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• Bullock backs out of premiere for personal reasons

  NEW YORK (AP) — Sandra Bullock has canceled her appearance at the London premiere of "The Blind Side" almost two weeks after winning a Best Actress Academy Award for her performance in the movie.

• Country music impresario Johnnie High dead at 80

  ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Johnnie High, a north Texas country music showman who gave such performers as LeAnn Rimes and Boxcar Willie their early exposure, has died at the age of 80.

• First 'American Idol' finalist booted

  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Lacey Brown is down and out on "American Idol."

• Country music impresario Johnnie High dead at 80

  ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Johnnie High, a north Texas country music showman who gave such performers LeAnn Rimes and Boxcar Willie their early exposure, has died at the age of 80.

• US fashion designers pick McQueen for NYC honor

  NEW YORK (AP) — The fashion world will pay one more tribute to late designer Alexander McQueen when the Council of Fashion Designers of America holds its annual awards ceremony in New York City in June.

• Marie Osmond cancels Las Vegas shows for the week

  LAS VEGAS (AP) — Donny and Marie Osmond are canceling their shows this week at the Flamingo Las Vegas hotel while she copes with the death of her son.

• Drunken thief takes singer Justin Moore's guitar

  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Country singer Justin Moore says a drunken fan who stole one of his guitars at a Michigan concert just made a mistake and he's glad his instrument has been returned.

• Viacom-YouTube secrets to be exposed in lawsuit

  NEW YORK (AP) — Viacom and YouTube likely will be forced to expose business secrets and other previously confidential information Thursday when reams of court documents are expected to be unsealed.

• Trump is reviving 'Apprentice' with regular folks

  NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump isn't firing "The Celebrity Apprentice," but he's bringing back the regular edition of the show with 14 ordinary candidates plagued by the sour job market.

• 149 drug arrests in NJ city Conan O'Brien mocked

  NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Authorities are hailing the arrests of 149 people in one of New Jersey's most dangerous cities, which Conan O'Brien mocked on NBC's "Tonight Show."

• 3 histories receive Bancroft Prize

  NEW YORK (AP) — Biographies of Abigail Adams and Depression-era photographer Dorothea Lange are among the winners of the prestigious Bancroft Prize for history.

• Posner says he failed to source material for book

  NEW YORK (AP) — An author and journalist who resigned last month from the Internet news site The Daily Beast over allegations of lifting material acknowledged that passages in his latest book are similar to those of another writer.

• Ga. Senate postpones honor for Tyler Perry

  ATLANTA (AP) — A resolution honoring entertainment mogul Tyler Perry, scheduled to be proclaimed Wednesday by the Georgia state Senate, has been postponed.

• Review: 'Hubble 3D' launches viewers on grand trek

  Remember those jokes about the Hubble telescope needing a blind man's cane and dark glasses when it went into orbit 20 years ago and immediately proved nearsighted?

• Review: 'Hubble 3D' launches viewers on grand trek

  Remember those jokes about the Hubble telescope needing a blind man's cane and dark glasses when it went into orbit 20 years ago and immediately proved nearsighted?

• Rolling Stones tunes supply 'Idol' surprises

  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Tim Urban couldn't get any satisfaction on "American Idol."

• Norteno star denies knowing gig was for drug gang

  McALLEN, Texas (AP) — Latin Grammy winner Ramon Ayala says he only found out that his band was playing at a drug gang's holiday party when the Mexican military raided the event.

• Rapper DMX ordered to 6 months in Phoenix jail

  PHOENIX (AP) — A judge has ordered rapper DMX to spend six months in a Phoenix jail for violating probation and to undergo a mental health evaluation.

• Autopsy reports released in AZ sweat lodge deaths

  CAMP VERDE, Ariz. (AP) — Autopsy reports released Tuesday point to heat stroke as the cause of death for two people following an Arizona sweat lodge ceremony last year, and multi-system organ failure for a third person.

• Warrant issued for Lil Wayne in Arizona case

  YUMA, Ariz. (AP) — A bench warrant has been issued for Grammy Award-winning rapper Lil Wayne, who is facing drug and weapons charges in Arizona.

• 'Toy Story' creator Pixar earns theater award

  LAS VEGAS (AP) — The makers of "Up," ''WALL-E" and other Academy Award-winning cartoons have taken home a new prize.

• Expect huge TV audiences for Woods' Masters return

  NEW YORK (AP) — CBS Sports' president thinks that Tiger Woods' return to golf will be one of the "biggest media spectacles in recent memory."

• Dixie Chicks to tour with Keith Urban, the Eagles

  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — All three members of the Dixie Chicks, including lead singer Natalie Maines, are heading out in June on a one-month stadium tour with The Eagles and Keith Urban.

• Girlfriend of Michael Douglas' son sentenced in NY

  NEW YORK (AP) — The girlfriend of actor Michael Douglas' son has been given no new jail time at her sentencing in New York City in a case stemming from his drug woes.

• Nobel Peace Prize winner ElBaradei writing memoir

  NEW YORK (AP) — Nobel Peace Prize winner Mohamed ElBaradei (ehl-BEHR'-uh-day) is writing a memoir about his years as head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, including the search for weapons of mass destruction in Iraq.

• Luke Bryan, Gloriana among ACM top new artists

  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Reverse psychology may have done the trick for country singer Luke Bryan.

• Charlie Sheen back at work on 'Two and a Half Men'

  NEW YORK (AP) — Charlie Sheen is back at work and shooting has resumed on "Two and a Half Men."

• Jackson estate in record deal worth up to $250 million

  The King of Pop's estate has signed the biggest recording deal in history: a $200 million guaranteed contract with Sony Music Entertainment for 10 projects over seven years, according to a person familiar with the deal.

• Glitch leads to adult video on kids channels in NC

  RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A cable TV spokeswoman says preview clips for adult programming appeared on two channels dedicated for kids in North Carolina because of an "equipment failure."

• Heavyweight to featherweight: Tyson races pigeons

  NEW YORK (AP) — Former world heavyweight champ Mike Tyson will take flight on Animal Planet with a new sport — pigeon racing.

• Heavyweight to featherweight: Tyson races pigeons

  NEW YORK (AP) — Former world heavyweight champ Mike Tyson will take flight on Animal Planet with a new sport — pigeon racing.

• Betty White set for full season of TV Land sitcom

  NEW YORK (AP) — Betty White's dance card continues to fill.

• Philharmonic celebrates Sondheim's 80th birthday

  NEW YORK (AP) — The ladies in red brought down the house.

• Art exhibit in NY includes nude duo standing still

  NEW YORK (AP) — The Museum of Modern Art in New York City is re-enacting a performance artist's works including one in which two people in the nude stand still, facing each other in a narrow doorway.

• AP Source: Jackson in $200M-plus recording deal

  LOS ANGELES (AP) — The estate of Michael Jackson has landed the late King of Pop the biggest recording deal in history: a $200 million guaranteed contract with Sony Music Entertainment for 10 projects over seven years, according to a person familiar with the deal.

• Judge grants Evans temporary injunction against ex

  FRANKLIN, Tenn. (AP) — A judge has ordered a temporary injunction against the ex-husband of country singer Sara Evans.

• Top art heist rattles investigators 20 years on

  BOSTON (AP) — Investigators of a 20-year-old art heist at a Boston museum that was the largest such theft in history are stepping up their efforts.

• Sony boss asks theater owners for healthier snacks

  LAS VEGAS (AP) — The head of Sony Pictures has suggested that movie theaters offer healthier snacks to help fight obesity and give audiences a broader range of food choices.

• ESPN reporter's stalker gets 2½ years in prison

  LOS ANGELES (AP) — An insurance executive who secretly shot nude videos of ESPN reporter Erin Andrews was sentenced Monday to 2½ years in prison before giving a tearful apology that was harshly rebuked by his victim.

• Brazil may break US patents on films, music, drugs

  BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Brazil says it may let local companies break U.S. patents on products including movies, music, pharmaceutical products and chemicals.

• Sheen returning to Aspen in domestic violence case

  ASPEN, Colo. (AP) — Actor Charlie Sheen is returning to court in Aspen on domestic violence charges stemming from a Christmas Day dispute with his wife.

• ESPN's Erin Andrews' stalker to get sentence in LA

  LOS ANGELES (AP) — The man convicted of stalking ESPN reporter Erin Andrews and shooting nude videos of her through a hotel room peephole facing sentencing in a Los Angeles courtroom.

• Farrell, Duvall bring films to Tribeca Film Fest

  NEW YORK (AP) — Colin Farrell and Robert Duvall are among those bringing films to the Tribeca Film Festival in New York.

• ABBA, Hollies, Genesis enter Rock Hall in NYC bash

  NEW YORK (AP) — Two of the four members of ABBA have accepted their inductions into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame at a New York City ceremony.

• 'South Park' begins 14th season by taking on Tiger

  NEW YORK (AP) — Golf clubs in hands or not, the kids of "South Park" are ready to take on Tiger Woods.

• Authorities: Corey Haim had illegal prescription

  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Authorities say actor Corey Haim had a fraudulent prescription when he died that was linked to a major drug ring.

• 'Idol' contestants discuss elimination from show

  LOS ANGELES (AP — Tweens probably don't know who Patsy Cline is, which is why Lilly Scott thinks she was voted off "American Idol" Thursday night.

• DioGuardi, dad of 'Idol' judge, to run for Senate

  ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — The father of "American Idol" judge Kara DioGuardi (KEHR'-uh dee-oh-GWAHR'-dee), former Republican congressman Joe DioGuardi, is set to announce he is running for the U.S. Senate seat held by Kirsten Gillibrand.

• Disney to shut Zemeckis-run motion-capture studio

  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Disney is shutting down a facility in the San Francisco Bay area that was used to capture Jim Carrey's acting in "A Christmas Carol." It's a move to further cut costs at Disney's movie studio.

• No contest plea in case over star's stolen Rolex

  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Prosecutors say a man has pleaded no contest to receiving a Rolex watch stolen from Orlando Bloom's house during a spate of celebrity burglaries.