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Judge in Arizona issues bench warrant after jailed rapper Lil Wayne fails to appear in court

YUMA, Ariz. - A bench warrant was issued Tuesday for Grammy Award-winning rapper Lil Wayne, who is facing drug and weapons charges in Arizona. A Yuma County Superior Court judge issued the warrant ...

Judge orders rapper DMX to spend 6 months in Phoenix jail, undergo mental health evaluation

PHOENIX - A judge has ordered rapper DMX to spend six months in a Phoenix jail for violating probation and to undergo a mental health evaluation. DMX, whose real name is Earl Simmons, admitted in c...

Jessica Simpson's 'Price of Beauty' investigates standards of beauty around the world

NEW YORK - Singer and sometimes actress Jessica Simpson has paid the price of beauty, and now she's examining people's obsession with looking good. She made headlines last year when photos of her p...

Montreal man cited by FBI as prolific illegal film-copier gets jail sentence

MONTREAL - A Canadian man who drew international attention as a prolific producer of illegally copied movies was slapped with a two-and-a-half-month jail sentence Tuesday. His involvement in piracy...

Oprah must defend defamation suit filed by ex-headmistress of S. African school

PHILADELPHIA - Media mogul Oprah Winfrey is expected to spend two weeks defending herself at trial in a defamation case linked to the sex-abuse scandal at her girls school in South Africa. A federa...

NY continues to boost aid to film, TV studios despite fiscal crisis

As television and film studios line up for a 20-per cent boost in their tax credit - one of the few windfalls proposed during New York's fiscal crisis - the return on what is now a US$350 million tax ...

'Toy Story,' 'Up' creator Pixar Animation earns award from theatre owners

LAS VEGAS - The makers of "Up," "WALL-E" and other Academy Award-winning cartoons have taken home a new prize. Disney-owned Pixar Animation received the ShoWest Big Ten Award on Tuesday in honour o...

NBC prime-time viewership up by 45 per cent in 2 weeks without Jay Leno

NEW YORK - Two weeks into non-Jay Leno programming, NBC's audience for the final hour of prime-time TV has increased by 45 per cent. While NBC doesn't necessarily have any hits in that hour, the in...