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Forbes: Will Ferrell is Hollywood’s most overpaid Star

REUTERS — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:00:00 GMT

Funnyman Will Ferrell and British actor Ewan McGregor on Wednesday headed a Forbes.com list of Hollywood’s most overpaid stars when looking at the financial returns of their movies.

Bon Jovi comes full ‘Circle’ on US chart

REUTERS — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:00:00 GMT

Bon Jovi claimed its fourth No. 1 album on the US pop chart Wednesday, despite a sharp drop in sales.

Sites selling Beatles songs to remain shut down

AP — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:00:00 GMT

Two Web sites that sold songs by The Beatles for 25 cents apiece should remain shut down indefinitely, a federal judge ruled on Wednesday.

Woman leaves $40,000 at shrine

AP — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:00:00 GMT

A woman quietly left $40,000 worth of rare US coins near a Catholic shrine for safekeeping so the Virgin Mary could watch over her life savings while she was out of town, and apparently it worked:

Lost man drives nine hours to get newspaper

REUTERS — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:00:00 GMT

An elderly man who went out to fetch a morning newspaper ended up driving nearly 400 miles after getting lost and taking a wrong turn onto a major Australian highway, police said on Wednesday.

Palin says US presidency ‘not on my radar screen’

REUTERS — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 22:00:00 GMT

Sarah Palin said a run for the White House in 2012 is “not on my radar screen right now” as the Republican carefully did not close the door to a possible candidacy in an interview that launched her big book tour.

Judge grants Nicole Richie restraining order

AP — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 22:00:00 GMT

A judge has granted TV star Nicole Richie’s request for a restraining order barring two celebrity photographers from coming close to her or her children.

Jay-Z, Will and Jada Pinkett Smith back ‘Fela!’

AP — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 22:00:00 GMT

It’s official: After weeks of speculation, Jay-Z and Will and Jada Pinkett Smith have joined the producing team of the Broadway musical “Fela!” Jay-Z told AP last month that he might be getting involved in the show, an Afrobeat musical about the life of the late Nigerian legend Fela Anikulapo-Kuti.

Wicker Man, Equalizer actor Woodward dies

REUTERS — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 22:00:00 GMT

British actor Edward Woodward, best known for roles in 1973 cult classic “The Wicker Man” and US television series “The Equalizer,” died on Monday aged 79.

Su’s ‘Redemption’ wins Man Asian Literary Prize

AP — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 22:00:00 GMT

The story of a Chinese Communist Party official who moves to a community of boat people after his revolutionary lineage is refuted has won the Man Asian Literary Prize, organizers said.

US chief’s trial begins in Parker-Broderick case

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 22:00:00 GMT

A police chief on trial in the state of Ohio acknowledges that he joked with paparazzi about working with them to snoop on the woman who carried twins for celebrity couple Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick, his lawyer told jurors on Monday.

Moviegoers make date with disaster film ‘2012’

REUTERS — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 22:00:00 GMT

Disaster swept the world during the weekend as the apocalyptic movie “2012” registered the biggest opening for a non-franchise movie.

Palin’s memoirs trigger a boomlet of other books

AP — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 22:00:00 GMT

Sarah Palin may fashion herself as a go-it-alone maverick, but her book is producing a crowd. By the time the former governor’s memoir -- “Going Rogue:

Home searched in Crawford extort probe

AP — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 22:00:00 GMT

German police said that they have searched a home in connection with an alleged extortion scheme targeting former supermodel Cindy Crawford and her family over a photo of their daughter, then 7, bound to a chair and gagged.

Obama in a grass skirt? Hawaii to host APEC 2011

REUTERS — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 22:00:00 GMT

US President Barack Obama invited fellow leaders in the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation to a summit in Hawaii in 2011, but may have alarmed them with the dress code.

Twitter to scrap controversial suggested user list

AP — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 22:00:00 GMT

Social-media site Twitter plans to scrap its hand-picked list of “suggested users” to follow after controversy erupted over the selection of people on the list, a company executive said on Monday.

Pacquiao stops Cotto to win seventh world title

Sun, 15 Nov 2009 22:00:00 GMT

Manny Pacquiao knocked down Miguel Cotto twice and turned his face into a bloody mess before finally stopping him 55 seconds into the 12th round Saturday to win his seventh title in seven weight classes.

Liam Gallagher working on new band

REUTERS — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 22:00:00 GMT

Former Oasis guitarist and vocalist Liam Gallagher says that he and the other members of the band -- aside from his brother Noel -- are writing songs and will perform as a new group.

Lauren Bacall and Roger Corman get early Oscars

AP — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 22:00:00 GMT

The Academy Awards won’t be presented until March, but the first Oscar statuettes of the season were handed out at a private, black-tie dinner in Hollywood.

Overdue library books returned 51 years later

AP — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 22:00:00 GMT

A high school librarian in Phoenix says a former student at the school returned two overdue books checked out 51 years ago along with a $1,000 money order to cover the fines.