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Today's Entertainment News: Hooper earns top DGA prize for `King's Speech' Friends? Zuckerberg, Eisenberg face off on `SNL' Stars, Shrine ready for Sunday's SAG Awards Sheen Rep: 'Charlie Is In Rehab' Comic David Frye, known for Nixon impression, dies Extreme Makeover: Home Edition's Leigh Anne Tuohy on the Brown Family Former 'My Name Is Earl' Star Jaime Pressly Files For Divorce Kevin Alejandro Discusses His Shocking 'Southland' Departure: 'I Thought It Was An Amazing Way To Go Out' Bruno Mars Makes Plea Bargain for Cocaine Charge Comcast Acquires NBCUniversal Comic David Frye, known for Nixon impression, dies Avant-garde composer Milton Babbitt dies at 94 Chris Brown completes domestic violence program Comcast takes control of NBC Universal Hooper earns top DGA prize for `King's Speech' Hooper earns top DGA prize for `King's Speech' Avant-garde composer Milton Babbitt dies at 94 Factbox: Winners at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival Looters smash treasures and mummies in Egyptian Museum `Inside Job' earns DGA documentary honor Hooper earns top DGA prize for `King's Speech' Sat, 29 Jan 2011 11:39 pm PST AP - Tom Hooper pulled off an upset win Saturday for the top film honor at the Directors Guild of America Awards for his British monarchy tale "The King's Speech." Full Story Top Friends? Zuckerberg, Eisenberg face off on `SNL' Sat, 29 Jan 2011 08:53 pm PST AP - Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg and his "The Social Network" doppelganger Jesse Eisenberg made friends on "Saturday Night Live." Full Story Top Stars, Shrine ready for Sunday's SAG Awards Sat, 29 Jan 2011 08:32 pm PST AP - A sea of famous faces will fill the Shrine Exhibition Center Sunday for the Screen Actors Guild Awards, so the theater — and the famous faces — spent Saturday getting ready. Full Story Top Sheen Rep: 'Charlie Is In Rehab' Sat, 29 Jan 2011 08:55 pm PST omg! - LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Earlier on Saturday afternoon, Access Hollywood reported that, according to a source, Charlie Sheen did not check into a rehab facility on Friday, but instead returned to his home. A short while ago, after multiple requests for comment, Sheen's rep issued a statement to Access. Full Story Top Comic David Frye, known for Nixon impression, dies Sat, 29 Jan 2011 08:39 pm PST omg! - AP - Comic David Frye, whose impressions of Presidents Richard Nixon, Lyndon Johnson and other prominent political figures vaulted him to popularity in the 1960s and 1970s, has died in Las Vegas, his family confirmed Saturday. He was 77. Full Story Top Extreme Makeover: Home Edition's Leigh Anne Tuohy on the Brown Family Sat, 29 Jan 2011 07:00 pm PST omg! - This week we traveled to Wellman, Texas to surprise the Brown family. You know, the Brown's are really an amazing family — Jeanne, Johnny Mac and their daughter Katrina. They absolutely have had one of the most tragic situations, losing their child Alex to a texting while driving accident. They have been able to look beyond their own personal grief and realize that the message is more impactful than their grief. As a mother I can tell you that there's nothing in the world I can imagine worse than losing a child. ... Full Story Top Former 'My Name Is Earl' Star Jaime Pressly Files For Divorce Sat, 29 Jan 2011 05:25 pm PST omg! - LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- After just more than one year of marriage, Jaime Pressly has filed for divorce, Access Hollywood has learned.. Full Story Top Kevin Alejandro Discusses His Shocking 'Southland' Departure: 'I Thought It Was An Amazing Way To Go Out' Sat, 29 Jan 2011 04:49 pm PST omg! - By Jesse Spero & Erin O'Sullivan LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Fans of TNT's "Southland" were shocked and saddened on Tuesday when Kevin Alejandro's character, Gang Det. Nate Moretta, was suddenly and violently killed. AccessHollywood.com went directly to the handsome actor to get the inside scoop on why he left the hit cop drama. Full Story Top Bruno Mars Makes Plea Bargain for Cocaine Charge Sat, 29 Jan 2011 02:58 pm PST omg! - Bruno Mars has made a deal with Las Vegas prosecutors that will require him to plead guilty to felony cocaine possession stemming from a September bust, E! online reports. Mars, whose real name is Peter Hernandez, was arrested last year after a Hard Rock Hotel employee spotted a bag of cocaine on him. Full Story Top Comcast Acquires NBCUniversal Sat, 29 Jan 2011 02:51 pm PST omg! - Comcast has officially acquired a majority stake in NBCUniversal, Comcast announced Saturday. Under the agreement, the nation's largest cable TV company will receive a 51 percent stake in NBCUniversal, with General Electric receiving 49 percent. Comcast, NBC unveil $30 billion merger Full Story Top Comic David Frye, known for Nixon impression, dies Sat, 29 Jan 2011 08:39 pm PST AP - Comic David Frye, whose impressions of Presidents Richard Nixon, Lyndon Johnson and other prominent political figures vaulted him to popularity in the 1960s and 1970s, has died in Las Vegas, his family confirmed Saturday. He was 77. Full Story Top Avant-garde composer Milton Babbitt dies at 94 Sat, 29 Jan 2011 07:54 pm PST AP - Composer Milton Babbitt, who was known for his complex orchestral compositions and credited with developing the first electronic synthesizer in the 1950s, died Saturday. He was 94. Full Story Top Chris Brown completes domestic violence program Sat, 29 Jan 2011 02:03 pm PST AP - Chris Brown has completed a domestic violence counseling program required as part of the singer's guilty plea to assaulting then-girlfriend Rihanna nearly two years ago. Full Story Top Comcast takes control of NBC Universal Sat, 29 Jan 2011 01:28 pm PST AP - The nation's largest cable TV company, Comcast Corp., took control of NBC Universal after the government shackled its behavior in the coming years to protect online video services such as Netflix and Hulu. Full Story Top Hooper earns top DGA prize for `King's Speech' Sat, 29 Jan 2011 11:39 pm PST AP - Tom Hooper pulled off an upset win Saturday for the top film honor at the Directors Guild of America Awards for his British monarchy tale "The King's Speech." Full Story Top Hooper earns top DGA prize for `King's Speech' Sat, 29 Jan 2011 11:39 pm PST AP - Tom Hooper pulled off an upset win Saturday for the top film honor at the Directors Guild of America Awards for his British monarchy tale "The King's Speech." Full Story Top Avant-garde composer Milton Babbitt dies at 94 Sat, 29 Jan 2011 07:54 pm PST AP - Composer Milton Babbitt, who was known for his complex orchestral compositions and credited with developing the first electronic synthesizer in the 1950s, died Saturday. He was 94. Full Story Top Factbox: Winners at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival Sat, 29 Jan 2011 09:06 pm PST Reuters - Following is a list of winners at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival, the top gathering for independent movies made outside of Hollywood's major studios. Full Story Top Looters smash treasures and mummies in Egyptian Museum Sat, 29 Jan 2011 12:26 pm PST Reuters - Looters broke into the Cairo museum housing the world's greatest collection of Pharaonic treasures, smashing several statues and damaging two mummies, while police battled anti-government protesters on the streets. Full Story Top `Inside Job' earns DGA documentary honor Sat, 29 Jan 2011 10:53 pm PST AP - "Inside Job," a chronicle of the economic meltdown in 2008, won the documentary prize Saturday at the Directors Guild of America Awards, boosting the film's prospects for an Academy Award. Full Story Top

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