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'Brokeback Mountain' Wins Critics' Awards (AP)
 AP - "Brokeback Mountain" won a leading three awards, including best picture and best director for Ang Lee, but it was Philip Seymour Hoffman's entrancing portrayal of Truman Capote that captured the best actor honor Monday at the 11th annual Critics' Choice Awards.
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Simpson, Lachey Selling 'Newlyweds' House (AP)
 AP - Divorcing couple Jessica Simpson and Nick Lachey are selling their famous "Newlyweds" home, Rob Shuter, Simpson's publicist, said Monday.
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Hilary Swank and Husband Chad Lowe Split (AP)
 AP - Two-time Oscar-winner Hilary Swank and actor husband Chad Lowe have separated after more than eight years of marriage. "Hilary and Chad have decided to separate, but they are hopeful they'll be able to get through this tough time," Swank's manager Troy Nankin said in a statement Monday.
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Howard Stern Debuts on Satellite Radio (AP)
 AP - He took pot shots at free radio, the Federal Communications Commission, even TV personality Pat O'Brien. Howard Stern debuted on satellite radio Monday, stirring up trouble and talking dirty.
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Music Lovers Go Legit (The Motley Fool)
The Motley Fool - Consumers' embrace of legal online music downloads grew ever larger in 2005, and with all the buzz about MP3 players' continued popularity, it's no surprise that legal downloads achieved a new record in the week between Christmas and New Year's.
JK Rowling reveals biggest fears: fame, death (Reuters)
Reuters - Harry Potter creator J.K. Rowling
decided to kill off the parents of her fictional boy wizard
after she suffered the trauma of losing her own mother, the
author said in a rare interview on Tuesday.
Composer Lloyd Webber celebrates show's longevity (Reuters)
 Reuters - "Phantom of the Opera" became the
longest-running show in Broadway history on Monday night with a
gala 7,486th performance of the hit musical, which included
appearances by composer Andrew Lloyd Webber and the original
phantom, Michael Crawford.
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Gay channel, Rosie O'Donnell sketch series plans (Reuters)
Reuters - MTV Networks'
gay-oriented Logo channel said Monday it partnered with Rosie
O'Donnell to develop a sketch-comedy series.
Critics hot for gay cowboy film 'Brokeback Mountain' (Reuters)
 Reuters - Gay cowboy movie
"Brokeback Mountain," the favorite in the Oscars race, roped in
three Critics' Choice Awards on Monday, while darkhorse "Crash"
showed unexpected strength -- a sign perhaps of the fight to
come.
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Composer Lloyd Webber celebrates show's longevity (Reuters)
Reuters - "Phantom of the Opera" became the
longest-running show in Broadway history on Monday night with a
gala 7,486th performance of the hit musical, which included
appearances by composer Andrew Lloyd Webber and the original
phantom, Michael Crawford.
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JK Rowling reveals biggest fears: fame, death (Reuters)
Reuters - Harry Potter creator J.K. Rowling
decided to kill off the parents of her fictional boy wizard
after she suffered the trauma of losing her own mother, the
author said in a rare interview on Tuesday.
'Brokeback Mountain' Wins Critics' Awards (AP)
AP - "Brokeback Mountain" won a leading three awards, including best picture and best director for Ang Lee, but it was Philip Seymour Hoffman's entrancing portrayal of Truman Capote that captured the best actor honor Monday at the 11th annual Critics' Choice Awards.
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Bollywood offers hope to jobless Mumbai bar girls (Reuters)
Reuters - A new Bollywood film has cast dozens of
Mumbai's famed bar dancers, raising hopes among them of a
career in cinema after being banned from working in bars and
pubs.
Critics hot for gay cowboy film 'Brokeback Mountain' (Reuters)
Reuters - Gay cowboy movie
"Brokeback Mountain," the favorite in the Oscars race, roped in
three Critics' Choice Awards on Monday, while darkhorse "Crash"
showed unexpected strength -- a sign perhaps of the fight to
come.
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Kingsley's career hits new low with 'BloodRayne' (Reuters)
Reuters - Attention, Ben Kingsley (I
mean, Sir Ben Kingsley): It's officially time to turn in your
Oscar.
'Fateless' latest worthy Holocaust picture (Reuters)
Reuters - A distinguished addition to
the canon of Holocaust-themed cinema, Lajos Koltai's "Fateless"
is both haunting and poetic.
Movie buff lauded for preserving film history (Reuters)
Reuters - In the flurry of the awards
season, we have to face the fact that prizes don't to always go
where they're most deserved.
Jewish comedy on the menu at ThinkFilm (Reuters)
Reuters - Indie distributor ThinkFilm
said Monday it has acquired North American theatrical rights to
"When Do We Eat?" which is billed as "the first Passover
comedy." An April 7 release is planned to coincide with the
Jewish holiday.
Seven films on Oscar sound editing shortlist (Reuters)
 Reuters - The Academy of Motion
Picture Arts and Sciences on Monday announced the seven films
in consideration for achievement in sound editing for the 78th
Annual Academy Awards.
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Williams, McAdams among new stars at UK film nods (Reuters)
Reuters - Michelle Williams, Rachel
McAdams, Gael Garcia Bernal, James McAvoy and Chiwetel Ejiofor
will vie for the inaugural rising star award at the British
Academy Film Awards next month.
Composer Lloyd Webber celebrates show's longevity (Reuters)
Reuters - "Phantom of the Opera" became the
longest-running show in Broadway history on Monday night with a
gala 7,486th performance of the hit musical, which included
appearances by composer Andrew Lloyd Webber and the original
phantom, Michael Crawford.
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'Phantom' Becomes Longest-Run Champion (AP)
 AP - With a burst of confetti, balloons and streamers — plus an emotional appearance by the musical's original star — Andrew Lloyd Webber's "The Phantom of the Opera" set a theatrical record Monday night, becoming the longest-running show in Broadway history.
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Woman all shook up over Elvis song (Reuters)
Reuters - An Australian woman will face court on
Tuesday charged with repeatedly stabbing her partner because he
played an Elvis Presley song over and over again, police said
on Tuesday.
Stern lauds Stern in first Sirius show (Reuters)
 Reuters - Perhaps you hadn't
heard: Howard Stern debuted Monday on Sirius Satellite Radio.
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Composer Lloyd Webber ponders mysteries of success (Reuters)
 Reuters - "Phantom of the Opera" on Monday
becomes the most successful show ever on Broadway with its
7,486th performance over nearly 18 years, but composer Andrew
Lloyd Webber insists he has no formula for success.
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Jesse Jackson to Lead Last Rites for Rawls (AP)
AP - The Rev. Jesse Jackson will lead last rites Friday for Lou Rawls, the velvet-voiced singer of "You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine" and "Lady Love" who died of cancer last week.
Nice Day for a Pink Wedding (E! Online)
 E! Online - Pink got the wedding party started this weekend.
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Review: Fleming Previews Tatyana (AP)
 AP - Renee Fleming has put Tatyana in the closet for more than a decade, occasionally singing excerpts of Tchaikovsky's peasant girl turned princess during concerts but never performing the full role since well-received 1994 performances with the San Diego Opera.
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Bombay Dancing Girls Find Work in New Film (AP)
AP - Some of Bombay's famed dancing girls have found work in an upcoming Hindi film after being banned from working in bars and pubs across western India.
Decomposed composer? (Reuters)
 Reuters - Forensic scientists were unable to say
if a skull kept in Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's home town of
Salzburg is indeed that of the composer born 250 years ago,
Austrian television said Sunday.
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