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TOKYO - Actor Johnny Depp highly recommends his latest movie — though he said he hadn't personally gone out to see it yet.

LOS ANGELES - Police say they are investigating a burglary at the Los Angeles home of Nicky Hilton.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A medical examiner has found that the cousin of rock veteran Bruce Springsteen died from an accidental drug overdose.

DEAR ABBY: My husband, "Bud," and I have been married more than 50 years. It has been a great half-century. We have good jobs and a fantastic family.

LONDON - A drawing by Raphael and a Rembrandt portrait have set records and together sold for almost 50 million pounds ($82 million) at an auction in London.

LOS ANGELES - A colossal budget, visionary technology and a down-to-the-wire workload on a film whose fortunes are a real question mark.

LOS ANGELES - Hollywood picked the right decade to go over the rainbow.

NEW YORK - Bryant Gumbel shocked a television audience with the news that he's recovering from cancer surgery and treatment. The former "Today" show anchor, 61, said a malignant tumor and part of his lung were removed two months ago. He revealed his condition to Kelly Ripa while subbing for Regis Philbin on Tuesday's edition of "Live With Regis and Kelly." (Philbin recently had hip replacement surgery.)

WINDERMERE, Florida (AFP) - Tiger Woods' troubles were back in the spotlight Wednesday after his mother-in-law collapsed at his Florida mansion and was rushed to hospital.

DETROIT - Prosecutors have charged two people with threatening to sell photos of actor John Stamos unless he paid them $680,000. The actor's spokesman said Tuesday that the pictures were benign.

TRENTON, N.J. - "The Boss" is backing gay marriage in the Garden State.

NEW YORK - The publisher of President Barack Obama's book "The Audacity of Hope" has stepped down.

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Tis the season to be jolly -- and to make a list, with the end of decade sparking them galore, ranging from the top words of the decade, to the top celebrity or the stupidest gifts for the person with everything.

PARIS - France's biggest rock star, Johnny Hallyday, has been hospitalized in Los Angeles for an infection following back surgery.

NEW YORK - A publicist for Alexa Ray Joel says the daughter of Billy Joel is feeling better two days after being hospitalized in New York for a possible overdose of pills.

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Adam Sandler and Jennifer Aniston might be playing pretend.

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Amid the sitcom slump, writer Matt Goldman, whose resume includes stints on "Seinfeld" and "Ellen," took more than a year off to write a book. When he returned, he found it almost impossible to get a job on the few sitcoms left. But now he's back, with a spec script for a workplace comedy that has landed at Fox.

NEW YORK (Billboard) - They came, they conquered ... they were never heard from again. After reaching the Hot 100's Top 10 with their very first singles, none of these acts managed to crack the Top 25 for the rest of the decade. But hey, four minutes of fame is better than nothing.

LAS VEGAS - Wynn Las Vegas officials say they're in preliminary talks with Beyonce to bring the superstar singer back to the Las Vegas resort.

BOULDER, Colo. - Police say a former cast member of the 1980s television show "Family Ties" has been arrested for investigation of assault in Colorado.

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Eric's sidekick Pam on "True Blood" is getting a promotion.

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - TNT's "Men of a Certain Age" drew 5.4 million viewers Monday night, becoming cable's most-watched series launch of 2009 among adults 25-54.

JOHANNESBURG - South Africans say a new Hollywood film about sport, race and Nelson Mandela will tell the world about the country's history of struggle and triumph despite some criticism that the lead roles are played by American actors.

NEW YORK - Kristen Wiig's recurring character Gilly might not seemed filled with holiday cheer, yet NBC is turning to her to host a "Saturday Night Live" Christmas special.

Capsule reviews of films opening this week:

DEAR ABBY: I have a good friend whose husband is isolating her from family and friends. He's a counselor, and he uses his training as a psychologist to convince her that none of her friends are to be trusted. He twists anything we do or say to keep her at a distance from us.

NEW YORK (Mediaweek) - Struggling sophomore talker "The Bonnie Hunt Show" will stop production at the end of this season.

PARIS (AFP) - Veteran French rocker Johnny Hallyday has been admitted to hospital in Los Angeles after developing an infection following surgery for a slipped disc, a spokesman said Tuesday.

DEAR ABBY: I'm writing about the letter you printed from "Right or Wrong in Wisconsin" (Nov. 9). My co-workers and I had a field day with the issue of the father shaving while his 12-year-old daughter takes her morning shower.

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - -MTV has renewed a pair of performance-based reality series -- "Randy Jackson presents America's Best Dance Crew" and "Taking the Stage."