Dick Clark/Ryan Seacrest to share New Year
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 15 (UPI) -- Music and TV mogul Dick Clark will eventually pass his "Rockin' Eve" mantle to Ryan Seacrest, but don't count out the legendary host just yet.
Seacrest -- best known as Fox TV's "American Idol" host -- will join Clark as executive producer and host of the 34th "Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve" on ABC, Clark announced in a news release Monday. Seacrest has signed a multiyear contract with ABC, which will make him sole host of the annual special from New York's Times Square when Clark retires.
Clark had a stroke and missed last year's festivities, but he said in the release he will be back to usher in 2006.
"It will be good to be back in New York again for New Year's and I'm elated that Ryan has agreed to join me in ushering in New Year's on America's favorite holiday special," Clark said in the release.
ABC President Steven McPherson welcomed Clark back as well, saying the network is "ecstatic" Clark "will be back where he belongs."
'Notebook,' 'Napoleon' lead Teen's Choice
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 15 (UPI) -- "The Notebook" and "Napoleon Dynamite" were the big winners at the 2005 Teen Choice Awards with each taking a cool dozen in the ceremony.
Ashton Kutcher, Ciara, Mariah Carey, Jesse McCartney, Kelly Clarkson, Eminem and Gwen Stefani also took multiple awards Sunday night, MTV.com reported Monday.
Kutcher pulled a teen from the audience and had him read his acceptance speech in which he wished "Choice Hottie" winner Chad Michael Murray would choke on a tater tot, MTV said.
The Universal City ceremony with hosts Hilary Duff and Rob Schneider will be broadcast Tuesday night on the Fox network.
U2 honored for humanitarian work
LISBON, Portugal, Aug. 15 (UPI) -- President Jorge Sampaio has awarded U2 the Order of Liberty, Portugal's highest honor, for the Irish rock band's humanitarian work.
The band was given the honor before taking the stage for a Lisbon concert Sunday night, the BBC reported Monday.
"Over the last 25 years you have shown that it is possible to combine the pleasure of artistic creation with civic and humanitarian intervention to help build a better world," Sampaio said.
Bono accepted on behalf of his band, calling it a "great, great honor" and asked Portugal to help in African relief efforts.
"If we really believed that an African life was equal to a European life we would not stand by with watering cans while an entire continent was bursting into flames," he said.
Canadian broadcaster locks out 5,500
TORONTO, Aug. 15 (UPI) -- Some 5,500 employees of the Canadian Broadcasting Corp., were locked out of their jobs Monday morning after labor negotiations failed.
Talks with the Canadian Media Guild shut down, and a message posted on the union's hotline just after midnight said, "We are now officially locked out. There are no plans at this time for any further talks with the corporation."
The main issue of dispute between the two sides is the use of contract workers rather than staff employees, CTV News reported.
The union claims 30 percent of the CBC's workforce is already non-permanent, which gives the corporation sufficient flexibility.
Meanwhile, the corporation said programming on radio, television and the Internet will continue, although TV newscasts will be pared down, and regional radio morning shows will be replaced by a single national broadcast.
