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Holiday episodes give TV show set designers an early decorating challenge
SOLVEJ SCHOU - December 16, 2009
LOS ANGELES (AP) Imagine if your holiday decorations were going to be seen by millions of people. That's the challenge for many TV-show set decorators as all the Christmas-themed episodes roll around. "Decorations should be what's appropriate for the characters and story," says "...
Metallica frontman James Hetfield donates 330 acres near Calif. home for farmland preservation
By Associated Press - December 16, 2009
SAN RAFAEL, Calif. (AP) Metallica frontman James Hetfield is donating 330 acres overlooking California's Lucas Valley for preservation as farmland. The Marin County Board of Supervisors unanimously accepted the donation Tuesday. It follows Hetfield's earlier gift to the county of more...
Singer Justin Timberlake closing new Memphis golf course for 6 months for renovations
By Associated Press - December 16, 2009
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) Justin Timberlake is closing his golf course for six months to make improvements just a half-year after opening it. The Mirimichi golf course will close from Jan. 15 to July 17 while its greens, bunkers and drainage are improved and its wetlands, wildflowers and...
Country singer Jimmy Wayne thankful for buying Hall & Oates album for $1 years ago
CAITLIN R. KING - December 16, 2009
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) Jimmy Wayne has been waiting for years to record the Hall & Oates song "Sara Smile." So when the country singer finally did it, it was only fitting that he made it the title of his third album. "I ended up, when I moved to Nashville, getting a record deal singing...
Nick Jonas' band will perform as the house band for the Critics' Choice Movie Awards
ALICIA RANCILIO - December 16, 2009
NEW YORK (AP) Nick Jonas is used to performing in front of screaming fans who know all the words to their favorite Jonas Brothers songs. Now his new band, Nick Jonas & The Administration, is getting ready to perform as the house band for the Critics' Choice Movie Awards on Jan. 15 in...
Swiss will decide whether to extradite Polanski to the US in early 2010, Justice Ministry says
By Associated Press - December 16, 2009
GENEVA (AP) Swiss authorities say they will decide early next year on whether to extradite director Roman Polanski to the United States. Justice Ministry spokesman Folco Galli says officials are still studying a U.S. extradition request and an argument by Polanski's lawyers against...
Sherlock Holmes movie reinvigorates world's largest Holmes collection in Minnesota
JEFF BAENEN - December 16, 2009
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) Anyone searching for clues about the enduring popularity of Sherlock Holmes need not look only to his headquarters on London's Baker Street. Deep in an underground cavern at the University of Minnesota lies the world's largest collection of Holmes memorabilia a cache...
Cast of hot Fox musical series gleeful over Globes nominations
MICHAEL CIDONI - December 16, 2009
LOS ANGELES (AP) The mood on the set was appropriately gleeful. The musical-dramedy "Glee" got some serious Golden Globe love Tuesday, with more nominations than any show. Among the Fox series' four nominations: best television series comedy or musical. On the Paramount...
Once underdog, director Jason Reitman adjusts to role of Oscar favorite with 'Up in the Air'
JAKE COYLE - December 16, 2009
NEW YORK (AP) Two years ago, director Jason Reitman's "Juno" was the consummate Oscar underdog. An independent film without A-list stars, it went on to earn four Oscar nominations, winning best screenplay for Diablo Cody. Reitman's new, widely feted film, "Up in the Air," won't have...
Police: Man in custody in Calif. for violating restraining order obtained by Jennifer Garner
By Associated Press - December 16, 2009
SANTA MONICA, Calif. (AP) A man is in custody in California on accusations that he violated a restraining order preventing him from coming within 100 yards of actress Jennifer Garner and her family. Police say Steven Burky was arrested Monday at the nursery school where Violet...
