MGM expected to draw six bids by March 19: source (Reuters)

Reuters - Six companies are expected to make binding offers for storied Hollywood studio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer by a newly set March 19 deadline, a source familiar with the situation said on Tuesday.

Paice, Luker, Dvorsky and Petkoff Set for #39;Enchanted April #39; Musical Reading (Playbill)

Playbill - Jill Paice, Rebecca Luker, George Dvorsky and Robert Petkoff will take part in a reading of the new musical adaptation of Elizabeth Von Arnim's 1922 novel Enchanted April

Rapper DMX arrested for violating probation (Reuters)
Reuters - Troubled rapper DMX was arrested in Arizona on Tuesday for violating his probation by regularly using illegal drugs during the last nine months, authorities said.

Chanel #39;s Fake Fur Ice Maidens (Fashion Wire Daily)
Fashion Wire Daily - One season after staging a Chanel runway show in a reconstructed Normandy farm, the house's designer Karl Lagerfeld presented its latest collection Tuesday, March 9, in Paris,...

Mass Sen Scott Brown to release memoir in 2011 (AP)
AP - Sen. Scott Brown, the Massachusetts Republican who pulled off one of the biggest upsets in recent years by winning the seat once held by Sen. Edward Kennedy, has a book deal.

Leibovitz can keep portfolio under new debt deal (AP)
AP - Annie Leibovitz, the photographer who mismanaged her fortune so badly that she faced losing legal rights to some of pop culture's most enduring images, has reached a long-term agreement with...

Lindsay Lohan takes swipe at E-Trade babies (AP)
AP - Lindsay Lohan is feuding with the E-Trade babies.

Andy Richter calls #039;Tonight #039; exit frustrating (AP)
AP - Andy Richter, Conan O'Brien's sidekick at "The Tonight Show," is acknowledging some ill will toward NBC and Jay Leno in the wake of the network's late-night upheaval.

`Spartacus #039; star has non-Hodgkin lymphoma (AP)
AP - Andy Whitfield, who plays the title role in the Starz Original series "Spartacus: Blood and Sand," has been diagnosed with non-Hodgkin lymphoma. The British-born actor will begin treatm...

Man pleads no contest to stalking Ryan Seacrest (AP)
AP - A man who has repeatedly shown up at Ryan Seacrest's work and events has pleaded no contest to felony stalking.

Murdoch urges more transparency in Arab media (Reuters)
Reuters - Rupert Murdoch urged Arab governments on Tuesday to reject media censorship and open their markets to foreign competition as he opened a high-profile conference aimed at furthering oil-rich ...

Hilary Duff to write young adult book series (AP)
AP - Welcome the latest celebrity children's author, Hilary Duff.

Harry Smith colonoscopy to air on `Early Show #039; (AP)
AP - "The Early Show" co-anchor Harry Smith is scheduled to have a colonoscopy Wednesday, with live reports planned as he undergoes the procedure at a New York hospital.

Samsung, Panasonic start selling 3-D TVs (AP)
AP - Samsung and Panasonic will start selling 3-D TVs in U.S. stores this week. This inaugurates what all TV makers hope is the era of 3-D viewing in the living room.

Germany: Man convicted for Crawford extortion (AP)
AP - A German man has been convicted of blackmailing supermodel Cindy Crawford and been sentenced to two years in jail.

Review: `Our Family Wedding #039; surpasses stereotype (AP)
AP - One enters a movie like "Our Family Wedding" bracing for cheesiness.

Cliff Richard turns to jazz to mark 70th birthday (Reuters)
Reuters - Veteran British singer Cliff Richard will mark his 70th birthday with the release of an album of jazz and swing music, he announced on Tuesday.

Annie Leibovitz enters new deal to manage debt (AP)
AP - Annie Leibovitz has entered into an agreement with a private investment firm to help manage her debt and market her portfolio of celebrity images.

Yves Saint Laurent #39;s New Corporate Woman (Fashion Wire Daily)
Fashion Wire Daily - The house of Yves Saint Laurent took a step into a rather new dimension Monday, March 8, in Paris with a collection the label's designer Stefano Pilati said was targeted at wo...

Tom Jones dubbed workshy by job centre (AFP)
AFP - Welsh singer Tom Jones was branded workshy by job centre officials who recommended him for work "which wouldn't dirty his fingernails" before he became a worldwide superstar, docum...

WB #39;s reality shows an affront to female viewers (Reuters)
Reuters - The CW is taking its largely female audience into two women-centric worlds with the reality shows "Fly Girls" and "High Society."

Sotheby #39;s raises record sum at Amsterdam auction (Reuters)
Reuters - An auction at Sotheby's of more than 160 works of post-war and contemporary art from the Peter Stuyvesant Collection exceeded all expectations on Monday, raising a record 13.6 million eu...

Philippines star #39;sorry #39; in election campaign row (AFP)
AFP - Philippine talk show host Kris Aquino has apologised after she provoked a fellow celebrity into launching a campaign against her presidential candidate brother Benigno Aquino.

#039;Alice in Wonderland #039; races to $1161M opening (AP)
AP - Johnny Depp and Tim Burton found a pile of money on the other side of the looking glass.

NBC renews quot;Miss Universe quot; pageant (Reuters)
Reuters - Miss America may be searching for a new home, but NBC said Monday it has renewed its deal with Donald Trump and the Miss Universe organization to televise "Miss Universe" and "...

quot;Sopranos quot; creator to direct coming-of-age film (Reuters)
Reuters - "The Sopranos" creator David Chase has unveiled the nature of the feature film he's written and will direct for Paramount Pictures.

Guns N #39; Roses plan quot;secret quot; shows in South America (Reuters)
Reuters - Guns N' Roses will play three private shows in Brazil and Argentina during the band's current tour of South America, the organizer said on Monday.

Valli #39;s Walk of Shame Chic (Fashion Wire Daily)
Fashion Wire Daily - If style is grace under pressure, as Ernest Hemingway once defined it, then designer Giambattista Valli surely has it in spades.

David Foster Wallace archive goes to U of Texas (AP)
AP - The archive of writer David Foster Wallace, best known for his 1996 novel "Infinite Jest," has been acquired by the Harry Ransom Center library and museum at the University of Texas, th...

Review: Gorillaz return with island-themed CD (AP)
AP - Gorillaz, "Plastic Beach," (Virgin)

Amazoncom seeks Canadian foothold (Reuters)
Reuters - Efforts to pry open the culturally sensitive Canadian media industry to more foreign ownership took a new turn Monday when Amazon.com sought federal approval to start a new business in Canad...

Author writes about loss, family in India and US (AP)
AP - "Secret Daughter" (William Morrow, 352 pages, $23.99), by Shilpi Somaya Gowda: Sometimes the image in our minds of what we have lost is far greater than the loss itself, and so it i...

D #039;Angelo accused of soliciting prostitute in NYC (AP)
AP - Authorities say D'Angelo was caught in New York City trying to pay $40 for sex with an undercover cop posing as a prostitute.

Mark Linkous, leader of Sparklehorse, dies at 47 (AP)
AP - Mark Linkous, the singer-songwriter who released his music under the band name Sparklehorse, has died after shooting himself in the chest in Tennessee. He was 47.

Argentine president celebrates local film #039;s Oscar (AP)
AP - Argentine President Cristina Fernandez is congratulating the director and actors of the "The Secret in Their Eyes," a local film that won the Oscar for best foreign-language film.

Girls Gone Wild associate fined $5,000; no prison (AP)
AP - A Hollywood associate of Girls Gone Wild founder Joe Francis was fined $5,000 Monday but spared prison time for his role as the "bag man" in the bribery of jail guards to help Francis w...

Scouts founder #39;held talks with the Nazis #39; (AFP)
AFP - Scouting founder Lord Robert Baden-Powell was invited to meet Adolf Hitler after friendly talks with the Hitler Youth about forming closer ties, secret British files released on Monday showed.

Review: `House of Versace #039; built on solid ground (AP)
AP - "House of Versace: The Untold Story of Genius, Murder, and Survival" (Crown, 352 pages, $26), by Deborah Ball: "House of Versace: The Untold Story of Genius, Murder, and Surviv...

A-listers, Olympians mingle at Oscar after-parties (AP)
AP - With his shaggy red hair, black leather jacket and skintight American flag-printed jeans, Olympic gold medalist Shaun White upstaged even glam Oscar winner Sandra Bullock at a pack of parties aro...

Polanski #039;s wife says husband #039;s jailing changed her (AP)
AP - Roman Polanski's wife says her husband's imprisonment in a 32-year-old sex case has diminished her carefree spirit and terrified and disoriented the couple's two children.

Brooke Burke joins Tom Bergeron on `Dancing #039; (AP)
AP - Former "Dancing With the Stars" winner Brooke Burke will be Tom Bergeron's new partner when the series starts again later month.

Japan defends dolphin hunt in Oscar-winning #039;Cove #039; (AP)
AP - The Japanese fishing village featured in "The Cove," which won an Oscar for best documentary, defended its practice of hunting dolphins Monday as a part of its tradition.

Lil Wayne set to be sentenced to year in NY jail (AP)
AP - Lil Wayne is set to begin an expected jail term on a New York gun case, after a dental problem and a courthouse fire pushed his sentencing back a month.

Bigelow makes Oscar history as war drama triumphs (Reuters)
Reuters - Hollywood finally entrusted a female director with an Oscar on Sunday.

quot;Secret quot; Giotto uncovered in Florence chapel (Reuters)
Reuters - Restorers using ultra-violet rays have rediscovered rich original details of Giotto's paintings in the Peruzzi Chapel in Florence's Santa Croce church that have been hidden for centu...

The 10 funniest tweets during the Oscars broadcast (AP)
AP - The commentary on social media during the Academy Awards broadcast was often more entertaining than the show itself.

List of winners at the 82nd annual Oscars (AP)
AP - List of winners at the 82nd annual Academy Awards:

quot;Hurt Locker quot; sweeps Oscars and makes history (Reuters)
Reuters - "The Hurt Locker" director Kathryn Bigelow battled her way into Oscar history books on Sunday, topping her movie's best film honor with her own Academy Award for directing to b...

Genghis Khan, Asian conqueror, on women #039;s rights (AP)
AP - "The Secret History of the Mongol Queens: How the Daughters of Genghis Khan Rescued His Empire" (Crown Publishers, 334 pages, $26), by Jack Weatherford: If anyone in central Asia 80...

Inside the Oscar show on Hollywood #039;s biggest night (AP)
AP - The Academy Awards is without question Hollywood's biggest night, a time when the world stops to gawk at its celluloid heroes. Here's an insider's look from the Kodak Theatre at wh...

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MGM expected to draw six bids by March 19: source (Reuters)

Paice, Luker, Dvorsky and Petkoff Set for #39;Enchanted April #39; Musical Reading (Playbill)

Rapper DMX arrested for violating probation (Reuters)

Chanel #39;s Fake Fur Ice Maidens (Fashion Wire Daily)

Mass Sen Scott Brown to release memoir in 2011 (AP)

Leibovitz can keep portfolio under new debt deal (AP)

Lindsay Lohan takes swipe at E-Trade babies (AP)

Andy Richter calls #039;Tonight #039; exit frustrating (AP)

`Spartacus #039; star has non-Hodgkin lymphoma (AP)

Man pleads no contest to stalking Ryan Seacrest (AP)

Murdoch urges more transparency in Arab media (Reuters)

Hilary Duff to write young adult book series (AP)

Harry Smith colonoscopy to air on `Early Show #039; (AP)

Samsung, Panasonic start selling 3-D TVs (AP)

Germany: Man convicted for Crawford extortion (AP)

Review: `Our Family Wedding #039; surpasses stereotype (AP)

Cliff Richard turns to jazz to mark 70th birthday (Reuters)

Annie Leibovitz enters new deal to manage debt (AP)

Yves Saint Laurent #39;s New Corporate Woman (Fashion Wire Daily)

Tom Jones dubbed workshy by job centre (AFP)

WB #39;s reality shows an affront to female viewers (Reuters)

Sotheby #39;s raises record sum at Amsterdam auction (Reuters)

Philippines star #39;sorry #39; in election campaign row (AFP)

#039;Alice in Wonderland #039; races to $1161M opening (AP)

NBC renews quot;Miss Universe quot; pageant (Reuters)

quot;Sopranos quot; creator to direct coming-of-age film (Reuters)

Guns N #39; Roses plan quot;secret quot; shows in South America (Reuters)

Valli #39;s Walk of Shame Chic (Fashion Wire Daily)

David Foster Wallace archive goes to U of Texas (AP)

Review: Gorillaz return with island-themed CD (AP)

Amazoncom seeks Canadian foothold (Reuters)

Author writes about loss, family in India and US (AP)

D #039;Angelo accused of soliciting prostitute in NYC (AP)

Mark Linkous, leader of Sparklehorse, dies at 47 (AP)

Argentine president celebrates local film #039;s Oscar (AP)

Girls Gone Wild associate fined $5,000; no prison (AP)

Scouts founder #39;held talks with the Nazis #39; (AFP)

Review: `House of Versace #039; built on solid ground (AP)

A-listers, Olympians mingle at Oscar after-parties (AP)

Polanski #039;s wife says husband #039;s jailing changed her (AP)

Brooke Burke joins Tom Bergeron on `Dancing #039; (AP)

Japan defends dolphin hunt in Oscar-winning #039;Cove #039; (AP)

Lil Wayne set to be sentenced to year in NY jail (AP)

Bigelow makes Oscar history as war drama triumphs (Reuters)

quot;Secret quot; Giotto uncovered in Florence chapel (Reuters)

The 10 funniest tweets during the Oscars broadcast (AP)

List of winners at the 82nd annual Oscars (AP)

quot;Hurt Locker quot; sweeps Oscars and makes history (Reuters)

Genghis Khan, Asian conqueror, on women #039;s rights (AP)

Inside the Oscar show on Hollywood #039;s biggest night (AP)