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Monday, March 31, 2008

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Wii-kly Update: The First Sega Master System Game Arrives

Posted: 31 Mar 2008 10:24 AM CDT

It's a week of fun-filled firsts at the Wii Shop Channel. Each of the latest game offerings represents the first title in a memorable series that has influenced many subsequent titles over the years.

Posted: 31 Mar 2008 10:16 AM CDT

Prankster Steve-O's Jackass co-star Bam Margera gave his pal a month to live earlier this year - because his drug use had spiraled out of control. Margera admits Steve-O - real name Stephen Glover - turned to narcotics as soon as he woke up, and would be topping off his highs all day.

Posted: 31 Mar 2008 10:02 AM CDT

Fall Out Boy are more determined than ever to set a world record following the cancellation of their seven continents-in-a-day attempt - and are vowing to achieve a feat far more spectacular.

Posted: 31 Mar 2008 09:40 AM CDT

Moby, ''Last Night'' (Mute) Activist. Faithful. Blogger. Vegan. Let's not forget DJ. Moby's beliefs may turn off some (he's been called a ''Jesus Freak'' in Britain), but he remains a DJ at heart, and his sixth studio effort, ''Last Night,'' is free of politicizing and serves as a joyous ode to his love affair with the New York club scene.

Posted: 31 Mar 2008 09:15 AM CDT

R.E.M., ''Accelerate'' (Warner Bros.) When R.E.M. was at its peak, its music was filled with urgency and energy - something the band lost over the years. After a decade of what singer Michael Stipe calls unfocused studio efforts, R.E.M. picks up the pace on the enjoyable ''Accelerate,'' its first album since 2004.

Posted: 31 Mar 2008 09:07 AM CDT

A complete list of winners at the 21st annual Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards:

Movie: ''Alvin and the Chipmunks''

Posted: 31 Mar 2008 08:45 AM CDT

Getting chased around by scantily clad nuns isn't an everyday occurrence for most of us. But for Australian superstars The Cat Empire it's not necessarily out of the ordinary.

Posted: 31 Mar 2008 08:43 AM CDT

Hollywood star Sarah Michelle Gellar tried to sneak an x-rated prop off the film set for her 2006 movie Southland Tales as a souvenir. The Buffy The Vampire Slayer actress plays a porn star in the movie and wanted to keep the cover of her character's rude video, which featured her head superimposed onto another woman's body - one who had a "curvy body and butt".

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Mos Def To Play Chuck Berry

Posted: 31 Mar 2008 08:37 AM CDT

Rapper-turned-actor Mos Def is set to take on the character of legendary rocker Chuck Berry in forthcoming biopic movie Cadillac Records.

Posted: 31 Mar 2008 08:26 AM CDT

Former wild-child Kelly Osbourne has beaten a decade of drug and alcohol abuse - even though she was an addict as a 13-year-old.

Posted: 31 Mar 2008 08:22 AM CDT

British singer Rick Astley is heading for a career revival - after an internet prank turned him into an online phenomenon. The singer/songwriter's 1980s smash-hit Never Gonna Give You Up has had a record 14.5 million hits on video networking site YouTube.com after cheeky internet schemers tricked website users by posting the link under scandalous news headlines.

Posted: 31 Mar 2008 08:16 AM CDT

Socialite Paris Hilton has been left with a swollen and grazed chin - after she was swarmed by paparazzi while exiting a restaurant in the Czech Republic. The reality TV star is currently touring with boyfriend Benji Madden and his band Good Charlotte in Europe, with the pair squeezing in a romantic sightseeing tour together in Prague on Sunday.

Posted: 31 Mar 2008 08:07 AM CDT

LOS ANGELES (AP) - It was the best of both worlds at Saturday's Kids Choice Awards for Miley Cyrus, who took home trophies for favorite female singer and TV actress and rocked the show with a spirited performance of her hit song, ''GNO - Girls Night Out.''

Posted: 31 Mar 2008 08:03 AM CDT

Ever wonder what the Torchwood crew does on their night off? Well, Tosh continues to work because she has no life to speak of and Jack probably does things I can't repeat here, but as for the rest of the team, they go to the movies.

Posted: 31 Mar 2008 07:56 AM CDT

Monday, March 31

How I Met Your Mother (CBS, 8:30 p.m.) - Forget basketball. March Madness is all about figuring out, bracket-style, which jilted woman has it out for Barney.

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Keith Richards 'I Smoke My Head Off'

Posted: 31 Mar 2008 07:47 AM CDT

Rolling Stones rocker Keith Richards refused to turn his back on drugs completely after a number of brushes with death - he still smokes marijuana "all the damn time."

Posted: 31 Mar 2008 07:44 AM CDT

George Clooney plans to walk away from acting before he hits 60 to concentrate on filmmaking full time. After finding fame in front of the camera, Clooney has been expanding into writing and directing in recent years, with the Oscar-nominated Good Night, and Good Luck and his new movie Leatherheads.

Posted: 31 Mar 2008 07:41 AM CDT

Lindsay Lohan's father Michael has hit out at the actress's decision to star in a new movie about murderer Charles Manson - fearing it could ruin her career.

Posted: 31 Mar 2008 07:38 AM CDT

David Schwimmer would turn down the opportunity to bring back his hit show Friends because he is convinced it ended the right way. Schwimmer is still best known for his role as Ross Gellar - four years after "Friends" ended - but he has no desire to play the paleontologist ever again.

Posted: 31 Mar 2008 07:36 AM CDT

Heath Ledger may have fathered a secret lovechild during a teenage affair with an older woman, his uncle has revealed. Haydn Ledger, the estranged brother of the late actor's dad Kim, claims the un-named 25-year-old woman discovered she was pregnant after her romance with the then-17-year-old Ledger ended.

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Madonna Set To Make Top 10 History

Posted: 31 Mar 2008 07:34 AM CDT

Madonna will trump Elvis Presley, The Beatles and Michael Jackson this week, if her latest single lands in the U.S. top ten - the 37th time she has managed the feat.

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'21' Gambles & Wins At Box Office

Posted: 31 Mar 2008 07:30 AM CDT

Kevin Spacey gambling movie 21 has struck gold at the U.S. box office, stealing the top spot with opening weekend winnings of $23.7 million. The film stars Spacey and Kate Bosworth as members of a group of mathematics geniuses who use their brains to beat Las Vegas casinos at their own game.

Posted: 31 Mar 2008 07:27 AM CDT

Actor/director David Arquette had some explaining to do when a patient in a Cleveland, Ohio hospital spotted him watching what she thought was a cheap sex video on his computer. The star was actually editing a scene in his wife Courteney Cox's TV drama Dirt in an episode he directed.

Posted: 31 Mar 2008 07:25 AM CDT

Pirates Of The Caribbean producer Jerry Bruckheimer is set to give 1956 classic "The Lone Ranger" a Disney twist in a modern remake. Ted Elliott and Terry Rossio, the screenwriting pair behind the Pirates trilogy, are in final talks to reteam with Bruckheimer and Disney to bring the masked hero to the big screen, according to the Hollywood Reporter.

Posted: 31 Mar 2008 07:21 AM CDT

Katie Holmes' representative has played down reports the actress is heading to Broadway, New York, to star in family drama "All My Sons." The actress is said to be in final negotiations to join John Lithgow and Dianne Wiest in Arthur Miller's post-World War II show, with British newspaper reports claiming she has signed on to begin in May.

Posted: 31 Mar 2008 07:19 AM CDT

Rihanna and Chris Brown used the "Nickelodeon Kids Choice Awards" to end rumors they are dating by walking up the event's orange carpet separately.

Posted: 31 Mar 2008 07:16 AM CDT

Poison drummer Rikki Rockett was forced to cancel a gig in California on Saturday night, following his arrest on allegations of sexual assault.

Posted: 31 Mar 2008 07:14 AM CDT

British soul star Corinne Bailey Ra is convinced her musician husband Jason Rae died from a heart attack after suffering an adverse reaction to cocaine. The body of the 31-year-old saxophonist was discovered in a Leeds, England flat last Saturday.