Eminem's former home hits $13 million on eBay
Rapper Eminem's music rakes in big bucks and now it looks like his former boyhood home is hot property too.
( Reuters, 11/27/2002 06:25 AM PST)

Blake gets new lawyers
Actor Robert Blake switched lawyers Tuesday after he told a judge he and longtime defense attorney Harland Braun have irreconcilable differences.
( LINDA DEUTSCH, Associated Press, 11/27/2002 05:59 AM PST)

Seattle Marks Jimi Hendrix 60th Birthday
Sixty years after his birth, one of the most important artists ever to emerge from Seattle is - at least officially - almost invisible here.
( GENE JOHNSON, Associated Press, 11/26/2002 02:35 PM PST)

Crowe Tops List of Frigid Celebrities
Russell Crowe could make a lot of people's lists of the hottest celebrities, but an online film magazine calls him the coldest person in the entertainment world.
( Associated Press, 11/26/2002 12:02 PM PST)

Nicolas Cage Files for Divorce
Actor Nicolas Cage has filed for divorce from Lisa Marie Presley less than four months after their romantic wedding in Hawaii.
( Associated Press, 11/26/2002 12:00 PM PST)

Italian fashion designer Gattinoni dies
Italian fashion designer Fernanda Gattinoni, whose elaborate creations were worn by such screen stars as Audrey Hepburn and Ingrid Bergman, died Tuesday. She was 95.
( Associated Press, 11/26/2002 09:22 AM PST)

Wrestler Austin Gets Probation in Wife Beating
"Stone Cold" Steve Austin, one of the best-known American professional wrestlers, has pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor charge he beat his wife, netting him a year-long probation and a fine.
( BY JIM FORSYTH, Reuters, 11/26/2002 04:47 AM PST)

'The Osbournes' Enters Second Season
"The Osbournes" becomes a reality show in the bleakest sense this season, as Ozzy and the kids cope with matriarch Sharon Osbourne's colon cancer.
( CHRISTY LEMIRE, Associated Press, 11/26/2002 04:41 AM PST)

Comedian Jackie Gayle dies
Comedian and character actor Jackie Gayle, who opened for Frank Sinatra, Tina Turner, Tom Jones and Tony Bennett and who appeared in such films as "Tin Men" and Woody Allen's "Broadway Danny Rose" has died at age 76, his publicist said on Monday.
( Reuters, 11/25/2002 04:30 PM PST)

Judge orders Bobby Brown to trial
A Georgia judge denied a motion on Monday to dismiss 6-year-old traffic charges against rhythm and blues singer Bobby Brown, and ordered the entertainer to face a Jan. 21 jury trial.
( Reuters, 11/25/2002 02:37 PM PST)

BBC names Churchill greatest Briton
Winston Churchill, the resolute prime minister who led Britain to victory in World War II, has been named the greatest Briton of all time in a popular vote conducted by the British Broadcasting Corp.
( Associated Press, 11/25/2002 12:54 PM PST)

Broadway mobbed with 'Sopranos' stars
Tony Soprano killed off henchman Ralph Cifaretto just in time for Joe Pantoliano to make his Broadway debut. Pantoliano and Rosie Perez go into "Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune" on Jan. 1, replacing Edie Falco and Stanley Tucci in the Terrence McNally two-hander. A representative for the Broadway show confirmed the casting switch.
( BY ROBERT HOFLER, Reuters, 11/25/2002 07:54 AM PST)

Donahue to continue through end of year
Despite reports of its imminent demise, MSNBC says its low-rated rookie talker "Donahue" will continue -- at least until the New Year. Donahue, whose show recently moved from the network's Secaucus, N.J., headquarters to NBC's New York location at 30 Rockefeller Center, has anchored his gabber in front of a live audience for the past two weeks with mixed results.
( BY CRAIG OFFMAN, Reuters, 11/25/2002 05:23 AM PST)

'21 Jump St.' Leaps to Big Screen
Paramount Pictures will give big screen treatment for "21 Jump Street," the series that launched the career of Johnny Depp and helped establish Rupert Murdoch's then-fledgling Fox network as a youth-demo stronghold.
( BY MICHAEL FLEMING, Reuters, 11/25/2002 05:17 AM PST)

Riots persist in Nigeria, beauty queens leave
At least 175 people were killed and 12,000 left homeless in rioting in Nigeria sparked by the Miss World pageant, whose contestants flew to London on Sunday after organizers hastily moved the event.
( BY TUME AHEMBA, Reuters, 11/24/2002 03:25 PM PST)

Graceland reverses impersonator ban
Elvis impersonators can continue swiveling their hips and quivering their lips, after Graceland reversed its earlier decision to sever its support of festivals featuring clones of the King.
( Associated Press, 11/24/2002 03:23 PM PST)

Jackson Browne settles lawsuit
Rock star Jackson Browne and two other songwriters settled a lawsuit that claimed they were underpaid for their contributions to one of the Eagles' most popular albums.
( Associated Press, 11/24/2002 03:14 PM PST)