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Armed man arrested at 'DWTS' studio (AP) March 25, 2009 at 8:36 pm AP - A restraining order has been issued against a man authorities say tried to break onto the set of "Dancing With the Stars" to meet Shawn Johnson. Jordin Sparks: Cruising With John Mayer & Touring With the Jonas Brothers (E! Online) March 25, 2009 at 8:29 pm E! Online - John Mayer and the Jonas Brothers have the same new woman—Jordin Sparks! Merengue star Crespo accused of sex act on plane (AP) March 25, 2009 at 8:08 pm AP - Merengue star Elvis Crespo is being investigated after a woman said she saw him performing a sex act on an airplane en route from Houston to Miami, according to Miami-Dade County police. Prime-Time Metered Market Tuesday Ratings: CBS Dominates This Idol-Less Tuesday (Mediaweek.com) March 25, 2009 at 6:30 pm Mediaweek.com - -Yesterday's Winners: NCIS (CBS), Dancing With the Stars (ABC), The Mentalist (CBS) Gonyea, Houston, Leggett, Paulemon and Vest Celebrate Songwriter Livingston (Playbill) March 25, 2009 at 6:06 pm Playbill - It's the Talk of the Town, a musical tribute to the late composer Jerry Livingston, will be presented March 25 at the Triad Theatre in Manhattan. Look Out, Kelly Clarkson, Rob Pattinson's Crooning Puts Twilight in Chart Spotlight (E! Online) March 25, 2009 at 3:29 pm E! Online - The Twilight soundtrack is officially undead—thanks in part to Robert Pattinson's singing debut. Oates proves mastery again in story collection (AP) March 25, 2009 at 3:25 pm AP - "Dear Husband" (HarperCollins, 336 pages, $24.99), by Joyce Carol Oates: "I'm drawn to failure," Joyce Carol Oates once famously told an interviewer. "I feel that I'm contending with it constantly in my own life." Oscars: 82nd annual awards show to air March 7 (AP) March 25, 2009 at 3:20 pm AP - The Oscars will be presented a little later next year. Actor Isaiah Washington and wife face eviction (AP) March 25, 2009 at 3:15 pm AP - Isaiah Washington's landlord has started an eviction procedure against the former "Grey's Anatomy" star, claiming he owes $100,000 in rent. US group re-creates Nazi death camp orchestra (AP) March 25, 2009 at 3:10 pm AP - When Gustav Mahler's niece greeted new arrivals at a Nazi death camp, she knew that any woman who stepped off the train with a musical instrument had a chance to live. People: Family friend says Richardson was donor (AP) March 25, 2009 at 2:43 pm AP - People.com is reporting that Natasha Richardson's family has donated the actress's organs to save other patients' lives. New York museum opens exhibit on credit crisis (Reuters) March 25, 2009 at 2:30 pm Reuters - The global economic crisis wears on, but the Museum of American Finance is already documenting its history in an exhibit that opened on Wednesday. LA police appeal for tips in woman's disappearance (AP) March 25, 2009 at 9:50 am AP - Police appealed to the public for help in finding the sister of TV actress Aasha Davis, saying the woman vanished six weeks ago after an argument with her husband. Author tells tale of love and war in Basque Country (Reuters) March 25, 2009 at 9:11 am Reuters - Set in the Basque country of northeastern Spain in the 1930s, U.S. writer Dave Boling's debut novel is a family saga with the horrific German bombing of the small town of Guernica in the Spanish Civil War at its core. Prosecutor calls Phil Spector 'demonic maniac' (AP) March 25, 2009 at 8:32 am AP - A prosecutor told a jury that Phil Spector's history of violence against women was like a game of Russian roulette that ended with the shooting death of actress Lana Clarkson at his hilltop mansion. `Monsters vs. Aliens' creates another dimension (AP) March 25, 2009 at 7:12 am AP - "Monsters vs. Aliens" opens with an old 3-D gag: A ball bounces directly into the audience, causing moviegoers to instinctively scoot back in their seats. But the resemblance to old-fashioned 3-D ends there. Houston Chronicle cuts 12 percent of staff (Reuters) March 25, 2009 at 6:52 am Reuters - Hearst Corp's Houston Chronicle is cutting 12 percent of its staff, the newspaper said on Wednesday, as publishers continue to suffer from the weak advertising environment. Blockbuster aims beyond stores with TiVo deal (Reuters) March 25, 2009 at 4:47 am Reuters - Blockbuster Inc plans to let TiVo Inc subscribers download movies to their home televisions from its online movie library, in the latest deal aimed at broadening the brand to computers and other gadgets. `Idol' finalists savor group prize: concert tour (AP) March 25, 2009 at 3:14 am AP - The top 10 "American Idol" finalists say they already count themselves as winners: They've earned a place on the show's nationwide concert tour. The latest Hollywood script deals (Reuters) March 25, 2009 at 1:40 am Reuters - Scott Silver has been hired to rewrite "Battle: Los Angeles" for Columbia.