Reuters - Country music singer Merle Haggard was resting at home in Northern California on Friday after a long stint in a Georgia hospital, his publicist Tresa Redburn said.
Entertainment
After 45 years, Paul Plishka says goodbye to Met (AP)
AP - Paul Plishka thought back to Sept. 21, 1967, when he made his Metropolitan Opera debut as the Monk in Ponchielli's "La Gioconda" alongside Renata Tebaldi, Sherrill Milnes and Rosalind Elias.
Stars cover Dylan songs for Amnesty International (AP)
AP - Anyone who ever doubted the transformative power of Bob Dylan's music need only look to Ke$ha.
APNewsBreak: Jackson enters fray over Grammy cuts (AP)
AP - The Rev. Jesse Jackson is entering the fray over The Recording Academy's cuts to its Grammy categories: He's asking to meet with the president of the organization and has raised the possibility of protests with the awards less than two weeks away.
HBO places a bet on horseracing drama "Luck" (Reuters)
Reuters - David Milch first visited a horse racing track when he was six years-old. Sixty years later he is bringing his passion for the behind-the-scenes world of jockeys, gamblers, horses and trainers to television with the HBO series "Luck".
Katherine Heigl goes for "Money" in new caper film (Reuters)
Reuters - Katherine Heigl has headlined several romantic comedies such as "27 Dresses" and "The Ugly Truth," but for her newest film, the former "Grey's Anatomy" TV star toplines an action comedy "One for the Money," in theaters of Friday.
IFC Films acquires "Killer" (Reuters)
Reuters - IFC Films has purchased the North American rights to the thriller "Simon Killer," TheWrap has confirmed.
SAG statuette has an interesting backstory (AP)
AP - The television academy's Emmy has her wings. The motion picture academy's Oscar has his sword. But the Screen Actors Guild's statuette, known as "The Actor," may have the hottest bod of the Hollywood award season.
TV Ratings: "Idol" and "Bang" tie, Fox wins top rating (Reuters)
Reuters - CBS' "Big Bang Theory" pulled up to "American Idol" for a tie in the ratings Thursday night, while Fox was the highest rated and most-watched network as its new drama "The Finder" improved by 32 percent, according to preliminary numbers.
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