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Friday, March 12

  • BBC criticized for Facebook course  (UPI / 5:54PM CST on 03/12) LONDON, March 12 (UPI) -- An in-house critic says that if near-illiterate teenagers can use Facebook and Twitter, staffers for the British broadcaster BBC do not need a course.
  • Malkovich to star in London play  (UPI / 5:24PM CST on 03/12) LONDON, March 12 (UPI) -- U.S. actor John Malkovich has been cast as an Austrian serial killer in the London stage production of "The Infernal Comedy," the BBC said.
  • Cumming, Penikett to star in Syfy flick  (UPI / 5:14PM CST on 03/12) NEW YORK, March 12 (UPI) -- Alan Cumming, Tahmoh Penikett and Laura Vandervoort have signed on to star in the four-hour U.S. television movie "Riverworld," Syfy said Friday.
  • Donations sought for Haim's funeral  (UPI / 3:54PM CST on 03/12) LOS ANGELES, March 12 (UPI) -- A fund has been set up to help Corey Haim's family pay for the Canadian actor's funeral, a message posted on his Web site said.
  • Bieber books two appearances on 'View'  (UPI / 2:54PM CST on 03/12) NEW YORK, March 12 (UPI) -- Canadian teen singing sensation Justin Bieber is to perform live on "The View" on two consecutive days, ABC said Friday.
  • Green recalls Haim as sweet, earnest  (UPI / 2:24PM CST on 03/12) LOS ANGELES, March 12 (UPI) -- Seth Green says he'll remember Canadian actor Corey Haim as a talented "sweet and earnest" performer who unfortunately sacrificed his career to drugs.
  • Stern holds pageant of Woods' mistresses  (UPI / 2:04PM CST on 03/12) NEW YORK, March 12 (UPI) -- U.S. radio star Howard Stern says Jamie Jungers is the winner of his beauty pageant featuring all of golfer Tiger Woods's alleged mistresses.
  • Bravo to air Star's draq-queen drama  (UPI / 11:14AM CST on 03/12) NEW YORK, March 12 (UPI) -- The U.S. cable television network Bravo says its upcoming development slate includes a scripted series by "Sex and the City" producer Darren Star.
  • Weaving may play 'Capt. America' villain  (UPI / 10:54AM CST on 03/12) LOS ANGELES, March 12 (UPI) -- British actor Hugo Weaving is in talks to play the villain Red Skull in Marvel Studios' superhero flick "Captain America," The Hollywood Reporter said.
  • Deep breathing, soft music reduces stress  (UPI / 10:44AM CST on 03/12) SEATTLE, March 12 (UPI) -- Deep breathing while listening to soft music relieves stress as much as an expensive massage, health researchers in Seattle said.
  • Report: Heigl leaving 'Grey's Anatomy'  (UPI / 10:04AM CST on 03/12) LOS ANGELES, March 12 (UPI) -- Emmy-winning actress Katherine Heigl is preparing to leave the U.S. television drama "Grey's Anatomy" after six years, sources told EW.com.
  • Ray Charles musical headed to Broadway  (UPI / 9:54AM CST on 03/12) NEW YORK, March 12 (UPI) -- "Unchain My Heart: The Ray Charles Musical" is set to open on Broadway in November, the show's producers announced.
  • Turks upset over Eurovision entry  (UPI / 9:34AM CST on 03/12) ANKARA, Turkey, March 12 (UPI) -- Members of a Turkish nationalist party are upset their country's entry in this year's Eurovision song contest is sung in English.
  • Cameron, Macchio to guest host on 'Today'  (UPI / 9:24AM CST on 03/12) NEW YORK, March 12 (UPI) -- Former teen idols Jason Priestly, Kirk Cameron and Ralph Macchio are to serve as guest co-hosts of the U.S. morning television program "Today," NBC said.
  • '2012' tops DVD sales, rental charts  (UPI / 9:14AM CST on 03/12) LOS ANGELES, March 12 (UPI) -- The John Cusack-Amanda Peet disaster picture "2012" is No. 1 on the DVD sales and rental charts in United States, Rentrak announced.

    Thursday, March 11

  • Identifying serial killer's pics of women  (UPI / 9:24PM CST on 03/11) SANTA ANA, Calif., March 11 (UPI) -- California prosecutors asked the public for help in identifying women pictured in photographs found in the home and storage locker of a convicted serial killer.
  • Anna Nicole opera to be staged in London  (UPI / 8:44PM CST on 03/11) LONDON, March 11 (UPI) -- An opera inspired by the life of former U.S. model and television personality Anna Nicole Smith is to premiere at London's Royal Opera House, the BBC said.
  • Alan Tudyk joins 'Rockford' pilot  (UPI / 8:34PM CST on 03/11) LOS ANGELES, March 11 (UPI) -- Alan Tudyk has been cast opposite Dermot Mulroney in the remake of the U.S. private investigator series "Rockford Files," The Hollywood Reporter said.
  • Oprah narrates 11-part nature series  (UPI / 7:44PM CST on 03/11) NEW YORK, March 11 (UPI) -- Talk-show host Oprah Winfrey has narrated the U.S. version of the 11-part natural history program "Life," the BBC said Thursday.
  • Third 'Chipmunks' flick to be 3-D  (UPI / 7:34PM CST on 03/11) LOS ANGELES, March 11 (UPI) -- Hollywood's 20th Century Fox says "Alvin and the Chipmunks 3D," the third flick in the "Chipmunks" film franchise, will open in 2011, Variety reported.

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