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AP - Partial list of winners at the 79th annual Academy Awards, presented Sunday night at the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles:

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AP - Alan Arkin won best supporting actor for his role in "Little Miss Sunshine."

Reuters - Host Ellen DeGeneres got the Oscars off to a rousing start on Sunday by telling stars like Leonardo DiCaprio and Nicole Kidman there was no need to be nervous because only about a billion people were watching.

AP - Celebrities are just like the rest of us when it comes to meeting and greeting famous folks: They're star-struck.

AP - No gas-guzzling stretch limo for Leonardo DiCaprio.

AP - BitTorrent Inc., makers of a technology often used to trade pirated copies of Hollywood movies, is launching a Web site that will sell downloads of films and TV shows licensed from the studios. More Info...  

AP - She might have been the belle of the Academy Awards ball, but Jennifer Hudson seemed a shoo-in to wind up on the night's "worst dressed" list.

Reuters - Air's fourth studio album, "Pocket Symphony," finds the French duo having a love affair with the very concept of love.

AP - Saddam Hussein's former chief lawyer said Sunday he plans to publish a book in the coming year disclosing secret information about the executed Iraqi leader.

AP - A classic Hollywood cliffhanger will conclude Sunday's Academy Awards, and organizers hope the suspense of an up-for-grabs best-picture race will be enough to keep TV audiences tuned in through the finale.

Reuters - Some of this year's most interesting Oscar battles revolve around what Academy Award voters hear -- rather than see.

AP - A misdemeanor assault case against Hank Williams Jr. has been dismissed, nearly a year after a cocktail waitress accused the country singer of yelling obscenities and choking her at a local hotel, a prosecutor said.

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AP - The road comedy "Little Miss Sunshine" won best picture and three other prizes for independent films at the Spirit Awards on Saturday, one day before competing for Hollywood's top honors at the Academy Awards.

AP - Financial guru and best-selling author Suze Orman says she wishes she could marry her partner Kathy Travis, partly because it would save them both a lot of money.

AP - The Oscars are all about movies, of course, but on this night only music filled the golden guy's hallowed hall.

Reuters - Alviero Martini appropriately used his trademark travellers' map of the world design in outfits on the last day of womenswear shows here before the fashion crowd moves on to Paris next week.

Reuters - When alt-rock pioneer Dinosaur Jr. reunited with its original lineup in 2005, principals Lou Barlow and J Mascis were asked about recording new material. Both brushed aside the idea.

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AP - The Internet was abuzz Friday over a series of racy photos linked to an "American Idol" contestant. The pictures, posted on several Web sites, included one with four women posing topless at the beach, their hands covering their breasts, and others with a woman engaged in a sex act.

AP - The Internet was abuzz Friday over a series of racy photos linked to an "American Idol" contestant. The pictures, posted on several Web sites, included one with four women posing topless at the beach, their hands covering their breasts, and others with a woman engaged in a sex act.

Reuters - Media group Tribune Co.'s special committee will meet again on Saturday to evaluate alternatives that could split up the company or take it private, a source familiar with the situation said on Friday. More Info...