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NEW YORK, Dec. 16 (UPI) -- Matt Lauer, Meredith Vieira, Al Roker and Ann Curry have signed on for "2008: Today Looks Back, A Holiday Special," NBC announced in New York Tuesday.

NEW YORK, Dec. 16 (UPI) -- Lillo Brancato, an actor being tried for murder, says he was trying to let himself into his drug dealer's home when his friend shot a New York police officer.

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NEW YORK, Dec. 16 (UPI) -- David Paterson's representative said a recent "Saturday Night Live" sketch that poked fun of the legally blind New York governor's disability went too far.

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 16 (UPI) -- Roger Avary, the man who co-wrote "Pulp Fiction," has been charged with gross vehicular manslaughter in a Jan. 13 car crash in Ojai, Calif.

SACRAMENTO, Dec. 16 (UPI) -- Jane Fonda, Quincy Jones, Jack Nicholson and the late Theodor "Dr. Seuss" Geisel were among those inducted into the California Hall of Fame Monday night.

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 16 (UPI) -- Actor Dennis Quaid has agreed to a $750,000 settlement in his case against the Los Angeles hospital that accidentally overdosed his newborn twins with Heparin.

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 16 (UPI) -- Universal Pictures said Tuesday its movie musical "Mamma Mia!" is now the highest-grossing movie ever to be released in the United Kingdom.

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 15 (UPI) -- Reports claiming "American Idol" bosses want to push judge Paula Abdul off the U.S. show aren't true, says producer Ken Warwick.

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 15 (UPI) -- Catherine Falk says her father, Hollywood screen icon Peter Falk, is suffering from Alzheimer's disease and dementia, and needs full-time custodial care.

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 15 (UPI) -- A federal judge in Los Angeles Monday sentenced former celebrity private detective Anthony Pellicano to 15 years in prison.

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 15 (UPI) -- U.S. actor Jack Black has signed on to guest-star in the upcoming post-Super Bowl episode of "The Office," NBC announced Monday.

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 15 (UPI) -- More than 130 Hollywood celebrities, including George Clooney and Tom Hanks, have signed a letter discouraging the Screen Actors Guild from striking.

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 15 (UPI) -- "Whatever You Like" by U.S. hip-hop artist T.I. was the most frequently streamed song on MySpace Music in 2008, the social networking Web site said Monday.

NEW YORK, Dec. 15 (UPI) -- Spike TV has announced it is searching for the next big superstar in U.S. rodeo with "Toughest Cowboy," a new eight-episode series from producer Mark Burnett.