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Thieves Steal Two-Ton Moore Sculpture (AP)
 AP - Thieves using a flatbed truck and a crane snatched a two-ton Henry Moore bronze of a reclining figure from the grounds of the late sculptor's foundation north of London, police said Saturday.
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Paper: 'Dog' in $2.6M 'Bounty Hunter' Deal (AP)
 AP - The Dog is coming back for more. Duane "Dog" Chapman has signed a $2.6 million contract for a third season of the reality television series "Dog, the Bounty Hunter," a newspaper reports.
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'West Wing' Actor John Spencer Dies at 58 (AP)
 AP - Actor John Spencer, who played the role of Leo McGarry in "The West Wing," mirrored his character in several ways: Both were recovering alcoholics and both were driven.
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Simpson Files for Divorce From Lachey (AP)
 AP - There will be no romantic reunion — Jessica Simpson filed for divorce Friday from former boy band star Nick Lachey. The couple jointly announced their separation Nov. 23 following months of rumors that their tabloid-friendly relationship had soured.
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American comedy pokes fun at US ignorance of Islam (Reuters)
Reuters - It may seem odd for an American to go to
Asia, and not the Middle East, to learn about Islam after the
September 11, 2001 attacks by al Qaeda.
Landmark Yemeni film enters private world of women (Reuters)
Reuters - When Bader Ben Hirsi planned to make a
feature film about women in Yemen, he never imagined the
reaction would be so hostile.
Concert brings music back to New Orleans (Reuters)
 Reuters - Singers Arlo Guthrie and Willie
Nelson staged a musical homecoming for hurricane-wrecked New
Orleans on Saturday night, bringing back a taste of the songs
for which the city is famed.
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Paper: 'Dog' in $2.6M 'Bounty Hunter' Deal (AP)
AP - The Dog is coming back for more. Duane "Dog" Chapman has signed a $2.6 million contract for a third season of the reality television series "Dog, the Bounty Hunter," a newspaper reports.
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Starbucks digs deeper into digital with new stores (Reuters)
Reuters - While some traditional record
retailers are closing stores as the music industry slump
worsens, coffee giant Starbucks is unveiling two new Hear Music
Coffeehouses.
Songwriter Charles Bloom Will Blossom in New Revue 'Beyond the Music' (Playbill)
Playbill - The work of composer-lyricist Charles Bloom, who penned the musicals Insomnia and Heaven Knows, will be presented in a new revue, Beyond the Music: The Songs of Charles Bloom at Don't Tell Mama Dec. 18-19.
Landmark Yemeni film enters private world of women (Reuters)
Reuters - When Bader Ben Hirsi planned to make a
feature film about women in Yemen, he never imagined the
reaction would be so hostile.
American comedy pokes fun at US ignorance of Islam (Reuters)
Reuters - It may seem odd for an American to go to
Asia, and not the Middle East, to learn about Islam after the
September 11, 2001 attacks by al Qaeda.
"Kong" Opens--But How Will It Close? (E! Online)
 E! Online - Peter Jackson's monster-sized, $200 million monster-movie remake
grossed $9.8 million in its Wednesday debut, box-office analysts said.
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Jackson to Get Dream Keeper Award (AP)
 AP - Samuel L. Jackson will be honored by the I Have A Dream Foundation for his commitment to education, both on film and in real life.
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Review: 'The Three Burials' (AP)
AP - Tommy Lee Jones brings his same dry manner and sly humor in front of the camera to his feature debut behind it as director of "The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada."
Review: 'The Family Stone' (AP)
 AP - As the war on Christmas rages across the nation — at least on Fox News Channel — the holiday remains firmly intact with "The Family Stone," your typical feel-good, feel-bad, feel-good-again family Christmas movie.
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Nilsson documentary due early next year (Reuters)
Reuters - A documentary focusing on the life
and career of late singer/songwriter Harry Nilsson will be
released next year.
Little Red Riding Hood satire lost in the woods (Reuters)
Reuters - A satirical take on
"Little Red Riding Hood," the computer-animated "Hoodwinked"
occupies some considerably shaky turf situated uncomfortably
between "Shrek" and dreck.
China aims for Oscar with "Promise" (Reuters)
 Reuters - China's arrival on the world
entertainment stage could become a fait accompli next year if
the rising giant delivers with its "Promise," a new epic film,
at the Academy Awards in March.
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Diane Keaton brings luster to 'Family Stone' (Reuters)
 Reuters - With his observations
about the clash between a tightly wound Manhattan careerist and
her boyfriend's loose-limbed New England clan, writer-director
Thomas Bezucha puts a fresh slant on the dynamics of
family-reunion Christmas movies. But "The Family Stone" spends
too much time on unconvincing romantic-comedy contrivances to
be consistently engaging.
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Concert brings music back to New Orleans (Reuters)
Reuters - Singers Arlo Guthrie and Willie
Nelson staged a musical homecoming for hurricane-wrecked New
Orleans on Saturday night, bringing back a taste of the songs
for which the city is famed.
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Bono Raises Awareness of African Crises (AP)
 AP - Bono isn't the kind of celebrity who packs up and leaves town as soon as the concert is over. The U2 lead singer spent an extra day in Omaha after his band's sold-out concert on Thursday to continue his campaign to raise awareness of the crises in Africa.
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Winter Observes Solstice in NYC Cathedral (AP)
 AP - When Grammy-winning new age artist Paul Winter started his winter solstice celebration more than two decades ago, he was looking for something that all faiths could take part in during the holiday season.
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U2, Eagles, Diamond lead 2005 touring lineup (Reuters)
 Reuters - U2's Vertigo tour started out with
demand so huge that it overloaded the ticketing system, forcing
the band to apologize to its infuriated fans, and it will end
as one of the top-grossing treks of all time.
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'Idol' worship shapes Christian, gospel genres (Reuters)
Reuters - The power of the "American Idol"
franchise is clearly evident at the peak of this year's
Christian and gospel music charts.
Safe jazz ruled the roost in 2005 (Reuters)
Reuters - This year's chart-toppers in jazz,
vocalist Michael Buble and saxophonist Kenny G, reflect the
culture in 2005: conservative, polite, palatable.
Pussycat Dolls purr their way up club play chart (Reuters)
Reuters - It is no surprise that the Pussycat
Dolls' "Don't Cha" sits atop Billboard's year-end Hot Dance
Club Play Singles chart: Dancefloors young and old, gay and
straight, metropolitan and suburban adopted the catty kiss-off
track -- and its unshakable lyrical hook -- as their own.
Il Divo, Yo-Yo Ma lead 2005 classical charts (Reuters)
Reuters - The classical chart story of the
year is undoubtedly Il Divo, a vocal quartet assembled by Simon
Cowell of "American Idol" fame.
Tupelo to Re-Create '56 Elvis Homecoming (AP)
 AP - Elvis Presley's 1956 homecoming, which featured a parade in downtown Tupelo and a concert, will be re-created as part of the eighth Elvis Presley Festival, June 2-4.
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Simpson Files for Divorce From Lachey (AP)
AP - There will be no romantic reunion — Jessica Simpson filed for divorce Friday from former boy band star Nick Lachey. The couple jointly announced their separation Nov. 23 following months of rumors that their tabloid-friendly relationship had soured.
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