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Source: J-Lo close to deal for `American Idol'
(AP)
AP - Ellen DeGeneres is dancing off "American Idol" after one season and Jennifer Lopez is poised to step in.
Jill Biden plays to type in 'Army Wives' episode
(AP)
AP - It isn't much of a stretch for Jill Biden when she takes an acting turn in an episode of Lifetime network's "Army Wives."
Capsule reviews: `Dinner for Schmucks' and others
(AP)
AP - Capsule reviews of films opening this week:
Box Office Preview: 'Inception' vs. the 'Schmucks'
(AP)
AP - Chris Nolan's "Inception" has been the No. 1 film every day since it opened earlier this month. Yet it could face a formidable challenge from the debuting comedy "Dinner for Schmucks" for the top spot at this weekend's box office.
Novelist Anne Rice says she's leaving Christianity
(AP)
AP - Anne Rice has had a religious conversion: She's no longer a Christian.
Mark Wahlberg gets star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
(AP)
AP - Rapper-turned-underwear model-turned-Oscar-nominated actor Mark Wahlberg has been enshrined in the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Source: J-Lo close to deal for `American Idol'
(AP)
AP - Ellen DeGeneres is dancing off "American Idol" after one season and Jennifer Lopez is poised to step in.
Sid Vicious absolved in erratic documentary
(Reuters)
Reuters - The title of "Who Killed Nancy" -- a new documentary opening Friday about the death of Nancy Spungen -- is a little misleading.
Source: J-Lo close to deal for `American Idol'
(AP)
AP - Ellen DeGeneres is dancing off "American Idol" after one season and Jennifer Lopez is poised to step in.
Disney sells Miramax for $600 million to investor group
(Reuters)
Reuters - Walt Disney Co said on Friday it had sold film studio Miramax for about $660 million to an investor group, ending months of talks between the media group and various bidders.
Sold-Out Concert of Revised 'On a Clear Day' Materializes at Vassar Before NYC
(Playbill)
Playbill - On a Clear Day You Can See Forever, the 1965 musical with a reincarnation plot and a handful of beloved Alan Jay Lerner-Burton Lane songs, gets a second life July 29-Aug. 1 in Poughkeepsie, NY.
Source: J-Lo close to deal for `American Idol'
(AP)
AP - Ellen DeGeneres is dancing off "American Idol" after one season and Jennifer Lopez is poised to step in.
One For Me, One For You: A New Approach to Holiday Giving at Gap
(Fashion Wire Daily)
Fashion Wire Daily - In a technology-obsessed world, where new gadgets top everyone's holiday gift wish-lists, it's up to clothing retailers to come up with new ways to entice customers to give wearable items as gifts. Gone are the days when a new pair of socks or pajamas can hold their own against a video game console or smartphone, which is something that Gap's creative director Patrick Robinson had in mind when he designed the Holiday 2010 collection.
North Korean diplomats seize books on Kim in Myanmar
(Reuters)
Reuters - North Korean diplomats in Myanmar have confiscated hundreds of copies of a locally published biography on the Stalinist state's reclusive leader, Kim Jong-il, the book's author said Friday.
Review: Efron sleepwalks through corny 'Cloud'
(AP)
AP - Zac Efron and the rest of the crew behind "Charlie St. Cloud" want their movie to be weepy, soulful, inspirational, cathartic, ethereal, life-affirming and who knows what else on the New Age emotional barometer.
