SEATTLE, Dec. 15 (UPI) -- Loudeye Corporation is expected to announce Monday a partnership with several corporations, including AT&T, for providing online digital music stores.
LONDON, Dec. 15 (UPI) -- Miramax Pictures announced Dec. 14 a three-year, first-look deal with Sydney Pollack and Anthony Minghella's London and L.A.-based Mirage Enterprises.
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 15 (UPI) -- ABC has agreed to produce a three-hour adaptation of Stephen King's 1996 bestseller "Desperation," according to the Daily Variety.
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 15 (UPI) -- Paris Hilton and Nicole Richie, stars of Fox TVs new hit, "The Simple Life," are headed to Wal-Mart via a DVD series, according to the Daily Variety.
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 15 (UPI) -- In a surprise announcement, actor Ashton Kutcher announced Friday he will discontinue the hit series "Punk'd," according the Hollywood Reporter.
LONDON, Dec. 15 (UPI) -- Singer Ozzy Osbourne is breathing without the aid of a ventilator for the first time since his near-fatal accident, according to the London Telegraph.
BIRMINGHAM, England, Dec. 15 (UPI) -- In a move to get prostitutes in Birmingham, England, off the streets, union bosses are offering government-funded training in lap dancing.
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 15 (UPI) -- Jeanne Crain, 78, best known for her Oscar-nominated starring role in "Pinky," died Sunday, according to the Los Angeles Times.
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 15 (UPI) -- The Boston Society of Film Critics has named "Mystic River" its top movie of 2003 and given its top directing and acting prizes to "Lost in Translation."
LONDON, Dec. 15 (UPI) -- Press attacks on Stella McCartney's dramatic losses for her Gucci-owned Stella label have prompted an investigation by Gucci's PR firm.
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 15 (UPI) -- ABC is developing a new three-hour project based on Stephen King's 1996 book "Desperation," according to a report in Daily Variety.
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SANTA BARBARA, Calif., Dec. 14 (UPI) -- Criminal charges could be filed as early as Monday against pop star Michael Jackson who accused of molesting a young cancer patient at his Neverland Ranch.
VENICE, Italy, Dec. 14 (UPI) -- The famed Venice opera house Teatro La Fenice was alive with music again Sunday night, eight years after it was destroyed in an arson fire.
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 14 (UPI) -- Crossover hip-hop stars the Alkaholiks have signed a deal with Waxploitation/iMusic/BMG for the release of a forthcoming album, "Firewater."
CANBERRA, Australia, Dec. 14 (UPI) -- Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman will spend Christmas together in Fiji for the sake of their kids, The Australian reported Sunday.
HOLLYWOOD, Dec. 14 (UPI) -- Miramax is hoping Nicole Kidman has the box-office pull needed for the upcoming Civil War epic now that MGM has pulled out of the picture.
MIAMI BEACH, Fla., Dec. 14 (UPI) -- New York publisher Jason Binn and Haley Lieberman had a wild wedding reception at the Fontainebleau Hotel in Miami Beach Saturday.
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HOLLYWOOD, Dec. 14 (UPI) -- Sony's "Something's Gotta Give" topped the U.S. box office after grossing $17 million in its premier week, the Web site boxofficemojo.com reported.
NEW YORK, Dec. 14 (UPI) -- JazzReach, a non-profit organization that brings jazz to youngsters across the U.S., holds a year-end fundraiser Dec. 15 at New York's Blue Note jazz club.
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Canada's Prime Minister Stephen Harper and his wife Laureen decide who should control their umbrella as they wait for the arrival of Prince Charles and his wife Camilla the Duchess of Cornwall for the Government of Canada concert and reception at the RCMP Depot in Regina, Saskatchewan on May 23, 2012 during the third leg of the 2012 Royal Tour to Canada part of Queen Elizabeth's Diamond Jubilee celebrations. UPI Photo /Heinz Ruckemann
