Destiny's Child's '#1s' is No. 1
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 2 (UPI) -- Destiny's Child's latest album "#1's" lived up to its name, entering the Billboard 200 chart as No. 1.
The 16-track collection includes four songs that hit No. 1 on the Hot 100 singles chart -- "Bills, Bills, Bills," "Say My Name," "Independent Women Part 1" and "Bootylicious."
Nickelback's "All the Right Reasons" was No. 2 and Martina McBride's "Timeless" was No. 3 for a second week on the Billboard 200 and No. 1 on the Top Country Albums chart.
No. 4 was Rod Stewart's "Thanks for the Memory ... The Great American Songbook Vol. IV." The Black Eyed Peas' "Monkey Business" was No. 5, followed by last week's chart-topper, Ashlee Simpson's "I Am Me," which dropped to No. 6.
Country singer Joe Nichols' third studio album, "III," bowed at No. 7, his best placement ever on the top albums chart.
Kanye West's "Late Registration" moved back up two slots to No. 8, Bun-B's "Trill" was No. 9 and No. 10 was "Bette Midler Sings the Peggy Lee Songbook."
U.S. album sales fell 12 percent from last week at 9.5 million units, about 9 percent lower than the same week last year.
Bandleader Skitch Henderson dead at 87
NEW HAVEN, Conn., Nov. 2 (UPI) -- Grammy-winning conductor/arranger Lyle "Skitch" Henderson, who led the first band for "The Tonight Show," has died in New Haven, Conn. He was 87.
Henderson died of natural causes Tuesday at his home in New Milford, Conn., the Los Angeles Times reported.
The conductor of the NBC Symphony Orchestra and founder of the New York Pops Orchestra made headlines in 1975 when he was sentenced to six months in jail for filing false tax returns.
Among the witnesses called during his nine-day trial in New York federal court were fellow conductors Leonard Bernstein and Henry Mancini.
Henderson had inflated the value of his music library to $350,000 and backdated its donation to the University of Wisconsin to save roughly $40,000 in income taxes.
Actor Lloyd Bochner dead at 81
SANTA MONICA, Calif., Nov. 2 (UPI) -- Stage, screen and TV actor Lloyd Bochner, who played Cecil Colby on TV's "Dynasty," has died in Santa Monica, Calif., at age 81.
Bochner died at his home Saturday of cancer, The New York Times reported.
His most memorable television role was decoding expert Michael Chambers in the famous 1962 "Twilight Zone" episode "To Serve Man," the Times said. In that episode, Chambers and his assistant are trying to translate a book left on Earth by aliens from outer space. The assistant finds out too late it is a cookbook and Chambers becomes a meal.
The Toronto native also had prominent TV roles in "One Man's Family" and "Hong Kong" and was featured on the big screen in "The Detective," "Tony Rome," "Point Blank," "Ulzana's Raid," "The Man in the Glass Booth" and "The Naked Gun 2 1/2: The Smell of Fear." His last film was the 2003 "The Commission."
He is survived by his wife, Ruth; two sons and a daughter.
'Star Trek's' Michael Piller dead at 57
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 2 (UPI) -- "Star Trek" spinoff creator Michael Piller has died of cancer at his Los Angeles home at the age of 57.
The executive producer and co-creator of "Star Trek: Voyager," "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" and the Emmy-nominated "Star Trek: The Next Generation" died Tuesday after a long battle with head and neck cancer, Startrek.com reported.
For the big screen, Piller co-wrote and produced Paramount Pictures' ninth installment in its series, "Star Trek: Insurrection."
Piller and his son, Shawn, formed the Hollywood production company Pillar2 Inc., and they co-created USA Network's "The Dead Zone" as well as the ABC Family Channel's original series "Wildfire."
Piller also served as a writer/producer for TV's "Simon & Simon," "Cagney & Lacey," "Miami Vice," "Probe," "Hard Time on Planet Earth" and the syndicated "Group One Medical."
In addition to his son, Piller is survived by his wife, Sandra, and daughter, Brent.
