal label deal, no Warner yet (Reuters) Posted: 23 Feb 2011 02:30 PM PST Reuters - Spotify, the popular European digital music service, is "a few weeks away" from inking a deal for U.S. rights to songs from Universal Music Group, the world's largest music company, according to people familiar with the talks.

Spotify nears Universal label deal, no Warner yet (Reuters) Posted: 23 Feb 2011 02:30 PM PST Reuters - Spotify, the popular European digital music service, is "a few weeks away" from inking a deal for U.S. rights to songs from Universal Music Group, the world's largest music company, according to people familiar with the talks.

It's not over 'til the tenor sings - now in 3D (Reuters) Posted: 23 Feb 2011 05:19 AM PST Reuters - A little airborne moisture comes naturally with singing, but young American tenor Michael Fabiano says it doesn't faze him that the droplets he exhales on Wednesday will be broadcast live and, for an opera first, in 3D.

Fearless (Sort Of) Predictions for Sunday's Oscars (ContributorNetwork) Posted: 23 Feb 2011 02:44 PM PST ContributorNetwork - Here's a bit of heresy from a film critic: I've never cared much about the Academy Awards. Over the span of a 30-year career writing about movies, I've rattled on about Oscar, but seldom with a major rooting interest.

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