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'Alice in Wonderland' races to $116.1M opening (AP)[ Mar 08, 2010 17:23 ]

An image of Johnny Depp, as the Mad Hatter in the new 'Alice in Wonderland' film, stares down through the plastic tent covering the red carpet outside the Kodak Theatre as preparations continue for Sunday's Academy Awards in Los Angeles, on Saturday, March 6, 2010. (AP Photo/Amy Sancetta)AP - Johnny Depp and Tim Burton found a pile of money on the other side of the looking glass.

Oscar's big question: How did David slay Goliath? (AP)[ Mar 08, 2010 21:26 ]

From left, screen writer Mark Boal, director Kathryn Bigelow and producer Greg Shapiro pose backstage with their Oscars for screen writing, directing and best movie for “The Hurt Locker” at the 82nd Academy Awards Sunday, March 7, 2010, in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles)AP - For Hollywood pundits, industry folk and Oscar fans still paying attention on Monday, a major question remained: How did David slay Goliath?

Lil Wayne begins 1-year jail term in NYC gun case (AP)[ Mar 08, 2010 19:21 ]

FILE- In this Feb. 9, 2010, file photo, rapper Lil Wayne enters Manhattan criminal court in New York. After two delays, Lil Wayne is finally set to be sentenced Monday, March 8, 2010,  to a year in city jail, as planned when he pleaded guilty in October to attempted criminal possession of a weapon. He admitted illegally having a loaded .40-caliber semiautomatic gun on his tour bus in July 2007. (AP Photo/Louis Lanzano, file)AP - After saying goodbye on concert stages and online video streams, Lil Wayne had nothing to add as he was sentenced Monday to a year in jail for having a loaded gun on his tour bus.

TV ratings smile on Oscar as viewership rises (AP)[ Mar 08, 2010 17:45 ]

Kathryn Bigelow poses backstage with the Oscar for best achievement in directing for “The Hurt Locker” at the 82nd Academy Awards Sunday, March 7, 2010, in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles)AP - An estimated 41.3 million people saw "The Hurt Locker" top the popular "Avatar" for best picture in the most-watched Academy Awards telecast since 2005.

Stay tuned: More fee disputes over local TV coming (AP)[ Mar 08, 2010 19:36 ]

A Cablevision sign is seen in New York, Sunday, March 7, 2010. Cablevision subscribers were scrambling Sunday to hook up antennas or find live TV on the Internet in order to watch the Academy Awards after ABC's parent company Walt Disney Co. switched off its signal in a dispute over fees. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)AP - Stay tuned for more fee disputes threatening local television stations on cable TV lineups.

D'Angelo accused of soliciting prostitute in NYC (AP)[ Mar 08, 2010 14:54 ]

AP - Authorities say D'Angelo was caught in New York City trying to pay $40 for sex with an undercover cop posing as a prostitute.

NBC renews "Miss Universe" pageant (Reuters)[ Mar 08, 2010 21:10 ]

Reuters - Miss America may be searching for a new home, but NBC said Monday it has renewed its deal with Donald Trump and the Miss Universe organization to televise "Miss Universe" and "Miss USA" for three more years, beginning 2011.

Oscar's big question: How did David slay Goliath? (AP)[ Mar 08, 2010 21:26 ]

From left, screen writer Mark Boal, director Kathryn Bigelow and producer Greg Shapiro pose backstage with their Oscars for screen writing, directing and best movie for “The Hurt Locker” at the 82nd Academy Awards Sunday, March 7, 2010, in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles)AP - For Hollywood pundits, industry folk and Oscar fans still paying attention on Monday, a major question remained: How did David slay Goliath?

Guns N' Roses plan "secret" shows in South America (Reuters)[ Mar 08, 2010 20:26 ]

Reuters - Guns N' Roses will play three private shows in Brazil and Argentina during the band's current tour of South America, the organizer said on Monday.

NBC renews "Miss Universe" pageant (Reuters)[ Mar 08, 2010 21:10 ]

Reuters - Miss America may be searching for a new home, but NBC said Monday it has renewed its deal with Donald Trump and the Miss Universe organization to televise "Miss Universe" and "Miss USA" for three more years, beginning 2011.

Leibovitz agrees loan deal with Colony Capital: report (Reuters)[ Mar 08, 2010 21:42 ]

Reuters - Celebrity photographer Annie Leibovitz has arranged a deal with a private equity firm to sort out her debts, the Financial Times reported in its Tuesday edition.

Philippines star 'sorry' in election campaign row (AFP)[ Mar 09, 2010 00:18 ]

Philippine talk show host Kris Aquino (pictured) has apologised after she provoked a fellow celebrity into launching a campaign against her presidential candidate brother Benigno Aquino.(AFP/File/Joel Nito)AFP - Philippine talk show host Kris Aquino has apologised after she provoked a fellow celebrity into launching a campaign against her presidential candidate brother Benigno Aquino.

Valli's Walk of Shame Chic (Fashion Wire Daily)[ Mar 08, 2010 19:10 ]

FWD101  Model walks the runway at the Giambattista Valli show during Fall 2010 Fashion Week in Paris on Monday, March 8, 2010.(Fashion Wire Daily/Gruber)Fashion Wire Daily - If style is grace under pressure, as Ernest Hemingway once defined it, then designer Giambattista Valli surely has it in spades.

David Foster Wallace archive goes to U. of Texas (AP)[ Mar 08, 2010 20:41 ]

AP - The archive of writer David Foster Wallace, best known for his 1996 novel "Infinite Jest," has been acquired by the Harry Ransom Center library and museum at the University of Texas, the center announced Monday.

Fashion's latest fixation: 3D (The Newsroom)[ Feb 26, 2010 11:49 ]

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.)

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