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If you caught today's live edition of The Oprah Winfrey Show, you may have caught a little bit of inside baseball with regard to President-elect Barack Obama's selection of her...

The John W. engeman theater at Northport is happy to announce the hilarious comedy THE FOREIGNER running January 22 - February 22, 2009. THE FOREIGNER is set in a fishing lodge in rural Georgia; 'Froggy' LeSeuer, a British demolition expert, has brought along his pathologically shy friend, Charlie. Before departing, 'Froggy' tells all assembled that Charlie is from an exotic foreign country and speaks no English. Once alone, the fun really begins as Charlie overhears more than he should. Charlie's little white lie fuels the nonstop hilarity of this play and sets up the wildly funny climax in which things go uproariously awry for the 'bad guys.' This inspired comic romp was the winner of two Obie Awards and two Outer Critics Circle Awards as Best New american Play and Best Off-Broadway Production.THE FOREIGNER will play the following performance schedule: Thursdays at 8:00 p.m., Fridays at 8:00 p.m., Saturdays at 8:00 p.m., and Sundays at 2:00 p.m.IN ADDITION, there will be matinees

National digital radio operator Digital One is to cut its carriage costs in a bid to encourage more stations on to the struggling digital audio broadcasting - DAB - service.Digital One currently has four national stations - three of which are already available on analogue - and is likely to have capacity for at least six more.The service has been hit by a spate of station closures over the past 18 months, including TheJazz, OneWord, Core and Capital Life. Planet Rock, which was rescued from closure by entrepreneur and rock fan Malcolm Bluemel, is the only digital-exclusive station on Digital One.Glyn Jones, acting chief executive of Digital One, said the company was 'looking hard' at how it could offer lower carriage costs to potential customers.'We're expecting that prices will initially be set below Digital One's 2008 rate card,' he added. 'One reason for that is to help provide an incentive for people to invest in high quality services.'Co-owned by Global Radio and transmission busi

Country music legend LITTLE JIMMY DICKENS has been moved to a U.S. rehabilitation centre to recuperate following brain surgery. The Country Music Hall of Fame member, 88, ...

WENN News Services is reporting that Tony winning actor Ben Vereen has been hit with a $10 million lawsuit by his daughter's ex-fiance over a house the former couple once shared together. William McGlynn, 39, in the lawsuit filed last week, claims he proposed to Malaika Vereen with a $30,500 engagement ring in 2004 and spent over $250,500 on the entertainer's daughter and grandson during their two-year courtship. McGlynn alleges he made a $123,000down payment on the $600,000 New Jersey home the couple shared, which was co-signed by Ben Vereen reports WENN. McGlynn allegedly called off the wedding in 2005 and demanded to sell the home and be reimbursed for his down payment, when he learned his future father-in-law was the only name on the deed. McGlynn says, '(Vereen) said my word is my word, we don't have to sign anything. He told me that everything would be okay... I tried reaching out to him... he said it's out of his hands. Even if I don't get the money back, I can let people know w

A Fort Pierce woman ended up in jail because of a little girl with a big mouth. Police went to the home of 22-year-old woman on Friday to serve warrants for assault, harassing phone calls and violation probation carrying a concealed weapon without a permit....

ET has learned that Oprah Winfrey shared a private dinner last night with President-elect Barack Obama and Oprah's best pal Gayle King tells us all about it. Gayle tells ET the dinner, which she also attended with about 100 people at the historic Blair House across the street from the White House, was "top, top secret" and wonders how word got out. "You guys are good! How did you hear that? Boy you people are good." "It was a buffet dinner, so everything you'd expect in a buffet was there - as someone who's trying to fit into a red hot inauguration dress, a buffet is not my friend," Gayle said.

Joining the ranks of Lindsay Lohan and heiress Paris Hilton, Kelly Osbourne has officially been arrested for a little incident that took place last August. As expected, Ozzy and Sharon's...

A motley group of talented canines outperform the humans in a heartwarming little comedy.

Hot mamma Jessica Alba has a new look -- the actress showed off a refined new 'do at the "Declare Yourself" party in Washington D.C., attended by ET's own Cheryl Woodcock.A memorable part of the 2008 campaign, Jessica appeared in a series of provocative, edgy commercials where she was shown bound and gagged to illustrate how those who choose not to vote are censoring themselves. "I just love everything they're doing," Jessica tells ET about the initiative. "They signed up two-million voters this past election."