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Eminem and Ex-Wife Kim Mathers Remarry (AP)
 AP - Eminem remarried his high school sweetheart, a month after the superstar rapper announced they were getting back together, his publicist said.
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Cronkite: Time for U.S. to Leave Iraq (AP)
 AP - Former CBS anchor Walter Cronkite, whose 1968 conclusion that the Vietnam War was unwinnable keenly influenced public opinion then, said Sunday he'd say the same thing today about Iraq.
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Super Bowl Halftime Show Can Bedevil NFL (AP)
 AP - With any luck, the National Football League has gotten this year's Super Bowl halftime show controversy out of the way early.
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Newton-John Honored by Aussies in L.A. (AP)
 AP - Australian entertainer Olivia Newton-John received the Lifetime Achievement award at the annual G'Day LA: Australia Week gala Saturday night in Los Angeles.
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Beat movement honored at new San Francisco museum (Reuters)
Reuters - The Beat Museum, a tribute to the
literary generation that helped inspire the 1960s
counterculture, has opened in the San Francisco neighborhood
where the movement took off 50 years ago.
Shelley Winters dies at 85 (Reuters)
 Reuters - Actress Shelley Winters, the
two-time Oscar winner whose roles ranged from glamour girls to
tramps, died at a Southern California nursing home early on
Saturday, a spokeswoman said. She was 85.
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Eminem and Ex-Wife Kim Mathers Remarry (AP)
AP - Eminem remarried his high school sweetheart, a month after the superstar rapper announced they were getting back together, his publicist said.
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Super Bowl Halftime Show Can Bedevil NFL (AP)
AP - With any luck, the National Football League has gotten this year's Super Bowl halftime show controversy out of the way early.
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Mexican opens presidential campaign, slams Fox (Reuters)
 Reuters - Mexican presidential candidate
Roberto Madrazo tore into President Vicente Fox on Sunday as he
opened the campaign to carry his party, which ruled for most of
the 20th century, back to power.
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Sunset Strip scene hits the boards (Reuters)
Reuters - Hair bands headed for Broadway? Not
just yet, but "Rock of Ages," a new musical set around the
glory days of the mid- to late-'80s Sunset Strip club scene, is
opening January 28 for a four-week run at Hollywood's Vanguard
Theater, with an eye toward a move to Las Vegas.
Shelley Winters dies at 85 (Reuters)
Reuters - Actress Shelley Winters, the
two-time Oscar winner whose roles ranged from glamour girls to
tramps, died at a Southern California nursing home early on
Saturday, a spokeswoman said. She was 85.
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Emma Thompson Stores Oscars in the Loo (AP)
 AP - Emma Thompson's husband restored a barn in Scotland that included a place for her to write, but the actress and screenwriter prefers the bathroom.
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Basketball movie achieves box office 'Glory' (Reuters)
 Reuters - The college basketball saga "Glory
Road" triumphed at the weekend box office in North America,
narrowly beating fellow newcomers "Last Holiday" and
"Hoodwinked," according to studio estimates issued on Sunday.
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Oscar Winner Shelley Winters Dies at 85 (AP)
 AP - Shelley Winters, the forceful, outspoken star who graduated from blond bombshell parts to dramas, winning Academy Awards as supporting actress in "The Diary of Anne Frank" and "A Patch of Blue," has died. She was 85.
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New Orleans Again Sees Movie Production (AP)
 AP - With roughly two-thirds of New Orleans residents still living elsewhere, casting directors weren't sure what kind of turnout to expect for the first major casting call since Hurricane Katrina hit almost five months ago.
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Elisabeth Shue Reportedly Pregnant Again (AP)
 AP - Elisabeth Shue can leave Las Vegas but apparently she can't get out of the nursery.
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British Teens Seek Role in Next 'Potter' (AP)
 AP - Thousands of teenage girls waited patiently in long lines to audition Saturday for a role in the next Harry Potter film.
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News Agencies Won't Pay for Award Photos (AP)
AP - Four news services, including The Associated Press, are refusing to pay a $1,200 fee imposed by NBC for photographs taken by the network inside the ballroom during the Golden Globe Awards.
'Mother of Mine' delivers vivid child's view of WWII (Reuters)
Reuters - Finland's
evacuation of more than 70,000 children to Sweden, Denmark and
Norway during World War II, the world's largest such
undertaking, receives affecting treatment in "Mother of Mine,"
the official Finnish submission to the Academy Awards.
Copeland releases debut documentary (Reuters)
Reuters - Add "filmmaker" to drummer
Stewart Copeland's list of credits. His documentary, "Everyone
Stares: The Police Inside Out," will debut January 22 at the
Sundance Film Festival.
Eminem and Ex-Wife Kim Mathers Remarry (AP)
AP - Eminem remarried his high school sweetheart, a month after the superstar rapper announced they were getting back together, his publicist said.
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Play It Again, Em (E! Online)
 E! Online - The hip-hop heavyweight
swapped vows with high-school sweetheart Kimberly Mathers before a
who's-who of rap royalty Saturday, five years after their first marriage
imploded, and just a month after Eminem announced they had reconciled.
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Newton-John Honored by Aussies in L.A. (AP)
AP - Australian entertainer Olivia Newton-John received the Lifetime Achievement award at the annual G'Day LA: Australia Week gala Saturday night in Los Angeles.
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KISS Bassist Promoting Indy Racing League (AP)
 AP - Don't be surprised to find a checkered flag soon amid the black-and-white KISS face paint of tongue-wagging bassist Gene Simmons.
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Il Divo's brand of 'popera' an international hit (Reuters)
Reuters - Chalk up Il Divo as the
latest act to show that worldwide platinum-plus success can
come without benefit of radio airplay.
Latin music poised for delayed digital boom (Reuters)
Reuters - Digital sales of Latin music, long
hampered by limited catalog and lack of Internet access among
Spanish-speaking consumers, will get a fresh push in 2006 with
the launch of elatinmusic.com.
R&B singer Morgan ready to do it again (Reuters)
Reuters - Meli'sa Morgan acknowledges that
it has been a struggle reintroducing herself to the
music-buying public.
Singer Netrebko not ready for Carnegie Hall (Reuters)
 Reuters - It is not often today that an opera
singer captures pop culture's imagination. So the success of
soprano Anna Netrebko, who is blessed with a lissome voice and
looks to match, is that much sweeter. But the mercurial singer
is not quite ready for the spotlight, as evidenced by her
decision to cancel her March 2 solo debut recital at Carnegie
Hall.
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Country artist Ingram courts the mainstream (Reuters)
Reuters - A longtime veteran of the Texas and
Nashville country music scenes, Jack Ingram feels like he is
finally getting a real shot at mainstream success thanks to his
latest album, "Live -- Wherever You Are."
Seven New Jazz Masters Honored at Concert (AP)
 AP - When the two big bands filling the stage struck up the opening bars of the Count Basie Orchestra's theme "One O'Clock Jump," the siren call to take part in a jam session proved irresistible to the jazz stars seated in the audience at the NEA Jazz Masters Awards Concert.
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