LONDON, Dec. 22 (UPI) -- Famed conductor Daniel Barenboim plans to call for increased musical education for young people when he performs in London next year.
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 22 (UPI) -- Stage actor and director Gar Campbell, who earned a strong reputation in Los Angeles' stage community, has died at the age of 64.
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DALLAS, Dec. 22 (UPI) -- A Web site wants football fans to wear a mask of Jessica Simpson to games to distract her boyfriend -- Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo.
NEW YORK , Dec. 22 (UPI) -- U.S. actor Ernie Hudson is thrilled people are finally getting to see a celebrated film he finished seven years ago, but which never got a theatrical release.
NEW YORK , Dec. 22 (UPI) -- U.S. actor John C. Reilly said he's happy to be nominated for a Golden Globe and looking forward to the party, but doesn't know what he'll do if he wins.
DES MOINES , Iowa, Dec. 22 (UPI) -- An Iowa man was reportedly fired from Catfish Bend Casino after posting a "Dilbert" comic strip that likened corporate managers to drunken lemurs.
LOS ANGELES , Dec. 21 (UPI) -- Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies violated department policy in connection with actor Mel Gibson's 2006 drunk driving arrest, a report says.
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 21 (UPI) -- Hollywood actor Rainn Wilson, best-known for playing Dwight on TV's "The Office," is set to preside over Film Independent's 2008 Spirit Awards.
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 21 (UPI) -- The TV networks and movies studios that writers are striking against say picketing or disrupting Hollywood awards shows will hurt both the nominees and fans.
NEW YORK, Dec. 21 (UPI) -- A meeting between David Letterman's production company and striking writers did not result in a deal to return two U.S. late-night TV shows to the airwaves.
LONDON, Dec. 21 (UPI) -- British actor and comedian Sacha Baron Cohen is retiring his on-screen personas Ali G and Borat because too many people now recognize them.
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico, Dec. 21 (UPI) -- Three-hundred audience members walked away from a U.S. taping of "The Ellen DeGeneres Show" with free, weeklong vacations for two to Puerto Rico.
LONDON, Dec. 21 (UPI) -- Russian officials reportedly are threatening to withhold, for security reasons, works of art set to go on display at a Royal Academy exhibition in London.
NASHVILLE , Dec. 21 (UPI) -- The U.S. publisher of Lynne Spears' book said it is a memoir and a warning -- not a parenting guide as it has been called in the media.
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CHICAGO, Dec. 21 (UPI) -- A Chicago judge reportedly has opted not to revoke singer R. Kelly's bond, even though the singer missed a court date in his child pornography case.
LONDON, Dec. 21 (UPI) -- U.S. actor Johnny Depp admits a shaving scene with Shakespearean-trained actor Alan Rickman in "Sweeney Todd" caused him much anxiety.
PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 21 (UPI) -- Movie producer Frank Capra Jr. has died of prostate cancer in Philadelphia at the age of 73, his son Jonathan told the Los Angeles Times.
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 21 (UPI) -- U.S. TV shows "30 Rock" and "Ugly Betty" were each nominated for three Screen Actors Guild awards, including the prize for best ensemble cast in a comedy.
NEW YORK, Dec. 21 (UPI) -- A Manhattan Supreme Court judge has decided not to allow hip-hop artist Remy Ma to tour Europe while she awaits trial for allegedly shooting a friend.
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 21 (UPI) -- U.S. television actress Jamie Lynn Spears and Casey Aldridge, the father of the baby she is expecting, reportedly have no immediate plans to marry.
Surfers ride the waves at Fort Point by the south tower of the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco on May 24, 2012. The bridge is set for its 75th anniversary celebration on May 27. UPI/Terry Schmitt
