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Mariah Carey Ties Elvis on Singles Chart (AP)
 AP - Mariah Carey's "Don't Forget About Us" rose to the top of Billboard's Hot 100 chart, putting her in a tie with Elvis Presley for second place among artists with the most No. 1 singles in the rock era.
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Osama's Niece Poses in Racy Photo Shoot (AP)
 AP - Osama bin Laden's niece, in an interview with GQ magazine in which she appears scantily clad, says she has nothing in common with the al-Qaida leader and simply wants acceptance by Americans.
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Foxy Brown Forced to Apologize in Court (AP)
 AP - Rapper Foxy Brown was handcuffed, threatened with jail and made to apologize Friday after she opened her mouth and stuck out her tongue in the direction of a judge who asked her to stop chewing gum.
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Laura Dern, Ben Harper Wed in Los Angeles (AP)
 AP - Laura Dern and her longtime musician boyfriend Ben Harper were married Friday in a sunset ceremony filled with Christmas decorations, the magazine US Weekly reported on its Web site.
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Kelly Rowland working on 2nd solo album (Reuters)
 Reuters - With Destiny's Child calling it a
career this fall, group member Kelly Rowland has quickly dived
in to work on her next solo album.
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'Penguins' in AFI's Six 'Moments' of 2005 (AP)
 AP - The film documentary "March of the Penguins" and video iPods are among the American Film Institute's "Moments of Significance" during 2005.
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Mariah Carey Ties Elvis on Singles Chart (AP)
AP - Mariah Carey's "Don't Forget About Us" rose to the top of Billboard's Hot 100 chart, putting her in a tie with Elvis Presley for second place among artists with the most No. 1 singles in the rock era.
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Guest Lineup for the Sunday TV News Shows (AP)
AP - Guest lineup for the Sunday TV news shows:
Warner subpoenaed in music download probe (Reuters)
 Reuters - Warner Music Group Corp. has been
subpoenaed by the New York Attorney General in connection with
an ongoing antitrust investigation into the pricing of digital
music downloads, the company said in a securities filing on
Friday.
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Cyndi Lauper to make Broadway debut in 2006 (Reuters)
 Reuters - Pop star Cyndi Lauper will make her
Broadway debut next year in "The Threepenny Opera," playing the
prostitute Jenny in the satirical musical about a highwayman
and his sweetheart.
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'Penguins' in AFI's Six 'Moments' of 2005 (AP)
AP - The film documentary "March of the Penguins" and video iPods are among the American Film Institute's "Moments of Significance" during 2005.
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Mike Myers and Wife Decide to End Marriage (AP)
 AP - "Austin Powers" star Mike Myers and his wife, Robin Ruzan, are ending their 12-year marriage, a spokeswoman said Friday.
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Spielberg Proud of Widows' Take on Film (AP)
 AP - Steven Spielberg is "very proud" of two early endorsements for "Munich," his controversial new movie, from the widows of two of the 11 Israeli athletes killed in the 1972 Olympic massacre detailed in the film.
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Pay-per-view pirates slice up China's "Promise" (Reuters)
 Reuters - Hollywood has long complained about the
fake DVDs hawked on Chinese street corners, but now pirates are
attacking the most expensive movie ever made by China.
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"Narnia" gets China's nod for spring run (Reuters)
 Reuters - Disney will release "The
Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe"
this spring in China, a company spokesman said Thursday, making
the family fantasy the third Hollywood film accepted by Beijing
for 2006.
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Actor Brad Renfro Arrested in Drug Sting (AP)
 AP - Actor Brad Renfro was arrested in a sting operation after he allegedly tried to buy heroin near downtown's Skid Row, police said.
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'Art?' documentary goes to Palm Pictures (Reuters)
Reuters - Palm Pictures and its
recently launched DVD division, Arthouse Films, have nabbed
North American and Caribbean rights to Peter Rosen's '60s New
York art scene documentary "Who Gets to Call It Art?"
Merchant Ivory's "Countess" marks end of movie era (Reuters)
 Reuters - It seems fitting that new movie
"The White Countess" tells of the end of an era and a
friendship because it also marks the final collaboration of
filmmakers James Ivory and Ismail Merchant.
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Allen hits Hollywood to play 'Match Point' (Reuters)
 Reuters - Almost as unlikely a
combination as Dostoevsky at Disneyland, Woody Allen seems
strikingly out of place in Hollywood, where he has been making
the rounds to promote his latest film, the London-set carnal
thriller "Match Point."
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Year of the comeback for enduring MacLaine (Reuters)
 Reuters - She's still here.
Generations of ingenues, leading ladies and character actresses
have come and gone since Shirley MacLaine made her film debut
at age 21 in Alfred Hitchcock's "The Trouble With Harry.
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Mariah Carey Ties Elvis on Singles Chart (AP)
AP - Mariah Carey's "Don't Forget About Us" rose to the top of Billboard's Hot 100 chart, putting her in a tie with Elvis Presley for second place among artists with the most No. 1 singles in the rock era.
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Foxy "Making Faces," Not Friends (E! Online)
 E! Online - The good news is Foxy Brown's tongue appears fully functional.
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Warner subpoenaed in music download probe (Reuters)
Reuters - Warner Music Group Corp. has been
subpoenaed by the New York Attorney General in connection with
an ongoing antitrust investigation into the pricing of digital
music downloads, the company said in a securities filing on
Friday.
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Foxy Brown sticks tongue out at NY judge (Reuters)
 Reuters - A judge on Friday ordered hip-hop
artist Foxy Brown handcuffed to her seat in court until she
apologized for sticking out her tongue during a hearing
stemming from the rapper's 2004 arrest on assault charges.
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Foxy Brown Forced to Apologize in Court (AP)
AP - Rapper Foxy Brown was handcuffed, threatened with jail and made to apologize Friday after she opened her mouth and stuck out her tongue in the direction of a judge who asked her to stop chewing gum.
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Howie Day Pleads Innocent to Air Rowdiness (AP)
 AP - Howie Day was arrested at Logan International Airport for rowdy behavior on a Boston-bound flight after he became intoxicated from a mix of alcohol and a sleeping pill.
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Kelly Rowland working on 2nd solo album (Reuters)
Reuters - With Destiny's Child calling it a
career this fall, group member Kelly Rowland has quickly dived
in to work on her next solo album.
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Nellie McKay splits with Columbia after dispute (Reuters)
Reuters - Less than two weeks before the
planned January 3 release of her second album,
singer/songwriter Nellie McKay has voluntarily left her
Columbia Records label following a public dispute about the
length of the project, sources told Billboard.com.
Reality star Brooke Hogan busy with debut album (Reuters)
Reuters - Having made a name for herself as
something other than wrestling legend Hulk Hogan's daughter on
the VH1 reality show "Hogan Knows Best," budding pop star
Brooke Hogan continues to work on her debut album.
Cyndi Lauper to make Broadway debut in 2006 (Reuters)
Reuters - Pop star Cyndi Lauper will make her
Broadway debut next year in "The Threepenny Opera," playing the
prostitute Jenny in the satirical musical about a highwayman
and his sweetheart.
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