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Now we get a prequel that shows us the back story that IUnderworldi told the audience in its dramatic climax. Despite being material weve heard before, with no real twists to speak of, IUnderworld: Rise of the Lycansi is probably the best movie in the series, although thats still not saying too much.

A Wal-Mart employee has been charged with embezzlement after allegedly ringing up a sale of $5.25 for more than $500 worth of merchandise. Natchez Police Chief Mike Mullins said a 20-year-old cashier was arrested Thursday along with a 22-year-old customer at...

The BBC is expected to announce the new controller of Radio 2 on Monday, with former Radio 1 controller Matthew Bannister and the current acting head of the station Lewis Carnie understood to be leading the field.Bannister and Carnie are each thought to have taken part in second interviews yesterday with the BBC director of audio and music, Tim Davie, and creative director, Alan Yentob.While the two men are seen as the front runners, sources have said Mark Story, Bauer Radio managing director of national brands, should also not be discounted.It is thought the BBC had originally planned to announce the new Radio 2 controller, who will also oversee digital station 6Music, today but decided to put the announcement back to early next week so as not to clash with Jonathan Ross's return to his BBC1 and Radio 2 shows today and tomorrow.The new controller will replace Lesley Douglas, who resigned in the wake of the 'Sachsgate' row in which Ross and Russell Brand left offensive messages on acto

Today’s weekend send-off is courtesy of Giulia Siegel and one very, very tight black corset. Which reminds me, who invented the corset in the first place, and why? I’m sure there’s a reason. Probably because women back in the day wanted to look slim. Or maybe not. Why would their dresses be so puffy over [...]

With three Grammy nominations, Tedeschi has built herself a reputation as one of the country's best contemporary blues musicians. She performs her soulful and hopeful blues in a session from WXPN.

TV Ratings: Network struggles to get back into ratings race -- Is NBC the network of 'Howie Do It' and 'Kath & Kim' or 'Friday Night Lights' and 'The Office?'

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - 'American Idol' champ David Cook is going back to school, announcing a U.S. tour on Friday that will take him to colleges around the nation.

Brooke Burke is the reigning "Dancing with the Stars" champ, but right now babies, not dancing, are her priority."I will probably host another show," the mother of four tells ET. "I just want to make sure it is something that I am passionate about. I am really spending a lot of time on my Internet business because I am passionate about motherhood."Brooke's Internet business is babooshbaby.com, which she launched in order to sell Tauts, a post-pregnancy belly wrap that helped her get back in shape after the births of her third and fourth children. Since its launch, she has added several products -- and now there is even something for men!

Northcliffe's Bristol News & Media division is understood to be planning up to 45 job cuts as speculation mounts that the Western Daily Press could in future rely on content supplied by other company titles in the region.Staff working on morning paper the Western Daily Press and BNM sister evening title the Evening Post were told earlier today about the planned cuts, which could see nearly a third of the 154-strong workforce being made redundant.It is understood that senior managers have spent most of today briefing staff on the proposed reorganisation and potential redundancies, although no details have yet emerged revealing from where exactly the cuts are expected.Mike Norton, editor of the Bristol Evening Post and editorial director for the Northcliffe West and Wales region, issued a statement today confirming that redundancies would be made.He said that the proposed cuts were part of 'back-of-house production efficiencies' raising speculation that the brunt of departures are likely

La Jolla Playhouse welcomes back Rick Elice, co-writer of the Tony Award-winning Jersey Boys, as the playwright of Peter and the Starcatchers. Alex Timbers and Roger Rees are set to direct with choreography by Kelly Devine and music by Wayne Barker. Peter and the Starcatchers will be playing at the Sheila and Hughes Potiker Theatre at La Jolla Playhouse February 13 -March 8, 2009.Based on the best-selling novel by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson, Peter and the Starcatchers dares to tell the real story of precisely how a desperate orphan in Victorian England became The Boy Who Would Not Grow Up. It's a tale that travels halfway round the world and straight up to the stars. It's a comedy that takes aim at social injustice. It's a romance of young heroes who risk everything for the sake of doing right. It's an expos? of extravagant villains possessed of a single-minded ferocity from which no good shall ever spring. In short, it's an awfully big adventure. La Jolla Playhouse will present P