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Tue, 09 Mar 2010 10:37 PM CST

Entertainment

'Spartacus: Blood and Sand' Star Andy Whitfield Diagnosed With Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma (PR Newswire)

Andy Whitfield, who plays the title role in Starz Original series "Spartacus: Blood and Sand," announced today he has been diagnosed with Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma and will begin treatment immediately in N

Pinstripe Bowl at Yankee Stadium on Dec 30 (AP)

The first Pinstripe Bowl will be played at Yankee Stadium on Dec. 30 and will be televised by ESPN. The game will include the No. 3 team in the Big East and the No.

PokerTek, Inc. Reports Fourth-Quarter and Full-Year-2009 Results (Business Wire)

MATTHEWS, N.C.----PokerTek, Inc. today reported financial results for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2009.

MySpace and Endemol USA Renew Vows for "Married on MySpace" Season 2 Premiering Today (Business Wire)

LOS ANGELES----MySpace and Endemol USA, a world leader in entertainment programming, today announced the highly anticipated premiere of Married on MySpace season 2, the company’s original web series

Pinstripe Bowl at Yankee Stadium on Dec 30 (AP)

The first Pinstripe Bowl will be played at Yankee Stadium on Dec. 30 and will be televised by ESPN. The game will include the No. 3 team in the Big East and the No.

Murdoch to Arabs: censorship is counterproductive (AP)

Rupert Murdoch on Tuesday challenged tight controls on media in the Middle East, calling censorship counterproductive and urging Arab leaders to allow their citizens the freedom to unleash their creat

CAPITAL CULTURE: Palin candidate, pundit, celeb? (AP)

For more than a year, Sarah Palin has been one of the most famous political and cultural figures in the country. Even by that standard, though, last week was an extraordinary one.

Si TV Premieres Elle & Tito: The Married Life Monday, March 29 at 9pm ET/PT (PR Newswire)

First comes love, then comes a wedding designed by hundreds of thousands of MySpace fans and then life as newlyweds.

Murdoch urges Mideast to open up media (at FT.com)

Rupert Murdoch has warned Middle Eastern authorities to liberalise their media markets if they want to attract further investment from international media groups and ride a "powerful wind" of creativi

TV ratings smile on Oscar as viewership rises (AP)

An estimated 41.3 million people saw "The Hurt Locker" top the popular "Avatar" for best picture in the most-watched Academy Awards telecast since 2005.

Preliminary ratings show Oscars up over last year (AP)

Early indications are that an Academy Awards telecast where "The Hurt Locker" topped the popular "Avatar" for best picture was popular with viewers.