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Fri, January 27, 2012

Jay-Z, Beyonce make Billboard industry power list

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Power couple Jay-Z and Beyonce joined a list of top music executives, led by Live Nation Entertainment chairman Irving Azoff, on ...

Fri, January 27, 2012

Convicted Jackson doctor seeks freedom pending appeal

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The doctor convicted of killing Michael Jackson asked on Friday to be released from jail, pending an appeal that could take ...

Fri, January 27, 2012

British film "Shadow Dancer" lifts crowd at Sundance

By Christine Kearney

PARK CITY, Utah (Reuters) - A tense British thriller about a mother deeply entrenched in the IRA and forced to choose between ...

Fri, January 27, 2012

Country music star Merle Haggard home from hospital

By Tim Ghianni

NASHVILLE, Tennessee (Reuters) - Country music singer Merle Haggard was resting at home in Northern California on Friday after a long stint ...

Fri, January 27, 2012

Jesse Jackson adds voice to Grammy protest

(Reuters) - Civil rights activist the Rev. Jesse Jackson on Friday urged Grammy organizers to reinstate 31 ethnic and minority musical categories that have been ...

Fri, January 27, 2012

Loved and loathed, Lana Del Rey set to face the music

By Piya Sinha-Roy

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Rarely has a pop star just starting out been so loved and loathed as Lana Del Rey, the ...

Fri, January 27, 2012

HBO places a bet on horseracing drama "Luck"

(Reuters) - David Milch first visited a horse racing track when he was six years-old. Sixty years later he is bringing his passion for the ...

Fri, January 27, 2012

Katherine Heigl goes for "Money" in new caper film

By Zorianna Kit

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Katherine Heigl has headlined several romantic comedies such as "27 Dresses" and "The Ugly Truth," but for her ...

Fri, January 27, 2012

Factbox: Main competition films at Berlin festival

BERLIN (Reuters) - The 62nd Berlin film festival opens on Thursday February 9. and ends on February 19., with the awards ceremony taking place on ...

Fri, January 27, 2012

Arab Spring, Fukushima star at hard-hitting Berlinale

By Alice Baghdjian

BERLIN (Reuters) - Social upheaval and political awakening will form the focal themes of the 62nd Berlin film festival, director Dieter Kosslick ...

SEVERE WEATHER ALERT: Flood Advisory  More Details Hide Details

mic077-290337- /o.con.kgrr.fl.y.0004.000000t0000z-120130t2330z/ /vckm4.n.er.000000t0000z.000000t0000z.000000t0000z.oo/ 837 pm est fri jan 27 2012 the flood advisory continues for the portage river near vicksburg * until monday evening. * at 07 am friday the stage was 4.8 feet. * bankfull stage is 4.5 feet. * flood stage is 5.0 feet. * forecast...the river will continue to fall. * impact...at 5.0 feet...expect overflows into wooded areas and farmland adjacent to the river $$