Zakaria: Oil price gives Iran diplomatic strength
Amid allegations of Iranian aid to Iraqi insurgents, Iran's effort to build a nuclear bomb and a report on an increase in U.S. covert operations in Iran, analyst Fareed Zakaria takes a look at possible changes in the country's leadership and assesses the threat Iran could pose to Mideast stability.
Israel's prime minister stepping down
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said today he will not seek his party's nomination in the coming primary elections, citing "a wave of investigations and criticism" at the hands of his political opponents. Olmert's announcement comes as the United States is pushing for an Israeli-Palestinian peace agreement before President Bush leaves office in January.
The Force Is With Dark Knight (E! Online)
E! Online - Beware, Lord Vader.
Top 5 in TV, film, music, concert tours, video, DVD (AP)
AP - 1. NBA Finals Game 2: L.A. Lakers vs. Boston, ABC.
Brown: We owe our veterans more
On Veterans Day, we want to bring your attention to a different kind of battle that our disabled veterans are fighting.
Director Spike Lee axes agent after film flop (Reuters)
Reuters - Spike Lee has left his Hollywood talent agent of more than 15 years in the wake of the dismal box office performance of his latest movie.
No Such Thing as Bad News for Dark Knight (E! Online)
E! Online - Can anything stop the Batman?
'Ratatouille' composer to conduct Oscars (AP)
AP - The next time an Academy Award winner's acceptance speech runs long, a new conductor will strike up the band to play them off.
At least 20 reported dead in Russia sub accident
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Depp to play Tonto, Mad Hatter in upcoming films (Reuters)
Reuters - Johnny Depp is becoming the new face of Walt Disney Studios. The actor will preside over the manic tea party in Tim Burton's "Alice in Wonderland" as the Mad Hatter and will play Tonto in "The Lone Ranger," whose latest screen incarnation is being produced by Jerry Bruckheimer.
New DVD releases: `What Happens in Vegas' (AP)
AP - Selected home-video releases:
Roger Ebert Explains Festival Whack-Job (E! Online)
E! Online - So used to using his thumbs, Roger Ebert thought nothing of tapping a guy on the shoulder.
At least 52 Somalis die in smuggling attempt
At least 52 Somalis died when the boat smuggling them across the Gulf of Aden to Yemen broke down, and they were left adrift with no food or water for 18 days, U.N. officials said Sunday.
First military execution since 1961 scheduled
A U.S. soldier convicted of rape and murder two decades ago will be executed December 10 in the nation's first military execution since 1961, the Army said Thursday. Pvt. Ronald Gray has been on the military's death row at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, since 1988. Gray was convicted in both military and civilian courts of raping and killing a female Army private and a civilian near his post at Fort Bragg.
Man who killed burglary suspects cleared
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Chan and Li team up in "Forbidden Kingdom" (Reuters)
Reuters - In a rare moment of candor in
Hollywood, Jackie Chan admitted he was unimpressed with the
script of his new movie, "The Forbidden Kingdom" but the chance
to work with fellow martial arts star Jet Li for the first time
lured him to the project.
Opposition leader: Voters forced to pick Mugabe
Zimbabweans went to the polls Friday in the country's presidential runoff election -- one expected to end in victory for President Robert Mugabe.
Casting Couch: Carell, Hathaway Remain Employed (E! Online)
E! Online - Steve Carell and Anne Hathaway have spied new jobs, Sarah Jessica Parker is on a hiring spree while hubby Matthew Broderick is back on the boards, and Kristen Bell has a new Boy in her life.
NY photogs deny wrongdoing over nude Monroe pics (AP)
AP - A lawyer for two photography professionals says seven nude and seminude Marilyn Monroe photos that are the subject of a lawsuit were found in curbside garbage nearly 35 years ago.
Chapman 'ashamed' of killing John Lennon
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