Top Stories: Patna, Dec.7 : People of different age groups including college students here took out a rally to protest vulgarity being depicted in television programmes and movies which they find being against Indian ethos and degenerating the minds of viewers. ANI Mon, 07 Dec 2009 10:30:03 -0500London, Dec 7(IANS) Hollywood actor Robert Pattinson, who shot to fame after the success of 'Twilight', says he is scared of not fulfilling fans' expectations. IANS Mon, 07 Dec 2009 08:50:03 -0500Nevada (US), Dec 7 : Oscar winner musician A.R. Rahman's world famous KM Music Conservatory has opened admissions for its prestigious Diploma Course starting next year. ANI Mon, 07 Dec 2009 07:00:05 -0500London, Dec 7 : It seems Brit singer Lily Allen has had enough of the hustle bustle of London, for she is planning on buying a 1.3 million pounds country retreat. ANI Mon, 07 Dec 2009 06:10:06 -0500Washington, Dec 7 : Sandra Bullock's 'The Blind Side' has topped the weekend box office after raking in 20.4 million dollars. ANI Mon, 07 Dec 2009 05:20:15 -0500London, Dec 7 : Susan Boyle' s phenomenal rise to fame has bagged the Scottish singer her very own TV special this Christmas. ANI Mon, 07 Dec 2009 05:20:10 -0500Washington, Dec 7 : American actress Katherine Heigl showed what it takes to be a celebrity with a heart - the Knocked Up star saved the lives of 25 Chihuahuas, who were about to be "euthanized". ANI Mon, 07 Dec 2009 05:20:08 -0500London, Dec 7 : Brit singer George Michael has revealed that he sees nothing wrong with smoking crack cocaine. ANI Mon, 07 Dec 2009 04:40:08 -0500Washington, Dec 7 : American actor Brad Pitt's stalled baseball movie 'Moneyball' is now back on, with director Bennett Miller believed to be ready to direct the film. ANI Mon, 07 Dec 2009 03:10:21 -0500London, Dec 7 (IANS) British singer Amy Winehouse will re-marry her ex-husband Blake Fielder Civil next year, according to her former mother-in-law. IANS Mon, 07 Dec 2009 01:10:02 -0500London, Dec 7 (IANS) Hollywood actress Eva Longoria Parker is addicted to Mexican food. IANS Mon, 07 Dec 2009 01:30:07 -0500London, Dec 7 (IANS) Hollywood actress Jennifer Aniston is planning to launch her own range of cookbooks. IANS Mon, 07 Dec 2009 01:30:03 -0500BOSTON ? A college student found guilty of copyright infringement has to destroy files he illegally downloaded years ago. But a judge in Boston refused Monday to order Joel Tenenbaum, of Pr... Sign on San Diego Mon, 07 Dec 2009 17:36:19 -0500LOS ANGELES -- Music videos from Norah Jones, Coldplay, Katy Perry and other artists under EMI Group PLC are headed to an online music video venture, Vevo, set to launch Tuesday with a gala in New Yo... Miami Herald Mon, 07 Dec 2009 17:25:26 -0500Computerworld - A federal judge in Boston today formally signed off on a $675,000 fine that a jury assessed against Boston University doctoral student Joel Tenenbaum for illegally sharing 30 copyright... Computerworld Mon, 07 Dec 2009 17:18:54 -0500Hull midfielder Jimmy Bullard will be out for six to eight weeks after suffering a knee injury in Saturday’s defeat at Aston Villa.Bullard, the Premier League’s player of the month for November, l... Irish Examiner Mon, 07 Dec 2009 17:17:52 -0500In a statement Monday, Winans said, "To be exonerated of all charges shows the power of trusting in God, and is a wonderful Christmas gift for me and my children."... USA Today Mon, 07 Dec 2009 17:11:57 -0500Dec. 7: Golfer Tiger Woods has not spoken publicly since his one-car crash late last month, but the scandal surrounding his personal life keeps growing. NBC’s Peter Alexander has the latest. MSNBC Mon, 07 Dec 2009 17:11:03 -0500From Bob Hope and Marilyn Monroe to Kid Rock and Stephen Colbert, celebrities and entertainers have traveled with the USO to bring a smile to U.S. troops overseas. MSNBC Mon, 07 Dec 2009 17:11:02 -0500The family of an 80-year-old man who fell to his death from a drawbridge on Sheridan Street has sued the drawbridge operator and his employers for negligence.Pauline Nolan, of Deerfield, Ill., filed t... Sun-Sentinel Mon, 07 Dec 2009 16:58:33 -0500LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Singer Billy Joel and his daughter, Alexa Ray Joel, are staying together at an undisclosed location following her release from a New York hospital over the weekend, a spokeswom... Reuters Mon, 07 Dec 2009 16:58:21 -0500On Sunday, Weezer frontman Rivers Cuomo was hospitalized with three cracked ribs from the bus crash, which happened on an icy patch of freeway about 40 miles from Albany, the band said on its website. Reuters Mon, 07 Dec 2009 16:58:19 -0500A Long Tradition of Musicians Misbehaving (AP) Mostly excellent, all of them memorable, here are the decade's Top 10 television achievements as tapped by the TV writers of The Associated Press. In ... CBS News Mon, 07 Dec 2009 16:56:00 -0500ITV has apologised after a pet rat was allegedly killed and eaten by contestants on I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here! The TV channel said it was an "oversight" the production team failed to che... Ananova Mon, 07 Dec 2009 16:33:28 -0500The ISEQ index of Irish shares closed down 23.66 points at 2,963.58 this evening, a drop of 0.79%.On the fallers' board, CRH was down 33c to €18.07; Paddy Power shed 14c to €25.35; Elan Corp was d... Irish Examiner Mon, 07 Dec 2009 15:45:30 -0500The web is on fire with the news that Pepsi - long a corporate supporter of gays and lesbians - sponsored a concert in Uganda in which musicians were calling to have gay throats slit. 365gay Mon, 07 Dec 2009 15:42:10 -0500"I was born in Colombia, growing up in the developing world where education is perceived as a luxury and not as a birthright," Shakira said. USA Today Mon, 07 Dec 2009 15:39:27 -0500Powter, whose hit Bad Day reigned on top of the Billboard pop charts for five weeks in 2006, was named as the decade's top one-hit wonder by Billboard. USA Today Mon, 07 Dec 2009 15:39:26 -0500The TV channel said it was an "oversight" the production team failed to check whether killing of a rat was lawful and it will review its procedures. The apology comes after the Australian police said... Sky News Mon, 07 Dec 2009 15:34:16 -0500One of the television industry’s most eligible executives is off the market. Industry insiders have been interested to see where Peter Liguori, a former top Fox programming executive, would land af... Associated Press Mon, 07 Dec 2009 15:27:46 -0500(AP) Actor Dennis Quaid is helping launch a national program to help prevent medication errors like the one that hurt his newborn twins in 2007. Quaid on Monday was expected to announce the Nationa... CBS News Mon, 07 Dec 2009 15:23:46 -0500Tiger Woods Whiffs on Scandal's P.R. (AP) A police officer who responded to Tiger Woods' car accident found $235 in the vehicle and two iron golf clubs on the ground next to a golf cart. The Winder... CBS News Mon, 07 Dec 2009 15:23:45 -0500Jackson's "This Is It" on DVD in January (AP) A Los Angeles City Council panel will discuss getting the owner of the Staples Center arena to repay at least some of the $3 million taxpayers spent on th... CBS News Mon, 07 Dec 2009 15:23:44 -0500With negotiations on new TV and movie labor contracts set to begin in less than 10 months, the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists and the Screen Actors Guild have yet to take formal s... Showbiz Data Mon, 07 Dec 2009 15:16:30 -0500Apparently Fox has few qualms about putting Adam Lambert back on live television. The network announced today (Monday) that Lambert will appear on the season finale of So You think You Can Dance, sche... Showbiz Data Mon, 07 Dec 2009 15:16:30 -0500The series finale of Monk went out impressively Friday night, setting a ratings record for a series episode on basic cable. The USA Network comedy-cum-detective-drama drew about 9.4 million viewers of... Showbiz Data Mon, 07 Dec 2009 15:16:28 -0500GE's deal with Comcast to share ownership of NBC Universal contains a clause guaranteeing that GE will continue as NBC's No. 1 advertiser, Advertising Age reported today (Monday), citing filings with ... Showbiz Data Mon, 07 Dec 2009 15:16:27 -0500The Broadcast Film Critics Association is changing the name of its annual awards ceremony to the Critics' Choice Movie Awards, adding the word "Movie" to the title. "It dawned on us that for a show th... Showbiz Data Mon, 07 Dec 2009 15:16:25 -0500The Blind Side turned out to be a real eye-opener for box-office analysts over the weekend as the movie took over first place in its third weekend with an estimated $20.1 million -- about what the ana... Showbiz Data Mon, 07 Dec 2009 15:16:24 -0500Not a few critics are calling Up in the Air a film for our times while at the same time comparing it with the classic romantic comedies of the '30s and '40s by Billy Wilder, Leo McCarey, Garson Kanin,... Showbiz Data Mon, 07 Dec 2009 15:16:23 -0500NEW YORK, (Reuters Breakingviews) - Are video-gamers Hollywood takeover bait? With their business models under threat and shares in the doldrums, game publishers like Electronic Arts look ripe for the... West Australian Mon, 07 Dec 2009 14:28:10 -0500Mumbai, Dec 7 : Anil Ambani Group company Reliance MediaWorks today said it has partnered with US-based In-Three to convert films and videos into three-dimensional format, to cater to the growing dema... New Kerala Mon, 07 Dec 2009 14:20:53 -0500SILVER SPRING, Md. -- Discovery Communications Inc., which owns Discovery, TLC and other cable channels, on Monday named Peter Liguori as chief operating officer, effective Jan. 19.He replaces Mark H... Miami Herald Mon, 07 Dec 2009 14:18:54 -0500With its cast of dancing Klu Klux Klan members and its unashamedly irreverent take on Christianity, Jerry Springer: The Opera was one of the most successful and controversial musicals to hit the Wes... The Independent Mon, 07 Dec 2009 14:17:13 -0500NEW YORK (UPI) -- Weezer lead singer Rivers Cuomo suffered three cracked ribs and internal damage in a weather-related tour-bus crash in New York, a band spokesman said. E! News reported the 40-year-o... Hispanic Business Magazine Mon, 07 Dec 2009 14:16:08 -0500New York - Rock band Weezer cancelled the remainder of their US tour Monday after singer Rivers Cuomo was injured over the weekend in a tour bus crash in upstate New York. The crash occurred Sunday wh... Earth Times Mon, 07 Dec 2009 14:13:20 -0500Public sector unions are warning of a long and sustained campaign of industrial action after talks with the Government collapsed last week.Union leaders met in Dublin today to devise a strategy if the... Irish Examiner Mon, 07 Dec 2009 14:11:18 -0500A senior British Army officer described today how he warned Tony Blair two days before the invasion of Iraq that there were insufficient preparations for dealing with the aftermath of the conflict.Giv... Irish Examiner Mon, 07 Dec 2009 14:11:18 -0500Folk legend Liam Clancy was now reunited with his brothers and bandmates after a passionate life that was lived to the full, his funeral service heard today.On a biting cold winter’s day, hundreds p... Irish Examiner Mon, 07 Dec 2009 14:11:17 -0500Two separate bomb attacks killed more than 20 people and injured dozens more in Pakistan today.In the first suicide bomber struck outside a court building in Peshawar, killing six people and wounding ... Irish Examiner Mon, 07 Dec 2009 14:11:16 -0500Manchester United defenders John O’Shea and Jonny Evans have both been ruled out of action until January, the club have confirmed.Evans has been struggling with a calf injury while O’Shea’s prob... Irish Examiner Mon, 07 Dec 2009 14:11:16 -0500(CNN) -- There is something new to do in Sin City: Follow the trail of "The Amazing Race" finalists who sprinted through Las Vegas, Nevada, in a quest to win a $1 million grand prize. CNN Mon, 07 Dec 2009 14:02:01 -0500December 7, 2009 New York - A publicist says the daughter of Billy Joel and Christie Brinkley is staying with her father two days after being treated in New York for a possible overdose of pills. A... Tonight Mon, 07 Dec 2009 13:52:01 -0500December 7, 2009 Amy Adams is pregnant. The Doubt actress and her fiance Darren Legallo are expecting their first child together and the baby is due later next year. The couple first met in an a... Tonight Mon, 07 Dec 2009 13:51:54 -0500Christie Brinkley Divorce Case Settled (AP) A publicist says the daughter of Billy Joel and Christie Brinkley is staying with her father two days after being treated in New York for a possible overdos... CBS News Mon, 07 Dec 2009 13:48:06 -0500Beyonce a Big Hit at MTV's Berlin Show (AP) Michael Jackson and Mother Teresa. Stephen Hawking and the Dalai Lama. And now, Shakira. The Colombian singer who is famous for hits like "Hips Don't Lie... CBS News Mon, 07 Dec 2009 13:48:05 -0500Watch video » Eight pop-radio acts played the annual KDWB Jingle Ball on Sunday night at the Xcel Energy Center, but a scan of the T-shirts favored by the majority of the 14,000 in attendance sugge... Pioneer Press Mon, 07 Dec 2009 13:42:50 -0500Xbox 360 . Created by the veteran team at Turn 10 Studios of Microsoft Game Studios, Forza Motorsport 3 unites the racing game genre, making it possible for everyone to experience the thrill of the wo... New York Post Mon, 07 Dec 2009 13:39:33 -0500-- 2009 proved to be quite a year when it came to concerts here in St. Louis. Aside from all of the standard touring acts, we were lucky enough to host this year's Farm Aid. As the new year approaches... KSDK Mon, 07 Dec 2009 13:36:11 -0500ANN ARBOR, Mich.—The iPhone's potential as a musical instrument is on display at the University of Michigan this week with a concert by the Michigan Mobile Phone Ensemble. Wednesday's concert i... U.S. News & World Report Mon, 07 Dec 2009 12:52:08 -0500The night is lit up by Jay Peterson's Christmas Light Show 2009 at his home in Minneola. For some of the musical numbers, snowflakes appear on the garage door. The Ledger Mon, 07 Dec 2009 12:49:41 -0500A drug dealer was arrested after he reported a garda search of his former home as a burglary, Dublin Circuit Criminal Court has heard.Gardai found nearly €250,000 worth of drugs when they searched t... Irish Examiner Mon, 07 Dec 2009 12:34:15 -0500A post mortem is being carried out this afternoon on the body of man found dead in south Co Dublin.The body of the man, believed to be in his early 40s, was found on the Lower Shankill Road at around ... Irish Examiner Mon, 07 Dec 2009 12:34:15 -0500'X Factor' reject Danyl Johnson told today how he struggled to live up to expectations after Simon Cowell hailed his first audition as the best he had ever seen.The 27-year-old drama teacher from Read... Irish Examiner Mon, 07 Dec 2009 12:34:14 -0500More than £1bn (€1.1bn) of UK Treasury funding for devolving policing and justice powers to the North is under threat if there is no cross-party agreement, deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness s... Irish Examiner Mon, 07 Dec 2009 12:34:14 -0500A taxi driver who was caught with cannabis resin valued at €114,000 has been given a seven-year suspended sentence by Judge Katherine Delahunt at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.Alan McEvoy (aged 40),... Irish Examiner Mon, 07 Dec 2009 12:34:13 -0500A prison officer and a convicted murderer serving a life sentence, who were both involved in smuggling contraband into Mountjoy prison, have been jailed for a total of seven years by Judge Katherine D... Irish Examiner Mon, 07 Dec 2009 12:34:13 -0500A gang rammed a garda car last night following a smash and grab in Co Cork.The four raiders targeted a pharmacy in the west Cork village of Ballymakeera at around 11.45pm and smashed the front window ... Irish Examiner Mon, 07 Dec 2009 12:34:13 -0500The snakes and crocodiles that are supposed to infest the Australian set of a British "survival" show might not have bitten its celebrities, but reality has. Italian-born television chef Gino D'Acamp... New Zealand Herald Mon, 07 Dec 2009 12:30:04 -0500Apple spokesman Steve Dowling confirmed the purchase Sunday, but would not provide any further information, including how much the deal was worth. USA Today Mon, 07 Dec 2009 12:28:16 -0500Band's Web site thanks driver for "keeping things as level as they could be" Cuomo's wife, daughter, nanny were also on board, weren't injured Cuomo OK at a hospital, won't need surgery; ban... CNN Mon, 07 Dec 2009 12:25:42 -0500London, England (CNN) -- Hundreds of millions of dollars is a lot to spend on a film featuring a bunch of blue aliens -- but that's exactly what Fox Features has done with new 3D sci-fi "Avatar,&... CNN Mon, 07 Dec 2009 12:25:41 -0500Jason Reitman, director of "Juno," likes to make movies for adults New film "Up in the Air" has main character who fires people, stars George Clooney Reitman, 32, changed tone of w... CNN Mon, 07 Dec 2009 12:25:39 -0500SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Semiconductor stocks remained in the tech-sector spotlight Monday after Intel Corp. said it would delay the rollout of a long-planned graphics chip that would compete ag... Market Watch Mon, 07 Dec 2009 12:16:05 -0500SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Semiconductor stocks remained in the tech-sector spotlight Monday after Intel Corp. said it would delay the rollout of a long-planned graphics chip that would compete ag... Market Watch Mon, 07 Dec 2009 12:15:56 -0500"} ,{"image" : '/resources/r/?m=02&d=20091207&t=2&i=27903221&w=460&r=2009-12-07T165745Z_01_BTRE5B61AKZ00_RTROPTP_0_FRANCE-PERRIN', "thumbnail" : '/resources/r/?m=02&d=20091207&t=2&i=27903221&w=50&r=... Reuters Mon, 07 Dec 2009 12:13:44 -0500LOS ANGELES, Dec. 7 /PRNewswire/ -- In a unique charitable effort called the "12 Stops of Christmas," music fans who give a suggested donation of $5 to City of Hope, a leading research, trea... Earth Times Mon, 07 Dec 2009 12:12:41 -0500ABC's Charles Gibson to Sign Off Dec. 18 (AP) Diane Sawyer says this week is her last as co-anchor of ABC's "Good Morning America" as she prepares to replace Charles Gibson on the network's "World New... CBS News Mon, 07 Dec 2009 12:11:34 -0500(AP) As far as one-hit wonders go, Daniel Powter is king of them all - for this decade, at least. Powter, whose hit "Bad Day" reigned on top of the Billboard pop charts for five weeks in 2006, was ... CBS News Mon, 07 Dec 2009 12:11:34 -0500"Dexter" is having its best year ever, with record numbers of viewers watching the show in recent weeks. That success could be the result an addition to the show's cast: John Lithgow. Lithgow stars a... CBS News Mon, 07 Dec 2009 12:11:33 -0500Musical therapist Preethi Burkholder plays the piano at the Lafayette Senior Center recently as Tish Tobias, 81, center, and Janet Strange, 62, dance. Burkholder is a classically trained pianist who v... Denver Post Mon, 07 Dec 2009 11:51:19 -0500Despite performing what Simon Cowell described as 'singlehandedly the best first audition', Danyl Johnson has failed to make it through to the X Factor final. But the 27-year-old teacher from Readin... Ananova Mon, 07 Dec 2009 11:47:36 -0500Television favourites And and Dec have joined the world's great and good by being named in the latest Who's Who guide. The Geordie duo are just two of almost 1,000 new entries in the red book which ... Ananova Mon, 07 Dec 2009 11:47:36 -0500Lala.com . This could be great news for music lovers. Lala is a four-year-old company based in Palo Alto that lets users upload their music collections into the cloud and access them from anywhere on... NPR Mon, 07 Dec 2009 11:00:05 -0500Music-lovers watching their favorite acts at live concerts are increasingly becoming targets for gangs of mobile phone thieves, British police said today. Detectives warn that they have seen ... The Independent Mon, 07 Dec 2009 10:56:00 -0500It took three weeks but "The Blind Side" knocked "The Twilight Saga: New Moon" out of the No. 1 spot in U.S. theaters, Box Office Mojo said Sunday. "The Blind Side" took in an estimated $20.44 million... Hispanic Business Magazine Mon, 07 Dec 2009 10:55:07 -0500Anna Friel has been spotted locking lips with a co-star.The actress, who is currently starring as Holly Golightly in ‘Breakfast at Tiffany’s’ in London’s West End, was photographed sharing a l... Irish Examiner Mon, 07 Dec 2009 10:50:19 -0500A Fianna Fáil back-bencher has said there is "an opposition" within the party over how Wednesday's Budget cuts should be made.Longford/Westmeath TD Peter Kelly said Fianna Fáil is in overall agreeme... Irish Examiner Mon, 07 Dec 2009 10:50:19 -0500Officials at Bangor have been forced to abandon the chases at their next two meetings after the River Dee burst its banks last month.The two fixtures scheduled for December 16 and December 22 will now... Irish Examiner Mon, 07 Dec 2009 10:50:19 -0500Just one in three rapes reported to gardaí make it to court, new research claims.Cases where women are attacked by someone they know are less likely to be prosecuted than assaults in public by a stra... Irish Examiner Mon, 07 Dec 2009 10:50:18 -0500A convicted sex offender who killed himself and his family in a house fire was having sex with an underage girl in the month before the blaze, a court in the North heard today.Arthur McElhill, 36, was... Irish Examiner Mon, 07 Dec 2009 10:50:18 -0500Chelsea have doubts about John Terry (knee), Ashley Cole (ankle) and Michael Ballack (knee) ahead of tomorrow’s Champions League Group D clash with Apoel Nicosia.Defender Alex plus strikers Salomon ... Irish Examiner Mon, 07 Dec 2009 10:50:18 -0500Quinton Aaron and Sandra Bullock are shown as Michael Oher and Leigh Anne Tuohy, respectively, in a scene from "The Blind Side," a Warner Bros. Pictures release. Business Journal Mon, 07 Dec 2009 10:49:27 -0500Quinton Aaron and Sandra Bullock are shown as Michael Oher and Leigh Anne Tuohy, respectively, in a scene from "The Blind Side," a Warner Bros. Pictures release. Los Angeles Business Mon, 07 Dec 2009 10:48:58 -0500Mobile Entertainment Services is a comprehensive report analysing the evolution of music, games and television for mobile devices. This strategic research report from Berg Insight provides you with 14... Earth Times Mon, 07 Dec 2009 10:27:38 -0500 | 
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