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• Despite debt, it's show business as usual at Dubai film gala

  AFP – Tue Dec 8, 12:01 pm ET
  AFP/File

  DUBAI (AFP) - Despite an alarming debt crisis, Dubai is rolling out the red carpet with its usual splendour for movie stars as the Gulf state's sixth annual film festival kicks off on Wednesday. Full Story »

• 'Mad Men,' 'Modern Family' among year's best TV

  AP – Tue Dec 8, 10:20 am ET
  AP

  NEW YORK - The biggest shows of 2009 couldn't always be contained by the TV screen. There were breakout tabloid scandals with Jon and Kate Gosselin. A wannabe reality TV star crashed the White House. David Letterman's hanky-panky seized headlines. Oprah Winfrey grabbed the nation's attention as she began her long goodbye. This was TV run amok. Full Story »

• With familiarity, Letterman jokes about Woods

  AP – Tue Dec 8, 9:31 am ET
  AP

  NEW YORK - David Letterman, after a week off, dived right into material about Tiger Woods on the "Late Show," joking that he wishes the golfer would stop calling him to ask for advice. Full Story »

• Gervais says stars in for teasing at Golden Globes

  AP – Tue Dec 8, 4:02 pm ET
  AP

  LOS ANGELES - Ricky Gervais said he plans to play it loose and off-the-cuff as host of next month's Golden Globes, with Frank Sinatra and his pals as role models. Full Story »

• Oscar insiders take their movie chat online

  Reuters – Tue Dec 8, 3:08 am ET

  LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Adam Shankman has a Twitter habit, and it's making Academy officials nervous. Full Story »

• Roman Polanski, Sharon Tate nude sells for $11,250

  Reuters – Tue Dec 8, 2:15 pm ET

  NEW YORK (Reuters) - A nude photograph of film director Roman Polanski and his wife Sharon Tate, taken shortly before she was brutally murdered, sold for $11,250 at an auction on Monday, with the director's recent arrest fuelling interest. Full Story »

• Sundance taps shorts by Spike Jonze, James Franco

  Reuters – Tue Dec 8, 12:29 am ET

  LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - The Sundance Institute announced the short-film program for its 2010 film festival Monday. Full Story »

• Elton John to support child he hoped to adopt: partner

  AFP – Tue Dec 8, 1:57 pm ET
  AFP/File

  LONDON (AFP) - Elton John intends to provide financial and other support to a young Ukranian boy he had hoped to adopt, the singer-songwriter's partner David Furnish said Tuesday.