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All rights reserved.http://news.usti.net/Miscellaneous entertainment newsen-usTue, 07 Oct 2008 05:13:03 GMT288012336http://news.usti.net/http://rss.usti.net/xml_news.gif http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.entertainment.misc/2/wed/cl/Uchina-wealthiest.RqU4_IO7.htmlwed/cl/Uchina-wealthiest.RqU4_IO7.html1223355902Tue, 07 Oct 2008 05:05:02 GMT<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.entertainment.misc/2/wed/cl/Uchina-wealthiest.RqU4_IO7.html"></a>BEIJING, Oct. 7 (UPI) -- A 39-year-old appliance and property magnate estimated to be worth $6.3 billion was ranked the richest this year among China's top 1,000 wealthy people.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.entertainment.misc/2/wed/cl/Uchina-wealthiest.RqU4_IO7.html">Appliance tycoon named China's wealthiest</a><br />BEIJING, Oct. 7 (UPI) -- A 39-year-old appliance and property magnate estimated to be worth $6.3 billion was ranked the richest this year among China's top 1,000 wealthy people.</p><br clear="all"/>(UPI) http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.entertainment.misc/2/wed/au/Uus-politics-hollywood.Rtbb_IO4.htmlwed/au/Uus-politics-hollywood.Rtbb_IO4.html1223096088Sat, 04 Oct 2008 04:54:48 GMT<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.entertainment.misc/2/wed/au/Uus-politics-hollywood.Rtbb_IO4.html"></a>LOS ANGELES, Oct. 4 (UPI) -- A movie made by Hollywood conservatives was released without a screening for critics because distributors said liberal film critics would treat it unfairly.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.entertainment.misc/2/wed/au/Uus-politics-hollywood.Rtbb_IO4.html">Critics 'liberal,' no reviews for 'Carol'</a><br />LOS ANGELES, Oct. 4 (UPI) -- A movie made by Hollywood conservatives was released without a screening for critics because distributors said liberal film critics would treat it unfairly.</p><br clear="all"/>(UPI) http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.entertainment.misc/2/wed/dn/Uiraq-media.RByJ_IO3.htmlwed/dn/Uiraq-media.RByJ_IO3.html1223035503Fri, 03 Oct 2008 12:05:03 GMT<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.entertainment.misc/2/wed/dn/Uiraq-media.RByJ_IO3.html"></a>BAGHDAD, Oct. 3 (UPI) -- The U.S. Defense Department plans to spend up to $300 million for pro-American publicity in Iraqi media, officials say.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.entertainment.misc/2/wed/dn/Uiraq-media.RByJ_IO3.html">Pro-U.S. publicity planned for Iraqi media</a><br />BAGHDAD, Oct. 3 (UPI) -- The U.S. Defense Department plans to spend up to $300 million for pro-American publicity in Iraqi media, officials say.</p><br clear="all"/>(UPI) http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.entertainment.misc/2/wed/bu/Uus-tvaggression.R4mE_IO2.htmlwed/bu/Uus-tvaggression.R4mE_IO2.html1222924487Thu, 02 Oct 2008 05:14:47 GMT<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.entertainment.misc/2/wed/bu/Uus-tvaggression.R4mE_IO2.html"></a>LOS ANGELES, Oct. 2 (UPI) -- The amount of violent TV watched is linked to negative personality attributes among white males and females and African-American females, researchers said.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.entertainment.misc/2/wed/bu/Uus-tvaggression.R4mE_IO2.html">Violent TV linked to negative attributes</a><br />LOS ANGELES, Oct. 2 (UPI) -- The amount of violent TV watched is linked to negative personality attributes among white males and females and African-American females, researchers said.</p><br clear="all"/>(UPI) http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.entertainment.misc/2/wed/am/Uus-bingo.Rqfr_IO1.htmlwed/am/Uus-bingo.Rqfr_IO1.html1222883690Wed, 01 Oct 2008 17:54:50 GMT<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.entertainment.misc/2/wed/am/Uus-bingo.Rqfr_IO1.html"></a>SACRAMENTO, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger says he signed a bill overhauling state bingo regulations to allow so-called remote-caller games.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.entertainment.misc/2/wed/am/Uus-bingo.Rqfr_IO1.html">Bingo compromise signed by Schwarzenegger</a><br />SACRAMENTO, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger says he signed a bill overhauling state bingo regulations to allow so-called remote-caller games.</p><br clear="all"/>(UPI) http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.entertainment.misc/2/wed/cr/Uus-casinos.Rlgw_IST.htmlwed/cr/Uus-casinos.Rlgw_IST.html1222726487Mon, 29 Sep 2008 22:14:47 GMT<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.entertainment.misc/2/wed/cr/Uus-casinos.Rlgw_IST.html"></a>LAS VEGAS, Sept. 29 (UPI) -- The new look of Las Vegas, which skips the kitschy themes of the past, has both admirers and detractors, observers say.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.entertainment.misc/2/wed/cr/Uus-casinos.Rlgw_IST.html">Casinos abandon theme park look</a><br />LAS VEGAS, Sept. 29 (UPI) -- The new look of Las Vegas, which skips the kitschy themes of the past, has both admirers and detractors, observers say.</p><br clear="all"/>(UPI) http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.entertainment.misc/2/wed/bp/Uus-suitcase.RXf4_IST.htmlwed/bp/Uus-suitcase.RXf4_IST.html1222707921Mon, 29 Sep 2008 17:05:21 GMT<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.entertainment.misc/2/wed/bp/Uus-suitcase.RXf4_IST.html"></a>MIAMI, Sept. 29 (UPI) -- Maria del Lujan Telpuk, a Buenos Aires airport police officer turned celebrity sex symbol, says she came to Miami to "tell the truth" in a high-profile trial.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.entertainment.misc/2/wed/bp/Uus-suitcase.RXf4_IST.html">'Suitcase girl' in Miami to testify</a><br />MIAMI, Sept. 29 (UPI) -- Maria del Lujan Telpuk, a Buenos Aires airport police officer turned celebrity sex symbol, says she came to Miami to "tell the truth" in a high-profile trial.</p><br clear="all"/>(UPI) http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.entertainment.misc/2/wed/ah/Ufbn-superbowl-springsteen.RbxO_ISS.htmlwed/ah/Ufbn-superbowl-springsteen.RbxO_ISS.html1222660488Mon, 29 Sep 2008 03:54:48 GMT<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.entertainment.misc/2/wed/ah/Ufbn-superbowl-springsteen.RbxO_ISS.html"></a>NEW YORK, Sept. 28 (UPI) -- Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band will headline the Super Bowl XLIII Halftime Show in Tampa, Fla., the NFL and NBC announced Sunday.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.entertainment.misc/2/wed/ah/Ufbn-superbowl-springsteen.RbxO_ISS.html">NFL: Springsteen to play Super Bowl XLIII</a><br />NEW YORK, Sept. 28 (UPI) -- Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band will headline the Super Bowl XLIII Halftime Show in Tampa, Fla., the NFL and NBC announced Sunday.</p><br clear="all"/>(UPI) http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.entertainment.misc/2/wed/ci/Uus-jetman.RBrT_ISQ.htmlwed/ci/Uus-jetman.RBrT_ISQ.html1222444487Fri, 26 Sep 2008 15:54:47 GMT<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.entertainment.misc/2/wed/ci/Uus-jetman.RBrT_ISQ.html"></a>DOVER, England, Sept. 26 (UPI) -- A British airline pilot with a homemade rocket backpack soared into the record books Friday as he zoomed across the English Channel.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.entertainment.misc/2/wed/ci/Uus-jetman.RBrT_ISQ.html">Pilot makes first Channel rocket ride</a><br />DOVER, England, Sept. 26 (UPI) -- A British airline pilot with a homemade rocket backpack soared into the record books Friday as he zoomed across the English Channel.</p><br clear="all"/>(UPI) http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.entertainment.misc/2/wed/be/Uus-tobaccoendorsements.RTBF_ISP.htmlwed/be/Uus-tobaccoendorsements.RTBF_ISP.html1222373113Thu, 25 Sep 2008 20:05:13 GMT<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.entertainment.misc/2/wed/be/Uus-tobaccoendorsements.RTBF_ISP.html"></a>SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 25 (UPI) -- From 1927 to 1951, some of Hollywood's top stars made up to an extra $5,000 per year -- $75,000 in today's dollars -- endorsing tobacco, researchers say.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.entertainment.misc/2/wed/be/Uus-tobaccoendorsements.RTBF_ISP.html">Hollywood's Golden Age paid to smoke</a><br />SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 25 (UPI) -- From 1927 to 1951, some of Hollywood's top stars made up to an extra $5,000 per year -- $75,000 in today's dollars -- endorsing tobacco, researchers say.</p><br clear="all"/>(UPI) http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.entertainment.misc/2/wed/db/Uus-arm.RxCX_ISO.htmlwed/db/Uus-arm.RxCX_ISO.html1222314286Thu, 25 Sep 2008 03:44:46 GMT<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.entertainment.misc/2/wed/db/Uus-arm.RxCX_ISO.html"></a>OKEECHOBEE, Fla., Sept. 24 (UPI) -- A Florida teenager who lost his left arm in a battle with an alligator has been picked to receive a high-tech artificial limb on the TV show "The Doctors."</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.entertainment.misc/2/wed/db/Uus-arm.RxCX_ISO.html">Teen chosen for prosthetic TV show</a><br />OKEECHOBEE, Fla., Sept. 24 (UPI) -- A Florida teenager who lost his left arm in a battle with an alligator has been picked to receive a high-tech artificial limb on the TV show "The Doctors."</p><br clear="all"/>(UPI) http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.entertainment.misc/2/wed/bg/Unascar-halloffame.RCSj_ISN.htmlwed/bg/Unascar-halloffame.RCSj_ISN.html1222167918Tue, 23 Sep 2008 11:05:18 GMT<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.entertainment.misc/2/wed/bg/Unascar-halloffame.RCSj_ISN.html"></a>CHARLOTTE, N.C., Sept. 23 (UPI) -- The Charlotte City Council agreed to increase the budget for the NASCAR Hall of Fame by $32 million.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.entertainment.misc/2/wed/bg/Unascar-halloffame.RCSj_ISN.html">Officials boost NASCAR Hall of Fame budget</a><br />CHARLOTTE, N.C., Sept. 23 (UPI) -- The Charlotte City Council agreed to increase the budget for the NASCAR Hall of Fame by $32 million.</p><br clear="all"/>(UPI) http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.entertainment.misc/2/wed/bl/Uus-gm.RxOX_ISM.htmlwed/bl/Uus-gm.RxOX_ISM.html1222116888Mon, 22 Sep 2008 20:54:48 GMT<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.entertainment.misc/2/wed/bl/Uus-gm.RxOX_ISM.html"></a>DETROIT, Sept. 22 (UPI) -- General Motors Corp. has decided not to buy television ads to air during Super Bowl XLIII in February, the struggling U.S. automaker said.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.entertainment.misc/2/wed/bl/Uus-gm.RxOX_ISM.html">GM to skip Super Bowl this year</a><br />DETROIT, Sept. 22 (UPI) -- General Motors Corp. has decided not to buy television ads to air during Super Bowl XLIII in February, the struggling U.S. automaker said.</p><br clear="all"/>(UPI) http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.entertainment.misc/2/wed/ac/Uus-penny.R0a5_ISM.htmlwed/ac/Uus-penny.R0a5_ISM.html1222099506Mon, 22 Sep 2008 16:05:06 GMT<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.entertainment.misc/2/wed/ac/Uus-penny.R0a5_ISM.html"></a>EDINA, Minn., Sept. 22 (UPI) -- Coin collectors and history buffs will be the main beneficiaries of the newly designed U.S. Lincoln penny, a numismatics expert says.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.entertainment.misc/2/wed/ac/Uus-penny.R0a5_ISM.html">New penny design may spur coin interest</a><br />EDINA, Minn., Sept. 22 (UPI) -- Coin collectors and history buffs will be the main beneficiaries of the newly designed U.S. Lincoln penny, a numismatics expert says.</p><br clear="all"/>(UPI) http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.entertainment.misc/2/wed/cs/Uus-emmys-drama.RoE9_ISL.htmlwed/cs/Uus-emmys-drama.RoE9_ISL.html1222098289Mon, 22 Sep 2008 15:44:49 GMT<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.entertainment.misc/2/wed/cs/Uus-emmys-drama.RoE9_ISL.html"></a>LOS ANGELES, Sept. 22 (UPI) -- "Mad Men," a show about the employees of a 1960s ad agency, won the Emmy Award for outstanding drama series in Los Angeles Sunday night.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.entertainment.misc/2/wed/cs/Uus-emmys-drama.RoE9_ISL.html">'Mad Men' wins top drama Emmy</a><br />LOS ANGELES, Sept. 22 (UPI) -- "Mad Men," a show about the employees of a 1960s ad agency, won the Emmy Award for outstanding drama series in Los Angeles Sunday night.</p><br clear="all"/>(UPI) http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.entertainment.misc/2/wed/cp/Ubba-yankeestadium.Rq3e_ISM.htmlwed/cp/Ubba-yankeestadium.Rq3e_ISM.html1222083889Mon, 22 Sep 2008 11:44:49 GMT<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.entertainment.misc/2/wed/cp/Ubba-yankeestadium.Rq3e_ISM.html"></a>NEW YORK, Sept. 22 (UPI) -- Baseball's most legendary field, New York's Yankee Stadium, finished its 85-year run Sunday as the sport's cathedral with a 7-3 Yankees win over Baltimore.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.entertainment.misc/2/wed/cp/Ubba-yankeestadium.Rq3e_ISM.html">Yankee Stadium closes with N.Y. win</a><br />NEW YORK, Sept. 22 (UPI) -- Baseball's most legendary field, New York's Yankee Stadium, finished its 85-year run Sunday as the sport's cathedral with a 7-3 Yankees win over Baltimore.</p><br clear="all"/>(UPI) http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.entertainment.misc/2/wed/cu/Uus-emmys-drama-supporting.Rl5w_ISL.htmlwed/cu/Uus-emmys-drama-supporting.Rl5w_ISL.html1222048489Mon, 22 Sep 2008 01:54:49 GMT<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.entertainment.misc/2/wed/cu/Uus-emmys-drama-supporting.Rl5w_ISL.html"></a>LOS ANGELES, Sept. 21 (UPI) -- Zeljko Ivanek won the Emmy for outstanding supporting actor in a drama series in Los Angeles Sunday night for his work in "Damages."</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.entertainment.misc/2/wed/cu/Uus-emmys-drama-supporting.Rl5w_ISL.html">Ivanek, Wiest win drama Emmys</a><br />LOS ANGELES, Sept. 21 (UPI) -- Zeljko Ivanek won the Emmy for outstanding supporting actor in a drama series in Los Angeles Sunday night for his work in "Damages."</p><br clear="all"/>(UPI) http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.entertainment.misc/2/wed/cl/Urussia-tvprotest.ROfj_ISL.htmlwed/cl/Urussia-tvprotest.ROfj_ISL.html1222041908Mon, 22 Sep 2008 00:05:08 GMT<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.entertainment.misc/2/wed/cl/Urussia-tvprotest.ROfj_ISL.html"></a>ST. PETERSBURG, Russia, Sept. 21 (UPI) -- Several hundred young Russians took to the streets of St. Petersburg Sunday to voice support of an adult-oriented cartoon TV channel.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.entertainment.misc/2/wed/cl/Urussia-tvprotest.ROfj_ISL.html">Russians voice support of cartoon network</a><br />ST. PETERSBURG, Russia, Sept. 21 (UPI) -- Several hundred young Russians took to the streets of St. Petersburg Sunday to voice support of an adult-oriented cartoon TV channel.</p><br clear="all"/>(UPI) http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.entertainment.misc/2/wed/aq/Ubritain-amulet.RZ6T_ISJ.htmlwed/aq/Ubritain-amulet.RZ6T_ISJ.html1221848686Fri, 19 Sep 2008 18:24:46 GMT<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.entertainment.misc/2/wed/aq/Ubritain-amulet.RZ6T_ISJ.html"></a>SHEPTON MALLET, England, Sept. 19 (UPI) -- A silver cross thought to be one of Britain's most important early Christian-era discoveries is a fake, scientists confirmed.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.entertainment.misc/2/wed/aq/Ubritain-amulet.RZ6T_ISJ.html">Prized British find turns out to be fake</a><br />SHEPTON MALLET, England, Sept. 19 (UPI) -- A silver cross thought to be one of Britain's most important early Christian-era discoveries is a fake, scientists confirmed.</p><br clear="all"/>(UPI) http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.entertainment.misc/2/wed/ai/Uus-politics-bevhills.RuoV_ISH.htmlwed/ai/Uus-politics-bevhills.RuoV_ISH.html1221662095Wed, 17 Sep 2008 14:34:55 GMT<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.entertainment.misc/2/wed/ai/Uus-politics-bevhills.RuoV_ISH.html"></a>BEVERLY HILLS, Calif., Sept. 17 (UPI) -- Democratic U.S. presidential nominee Barack Obama says the Wall Street crisis has made voters realize the election is "not a reality show."</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.entertainment.misc/2/wed/ai/Uus-politics-bevhills.RuoV_ISH.html">Obama: Election 'not a reality show'</a><br />BEVERLY HILLS, Calif., Sept. 17 (UPI) -- Democratic U.S. presidential nominee Barack Obama says the Wall Street crisis has made voters realize the election is "not a reality show."</p><br clear="all"/>(UPI) 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href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.entertainment.misc/2/wed/ag/Uus-darkknight.R5K1_ISD.html"></a>HOLLYWOOD, Sept. 13 (UPI) -- Warner Bros. says it will re-release the Batman movie "The Dark Knight" in January at the height of the Academy Awards voting season.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.entertainment.misc/2/wed/ag/Uus-darkknight.R5K1_ISD.html">'Dark Knight' to be re-released</a><br />HOLLYWOOD, Sept. 13 (UPI) -- Warner Bros. says it will re-release the Batman movie "The Dark Knight" in January at the height of the Academy Awards voting season.</p><br clear="all"/>(UPI) http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.entertainment.misc/2/wed/cq/Uus-zune.RcFi_ISA.htmlwed/cq/Uus-zune.RcFi_ISA.html1221074089Wed, 10 Sep 2008 19:14:49 GMT<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.entertainment.misc/2/wed/cq/Uus-zune.RcFi_ISA.html"></a>REDMOND, Wash., Sept. 10 (UPI) -- Microsoft Corp. said it would keep its mini-music device business going in spite of winning just a small percentage of the U.S. market in the past two years.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.entertainment.misc/2/wed/cq/Uus-zune.RcFi_ISA.html">Microsoft will keep Zune in production</a><br />REDMOND, Wash., Sept. 10 (UPI) -- Microsoft Corp. said it would keep its mini-music device business going in spite of winning just a small percentage of the U.S. market in the past two years.</p><br clear="all"/>(UPI) http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.entertainment.misc/2/wed/az/Uus-pornconvention.Rpph_IS9.htmlwed/az/Uus-pornconvention.Rpph_IS9.html1220976890Tue, 09 Sep 2008 16:14:50 GMT<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.entertainment.misc/2/wed/az/Uus-pornconvention.Rpph_IS9.html"></a>SECAUCUS, N.J., Sept. 9 (UPI) -- The mayor of Secaucus, N.J., says a lawsuit he filed has forced pornography vendors to move this weekend's porn convention to Edison, N.J.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.entertainment.misc/2/wed/az/Uus-pornconvention.Rpph_IS9.html">Secaucus sues to move porn convention</a><br />SECAUCUS, N.J., Sept. 9 (UPI) -- The mayor of Secaucus, N.J., says a lawsuit he filed has forced pornography vendors to move this weekend's porn convention to Edison, N.J.</p><br clear="all"/>(UPI) http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.entertainment.misc/2/wed/cn/Uchina-consumermarket.REq9_IS9.htmlwed/cn/Uchina-consumermarket.REq9_IS9.html1220937287Tue, 09 Sep 2008 05:14:47 GMT<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.entertainment.misc/2/wed/cn/Uchina-consumermarket.REq9_IS9.html"></a>BEIJING, Sept. 9 (UPI) -- China, with a per capita GDP of $2,456, will become Asia's largest consumer market by next year, ahead of Japan, Commerce Minister Chen Deming said Monday.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.entertainment.misc/2/wed/cn/Uchina-consumermarket.REq9_IS9.html">China to become top Asia consumer market</a><br />BEIJING, Sept. 9 (UPI) -- China, with a per capita GDP of $2,456, will become Asia's largest consumer market by next year, ahead of Japan, Commerce Minister Chen Deming said Monday.</p><br clear="all"/>(UPI)