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Reuters - Billionaire investor Carl Icahn cut his stake in media company Time Warner Inc. to 20 million shares in the fourth quarter from 55 million shares, according to a U.S. regulatory filing on Wednesday.

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AP - Howard Stern once worried on the air that a marriage to longtime girlfriend Beth Ostrosky would only mess up a good thing. It seems he's willing to take the risk.

AP - Howard Stern once worried on the air that a marriage to longtime girlfriend Beth Ostrosky would only mess up a good thing. It seems he's willing to take the risk.

AP - Expecting to see a passionate lip-lock between Courteney Cox and Jennifer Aniston on the season finale of FX's "Dirt"? It's not going to happen, Cox says.

AP - The bickering over Anna Nicole Smith spiraled into a post-mortem legal war Wednesday, with judges on both coasts issuing rulings and a parade of lawyers fighting for control of the body.

AP - Al Franken announced Wednesday that he will run for the Senate in 2008, making it clear that the comedian and author of "Rush Limbaugh Is A Big Fat Idiot" wants to be taken seriously as a political figure.

AP - Comedian Mark Curry, who starred in the 1990s sitcom "Hangin' with Mr. Cooper," says that if it wasn't for some of his comic friends he probably would have committed suicide last spring after a freak accident landed him in the hospital with second-degree burns.

Reuters - Eddie Murphy has been loved, hated and ignored but now he is back with Hollywood heavyweights rallying around him for his career-redefining turn in "Dreamgirls," a role that may win him an Oscar.

Playbill - The new stage version of Nancy Friday's groundbreaking 1973 book of interviews, "My Secret Garden," the tome which exposed in explicit detail the sexual fantasies of a generation of women, opens a limited commercial engagement Feb. 14 after previews since Feb. 2. More Info...  

AP - Two sisters, both models, have died of apparent heart attacks within months of each other — a family tragedy that came as the fashion world debates how to protect the health of painfully thin runway models. More Info...  

Reuters - The last movie made by stripper-turned-celebrity Anna Nicole Smith, a sci-fi comedy titled "Illegal Aliens," will be released on DVD in May, its distributor said on Tuesday.

Reuters - Emmy winner Daniel J. Travanti ("Hill Street Blues") is making his New York stage debut in a new play called "The Last Word . . .," and fans may wonder what took him so long. More Info...  

AP - A prosecutor agreed Tuesday to postpone for one week an arraignment hearing for actor Daniel Baldwin, who faces felony charges for allegedly stealing his friend's car.

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AP - Paula Abdul's spacy behavior on "American Idol" have prompted many to ponder if there's a tumbler or two of booze in that red cup on the table in front of her on the Fox talent contest.

Reuters - Veteran U.S. television executive Garth Ancier was named on Tuesday to the newly created post as president of BBC Worldwide America, overseeing all U.S. operations of the British broadcasting service. More Info...  

AP - Before she got to know him, Sandra Bullock says she tagged her husband, mechanic and reality TV star Jesse James, as a brutish "bigot."

AP - The newly reunited Police will headline the four-day Bonnaroo Music Festival in June, which will also include the White Stripes, Tool and Wilco. More Info...  

AP - David Letterman can't forget the night Drew Barrymore flashed him nearly 12 years ago. In a "Late Show" appearance in 1995, the actress famously danced on Letterman's desk for his birthday and briefly bared her breasts with her back to the camera.

Reuters - Iconic British designers Vivienne Westwood and John Galliano will be online to help aspiring designers and models around the world as part of a new social networking Web site, dubbed the "MySpace.com" of fashion.

Reuters - Doing the laundry has taken on a new meaning for New Yorkers who can now watch their wash and spin cycles while listening to poetry and prose. More Info...