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• Carrey's 'Yes Man' earns aye vote with $18M debut
  Movie audiences greeted Jim Carrey and Will Smith with a lukewarm "yes' as snowstorms undermined weekend debuts from both stars.
• Martin McDonagh celebrates Irish eccentricities
  Ah, Ireland! Martin McDonagh can't say enough about the eccentricities of the Emerald Isle in "The Cripple of Inishmaan," the playwright's darkly hilarious and surprisingly moving comedy which opened Sunday at off-Broadway's Atlantic Theater Company.
• Boom in music video games helps original artists
  "This song is dedicated to Debbie Harry," flinty-eyed Lisa Hsuan purrs into a microphone on the red-lit stage of Hyperion Tavern. It's a cozy dive where patrons drink Coke and beer from bottles and a fading chandelier dangles overhead.
• Singer's death prompts new jail drug policy
  The death of R&B singer Sean Levert in Cleveland has led to a proposed new policy that provides more flexibility in giving inmates their anti-anxiety medication.
• Music industry drops effort to sue song swappers
  The group representing the U.S. recording industry said Friday it has abandoned its policy of suing people for sharing songs protected by copyright and will work with Internet service providers to cut abusers' access if they ignore repeated warnings.
• NY exhibit unveils women's lives in ancient Greece
  A woman's place has never been just in the home -- not even in ancient Greece. The proof is in an exhibit titled "Worshiping Women: Ritual and Reality in Classical Athens" -- a collection of artifacts that correct the cliched idea of Athenian women as passive, homebound nurturers of men and children.
• Police: Hilton's home burglarized, jewelry missing
  Los Angeles police are investigating a burglary at Paris Hilton's home they say left her bedroom ransacked and about $2 million in jewelry missing.
• Oprah Winfrey named PETA's 'Person of the Year'
  Animal-rights group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals has named Oprah Winfrey its "Person of the Year." PETA President Ingrid E. Newkirk says Friday that Winfrey has used her "powerful voice to defend those without one."
• No charges for Garrett in incident with paparazzo
  Prosecutors say Brad Garrett was provoked into pushing a paparazzo and charges won't be pressed. The Emmy-winning actor was shown pushing a man with a video camera and challenging him to a fight in a video posted last month on celebrity gossip site TMZ.com. The photographer claimed Garrett broke his camera, but continued to hold it up as if he was still shooting.
• Mexican pop star Luis Miguel's second son born
  It's another boy for Mexico's Grammy-winning singer Luis Miguel and his wife, Mexican actress Aracely Arambula. A news release posted on the singer's Web site says the healthy, 7.7-pound boy was born Thursday. It did not reveal the baby's name.
• Angie Harmon, Jason Sehorn welcome third daughter
  Angie Harmon and husband Jason Sehorn have welcomed their third daughter. Emery Hope Sehorn was born Thursday, said Harmon's publicist, Nicole Perna.
• Jermaine Dupri says Janet Jackson is not pregnant
  Jermaine Dupri wants to clear up some misconceptions. In an entry on his blog, the music producer says he and girlfriend Janet Jackson haven't split up -- and she isn't pregnant. Dupri writes: "As you all know Janet is a very private person ... the only reason you see her as much as you do on my YouTube vlog is because of me. LOL. But I hear yall and your questions. ... No she is not pregnant and yes we're still together."
• Judge orders Steven Adler to more rehab
  Former Guns N' Roses drummer Steven Adler is going to spend more time in rehab. A court commissioner in Los Angeles agreed Friday to place Adler in a state-sanctioned drug rehabilitation program and keep Adler out of prison.
• Arkansas family welcomes 18th child, a girl
  An Arkansas woman has given birth to her 18th child. Michelle Duggar delivered the baby girl by Caesarean section Thursday at Mercy Medical Center in Rogers. The baby, named Jordyn-Grace Makiya Duggar, weighed 7 pounds, 3 ounces and was 20 inches long.
• On the Net: Hulu is Web site of the year
  In the Wild West that is online video, Hulu.com has proven to be a trailblazing answer to how professional content can thrive on the Web.
• Obama plans welcome event at Lincoln Memorial
  President-elect Barack Obama will welcome Americans to his inauguration at the memorial to his political hero, Abraham Lincoln. The Lincoln Memorial is heavy with symbolism for Obama, who will arrive on its steps on Jan. 18 following a train ride that traces Lincoln's own inaugural path from Philadelphia to Washington.
• Web site lets fans sing with the King
  So you fancy yourself a singer, eh ... alone, in your car, with the windows up, when no one's looking.
• Yale poet prepares for inauguration
  Elizabeth Alexander was a toddler in a baby stroller when her parents took her to hear Martin Luther King's historic "I Have a Dream" speech in Washington.
• Tom Cruise's son makes debut in Will Smith movie
  Tom Cruise's 13-year-old son will have a six-day jump on his father at the box office. Connor Cruise makes his big-screen debut in "Seven Pounds," which opens Friday. On Dec. 25, his father's "Valkyrie" hits theaters.
• New album from U2 is on the horizon
  U2's new album, "No Line on the Horizon," will be released by Interscope Records on March 3. It's the Irish rock band's 12th studio album and their first release since 2004's "How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb."
• Ed McMahon, wife have no plans to move from home
  Ed McMahon can stay put. Publicist Howard Bragman confirmed Thursday that the TV icon and his wife have no plans to move from their home, which has been facing foreclosure for nine months. Bragman said he doesn't have details about the deal that's allowing the 85-year-old McMahon to stay, but added: "They ain't leaving."
• Chiklis is creating a drama about investor fraud
  Michael Chiklis didn't lose any money in the escalating Bernard Madoff scandal. But he did fall victim to another Ponzi scheme early this year. And now, sadder but wiser, he's developing a TV series fueled by his experience.
• Book 'em: Two Madoff books in the works
  The Bernard Madoff books are in the works. Less than one week after the former chairman of the Nasdaq Stock Market was arrested for an alleged multibillion dollar Ponzi scheme, publishers HarperCollins and the Random House Publishing Group each announced Thursday that they had signed up books about the scandal.
• Brancato jury reports deadlock, resuming Friday
  The jury hearing the Lillo Brancato second-degree murder case says it's deadlocked 11-1. Jurors returned home and were expected to resume deliberations Friday.
• Jeremy Piven leaves Broadway's 'Speed-the-Plow'
  Two actors -- Norbert Leo Butz and William H. Macy -- will replace Jeremy Piven who has unexpectedly left the cast of the hit Broadway revival of "Speed-the-Plow," producer Jeffrey Richards announced Thursday.
• NBC News' Todd, Guthrie to cover White House
  NBC News has named Chuck Todd as chief White House correspondent, with Savannah Guthrie joining him on the beat. Todd als