Entertainment News

Michael Jackson's custom-made furniture for sale (AP)
AP - The 22 pieces of custom-made furniture Michael Jackson commissioned for his London home are going on the auction block.
'American Idol' pares down to 12 finalists (AP)
AP - Teen power won out on "American Idol" as Katie Stevens claimed a place in the top 12 while a more experienced singer got the ax.
Madonna offers relationship tips on 'Marriage Ref' (AP)
AP - Madonna doesn't think a wife should withhold sex from a sloppy husband.
Betty White to host 'Saturday Night Live' (AP)
AP - The Internet has gotten its way: Betty White will host "Saturday Night Live."
NYC socialite Mortimer launches reality TV show (AP)
AP - Red carpet regular Tinsley Mortimer is jumping from the social circuit to the national spotlight with her own reality television show.
Chavez thanks Sean Penn for slamming his critics (AP)
AP - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is grateful that actor Sean Penn has defended him against his critics within the U.S. media.
Girlicious band member charged with having drugs (AP)
AP - A member of the pop group Girlicious has been charged in California with drug possession with the intent to sell after Glendale police allegedly found a dozen plastic bags of cocaine in her Gucci purse.
NYC ex-model sues over use of photo in comedy film (AP)
AP - A former model says she's appalled that her nearly decade-old bikini photo became a randy prop in the film "Couple's Retreat."
Girlicious band member charged with having drugs (AP)
AP - A member of the pop group Girlicious has been charged in California with drug possession with the intent to sell after Glendale police allegedly found a dozen plastic bags of cocaine in her Gucci purse.
Showtime signs deal to air DreamWorks films (Reuters)
Reuters - CBS Corp's Showtime Networks Inc said on Thursday it has signed a deal to air movies from DreamWorks Studios, in a long-term agreement that could help restore content Showtime lost when three top studios started their own channel.
"Love Never Dies" a brilliant sequel to "Phantom" (Reuters)
Reuters - Unlike lightning, Andrew Lloyd Webber's "Phantom" does strike twice.
Britain's Prince Philip in strip club gaffe (AFP)
AFP - Queen Elizabeth II's gaffe-prone husband Prince Philip proved that at 88 he is as undiplomatic as ever, when he asked a young sea cadet if she worked in a strip club, newspapers reported Friday.
Miu Miu's Regal Pop (Fashion Wire Daily)
Fashion Wire Daily - It was 1960s modernism meets Louis XIV at the latest collection of Miu Miu, the final show of Paris fashion week that ended Wednesday evening, March 10.
Spanish novelist Miguel Delibes dies at 89 (AP)
AP - Miguel Delibes, an acclaimed and prolific novelist whose work featured gritty depictions of rural life in post-civil war Spain and psychological analyses of characters facing turning points, died Friday. He was 89.
Fashion's latest fixation: 3D (The Newsroom)
The Newsroom - Burberry has become the premiere brand to break through fashion week's fourth wall this season by staging the world's first-ever global 3D fashion show. (To note, the British fashion brand wasn't the only one to engage with the technology conceived more than half-a-century ago: Los Angeles tailored menswear label Native Son's New York Fashion Week presentation included a multi-dimensional video that required 3D glasses for viewing.)