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AP - Michael Jackson is "reviewing and evaluating" proposals for his future including several offers to perform in Las Vegas, his spokeswoman said Tuesday, but he doesn't feel any pressure to make a quick decision. Raymone K. Bain confirmed that, after a period of globe-trotting, Jackson is currently living in Las Vegas.

Reuters - DreamWorks Animation SKG Inc. reported better-than-expected quarterly results on Tuesday as strong DVD sales for "Over the Hedge," "Madagascar" and "Shrek 2" helped offset losses on the film "Flushed Away." More Info...  

AP - Police are investigating reports that James Blunt ran over someone's foot as he was leaving a party, then drove off, authorities said Tuesday. The alleged victim told police his foot was injured at a party Saturday around 1:50 a.m., police spokeswoman Martha Garcia said.

Reuters - Teenage film star Daniel Radcliffe threw off Harry Potter's invisibility cloak on Tuesday to appear naked on a London stage in the psychological thriller "Equus."

AP - The wife of former ABC news anchor Bob Woodruff says she wondered if she'd ever have her husband back after he suffered brain injuries in an Iraq roadside bomb attack last year.

AP - Some books sell because Oprah Winfrey wants you to buy them. Others get help from a major prize, a controversy, a movie tie-in, a famous author or an especially clever marketing campaign.

Reuters - In "Close to Home," a film now receiving its U.S. theatrical premiere at New York's IFC Center, two 18-year-old girls prowl the streets, making small talk about their lives and loves, taking time out along the way to talk on their cell phones, smoke, window shop and indulge in some snacks. More Info...  

Reuters - An Oscarcast first: the award show host (or in this case hostess) running a vacuum cleaner in the audience. As amusing as it was, DeGenerously speaking, it did take the glamour of the Oscars down a notch or two.

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AP - Bobby Brown was ordered on Monday to remain in a county jail until he pays $19,000 in late child support and court fees, his lawyer said. "We're diligently working on getting those funds available from outside sources," said Phaedra Parks, an attorney in Atlanta where Brown currently lives. Parks doubted Brown would get out of jail before Tuesday morning.

AP - Bobby Brown was ordered on Monday to remain in a county jail until he pays $19,000 in late child support and court fees, his lawyer said. "We're diligently working on getting those funds available from outside sources," said Phaedra Parks, an attorney in Atlanta where Brown currently lives. Parks doubted Brown would get out of jail before Tuesday morning.

AP - Bobby Brown was ordered on Monday to remain in a county jail until he pays $19,000 in late child support and court fees, his lawyer said.

AP - Movie satires on the fashion industry generally miss the mark for a simple reason: even the wildest spoof pales in comparison to the real-life antics of eccentric designers.

AdWeek.com - As a maker of dorm food staples, Kraft Foods needs to fish where the fish are--which in this case means a Web site that once attracted visitors by showing pictures of young ladies with the site's name scrawled on their chests. More Info...  

AP - The pushy orchestra music that elbows Oscar winners off the stage has long been a trademark of Academy Awards speeches — and no one has ever used it better than Al Gore.

AP - A Florida appeals court issued a stay Monday in the dispute over Anna Nicole Smith's body, ruling that her remains cannot be moved to the Bahamas until the judges hear a challenge from the starlet's estranged mother.

AP - A close friend of "American Idol" semi-finalist Antonella Barba says that the aspiring singer is not the subject of some graphically sexual pictures purported to be of her that were posted on the Internet last week.

AP - Yes, "The Departed" was smart, highly entertaining moviemaking. But nary a critic would say it was Martin Scorsese's best film — not by a mile.

AP - Bob Woodruff searched for the word, but it wasn't quite there. It was an internal organ, that he knew. He was describing a soldier's injuries when indecision stopped him. "Intestines," a producer sitting to his left in an ABC News conference room Monday gently reminded him.

Playbill - Mayumana, the internationally acclaimed rhythm-dance-performance art phenomenon from Israel, will make its American premiere Feb. 23 with the first preview of its stage spectacle, Be. More Info...  

AP - Daniel Mason: The story behind "The Piano Tuner," Daniel Mason's debut novel, has become, in itself, the stuff of fiction. More Info...