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Today's Entertainment News: 'Dynasty' oil tycoon John Forsythe dead at 92 Source: Merkerson leaving 'Law & Order' Lil Wayne thanks fans while launching new Web site Friend says Jesse James wants to save marriage Lawyer: ESPN's Erin Andrews getting death threats Source: Charlie Sheen wants to bow out of sitcom 'Dynasty' oil tycoon John Forsythe dead at 92 Drama tiptoes into the "Who" behind Chess Records Coheed and Cambria hopes "Rainbow" leads to new fans "Titans" shows muscle but can't slay "Dragon" "Red" a superb rendering of modern art history 'Dynasty' oil tycoon John Forsythe dead at 92 Back-to-Work, Not School, for Fall at Levi's Harryette Mullen wins $50,000 Jackson Poetry Prize Fashion's latest fixation: 3D 'Dynasty' oil tycoon John Forsythe dead at 92 Fri, 2 Apr 2010 09:15 pm PDT AP - John Forsythe, the handsome, smooth-voiced actor who made his fortune as the scheming oil tycoon in TV's "Dynasty" and the voice of the leader of "Charlie's Angels," has died after a yearlong battle with cancer. He was 92. Full Story Top Source: Merkerson leaving 'Law & Order' Fri, 2 Apr 2010 11:53 am PDT AP - S. Epatha Merkerson, the senior member of the "Law & Order" cast, is leaving after the show's current 20th season. Full Story Top Lil Wayne thanks fans while launching new Web site Fri, 2 Apr 2010 01:56 pm PDT AP - Lil Wayne wants his fans to know that his spirit and love will "never be confined to prison walls." Full Story Top Friend says Jesse James wants to save marriage Fri, 2 Apr 2010 02:35 am PDT AP - Jesse James is a "a broken man" and is hoping that rehab and some privacy will help him recover and save his marriage to Sandra Bullock, his friend and attorney said. Full Story Top Lawyer: ESPN's Erin Andrews getting death threats Fri, 2 Apr 2010 08:50 pm PDT AP - Erin Andrews has been getting death threats in a stream of e-mails to a media outlet, an attorney for the ESPN reporter and "Dancing with the Stars" contestant said Friday. Full Story Top Source: Charlie Sheen wants to bow out of sitcom Fri, 2 Apr 2010 08:18 am PDT AP - Charlie Sheen is looking at a future without "Two and a Half Men." Full Story Top 'Dynasty' oil tycoon John Forsythe dead at 92 Fri, 2 Apr 2010 09:15 pm PDT AP - John Forsythe, the handsome, smooth-voiced actor who made his fortune as the scheming oil tycoon in TV's "Dynasty" and the voice of the leader of "Charlie's Angels," has died after a yearlong battle with cancer. He was 92. Full Story Top Drama tiptoes into the "Who" behind Chess Records Fri, 2 Apr 2010 05:53 pm PDT Reuters - "Who Do You Love" is the second recent film to tell the story of Chess Records and its role in popularizing Southern-flavored blues and later acting as midwife to rock 'n' roll and R&B. And yet, after two films, nobody has really figured out the story's central figure, the enigmatic Leonard Chess. Full Story Top Coheed and Cambria hopes "Rainbow" leads to new fans Fri, 2 Apr 2010 08:12 pm PDT Reuters - There's pop culture that can be consumed in bite-size chunks, and then there's pop culture that requires investment. Top 40 singles and sitcoms can generally be enjoyed in a vacuum -- one doesn't need much context to enjoy a poppy beat or a half-hour about the antics of a group of funny friends. But increasingly, there's culture that renders all but the most devoted follower completely baffled unless they know the back story -- think "Lost." Full Story Top "Titans" shows muscle but can't slay "Dragon" Fri, 2 Apr 2010 04:35 pm PDT Reuters - Warner Bros.' 3D action fantasy "Clash of the Titans" fetched an estimated $4.2 million from Thursday evening and midnight performances in about 3,000 domestic theaters. Full Story Top "Red" a superb rendering of modern art history Fri, 2 Apr 2010 02:55 pm PDT Reuters - "What do you see?" painter Mark Rothko (Alfred Molina) asks in the opening line of John Logan's new drama, "Red." It indeed is the central question, as this fascinating theatrical depiction of this complex figure at work should easily make audiences re-evaluate their notions about the artistic process. Full Story Top 'Dynasty' oil tycoon John Forsythe dead at 92 Fri, 2 Apr 2010 09:15 pm PDT AP - John Forsythe, the handsome, smooth-voiced actor who made his fortune as the scheming oil tycoon in TV's "Dynasty" and the voice of the leader of "Charlie's Angels," has died after a yearlong battle with cancer. He was 92. Full Story Top Back-to-Work, Not School, for Fall at Levi's Thu, 1 Apr 2010 11:55 am PDT Fashion Wire Daily - The mood at Levi's for Fall 2010 is distressing - but only when it comes to denim. Full Story Top Harryette Mullen wins $50,000 Jackson Poetry Prize Fri, 2 Apr 2010 10:41 am PDT AP - Harryette Mullen has won a $50,000 Jackson Poetry Prize for being a poet of "exceptional talent who deserves wider recognition." Full Story Top Fashion's latest fixation: 3D Fri, 26 Feb 2010 08:49 am PST The Newsroom - Burberry has become the premiere brand to break through fashion week's fourth wall this season by staging the world's first-ever global 3D fashion show. (To note, the British fashion brand wasn't the only one to engage with the technology conceived more than half-a-century ago: Los Angeles tailored menswear label Native Son's New York Fashion Week presentation included a multi-dimensional video that required 3D glasses for viewing.) Full Story Top

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