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AP - Ellen DeGeneres is dancing off "American Idol" after one season and Jennifer Lopez is poised to step in.
AP - It isn't much of a stretch for Jill Biden when she takes an acting turn in an episode of Lifetime network's "Army Wives."
AP - Capsule reviews of films opening this week:
AP - Chris Nolan's "Inception" has been the No. 1 film every day since it opened earlier this month. Yet it could face a formidable challenge from the debuting comedy "Dinner for Schmucks" for the top spot at this weekend's box office.
AP - Anne Rice has had a religious conversion: She's no longer a Christian.
AP - Rapper-turned-underwear model-turned-Oscar-nominated actor Mark Wahlberg has been enshrined in the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Reuters - Having set the bar high with "Mad Men" and "Breaking Bad," AMC introduces its third original series on Sunday.
Reuters - The title of "Who Killed Nancy" -- a new documentary opening Friday about the death of Nancy Spungen -- is a little misleading.
AP - Ellen DeGeneres is dancing off "American Idol" after one season and Jennifer Lopez is poised to step in.
Reuters - Walt Disney Co said on Friday it had sold film studio Miramax for about $660 million to an investor group, ending months of talks between the media group and various bidders.
Playbill - On a Clear Day You Can See Forever, the 1965 musical with a reincarnation plot and a handful of beloved Alan Jay Lerner-Burton Lane songs, gets a second life July 29-Aug. 1 in Poughkeepsie, NY.
AP - Ellen DeGeneres is dancing off "American Idol" after one season and Jennifer Lopez is poised to step in.
Fashion Wire Daily - In a technology-obsessed world, where new gadgets top everyone's holiday gift wish-lists, it's up to clothing retailers to come up with new ways to entice customers to give wearable items as gifts. Gone are the days when a new pair of socks or pajamas can hold their own against a video game console or smartphone, which is something that Gap's creative director Patrick Robinson had in mind when he designed the Holiday 2010 collection.
Reuters - North Korean diplomats in Myanmar have confiscated hundreds of copies of a locally published biography on the Stalinist state's reclusive leader, Kim Jong-il, the book's author said Friday.
AP - Zac Efron and the rest of the crew behind "Charlie St. Cloud" want their movie to be weepy, soulful, inspirational, cathartic, ethereal, life-affirming and who knows what else on the New Age emotional barometer.