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AP Entertainment NewsBrief at 1:00 p.m. EST
(Associated Press Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Swiss: Polanski in jail until at least MondayGENEVA (AP) _ Roman Polanski will remain in a jail outside Zurich for at least three more days until he meets the security conditions of his bail, a Swiss official said Friday. Polanski wouldn't be placed under house arrest in Switzerland before Monday, because he has yet to fulfill all the requirements to ensure that he stays in his chalet in the Swiss luxury resort of Gstaad, Justice Ministry spokesman Folco Galli said.
Katey Sagal: Happy as the mom on 'Sons of Anarchy'NEW YORK (AP) _ Season two of the FX drama "Sons of Anarchy" is primed to end with bloody payback. It's likely to be pretty. The Sons, a fierce and fiercely close-knit motorcycle club, are set to wreak havoc on enemy forces that have cut into their outlaw livelihood and horned in on their turf (the curiously named town of Charming, Calif.).
'Avatar' video game to expand film's alien worldLOS ANGELES (AP) _ James Cameron was thinking beyond the big screen when he created the alien world of Pandora. The "Titanic" director worked in tandem with video game developer Ubisoft Montreal on the game based on his upcoming sci-fi epic "Avatar." Opening Dec. 18, the film stars Sam Worthington as a paralyzed human soldier who takes on the form of an exotic blue-skinned alien species called Na'vi on their home world Pandora, a remote paradise teaming with freaky flora and fauna.
Pinetop Perkins' 80-year career still goingCLARKSDALE, Miss. (AP) _ Noisy crowds in smoky bars don't bother 96-year-old bluesman Pinetop Perkins. It's all part of his job. Most nights, after he snuffs out his menthol cigarette, Perkins slides onto the piano bench in some club and eases into a wail about hard times and treacherous women.
Air Force captain wins new car on 'Jay Leno Show'NEW YORK (AP) _ An audience member at "The Jay Leno Show" is especially grateful this Thanksgiving. He won a new car. Air Force Capt. Tung Ngo (TUNG' noh) was in the audience filled with men and women of the U.S. military when Leno called his name during Thursday's special holiday program. It was taped at NBC studios in Burbank, Calif., just hours before airtime.
'Superior Donuts' to fold up shop on BroadwayNEW YORK (AP) _ The comedy-drama "Superior Donuts" is closing up shop on Broadway. Producer Jeffrey Richards says the show will fold Jan. 3 after a three-month run.
Tommy Hilfiger's estate in Conn. sells for $20MGREENWICH, Conn. (AP) _ Fashion designer Tommy Hilfiger's luxury estate in Connecticut has sold for $20 million, about $8 million below its original asking price. Sotheby's International Realty says the 20,000-square-foot Greenwich mansion is being purchased by a family who toured it in September.
Vicki Kennedy describes husband's cancer battleCHICAGO (AP) _ The widow of Sen. Edward M. Kennedy told Oprah Winfrey in an interview broadcast Wednesday that even as her husband knew he was dying of brain cancer he had been "in training" to make sure he had enough strength to attend President Barack Obama's inauguration. In the most extensive interview since her husband's death in August, Vicki Kennedy said she wouldn't try to run for her husband's former U.S. Senate seat and described how he battled brain cancer _ but she would not talk about the last thing he said to her before dying.
For tenor from Malta, a star-making role?NEW YORK (AP) _ There's something about the honeyed sweetness of Joseph Calleja's voice that seems to evoke memories of a golden age, as if this young tenor carried within his vocal cords a secret passed down from bygone generations. "Nobody sings like that anymore," said Craig Rutenberg, director of music administration for the Metropolitan Opera. "His voice is just so intrinsically beautiful, with a very old-fashioned vibrato. It's sort of like sunshine to me."
Lambert says he got carried away, but not sorryNEW YORK (AP) _ Adam Lambert admits he got carried away with his sexually charged American Music Awards performance, but he's offering no apology. The glam rocker from "American Idol" said on "The Early Show" that his performance would not have caused as much controversy if he weren't openly gay. He also said there were other "adult" moments on the show that caused no outrage.
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