Reuters - Struggling music major EMI has failed to clinch a licensing deal for its North American rights, sources said, making a covenant breach inevitable and pushing its owner Terra Firma back to investors for more cash.
AP - Complete list of 2009 Peabody Award winners for broadcasting excellence in news and entertainment:
AP - Jesse James reportedly is seeking professional help to deal with “personal issues” after a cheating scandal that has put his nearly five-year marriage to Sandra Bullock on the line.
AP - Before the Las Vegas Strip ruled the gambling world, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin and Sammy Davis Jr. helped make the Cal Neva Lodge one of Nevada’s coolest casinos in the early 1960s.
AP - Jaime Escalante transformed a tough East Los Angeles high school by motivating struggling inner-city students to master advanced math, became one of America’s most famous teachers and inspired the movie “Stand and Deliver.”
Reuters - Australia’s most expensive painting, a Sidney Nolan “Ned Kelly” work, was given away on Wednesday only days after setting the nation’s art record.
AP - Isabelle Huppert is poised to join the ranks of acclaimed French actresses who have graced “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.”
Reuters - More than 100 MGM lenders will meet Thursday to decide a course of action in the wake of disappointing bids for the struggling studio.
AP - Andrew Garcia and Lee Dewyze are back in the “American Idol” judges’ good graces.
AP - After two weeks on “Dancing With the Stars,” Shannen Doherty is leaving the ballroom.