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Bush administration proposes stronger job protections for doctors refusing to do abortions. ...

PUBLISHERS WEEKLY BEST-SELLERS - Added 18 minutes ago

HARDCOVER FICTION 1. "Smoke Screen" by Sandra Brown (Simon & Schuster) 2. "Acheron" by Sherrilyn Kenyon (St. Martin's Press) 3. "The Bourne Sanction" by Robert Ludlum, Eric Van Lustbader (Grand Central) 4....

USA TODAY BEST-SELLERS - Added 22 minutes ago

Key: F-Fiction; NF-Nonfiction; H-Hardcover; P-Paperback 1. "Breaking Dawn" by Stephenie Meyer (Little Brown) (F-H) 2. "Twilight" by Stephenie Meyer (Little, Brown) (F-P) 3. "New Moon" by Stephenie Meyer (Little Brown...

WALL STREET JOURNAL BEST-SELLERS - Added 23 minutes ago

FICTION 1. "Breaking Dawn" by Stephenie Meyer (Little Brown) 2. "Eclipse" by Stephenie Meyer (Little, Brown) 3. "Smoke Screen" by Sandra Brown (Simon & Schuster) 4. "Twilight" by Stephenie Meyer (Little, Brown) ...

Rihanna, Pink, T.I. added as performers at VMAs - Added 1 hour ago

Rihanna is back for another performance at the MTV Video Music Awards, along with Pink, Paramore and T.I., who will be making his first appearance at a major awards show since his arrest right before an awards ceremony...

Sanjaya of 'American Idol' on Nationwide's side - Added 3 hours ago

Former "American Idol" contestant Sanjaya (san-JY'-yah) has gone from "pitchy" to pitchman. Sanjaya Malakar is selling Nationwide Insurance in a new ad that's part of the Columbus, Ohio-based company's campaign, "Life...

Rejected by Hong Kong, Glitter arrives in Thailand - Added 5 hours ago

Thai police said disgraced rocker Gary Glitter agreed Thursday to leave Thailand for London, possibly ending a two-day odyssey that began when he was released from a Vietnamese prison after serving time for molesting...

Why don't TV stars like to watch television? - Added 5 hours ago

Stage actors love theater. Film actors see movies. Musicians dig concerts by their fellow musicians. But TV performers just don't seem to catch much TV, according to an unofficial survey spanning years of interviews...

Crow offers free music to voters - Added 5 hours ago

Sheryl Crow is giving away free music _ a tactic she calls the "Tupperware" party approach to inspiring young people to vote. The Grammy Award-winning singer announced a plan Wednesday to give a digital copy of her...

Sanjaya appears in Nationwide Insurance commercial - Added 6 hours ago

Former "American Idol" contestant Sanjaya Malakar is pitching Nationwide Insurance. He's in a new ad that's part of the company's "Life Comes at You Fast" campaign. He says he thinks the ad is "really funny" and he...

That Was the Week That Was - Added 14 hours ago

Entertainment highlights during the week of Aug. 24-30: 1946: Norma Jean Baker was signed to a contract with 20th Century Fox, who changed her name to Marilyn Monroe. 1967: The last episode of "The Fugitive" aired. It...

Celebrity Birthdays - Added 14 hours ago

Celebrity birthdays for the week of Aug. 24-30: Aug. 24: Actor Kenny Baker (R2-D2 in "Star Wars") is 74. Guitarist Mason Williams is 70. Singer Marshall Thompson of The Chi-Lites is 66. Keyboardist Ken Hensley of Uriah...

Matt Damon's wife Luciana gives birth to girl - Added 15 hours ago

Matt Damon's wife Luciana gave birth to a baby girl Wednesday, his spokeswoman said. The baby's name is Gia Zavala Damon, spokeswoman Jennifer Allen told The Associated Press, adding: "Everyone is great and she is a...

Angie Harmon, Jason Sehorn expecting third child - Added 17 hours ago

Angie Harmon and husband Jason Sehorn are expecting their third child, Harmon's publicist confirmed Wednesday. The 36-year-old actress and 37-year-old former National Football League player were married in 2001 and have...

Next 'Bachelor' is 'Bachelorette' reject - Added 19 hours ago

If the new man looking for love on ABC's "The Bachelor" looks familiar, that's because he was rejected last season on "The Bachelorette." Jason Mesnick, whose proposal to DeAnna Pappas was spurned during the finale,...

Domingo returns to role of 1968 Met Opera debut - Added 19 hours ago

Forty seasons after making his unscheduled Metropolitan Opera debut as Maurizio in Cilea's "Adriana Lecouvreur," Placido Domingo is returning to the role. Originally scheduled to conduct the revival, which opens Feb....

Ricky Martin a father of twin boys, publicist says - Added 20 hours ago

There won't be much "livin' la vida loca" for Ricky Martin these days _ he's now the father of twin boys. The Latin superstar had the children via a surrogate mother, and the babies were born a few weeks ago, according...

Funny Or Die sites expand into cooking, videogames - Added 20 hours ago

EatDrinkOrDie.com is hoping to find the culinary equivalent of Paris Hilton's political campaign ad. The site is the latest expansion of the Or Die Networks Group, whose signature site is Funny Or Die, the comedy Web...

Jonas Brothers notch third-biggest debut of 2008 - Added 21 hours ago

Not only have the Jonas Brothers notched the year's third-biggest debut album, they've managed the rare feat of having two albums in the top 10 at the same time. "A Little Bit Longer," the third album from the trio of...

Owner of car in accident with LaBeouf cited - Added 21 hours ago

A citation has been issued to the owner of a car that crashed into a pickup truck driven by Shia LaBeouf. Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department spokesman Steve Whitmore on Wednesday said 21-year-old Simon Herbert of...

UN-backed film to premiere at Rome film fest - Added 21 hours ago

A U.N.-backed movie on poverty made of eight segments by directors including Jane Campion and Wim Wenders will make its world premiere at the Rome Film Festival later this year, organizers said Wednesday. Titled "8,"...

China refuses to let Gary Glitter into Hong Kong - Added 21 hours ago

British glam rocker Gary Glitter, who served nearly three years in a Vietnamese prison for molesting children, was denied entry to Hong Kong after refusing to return to England, officials said Wednesday. Glitter flew...

Former GnR drummer enters not guilty plea - Added 23 hours ago

Former Guns N' Roses drummer Steven Adler has pleaded not guilty to drug charges and will remain in rehab for at least the next month. Adler appeared in Los Angeles Superior Court on Wednesday morning with a friend and...

Report: Iranian actress banned from traveling - Added 1 day ago

Iran's official news agency says authorities have banned an Iranian actress on her way to Hollywood from leaving the country. IRNA's report on Wednesday quotes an unnamed official as saying the actress "was banned from...

France bans broadcast of TV shows for babies - Added 1 day ago

France's broadcast authority has banned French channels from airing TV shows aimed at children under 3 years old, to shield them from developmental risks it says television viewing poses at that age. The High...

Memphis airport not ready to be renamed for Hayes - Added 1 day ago

Officials of Memphis International Airport say they probably won't change the airport's name to honor the late singer Isaac Hayes. During a memorial service for Hayes on Monday, U.S. Rep. Steve Cohen publicly suggested...

Dave Matthews Band sax player LeRoi Moore dies - Added 1 day ago

LeRoi Moore, the versatile saxophonist whose signature staccato fused jazz and funk overtones onto the eclectic sound of the Dave Matthews Band, died Tuesday of complications from injuries he suffered in an all-terrain...

Jessica Simpson to market beer for Dallas brewer - Added 1 day ago

Jessica Simpson is now selling beer. The singer and actress has signed on as spokeswoman for Stampede Light Plus, made by Dallas' Stampede Brewing Co. Simpson will appear in ads in stores for the beer and is taking a...

NY hosts 9 bicycle racks designed by David Byrne - Added 1 day ago

Musician, artist and bicycling enthusiast David Byrne has designed nine unusual bike racks that have been installed around New York City. The Department of Transportation says the artistic installations by the Talking...

Bronze Fonz now an 'Ayyyy'-list celeb in Milwaukee - Added 1 day ago

His hair will always be in place, he doesn't mind if you touch the leather and he's far too heavy to jump the shark. Thought Arthur Fonzarelli couldn't get any cooler? Meet the bronze Fonz. Dozens of people lined the...

Joe Francis sues to rescind settlement - Added 1 day ago

"Girls Gone Wild" entrepreneur Joe Francis wants a California court to rescind a settlement he claims a federal judge coerced him into signing. Francis, who created the popular video series that features young women...

Moore's memoir: Being Bond was sometimes scary - Added 1 day ago

It's not easy being Bond. Roger Moore, who starred in seven Bond films in the 1970s and 1980s, recounts his days as the dashing super-spy in his upcoming memoir, "My Word Is My Bond," and says things weren't always as...

Olympics coverage means more ratings gold for NBC - Added 1 day ago

NBC is enjoying a taste of what superstar swimmer Michael Phelps savored last week: a clean sweep. But unlike Phelps in Beijing's Water Cube, NBC's prime-time Olympics coverage left all its competition far behind. In...

List of top 20 shows in prime-time Nielsen ratings - Added 1 day ago

Prime-time viewership numbers compiled by Nielsen Media Research for Aug. 11-17. Listings include the week's ranking, with viewership for the week and season-to-date rankings in parentheses. An "X" in parentheses...

`The Closer' is No. 1 show on cable for Aug. 11-17 - Added 1 day ago

Rankings for the top 15 programs on cable networks as compiled by Nielsen Media Research for the week of Aug 11-17. Day and start time (EDT) are in parentheses: 1. "The Closer" (Monday, 9 p.m.), TNT, 4.84 million...

Toby Keith praises Obama - Added 1 day ago

Barack Obama is getting praise from Nashville, courtesy of one big, patriotic country star. Toby Keith, perhaps best known to non-country audiences for his post-Sept. 11 song "Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue," says...

Blue Mountain returns with new album 'Midnight' - Added 1 day ago

For seminal alt-country band Blue Mountain _ torn apart by divorce _ breaking up was hard to do. Getting back together, it turned out, was pretty easy. The Mississippi trio will release its sixth studio album,...

Applegate calls double mastectomy a 'tough' choice - Added 1 day ago

Christina Applegate is taking the long view of her battle with breast cancer _ the really long view. Speaking on ABC News' "Good Morning America" in her first interview since announcing her diagnosis earlier this month,...

Clooney, Pitt, Coens join Toronto festival lineup - Added 1 day ago

Movies featuring Brad Pitt, George Clooney, Kate Beckinsale, Edward Norton and Colin Farrell and a documentary about Paris Hilton have joined the lineup for the Toronto International Film Festival. North America's...

Correction: Books-Woodward - Added 2 days ago

In an Aug. 18 story about a new book by Bob Woodward, The Associated Press reported erroneously that CBS Television Network is owned by Viacom Inc. CBS Corp. split off from Viacom in 2006. ...

Funny Bones: 3 writers finalists for humor prize - Added 2 days ago

A former writer and producer for "The Simpsons," a former writer for "Saturday Night Live" and a former president of the Harvard Lampoon are finalists for the Thurber Prize for American Humor, a $5,000 award. Larry...

Title, print run on Woodward book announced - Added 2 days ago

The suspense didn't quite compare to the identity of "Deep Throat," but we now know the name of Bob Woodward's fourth investigative work on the Bush administration, just three weeks before the book's release. "The War...

Mariah, Miley, Beyonce join voices to fight cancer - Added 2 days ago

What would it sound like if 15 of the hottest female singers joined voices? The answer will be revealed Sept. 2. That's when "Just Stand Up" hits airwaves and iTunes. The song features Mariah Carey, Beyonce, Mary J....

Malaysia cancels 'too sexy' Avril Lavigne concert - Added 2 days ago

Malaysia on Tuesday canceled a concert by Canadian rock singer Avril Lavigne, saying it may taint the Muslim-majority country's independence day celebrations after the Islamic opposition slammed her show as being "too...

Meet the new teams on 'The Amazing Race' - Added 2 days ago

An ex-NFL player and his estranged wife, a former Dallas Cowboys cheerleader and her actor brother, recent divorcees, a pair of Southern belles and fraternity brothers are among the 11 two-person teams hurrying for the...

No critical sneak peeks for '90210,' network says - Added 2 days ago

The drama has already begun with "90210," which is giving TV critics the brushoff. Pre-broadcast copies of the new CW series won't be distributed to TV reviewers and reporters, the network said Monday. Movie critics...

Applegate says she is 100 percent cancer free - Added 2 days ago

Christina Applegate says she has a clean bill of health after undergoing treatment for breast cancer. "I'm clear," Applegate tells ABC News' "Good Morning America" in an interview airing Tuesday. "Absolutely 100 percent...

Donnie Wahlberg and wife file for divorce - Added 2 days ago

Donnie Wahlberg and his wife are calling it quits after nearly nine years of marriage. Wahlberg and his wife, Kim Fey Wahlberg, each filed for divorce last Wednesday in separate counties in the Los Angeles area, court...

Filings: Spears' custody fight with K-Fed costly - Added 2 days ago

Britney Spears' recently resolved custody dispute with ex-husband Kevin Federline wasn't just messy, it was expensive. Court documents show legal bills submitted on behalf of two law firms who represented Spears total...

'CSI' gets its man: Laurence Fishburne joins cast - Added 2 days ago

"CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" has solved the mystery of who will replace departing CBS series star William Petersen: It's Laurence Fishburne. Fishburne, an Emmy and Tony winner, will be introduced in the ninth...