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AP - Monday, November 23

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  • Winners at the American Music Awards

    AP - Monday, November 23

    Complete list of winners at the American Music Awards:

  • Taylor Swift wins five American Music Awards

    Reuters - Monday, November 23

    By Dean Goodman

  • Sting warns of hydroelectric project in Amazon

    AP - Monday, November 23

    BRASILIA, Brazil - British pop star Sting says Brazil's government should listen to the voices of local indigenous groups before building a massive hydroelectric dam in the Amazon rain forest.

  • Jackson, Swift face off at American Music Awards

    AP - Monday, November 23

    LOS ANGELES - Janet Jackson kicked off the American Music Awards with a medley of some of her biggest hits, but it was her late brother Michael who was poised to be one of the night's big winners, up for five American Music Awards, including entertainer of the year.

  • Attorney: Jackson's doctor returning to work

    AP - Monday, November 23

    LAS VEGAS - Michael Jackson's former personal physician is returning to work at his Houston clinic for the first time since before the pop singer's death, his lawyer said Sunday.

  • Renelly Morel (R), digital marketing manager for Ubisoft, works out with Your Shape on November 6, in San Francisco. French videogame powerhouse Ubisoft will have a virtual fitness coach whipping Wii users into shape.

    Ubisoft steps up videogame fitness with virtual coach

    AFP - Monday, November 23

    SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) - - French videogame powerhouse Ubisoft will have a virtual fitness coach whipping Wii users into shape starting Tuesday.

  • Actor Robert Pattinson, star of the new film

    Smash "Twilight" sequel enters record books

    Reuters - Monday, November 23

    LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The "Twilight" sequel scored the third-biggest opening weekend of all time at the North American box office on Sunday, as millions of young women swooned over the complex love triangle involving a high school girl, a vampire and a werewolf.

  • A rhinestone-studded leather glove worn by pop icon Michael Jackson on his maiden Moonwalk in 1983, was on display Tuesday in New York before it rocks on to the auction block. Duration: 01:31.

    Macau hotel to display Jacko 'moonwalk' glove

    AFP - Monday, November 23

    HONG KONG (AFP) - - A hotel in the glitzy Asian gambling haven of Macau will display Michael Jackson's rhinestone-encrusted glove after paying 350,000 dollars for the piece of pop history at auction, the hotel said Sunday.

  • Jackson's glove sells for $350,000 at auction

    Reuters - Sunday, November 22

    By Chris Michaud

  • International Emmys to honor David Frost

    AP - Sunday, November 22

    NEW YORK - British TV personality David Frost will be honored at the 37th Annual International Emmy Awards for a wide-ranging career that has taken him from pioneering political satire on television to conducting serious interviews with former President Richard Nixon and other newsmakers.

  • Motown caps 50th anniversary with hometown gala

    AP - Sunday, November 22

    DETROIT - Black ties and gowns filled a ballroom Saturday in a big-bucks salute to Detroit-style royalty _ the King of Motown, the Queen of Soul and the Kid of Rock.

  • Actress Susan Sarandon attends a screening of Bad Lieutenant: Port Of Call New Orleans at the SVA Theater on November 8 in New York City. Sarandon was on Saturday honoured with a lifetime achievement award at the Stockholm film festival.

    Sarandon gets lifetime achievement award at Stockholm film fest

    AFP - Sunday, November 22

    STOCKHOLM (AFP) - - American actress Susan Sarandon was on Saturday honoured with a lifetime achievement award at the Stockholm film festival.

  • US sculptor John David Mooney walks out of the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican after Pope Benedict XVI met with some 260 artists.

    Pope in landmark meeting with artists in Sistine Chapel

    AFP - Sunday, November 22

    VATICAN CITY (AFP) - - Pope Benedict XVI on Saturday sought to boost ties between the Roman Catholic Church and the art world as he met with dozens of artists in the Vatican's illustrious Sistine Chapel.

  • Swedish soprano Soderstrom dies

    AFP - Sunday, November 22

    STOCKHOLM (AFP) - - The Swedish soprano Elisabeth Soderstrom has died at the age of 82, the Royal Swedish Opera announced on Saturday.

  • Actors Kristen Stewart (L) and Robert Pattinson arrive at the afterparty for the premiere of Summit Entertainment's

    'Twilight' sequel breaks opening day record: report

    AFP - Sunday, November 22

    LOS ANGELES (AFP) - - All the hype surrounding the "Twilight" vampire romance sequel is scoring big at the box office, with industry reports estimating Saturday it took in the largest opening-day receipts on record.

  • Singer Robbie Williams to court investors: report

    Reuters - Sunday, November 22

    LONDON (Reuters) - British singer Robbie Williams may sell the right to half his future album, touring and sponsorship earnings in a 50 million pound ($83 million) deal, one of his managers was reported to say on Saturday.

  • Losing Winfrey would be big blow for Second City

    AP - Sunday, November 22

    CHICAGO - Step outside Oprah Winfrey's Harpo Studios and into the near west side neighborhood that's been home to her television talk show for two decades, and it's easy to get a sense of what she's meant to Chicago.

  • German auction house pulls disputed painting

    AP - Sunday, November 22

    BERLIN - A German auction house says it has withdrawn from sale a painting that the Max Stern estate claims was one of hundreds the Jewish art dealer was forced to sell off by the Nazis.

  • Michael Jackson glove among items at music auction

    AP - Sunday, November 22