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'Kong' Opens Shy of Blockbuster Standards (AP)
 AP - "King Kong" was less of a box-office brute than Hollywood expected, taking in $50.15 million in its first weekend, a sturdy start but unremarkable by Hollywood blockbuster standards.
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Time Honors Bill and Melinda Gates, Bono (AP)
 AP - Time magazine has named Bill and Melinda Gates and rock star Bono its "Persons of the Year," citing their charitable work and activism aimed at reducing global poverty and improving world health.
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Nielsen to Start Using DVRs in Ratings (AP)
AP - Starting next week, the company that measures what people watch on television will also follow what they record on DVRs to watch later.
Truck and Crane Used in Moore Theft Found (AP)
 AP - British police said Sunday they found a flatbed truck and crane that were apparently used in the theft of a $5.2 million Henry Moore sculpture from the artist's estate north of London.
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Scribes face challenge in 'West Wing' star's death (Reuters)
 Reuters - The death on Friday of
actor John Spencer, a cornerstone of the ensemble on "The West
Wing" since its 1999 debut, is sure to send the show's writing
team back to the drawing board for the second half of what
could be the show's final season.
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'Rumor Has It...' Reiner's latest is a wreck (Reuters)
 Reuters - One of the better gags
in Robert Altman's "The Player" has Buck Henry, co-writer of
"The Graduate," pitching a sequel to that classic comedy.
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Concord Music buys classic Telarc (Reuters)
Reuters - Concord Music Group,
whose diverse roster includes Ray Charles, Sergio Mendes, John
Fogerty and funk group Ozomatli, has acquired jazz, blues and
classical label Telarc International.
Winter Olympics ads sets record for NBC (Reuters)
Reuters - NBC Universal has sold
nearly 90% of the ad inventory for the 2006 Winter Olympics,
less than two months before the torch is lit on February 10 in
Torino, Italy.
'Kong' Opens Shy of Blockbuster Standards (AP)
AP - "King Kong" was less of a box-office brute than Hollywood expected, taking in $50.15 million in its first weekend, a sturdy start but unremarkable by Hollywood blockbuster standards.
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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.
'Rumor Has It...' Reiner's latest is a wreck (Reuters)
Reuters - One of the better gags
in Robert Altman's "The Player" has Buck Henry, co-writer of
"The Graduate," pitching a sequel to that classic comedy.
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'Kong' Opens Shy of Blockbuster Standards (AP)
AP - "King Kong" was less of a box-office brute than Hollywood expected, taking in $50.15 million in its first weekend, a sturdy start but unremarkable by Hollywood blockbuster standards.
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Buscemi, Shalhoub set for Van Gogh remakes (Reuters)
 Reuters - Sienna Miller, Steve
Buscemi, Tony Shalhoub and Patricia Clarkson will star in U.S.
remakes of two films by slain Dutch director Theo van Gogh,
their producers said Thursday.
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'Kong' topples foreign competition (Reuters)
Reuters - "King Kong" tallied a
sound $80.1 million from 55 territories, but the three-hour
running time appears to have tempered the zealous box office
expectations for the five-day international opening.
'Brokeback Mountain' tops Satellite Awards (Reuters)
Reuters - Ang Lee's "Brokeback
Mountain," the belle of the ball so far this awards season,
took home four honors at the 10th annual Satellite Awards, an
event organized by critics formerly affiliated with the
Hollywood Foreign Press Assn.
Monkey Business for "King Kong" (E! Online)
 E! Online - But his power atop the
nation's box-office was weaker than expected.
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Fox Searchlight on 'Fast Food' binge (Reuters)
Reuters - Fox Searchlight Pictures
has acquired North American distribution rights to "Fast Food
Nation."
'Watchmen' on duty at Warner Bros (Reuters)
Reuters - "The Watchmen," the
seminal DC Comics limited series credited with redefining the
superhero genre , has found a home at Warner Bros. Pictures.
India's Top Movie Star Leaves Hospital (AP)
 AP - India's top movie star has left a hospital, nearly three weeks after having surgery for an intestinal ailment, a hospital spokesman said.
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'King Kong' off to a slow start at box office (Reuters)
 Reuters - Director Peter Jackson's costly
remake of "King Kong," one of the most hyped movies of the
year, started off with more of a whimper than a roar at the
North American box office, according to sales data issued on
Sunday by its distributor Universal Pictures.
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Concord Music buys classic Telarc (Reuters)
Reuters - Concord Music Group,
whose diverse roster includes Ray Charles, Sergio Mendes, John
Fogerty and funk group Ozomatli, has acquired jazz, blues and
classical label Telarc International.
Big-ticket treks bailed out ailing tour business (Reuters)
Reuters - Last year's concert industry slump
left many in the business wondering if the stall could be
expected for the foreseeable future.
Ailing Ashlee Hospitalized (E! Online)
 E! Online - Ashlee Simpson's big comeback tour has been temporarily
derailed in Tokyo, after she collapsed and was hospitalized following a
performance on MTV Japan Thursday.
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U.K. music biz holds steady in 2005 (Reuters)
Reuters - Already holding strong in 2004 amid
declining sales in most European countries, the British music
market experienced another reasonably healthy year in 2005.
Mariah leads on year-end charts (Reuters)
 Reuters - You do not need to read an
analysis of the 2005 charts to know that Mariah Carey made an
impressive comeback, but a closer look at Billboard's year-end
surveys suggests this may be her most successful year to date.
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Elton John: Gays Need Global Equal Rights (AP)
 AP - Elton John said forming a civil partnership with his longtime lover David Furnish in England this week will be "the happiest day of my life."
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Willie Strums on Guthrie's Katrina Tour (AP)
 AP - Folk singer Arlo Guthrie and Willie Nelson gave a sold-out crowd something they've needed since Hurricane Katrina — good music, a good time and a reminder of what they love most about this city.
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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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