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Lee Ann Womack Earns Three CMA Awards (AP)
 AP - The CMA Awards held its first shindig in New York with its country twang intact Tuesday night, as Madison Square Garden was transformed into the Grand Ole Opry with rootsy performances from Lee Ann Womack, Gretchen Wilson, Sara Evans and Rascal Flatts.
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Stone Settles Lawsuit With Plastic Surgeon (AP)
 AP - A settlement has been reached in a lawsuit filed by Sharon Stone against a Beverly Hills doctor she accused of implying that he had performed cosmetic surgery on her famous face, a lawyer said Tuesday.
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50 Cent to Launch Hip-Hop Book Line (AP)
 AP - 50 Cent will again turn his reality into fiction with a new line of hip-hop novellas and graphic novels featuring his former G-Unit rap crew buddies, a publisher announced.
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Lennon Killer Says He Was Unstoppable' (AP)
 AP - The man who murdered John Lennon 25 years ago says "nothing could have stopped" his twisted quest to track down and assassinate the ex-Beatle.
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Can anyone fill Koppel's shoes? (USATODAY.com)
USATODAY.com - ABC's Nightline is about to begin a new chapter. Three anchors, not household names, are set to replace news legend Ted Koppel. And the show's trademark single-topic format cedes to a multi-topic one.
Sharon Stone settles lawsuit with plastic surgeon (Reuters)
 Reuters - Actress Sharon Stone has agreed to
drop her lawsuit against a plastic surgeon she accused of libel
in return for his performing free surgery for children with
facial deformities, the doctor's lawyer said on Tuesday.
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Lee Ann Womack Earns Three CMA Awards (AP)
AP - The CMA Awards held its first shindig in New York with its country twang intact Tuesday night, as Madison Square Garden was transformed into the Grand Ole Opry with rootsy performances from Lee Ann Womack, Gretchen Wilson, Sara Evans and Rascal Flatts.
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Comedy series 'Lives' gets second life (Reuters)
Reuters - NBC's loss is Comedy
Central's gain: The cable channel has picked up a series from
DreamWorks Television that the broadcaster passed on last
season.
I2hub latest P2P service to shut down (Reuters)
Reuters - I2hub, the superfast
Internet service popular with college students, shut down
Tuesday.
Revived 'Tour' proves a grand entertainment (Reuters)
Reuters - With words and music by
the legendary Jerry Herman ("Hello, Dolly!") and book by Mark
Bramble ("42nd Street") and Michael Stewart ("Bye Bye,
Birdie"), "The Grand Tour" ran for a mere 61 performances on
Broadway in 1979.
Sharon Stone settles lawsuit with plastic surgeon (Reuters)
Reuters - Actress Sharon Stone has agreed to
drop her lawsuit against a plastic surgeon she accused of libel
in return for his performing free surgery for children with
facial deformities, the doctor's lawyer said on Tuesday.
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"March of the Penguins" on Oscar list (Reuters)
Reuters - "The March of the Penguins" and
"Mad Hot Ballroom," two documentaries that drew impressive
lines at box offices, are among 15 documentaries that made the
cut for Oscar consideration, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts
and Sciences said on Tuesday.
Sharon Stone Settles Suit Against Surgeon (AP)
 AP - A settlement was reached in a lawsuit filed by Sharon Stone claiming a Beverly Hills plastic surgeon implied he had performed a face-lift on the actress, an attorney said Tuesday.
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Some Israelis Praise Suicide-Bomber Film (AP)
 AP - A movie about Palestinian suicide bombers had Tel Aviv viewers on the edge of their seats — and some even found themselves empathizing with the two West Bank mechanics trying to attack their city.
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'Metropolis' film poster sells for record $690,000 (Reuters)
 Reuters - A poster for the classic German 1920s
film "Metropolis" has been sold for a world record $690,000 to
a private collector from the United States, the London gallery
which arranged the sale said on Tuesday.
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At the Movies: 'Breakfast on Pluto' (AP)
AP - Who else but Neil Jordan could wring a crowd-pleaser out of the story of a cross-dressing Irish misfit frolicking among IRA bombers, police thugs, a glammed-up rockabilly band, a serial strangler and a madman in a "Wombles" kiddie-park costume?
Jon Voight: from aspiring gigolo to Pope (Reuters)
 Reuters - For Jon Voight, the actor who shot
to fame 36 years ago as an aspiring gigolo in "Midnight
Cowboy," playing Pope John Paul was like a personal coming
home.
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Review: 'Harry Potter and Goblet of Fire' (AP)
AP - If the third film in the Harry Potter series, last year's "Prisoner of Azkaban," seemed frightening with its soul-sucking Dementors and its German expressionist aesthetic, then the fourth installment, "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire," will have kids quaking in their seats — and perhaps wishing they had an invisibility cloak to hide beneath.
Reno tapped for Searchlight's 'Margaret' (Reuters)
Reuters - Jean Reno has joined the
cast of "Margaret," a drama that Kenneth Lonergan ("You Can
Count on Me") wrote and is directing.
Electra, Rex, Nielsen join 4th 'Scary' (Reuters)
Reuters - Carmen Electra, Leslie
Nielsen and Simon Rex are joining the cast of "Scary Movie 4."
Lee Ann Womack Earns Three CMA Awards (AP)
AP - The CMA Awards held its first shindig in New York with its country twang intact Tuesday night, as Madison Square Garden was transformed into the Grand Ole Opry with rootsy performances from Lee Ann Womack, Gretchen Wilson, Sara Evans and Rascal Flatts.
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List of Winners at the CMA Awards (AP)
AP - Winners at Tuesday's 39th annual CMA Awards:
Manilow revisits the '50s on new album (Reuters)
Reuters - Barry Manilow re-teams with longtime
collaborator Clive Davis on his new album, "The Greatest Songs
of the Fifties," which revisits hit songs from the pre-rock 'n'
roll era.
Diddy's Election Don't? (E! Online)
 E! Online - The
conservative National Legal and Policy Center has filed a complaint
against the rapper over his Vote or Die/Citizen Change campaign during
the 2004 presidential elections.
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Jazzman Dave Brubeck to mark Nuremberg anniversary (Reuters)
Reuters - Jazz pianist Dave Brubeck is famed
for crossing the globe to play odd venues and celebrate a
diverse series of events, and his latest show is no exception
-- a concert marking the 60th anniversary of the Nuremberg War
Crimes Tribunal.
NBC to air audiotapes of Lennon's killer (Reuters)
Reuters - The man who murdered John Lennon
says in newly released audiotapes of interviews he gave more
than a decade ago that his compulsion to kill the rock icon was
like a "runaway train" and that "nothing could have stopped
me."
50 Cent In Da Books (E! Online)
 E! Online - For 50 Cent, reading is fundamental--and apparently the latest
step toward world conquest.
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Going Down Gotti? (E! Online)
 E! Online - The time of reckoning is at hand for Murder Inc.'s mastermind.
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A Kelly Sex-Tape Conviction (E! Online)
 E! Online - A Chicago jury has returned a guilty verdict in a sex-tape case
involving R. Kelly. Just not that sex-tape case.
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Injury postpones Juan Gabriel dates (Reuters)
Reuters - Latin star Juan Gabriel was injured
after fall from the stage Sunday at Houston's Toyota Center,
just a few minutes into the start of his concert there.
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