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'Wonderful Life' Actress Brunetti Dies (AP)
 AP - Argentina Brunetti, a character actress who played the worried wife of Mr. Martini in the classic film "It's a Wonderful Life," has died. She was 98.
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Actor Renfro Accused of Bid to Buy Heroin (AP)
 AP - Actor Brad Renfro, who broke into movies at the age of 12, has been charged with a felony count of attempting to possess heroin after being arrested in a Skid Row police sting.
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Underwood Named Oklahoman of the Year (AP)
 AP - Carrie Underwood is more than an American Idol: She's Oklahoman of the Year as well.
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Don Johnson, Wife Expecting a Baby (AP)
AP - Don Johnson and his wife, Kelley, are expecting their third child. The baby is due around May, Johnson's publicist, Elliot Mintz, said Friday.
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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'Wonderful Life' Actress Brunetti Dies (AP)
AP - Argentina Brunetti, a character actress who played the worried wife of Mr. Martini in the classic film "It's a Wonderful Life," has died. She was 98.
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Hallmark-Released McDonald Album Goes Gold (AP)
 AP - Singer Michael McDonald got an early Christmas present from Hallmark when the holiday album he released through the card store went gold in a matter of days.
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'Monday Night Football' on ABC: One last drive (Reuters)
Reuters - Turn out the lights, the
party's over.
Hallmark-Released McDonald Album Goes Gold (AP)
AP - Singer Michael McDonald got an early Christmas present from Hallmark when the holiday album he released through the card store went gold in a matter of days.
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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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'Wonderful Life' Actress Brunetti Dies (AP)
AP - Argentina Brunetti, a character actress who played the worried wife of Mr. Martini in the classic film "It's a Wonderful Life," has died. She was 98.
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Actor Renfro Accused of Bid to Buy Heroin (AP)
AP - Actor Brad Renfro, who broke into movies at the age of 12, has been charged with a felony count of attempting to possess heroin after being arrested in a Skid Row police sting.
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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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'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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Hallmark-Released McDonald Album Goes Gold (AP)
AP - Singer Michael McDonald got an early Christmas present from Hallmark when the holiday album he released through the card store went gold in a matter of days.
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Underwood Named Oklahoman of the Year (AP)
AP - Carrie Underwood is more than an American Idol: She's Oklahoman of the Year as well.
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X Factor's Shayne set for Xmas No.1 spot (Reuters)
Reuters - Shayne Ward, the winner of Britain's
ITV1's talent show "X Factor," is expected to take the coveted
Christmas number one spot in this year's UK pop charts, music
stores and bookmakers say.
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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