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Today's Entertainment News: Prosecutor: Defense will claim Jackson killed self Billy Taylor, ardent jazz promoter, dies at 89 Los Angeles TV writer found dead at Hawaii resort MTV's 'I Used to be Fat Reese Witherspoon's Engagement Review | Live to Dance Actor Christian Kane releases country music CD Teena Marie on music, addiction in '09 interview 2010's Best Episodes: Grey's Anatomy's Crazed Gunman and Lost's Emotional Farewell Jazz Pianist Billy Taylor Dies at 89 Real-life member of 'Sound of Music' family dies Jackson estate demands autopsy show cancellation Nicole Richie completes probation months early John Leguizamo focuses on Hollywood — on Broadway Billy Taylor, ardent jazz promoter, dies at 89 5 most famous ex-Mouseketeers Billy Taylor, ardent jazz promoter, dies at 89 "Avatar", 3D drive foreign box office to record year Early reviews anger "Spider-Man" producers 5 most famous ex-Mouseketeers Prosecutor: Defense will claim Jackson killed self Wed, 29 Dec 2010 02:29 pm PST AP - The defense for the doctor facing trial for involuntary manslaughter in Michael Jackson's death will suggest the singer actually killed himself, a prosecutor said during a hearing Wednesday. Full Story Top Billy Taylor, ardent jazz promoter, dies at 89 Wed, 29 Dec 2010 06:59 pm PST AP - Billy Taylor, an acclaimed jazz pianist and composer who became one of the genre's most ardent advocates through radio, television and the landmark Jazzmobile arts venture, has died at age 89. Full Story Top Los Angeles TV writer found dead at Hawaii resort Wed, 29 Dec 2010 06:35 pm PST AP - Police in Hawaii are investigating the death of a Los Angeles writer and producer who was found in a hotel room. Full Story Top MTV's 'I Used to be Fat Wed, 29 Dec 2010 10:01 pm PST omg! - The new docu-series tracks teens' summer weight loss. Full Story Top Reese Witherspoon's Engagement Wed, 29 Dec 2010 10:01 pm PST omg! - Us Weekly's Rebecca Bienstock has all the latest Hollywood buzz. Full Story Top Review | Live to Dance Wed, 29 Dec 2010 09:07 pm PST omg! - Paula Abdul makes her post-American Idol comeback Full Story Top Actor Christian Kane releases country music CD Wed, 29 Dec 2010 08:07 pm PST omg! - Christian Kane, who stars in the TNT series 'Leverage,' talks about releasing his debut album 'The House Rules.' (Dec. 29) Full Story Top Teena Marie on music, addiction in '09 interview Wed, 29 Dec 2010 07:54 pm PST omg! - In a May 2009 interview with the Associated Press, the late soul singer Teena Marie talks about prayer, her addiction to vicodin, having seizures and living life after the death of her musical mentor, Rick James. (Dec. 29) Full Story Top 2010's Best Episodes: Grey's Anatomy's Crazed Gunman and Lost's Emotional Farewell Wed, 29 Dec 2010 07:00 pm PST omg! - It was a great year for TV, which made it very difficult to choose the top 25 episodes of 2010. Recalling and, in some cases, rewatching the stand-out moments was a holiday treat. We got our first glimpse of a bespectacled Clark Kent and saw Snooki pummel Angelina. We wept as Jack Shephard took his final breath and cheered as Leslie took down a mischievous rodent wreaking havoc in Pawnee. Here's the fourth batch of TVGuide.com's weeklong countdown of the year's best episodes. (Catch up first with Episodes 25-21, Episodes 20-16, and Episodes 15-11.) Full Story Top Jazz Pianist Billy Taylor Dies at 89 Wed, 29 Dec 2010 05:49 pm PST omg! - Billy Taylor, the noted jazz pianist and educator who enjoyed tremendous success on television, has died. He was 89. Taylor died Tuesday of heart failure in New York, his daughter, Kim Taylor-Thompson, told The New York Times. See other celebrities who died this year A longtime fixture on television unlike many of his contemporaries, Taylor served as cultural correspondent on CBS News' Sunday Morning and was the first African-American to lead a talk-show band when he was bandleader for The David Frost Show from 1969 to '72. ... Full Story Top Real-life member of 'Sound of Music' family dies Wed, 29 Dec 2010 05:07 pm PST AP - Agathe von Trapp, a member of the musical family whose escape from Nazi-occupied Austria was the basis for "The Sound of Music," has died, a longtime friend said Wednesday. Full Story Top Jackson estate demands autopsy show cancellation Wed, 29 Dec 2010 04:54 pm PST AP - Executors of Michael Jackson's estate demanded Wednesday that the Discovery Channel cancel plans for a show purporting to re-enact the dead superstar's autopsy. Full Story Top Nicole Richie completes probation months early Wed, 29 Dec 2010 04:03 pm PST AP - Nicole Richie is no longer on probation for a 2006 drunken-driving case. Full Story Top John Leguizamo focuses on Hollywood — on Broadway Wed, 29 Dec 2010 03:53 pm PST AP - John Leguizamo is coming back to Broadway and he's bringing along some funny stories about Hollywood. Full Story Top Billy Taylor, ardent jazz promoter, dies at 89 Wed, 29 Dec 2010 06:59 pm PST AP - Billy Taylor, an acclaimed jazz pianist and composer who became one of the genre's most ardent advocates through radio, television and the landmark Jazzmobile arts venture, has died at age 89. Full Story Top 5 most famous ex-Mouseketeers Wed, 29 Dec 2010 11:18 pm PST AP - Long before he played a skinhead in "The Believer," a drug-addicted junior high school teacher in "Half Nelson" or a misfit who's in love with a blow-up doll in "Lars and the Real Girl," Ryan Gosling had a far simpler, more wholesome role. He was a member of "The Mickey Mouse Club." Full Story Top Billy Taylor, ardent jazz promoter, dies at 89 Wed, 29 Dec 2010 06:59 pm PST AP - Billy Taylor, an acclaimed jazz pianist and composer who became one of the genre's most ardent advocates through radio, television and the landmark Jazzmobile arts venture, has died at age 89. Full Story Top "Avatar", 3D drive foreign box office to record year Wed, 29 Dec 2010 10:31 pm PST Reuters - Ticket sales at the foreign box office soared almost 20 percent to a record high in 2010, powered by higher prices for 3D movies even as the number of people who went to the movies was roughly unchanged. Full Story Top Early reviews anger "Spider-Man" producers Wed, 29 Dec 2010 03:43 pm PST Reuters - More trouble for the producers of the ill-starred Broadway play "Spider-Man: Turn off the Dark." Full Story Top 5 most famous ex-Mouseketeers Wed, 29 Dec 2010 11:18 pm PST AP - Long before he played a skinhead in "The Believer," a drug-addicted junior high school teacher in "Half Nelson" or a misfit who's in love with a blow-up doll in "Lars and the Real Girl," Ryan Gosling had a far simpler, more wholesome role. He was a member of "The Mickey Mouse Club." Full Story Top

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