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AP - Be careful who you trust. That's the advice from Antonella Barba, New Jersey's "American Idol" contestant, a day after being voted off the show following two weeks of turbulence over racy photos posted on the Internet.

AP - Be careful who you trust. That's the advice from Antonella Barba, New Jersey's "American Idol" contestant, a day after being voted off the show following two weeks of turbulence over racy photos posted on the Internet.

Reuters - Among the legions of acts booked for this year's South by Southwest Music and Media Conference and Festival March 14-18 in Austin, here are 10 that people will be talking about. More Info...  

Reuters - Adam Smith is revered by many as the father of modern economics, but even his biggest fans agree that writing was not his forte.

Playbill - Openings were very thick on the ground this week, as the expression goes. More Info...  

Playbill - Pig Iron Theatre Company in Philadelphia will present the world premiere of Chekhov Lizardbrain, "a comic meditation on our deepest impulses and contemporary neuroscience's hold on our imaginations," March 28-April 15. More Info...  

AP - Next up for Salma Hayek is a wedding — and a baby carriage. The 40-year-old actress is engaged to businessman Francois-Henri Pinault and is pregnant with their first child, her spokeswoman, Cari Ross, said Friday in a statement. No further details were provided.

Fashion Wire Daily - Mark Wahlberg had plenty of reasons to smile Thursday night at the premiere of "Shooter," his new action flick based on the popular Stephen Hunter novels that feature ex-Marine sharpshooter Bob Lee Swagger.

AP - Kiran Desai's "The Inheritance of Loss," a narrative of global discovery and displacement that has already won the Man Booker Prize, received another literary honor Thursday night: the National Book Critics Circle fiction award.

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AP - "American Idol" slimmed down the competition Thursday night, leaving 12 finalists to compete for the ultimate prize — a record contract. Antonella Barba, Sabrina Sloan, Jared Cotter and Jason "Sundance" Head were voted off Thursday in phone voting, which drew about 37 million calls and text messages from viewers.

AP - The music industry is asking 50 Ohio University students to pay $3,000 each to avoid lawsuits accusing them of pirating songs off the Internet. More Info...  

Reuters - Six months after Katie Couric's much-ballyhooed debut as "CBS Evening News" anchor, the network signaled on Thursday an overhaul of her flagging newscast by hiring one of the industry's most experienced hands to oversee her program. More Info...  

AP - It was a quarter-century in the making but then again, nothing is easy for cartoon heroes such as Tintin.

AP - The hiring of television veteran Rick Kaplan to run the "CBS Evening News" is a sign that the network wants to replace experimentation with a program its viewers can count on every day when they switch on Katie Couric.

Playbill - "Chicago" and Cabaret director Rob Marshall will appear on NBC's "Grease: You're the One That I Want" March 11 as a guest judge. More Info...  

AP - The producers of "The Sopranos" were denied a permit to film in this North Jersey town because the mayor and some City Council members say the acclaimed HBO series negatively depicts Italian-Americans. The owners of an old-fashioned ice cream parlor selected for the series' final scene, however, said such "personal feelings" shouldn't stand in the way.

Fashion Wire Daily - Funnyman Chris Rock hit the red carpet last night in Hollywood with all of his wives – both his real-life companion Malaak Compton - Rock, and his on-screen spouse Gina Torres – to celebrate the premiere of his new R-rated comedy "I Think I Love My Wife.

AP - Kenny Loggins, who segued into a successful solo career after being half of the hit duo Loggins and Messina in the 1970s, was inducted into Hollywood's RockWalk on Wednesday.

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AP - Faith Hill and Tim McGraw will return this summer for another go-round of their hugely successful Soul2Soul tour. "This is why we get into this business," McGraw said Wednesday in announcing the shows with Hill. "To be on stage and sing in front of thousands of people."

Reuters - Canadian broadcaster CTV will next Wednesday launch a legal talk show, just as deposed Canadian media baron Conrad Black goes on trial on criminal fraud, racketeering and corruption charges in Chicago. More Info...