AP - The Top 20 Concert Tours ranks artists by average box office gross per city and includes the average ticket price for shows in North America. The previous week's ranking is in parentheses. The list is based on data provided to the trade publication Pollstar by concert promoters and venue managers.
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Huge art work honoring Havel on display in Prague (AP)
AP - Two artists have used wax from the thousands of candles that Czechs lit to mourn the death of President Vaclav Havel to create a large heart honoring him.
Read more »San Francisco to honor Tony Bennett (AP)
AP - San Francisco is honoring legendary crooner Tony Bennett, whose famous song, "I Left My Heart in San Francisco," was recorded 50 years ago.
Read more »Britain's media ethics inquiry: the story so far (AP)
AP - J.K. Rowling described how press intrusion made her feel like a hostage, Hugh Grant traded insults with a newspaper editor and a former tabloid reporter insisted that only evildoers had any need of privacy.
Read more »U.S., China in talks on film spat ahead of Xi visit (Reuters)
Reuters - The United States and China are discussing the possible elimination of Chinese barriers to American films in the run up to Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping's U.S. visit next week, a U.S. trade official said on Thursday.
Read more »Some top lots stumble at mixed Sotheby's sale (Reuters)
Reuters - Sotheby's struggled to sell two of its top lots at a London auction of impressionist and modern art on Wednesday, taking some of the gloss off the art market after rival Christie's set a series of records the day before.
Read more »PIC: Madonna's Daughter Lourdes Leon, 15, Shaves the Side of Her Head (omg!)
omg! - The teen sported debuted her punked-out hairstyle in NYC Thursday
Read more »Grammys promise plenty of intrigue and music (AP)
AP - This year's Grammy Awards promises plenty of intrigue and drama — much of it having little to do with the competition for awards.
Read more »LA police capture escapee who stalked Madonna (AP)
AP - Police captured a man on Friday who was convicted of threatening to kill Madonna and walked away from a Los Angeles-area mental hospital last week.
Read more »Cynthia Rowley collection inspired by craftsmen (AP)
AP - Well, now we know how she does it: With lots of YouTube breaks and double-brewed coffee. In this so-much-information era, designer Cynthia Rowley spilled her work habits to the audience gathered Thursday night for the runway preview of her fall collection during New York Fashion Week.
Read more »Nicolas Cage: I'm Not A Vampire (omg!)
omg! - Earlier this year, a photo from the 1860s emerged, featuring a man who bore an uncanny resemblance to Nicolas Cage.
Read more »Lawyers: Reality TV producer hopes to avoid trial (AP)
AP - Lawyers for a U.S. reality television producer facing trial for allegedly murdering his wife at a Mexican resort said Thursday they hope to persuade a judge to drop the charges and free their client.
Read more »Jersey City clears 'Jersey Shore' spinoff (AP)
AP - Jersey City taxpayers won't be footing the bill for police assigned to security for the women of "Jersey Shore" and all the attention that comes with them.
Read more »Penguin halts e-books sales to libraries (AP)
AP - Penguin Group (USA), which publishes such best-sellers as Kathryn Stockett's "The Help" and "Elizabeth Gilbert's "Eat, Pray, Love," has stopped selling e-books to libraries.
Read more »The Disney Channel: more than just a pretty face (Reuters)
Reuters - The Disney Channel -- home to bubbly fare from "Hannah Montana" to "High School Musical" -- has emerged as a potent global engine for Walt Disney Co after decades of quiet expansion. And it couldn't come at a better time for the Mouse House.
Read more »Fire might have claimed 'Gone with the Wind' items (omg!)
omg! - A museum official says valuable memorabilia from the classic film "Gone with the Wind" may have been destroyed when a fire heavily damaged the facility near Atlanta where it was stored.
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