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LOS ANGELES, Dec. 30 (UPI) -- Media buyers were surprised Friday by the cancellation of the third annual TV Syndication Days in New York, Los Angeles and Chicago.

NEW YORK, Dec. 30 (UPI) -- Actor Joseph Gannascoli, who plays gay mobster Vito Spatafore on "The Sopranos" is a shadow of his former rotund self.

WESTWOOD, Calif., Dec. 30 (UPI) -- Nickelodeon's "Drake and Josh" star Drake Bell was in serious condition Friday with injuries from a head-on collision in Santa Monica, Calif.

HUNTSVILLE, Texas, Dec. 30 (UPI) -- Rapper Pimp C of the duo UGK was released from Huntsville (Texas) State Prison Friday after serving half an eight-year sentence for parole violation.

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 30 (UPI) -- Actor Brad Renfro's arraignment for attempted heroin possession in Los Angeles was postponed Friday because he is back in rehab.

AUSTIN, Texas, Dec. 30 (UPI) -- Anti-litter proponents Lance Armstrong, Erykah Badu, Owen Wilson, Matthew McConaughey and Los Lonely Boys are warning "Don't Mess With Texas."

OTTAWA, Dec. 30 (UPI) -- London's Tate Gallery is loaning A.Y. Jackson's 1919 painting of Canadian troops returning to Halifax harbor to the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia.

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 30 (UPI) -- Actress Mei Melancon has been signed to play the villian Psylocke in Brett Ratner's "X-Men 3," it was reported Friday.

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 30 (UPI) -- The Los Angeles City Attorney's office says ABC "Lost" star Michelle Rodriguez could wind up in the county jail if she violated her probation.

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ST. PAUL, Minn., Dec. 30 (UPI) -- Public radio host Garrison Keillor isn't moving "A Prairie Home Companion" from the Fitzgerald Theater in St. Paul, Minn., after all.

NEW YORK, Dec. 30 (UPI) -- Grammy-nominated pop singer Ciara says she cringes every time she's called the princess of crunk & B.

ALBANY, N.Y., Dec. 30 (UPI) -- New York Republicans have spawned speculation that Donald Trump could be making a bid to replace outgoing Gov. George Pataki.

ROOSEVELT, Okla., Dec. 30 (UPI) -- Porn actress Elise Silva was arrested at her mother's house in Roosevelt, Okla., on California charges of statutory rape and giving drugs to a minor.

MCLEAN, Va., Dec. 30 (UPI) -- More than half of the millions of HDTV owners have no idea how to use them and a number of the pricey sets end up back on U.S. store shelves.