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Brazil should hear Amazon Indians on dam: Sting

Reuters - 1 hour, 47 minutes ago

SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazil's government should hear native Indians before deciding on the construction of a controversial $17.3 billion hydroelectric dam in the heart of the Amazon rainforest, rock star and environmental activist Sting said on Sunday.

  • Actress Eva Mendes arrives at the 2009 CNN Hero of the Year ceremony Saturday night Nov. 21, 2009 in Hollywood, Calif. The CNN Hero of the Year was introduced by Mendes, among the many stars who took the stage to introduce the 10 honorees. (AP Photo/Greg DeGuire - PictureGroup)
    Stars come out for CNN Heroes ceremony AP - Sun Nov 22, 9:13 AM ET

    LOS ANGELES - Kate Hudson, Pierce Brosnan, Neil Patrick Harris and other stars who are used to getting applause were giving it gladly at a ceremony honoring people who make a difference in the lives of others.

  • FILE - In this Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2008  file photo, British broadcaster David Frost, arrives at the world premiere of Frost/Nixon, and the opening of the London Film Festival, in central London. British TV personality David Frost will be honored at the 37th Annual International Emmy Awards for a wide-ranging career that has taken him from pioneering political satire on television to conducting serious interviews with former President Richard Nixon and other newsmakers.  (AP Photo/Joel Ryan, File)
    International Emmys to honor David Frost AP - Sun Nov 22, 9:03 AM ET

    NEW YORK - British TV personality David Frost will be honored at the 37th Annual International Emmy Awards for a wide-ranging career that has taken him from pioneering political satire on television to conducting serious interviews with former President Richard Nixon and other newsmakers.

  • A woman looks at a sequined glove that once belonged to the late pop star at the MJ46 Japan Tour, an exhibition showcasing various Michael Jackson items, in Tokyo November 9, 2009. REUTERS/Yuriko Nakao
    Jackson's glove sells for $350,000 at auction Reuters - Sun Nov 22, 9:03 AM ET

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - Michael Jackson's famous white glove sold for $350,000 at a memorabilia auction on Saturday, soaring far past pre-sale estimates, while a black jacket he wore during a 1989 world tour fetched $225,000.

  • Indian Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty arrives for a pre-wedding 'sangeet' ceremony in Khandala, 100 kms from Mumbai. Shetty, best known for winning the British version of television show Celebrity Big Brother, married in a lavish ceremony in western India.(AFP/Str)
    Bollywood star Shetty marries in glittering ceremony AFP - Sun Nov 22, 7:41 AM ET

    KHANDALA, India (AFP) - Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty, best known for winning the British version of television show Celebrity Big Brother, married in a lavish ceremony in western India on Sunday.

  • John Travolta, family attend opening of new movie AP - Sun Nov 22, 6:00 AM ET

    OCALA, Fla. - John Travolta and his family have helped raise money for charities in their home state of Florida with a screening of his new comedy

  • Michael Jackson's white jewel glove is on display at an auction preview in New York on November 17. A hotel in the glitzy Asian gambling haven of Macau will display Michael Jackson's rhinestone-encrusted glove after paying $350,000 for the piece of pop history at auction, the hotel has said.(AFP/File/Emmanuel Dunand)
    Macau hotel to display Jacko 'moonwalk' glove AFP - Sun Nov 22, 5:46 AM ET

    HONG KONG (AFP) - A hotel in the glitzy Asian gambling haven of Macau will display Michael Jackson's rhinestone-encrusted glove after paying 350,000 dollars for the piece of pop history at auction, the hotel said on Sunday.

  • Michael Jackson's white jeweled glove, is on display at an auction preview in New York, November 17. The rhinestone-encrusted glove sold Saturday for 350,000 dollars at a frenzied auction in New York.(AFP/File/Emmanuel Dunand)
    Jacko 'moonwalk' glove sells for $350,000 AFP - Sun Nov 22, 4:32 AM ET

    NEW YORK (AFP) - The rhinestone-encrusted glove worn by pop icon Michael Jackson for his first "moonwalk" dance in 1983 sold Saturday for 350,000 dollars at a frenzied auction in New York.

  • Kid Rock and Stevie Wonder sing a duet during Motown Records 50th anniversary gala on Saturday, Nov. 21, 2009 in Detroit. (AP Photo/Jerry S. Mendoza)
    Motown caps 50th anniversary with hometown gala AP - Sun Nov 22, 4:00 AM ET

    DETROIT - Black ties and gowns filled a ballroom Saturday in a big-bucks salute to Detroit-style royalty — the King of Motown, the Queen of Soul and the Kid of Rock.

  • FILE -This undated file photo released by Julien's Auctions shows Michael Jackson's glove from his 1983 performance of Billie Jean at the Motown 25 television special where he performed the Moonwalk for the first time. The glove and othe Jackson items will be auctioned on Saturday, Nov. 21, 2009, at the Hard Rock Cafe in New York City's Times Square. (AP Photo/Julien's Auctions, File)
    Jackson moonwalk glove sells for $350K in NYC AP - Sun Nov 22, 1:54 AM ET

    NEW YORK - The shimmering, white glove Michael Jackson wore when he premiered his trademark moonwalk dance in 1983 was auctioned off for $350,000 — plus tax — on Saturday.

  • FILE - In this  Oct. 27, 2009 file photo, Music producer Berry Gordy arrives to the premiere of 'Michael Jackson's This Is It,' in Los Angeles. Gordy founded what would become Motown Records a half-century ago with an $800 loan. Today, that would get you two tickets with a bit to spare to the Motown 50 Golden Gala. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles, File)
    Motown gala 'means everything' to founder Gordy AP - Sat Nov 21, 7:51 PM ET

    DETROIT - Hundreds have gathered to salute Detroit-style royalty — the King of Motown, the Queen of Soul and the Kid of Rock.

  • Sheryl Crow takes up cause of wild horses in West AP - Sat Nov 21, 4:02 PM ET

    RENO, Nev. - Sheryl Crow is joining others in calling on the federal government to halt roundups of wild horses in the West, branding them as inhumane and unnecessary.

  • Singer Robbie Williams to court investors: report Reuters - Sat Nov 21, 12:41 PM ET

    LONDON (Reuters) - British singer Robbie Williams may sell the right to half his future album, touring and sponsorship earnings in a 50 million pound ($83 million) deal, one of his managers was reported to say on Saturday.

  • FILE - In this Oct. 8, 2009 file photo, singer Justin Bieber appears on the NBC 'Today' television program in New York. New York police shut down a mall appearance by teen pop singer Justin Bieber after thousands of young girls showed up and got a little too wild. Nassau County police say girls and adults in the crowd of nearly 3,000 started pushing and shoving as they waited for the 15-year-old sensation to arrive Friday, Nov. 20, 2009 at the Roosevelt Field Mall in Garden City, N.Y. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)
    Tween Justin Bieber fans lose control at NY mall AP - Sat Nov 21, 11:51 PM ET

    GARDEN CITY, N.Y. - New York police shut down a mall appearance by teen pop singer Justin Bieber (BEE'-ber) after thousands of young girls showed up and got a little too wild.

  • Linda Gerber, from Chicago, and a member of the live broadcast of The Oprah Winfrey Show,  holds a copy of the Chicago Sun-Times as she departs Harpo Studios Friday, Nov. 20, 2009 in Chicago. Winfrey announced during the broadcast Friday, that her powerhouse daytime television show will end its 25-season run in 2011.  (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
    Losing Winfrey would be big blow for Second City AP - Sat Nov 21, 12:38 PM ET

    CHICAGO - Step outside Oprah Winfrey's Harpo Studios and into the near west side neighborhood that's been home to her television talk show for two decades, and it's easy to get a sense of what she's meant to Chicago.

  • Dr. Conrad Murray, a physician for the late pop star Michael Jackson, appears at a child support hearing at Clark County Family Court, Monday, Nov. 16, 2009,  in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Isaac Brekken, pool)
    Warrant: Drug in Jackson case came from Vegas firm AP - Sat Nov 21, 4:24 AM ET

    LAS VEGAS - A powerful anesthetic recovered from Michael Jackson's bedside after he died had been purchased in Nevada by his doctor who had it shipped to California, court documents show.

  • FILE - In this Sept. 1, 2009 file photo actress Sarah Jessica Parker films a scene on location for 'Sex and the City 2' in New York. (AP Photo/Charles Sykes)
    Parker-Broderick surrogacy case jury breaks AP - Sat Nov 21, 12:07 AM ET

    ST. CLAIRSVILLE, Ohio - The jury in the trial of an Ohio police chief accused of breaking into the home of a woman who carried twins for Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick ended five hours of deliberations Friday without a verdict.

  • Busta Rhymes hopes "Chemo" cures ailing music biz Reuters - Fri Nov 20, 11:04 PM ET

    NEW YORK (Billboard) - Less than a year after releasing his eighth studio album, "Back on My B.S.," New York rapper Busta Rhymes plans to strengthen the state of the music industry, which he says is "dying like cancer is killing it," with his brand new effort, "The Chemo."

  • In this image taken from video Friday, Nov. 20, 2009 and provided by Harpo Productions Inc., talk-show host Oprah Winfrey announces during a live broadcast of 'The Oprah Winfrey Show' in Chicago that her daytime television show, the foundation of a multibillion-dollar media empire, will end its run in 2011 after 25 seasons on the air. (AP Photo/Harpo Productions, Inc.)   MANDATORY  CREDIT,  NO SALES
    Oprah's departure presents problem for TV stations AP - Fri Nov 20, 8:04 PM ET

    CHICAGO - For more than two decades, Oprah Winfrey has been the inspirational, change-your-life champion who reigned over daytime television much like Johnny Carson once ruled late night.

  • Eminem delays "Relapse 2" but readies "Refill" Reuters - Fri Nov 20, 7:18 PM ET

    LOS ANGELES (Billboard) - Eminem is pushing his "Relapse 2" album -- originally scheduled for a late 2009 release -- to next year. But in the meantime, on December 21 he'll re-release his fifth studio album with seven bonus tracks as "Relapse: Refill."

  • South Korean model Daul Kim is seen presenting a creation by Alexander Mcqueen during Spring/Summer 2008 ready-to-wear collection show in Paris, in 2007. Kim was found hanged in her central Paris apartment after an apparent suicide, the South Korean embassy said on Friday, citing French police officials.(AFP/File/Francois Guillot)
    S.Koreans mourn rising star supermodel AFP - Sat Nov 21, 3:06 AM ET

    SEOUL (AFP) - Fans and friends on Saturday expressed shock at the death of a South Korean supermodel who was found hanged in her central Paris apartment earlier this week.

  • Celebrity photographer Adnan Ghalib stands outside the Los Angeles County courthouse in this January 14, 2008 file photo. Ghalib, who briefly dated Britney Spears at the height of her career meltdown, was sentenced to 45 days in jail on Friday after clashing with an official trying to serve him a restraining order. The 37-year-old, one of the paparazzi who trailed Spears night and day in 2007, was also ordered to complete an anger management program.  REUTERS/Danny Moloshok/Files (UNITED STATES ENTERTAINMENT CRIME LAW)
    Britney Spears' ex-boyfriend, photographer jailed Reuters - Fri Nov 20, 7:08 PM ET

    LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A celebrity photographer who briefly dated Britney Spears at the height of her career meltdown was sentenced to 45 days in jail on Friday after clashing with an official trying to serve him a restraining order.

  • Britney Spears' ex sentenced to jail AP - Fri Nov 20, 7:00 PM ET

    LOS ANGELES - Britney Spears' ex-boyfriend Adnan Ghalib is being sent to jail for 45 days for leaving the scene of an accident.

  • Billboard CD reviews: Norah Jones, Big Kenny, Rihanna Reuters - Fri Nov 20, 6:29 PM ET

    ARTIST: NORAH JONES

    ALBUM: THE FALL

    NEW YORK (Billboard) - Norah Jones' fourth album, "The Fall," may surprise some of her die-hard fans, or at least disarm them a bit.

  • Fans of pop star Michael Jackson hold a spontaneous vigil June 25 after hearing of his death. Jackson's deathbed doctor waited over an hour to call for help when he realized the pop star wasn't breathing, and could not be found for hours afterward, according to a search warrant.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Charley Gallay)
    Jackson doctor 'waited over an hour' before 911 call AFP - Fri Nov 20, 10:36 PM ET

    LAS VEGAS (AFP) - Michael Jackson's deathbed doctor waited over an hour to call for help when he realized the pop star wasn't breathing, and could not be found for hours afterward, according to a search warrant.

  • Jennifer Lopez, far right, rehearses a dance move with backup dancers for her performance in Sunday's 2009 American Music Awards, Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009, at the Nokia Theater in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
    Jennifer Lopez, Adam Lambert ready for AMA stage AP - Fri Nov 20, 5:56 PM ET

    LOS ANGELES - Jennifer Lopez plans to include fireworks and an on-stage costume change in her performance at the American Music Awards. "American Idol" runner-up Adam Lambert will incorporate leather and chains into his.

  • LA attorneys distance Polanski from French lawyer Reuters - Fri Nov 20, 9:43 PM ET

    PARIS/LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A French attorney for Roman Polanski who said the film director would not return voluntarily to the United States to face child sex charges is not authorized to speak in the case, Polanski's U.S. attorneys said on Friday.

  • Singer Miley Cyrus, one of the featured Divas, arrives for the VH1 Divas show in New York September 17, 2009. REUTERS/Chip East
    Driver dies in Miley Cyrus tour bus crash Reuters - Fri Nov 20, 5:47 PM ET

    LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The driver of a tour bus for Miley Cyrus died on Friday when the vehicle crashed in Virginia, but the teen singer was not on-board, police said.

  • Britney Spears arrives with her then-boyfriend Adnan Ghalib (R) at the Los Angeles County Superior courthouse in 2008. Ghalib was sentenced to 45 days in prison on Friday for fleeing the scene of an accident earlier this year.(AFP/File/Gabriel Bouys)
    Britney's ex-boyfriend jailed for leaving accident AFP - Fri Nov 20, 5:03 PM ET

    LOS ANGELES (AFP) - A former boyfriend of pop star Britney Spears was sentenced to 45 days in prison on Friday for fleeing the scene of an accident earlier this year.

  • US television superstar Oprah Winfrey, seen here in September 2009, on Friday announced that she will take her iconic talk show off the air in 2011 at the end of its 25th season.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Jason Merritt)
    Tearful Oprah announces end to iconic talk show AFP - Fri Nov 20, 5:00 PM ET

    CHICAGO (AFP) - A tearful Oprah Winfrey on Friday announced that she will take her iconic talk show off the air in 2011 at the end of its 25th season, prompting an outpouring of emotional tributes from devoted fans.

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