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Spoiled Daddy's Girl Gets Killed on 'Lost' (AP)
 AP - It would seem to be lights out for Shannon on "Lost." The spoiled Daddy's girl was apparently killed off Wednesday night as the ABC thriller made good on its promise to eliminate one of its characters.
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Chicago Deejay Sues Rapper Kanye West (AP)
 AP - A deejay who was sued earlier this year by Kanye West to keep him from distributing some of West's unreleased songs has filed a countersuit against the rapper.
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Paris Hilton Unhurt in Minor Car Crash (AP)
 AP - Paris Hilton was unhurt early Wednesday in a minor car accident as she left a Hollywood nightclub, said Hilton's publicist, Jack Ketsoyan.
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Study Says There Is More Sex on TV (AP)
 AP - "The OC," "Desperate Housewives" and other TV shows popular with teenagers generally have more sex than other programs, a study says.
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Lennon's solo catalog to be offered for download (Reuters)
Reuters - John Lennon's entire solo catalog
will be made available for Internet download next month, making
him the first of the Beatles whose complete body of work
outside the Fab Four can be delivered online, his label said on
Wednesday.
Post Office Named After Karl Malden (AP)
 AP - The U.S. Postal Service honored Academy Award-winner Karl Malden on Wednesday by putting his name on a post office.
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Chicago Deejay Sues Rapper Kanye West (AP)
AP - A deejay who was sued earlier this year by Kanye West to keep him from distributing some of West's unreleased songs has filed a countersuit against the rapper.
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Victoria's Secret show struts back after hiatus (Reuters)
 Reuters - The Victoria's Secret fashion show
staged an exuberant return on Wednesday evening as the lingerie
retailer brought back its sexually-charged runway extravaganza
for the first time in two years.
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Acura Defines Turf As Japanese Chase BMW (AdWeek.com)
AdWeek.com - With the upscale divisions of the big-three Japanese automakers all chasing BMW's benchmark 3 Series, it's Acura's turn to zero in on a positioning. It does so in seven new 30-second TV commercials.
Broadway Songs of the Ed Koch Era Will Echo at Museum of the City of NY (Playbill)
Playbill - Composer Charles Strouse will appear in a special cabaret show, "Mayor" & Company 3 PM Nov. 12-13 at the Museum of the City of New York.
Post Office Named After Karl Malden (AP)
AP - The U.S. Postal Service honored Academy Award-winner Karl Malden on Wednesday by putting his name on a post office.
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Christine Lahti Wins Film Festival Award (AP)
AP - Oscar winner Christine Lahti received the Susan B. Anthony "Failure Is Impossible" Award at the opening of the High Falls Film Festival Wednesday night.
Aniston Starts Push for Big-Screen Stardom (AP)
 AP - With the exposure — or overexposure — of her personal life, it's easy to forget "Derailed" is Jennifer Aniston's first film since "Friends."
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Marvel 3Q Profit Falls to $23.4 Million (AP)
 AP - Marvel Entertainment Inc. reported a 32 percent plunge in third-quarter profit Wednesday and warned investors its earnings next year would fall well below analysts' forecasts as revenue dries up from the blockbuster success of Spider-Man 2.
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"Revenge" Is Sweet on DVD (E! Online)
 E! Online - After just one week on sale, the DVD for Star Wars:
Episode III--Revenge of the Sith and LucasArts' latest videogame,
Star Wars Battlefront II, generated a Hutt-sized $210 million in
combined worldwide sales, according to figures released Tuesday by 20th
Century Fox Home Entertainment.
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Road Rage Case Ends in Conviction (AP)
 AP - A man who allegedly threatened to kill "Forrest Gump" actor Mykelti Williamson in a road-rage incident pleaded guilty to possessing a loaded gun.
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Review: 'Sarah Silverman: Jesus Is Magic' (AP)
AP - Sarah Silverman tells jokes about the Holocaust and 9/11, AIDS and slaves, Jesus Christ and her dying grandmother.
Review: 'Bee Season' (AP)
AP - The family saga "Bee Season" has plenty of honey for the brain but little for the heart.
Review: 'Pride and Prejudice' (AP)
AP - Forget "Domino." Keira Knightley probably would like to, as would most critics for whom the movie continues to replay in our brains like some deafening psychotic episode.
Stone Co-Writes Song for Katrina Victims (AP)
 AP - Sharon Stone has taken a musical turn, co-writing a song to benefit victims of Hurricane Katrina.
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Chicago Deejay Sues Rapper Kanye West (AP)
AP - A deejay who was sued earlier this year by Kanye West to keep him from distributing some of West's unreleased songs has filed a countersuit against the rapper.
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Heppner, Voigt Perform in Lincoln Center (AP)
 AP - Wagner enthusiasts streaming out of Avery Fisher Hall after Wednesday night's gala concert could scarcely be blamed for casting an eager eye toward another building nearby in Lincoln Center — the Metropolitan Opera House.
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Santana No Match for "Now" (E! Online)
 E! Online - Without a shaman or some supernatural help, Carlos Santana's
All That I Am didn't have enough to beat back the latest Now
That's What I Call Music! for chart supremacy this week.
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McCready's Grand Troubles (E! Online)
 E! Online - "This is going to ruin my career. Please don't do this to me."
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Judge Spears Britney Song Flap (E! Online)
 E! Online - Such is the
verdict of a federal judge in Indianapolis, who has dismissed a
copyright-infringement lawsuit brought by an Indiana songwriter against
the pop princess over the song "Sometimes."
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Madonna Less Opinionated in New CD (AP)
 AP - Madonna certainly has been the embodiment of the adage, "There's no such thing as bad publicity." For years, she expertly used controversy as a sales tactic, as she challenged sexual and social mores with her outlandish antics, defiant attitude, outspoken nature — and, of course, her music.
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Billy Joel returning to the road in January (Reuters)
Reuters - Billy Joel will return to the road
as a solo headlining artist for the first time in nearly eight
years next January, sources told Billboard.com.
Michael Jackson May Not Live in U.S. Again (AP)
 AP - Michael Jackson will come back to the United States, but it's unlikely the King of Pop would ever make it his home again, says his father.
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'NOW 20,' Santana lead pop charts with lower sales (Reuters)
Reuters - With a little help from acts like
Franz Ferdinand, Coldplay, Weezer and the Backstreet Boys, the
20th installment of the "NOW! That's What I Call Music" series
took the top slot on the U.S. pop album charts Wednesday.
Collection Shows Isaac Hayes' Career (AP)
 AP - It's a difficult image to conjure: Isaac Hayes struggling to overcome a nasty case of stage fright.
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