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Hilton Faces Slander, Harassment Lawsuits (AP)
 AP - Paris Hilton is accused of spewing "vicious lies" about an altercation with a romantic rival at a London nightclub, and harassing a business promoter in two lawsuits set for court this month.
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Queen Latifah Gets Hollywood Star (AP)
 AP - Queen Latifah has become the first hip-hop artist crowned with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
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Lohan Tells Vanity Fair She Tried Drugs (AP)
 AP - Lindsay Lohan, who was hospitalized in Miami this week for an asthma attack, tells Vanity Fair in an interview that she has dabbled in drugs and battled bulimia.
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Nick Nolte Completes Probation After DUI (AP)
 AP - Nick Nolte has successfully completed probation ordered after his 2002 no contest plea to a misdemeanor count of driving under the influence of drugs, a judge ruled Wednesday.
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False reports on miners were a 'second tragedy' (Reuters)
Reuters - It was, sadly, the miracle
that wasn't.
Wong Kar Wai named jury president for Cannes '06 (Reuters)
Reuters - Chinese director Wong Kar Wai,
best known his 2000 film "In the Mood for Love," has been named
president of the jury for the Cannes Film Festival, which runs
May 17-28. Wong becomes the first Chinese jury president in the
festival's history, organizers said.
Music album sales hit eight-year low in 2005 (Reuters)
 Reuters - U.S. music album sales last year
slid to their lowest level since 1996, squelching any hopes
that the recording industry's long downward spiral may have
bottomed out, according to sales data issued on Wednesday.
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False reports on miners were a 'second tragedy' (Reuters)
Reuters - It was, sadly, the miracle
that wasn't.
HD-DVD attempting comeback at Vegas confab (Reuters)
Reuters - HD-DVD backers are hoping
the second time's the charm.
'Sweet Charity' Star Joins 'Dirty Rotten Scoundrels' (Playbill)
Playbill - Mylinda Hull, recently of Broadway's 42nd Street and Sweet Charity, will step into the boots of Jolene Oakes, the cloying Oklahoma oil heiress, in Broadway's Dirty Rotten Scoundrels.
Wong Kar Wai named jury president for Cannes '06 (Reuters)
Reuters - Chinese director Wong Kar Wai,
best known his 2000 film "In the Mood for Love," has been named
president of the jury for the Cannes Film Festival, which runs
May 17-28. Wong becomes the first Chinese jury president in the
festival's history, organizers said.
Warner Bros. casts winning spell at box office (Reuters)
Reuters - Warner Bros. Pictures
started out 2005 with Oscar gold as "Million Dollar Baby" was
crowned best picture, and it finished the year with plenty of
hard cash thanks to "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire,"
"Batman Begins" and "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory."
Queen Latifah Gets Hollywood Star (AP)
 AP - Queen Latifah has become the first hip-hop artist crowned with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
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Nick Nolte Completes Probation After DUI (AP)
AP - Nick Nolte has successfully completed probation ordered after his 2002 no contest plea to a misdemeanor count of driving under the influence of drugs, a judge ruled Wednesday.
Writers, Producers Like Capote, Diss Kong (E! Online)
 E! Online - When it comes to Oscar season studs, the 2006 model is looking
less like Steven Spielberg and King Kong. And more like Truman Capote
and Andy Stitzer
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Sheen and Richards Continue With Divorce (AP)
 AP - Charlie Sheen and Denise Richards, who seemed to have reconciled, have filed legal papers asking a private arbitrator to handle their divorce.
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Mira Sorvino Expecting Second Child (AP)
 AP - Mira Sorvino, who won an Oscar for her role in Woody Allen's 1995 film, "Mighty Aphrodite," is expecting her second child with husband Chris Backus.
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Horror Movies Return to Grisly Roots (AP)
AP - Today's horror movies are more likely to be dripping with blood than irony, with films like "Wolf Creek," the "Saw" series and this week's "Hostel" representing a return to their grisly, low-budget '70s roots.
'Brokeback,' 'Capote' Among Guild Nominees (AP)
 AP - "Brokeback Mountain," "Capote," "Good Night, and Good Luck" and "Crash" were among best-of-2005 nominees announced Wednesday by guilds representing Hollywood producers and writers.
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Lohan Tells Vanity Fair She Tried Drugs (AP)
AP - Lindsay Lohan, who was hospitalized in Miami this week for an asthma attack, tells Vanity Fair in an interview that she has dabbled in drugs and battled bulimia.
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Music album sales hit eight-year low in 2005 (Reuters)
Reuters - U.S. music album sales last year
slid to their lowest level since 1996, squelching any hopes
that the recording industry's long downward spiral may have
bottomed out, according to sales data issued on Wednesday.
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Jesse Malin signs to Green Day singer's label (Reuters)
Reuters - New York singer/songwriter Jesse
Malin will release his third solo album through a label
co-founded by Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong.
Jamie Foxx overtakes Blige on album chart (Reuters)
Reuters - After debuting a week ago at No. 2,
Jamie Foxx's "Unpredictable" replaced Mary J. Blige's "The
Breakthrough" atop the U.S. pop album charts, according to
sales data issued Wednesday.
Queen Latifah Gets Hollywood Star (AP)
AP - Queen Latifah has become the first hip-hop artist crowned with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
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Carey Caps '05 by Capping Fiddy (E! Online)
 E! Online - Album sales were slow for the week and down for the year, but the
final lap proved to be a neck-and-neck thriller.
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Digital Music Sales Up During Down Year (AP)
AP - The music industry can boast sales of more than 1 billion units in 2005, but only digital sales were a bright spot in an otherwise down year, according to year-end figures released Wednesday by Nielsen SoundScan.
Lohan Tells Vanity Fair She Tried Drugs (AP)
AP - Lindsay Lohan, who was hospitalized in Miami this week for an asthma attack, tells Vanity Fair in an interview that she has dabbled in drugs and battled bulimia.
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House of Freaks Guitarist, Family Slain (E! Online)
 E! Online - A real-life tragedy has hit a former Desperate Housewives
star.
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'Zaide' to Highlight Mostly Mozart (AP)
AP - The U.S. premiere of a new staging of "Zaide" by director Peter Sellars and the world premiere of Mark Morris' "Mozart Dances" will highlight Lincoln Center's 40th anniversary Mostly Mozart Festival.
Belafonte Praises Venezuelan President (AP)
AP - American singer and activist Harry Belafonte praised the government of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on Wednesday for providing cheap home heating oil to poverty-stricken families in the United States.
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