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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

NEW YORK - Wale wanted to infuse his debut album with a woman's touch, so the rapper recruited singing divas like Rihanna, Lady Gaga, Chrisette Michele and Jazmine Sullivan to get that feeling across.

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.

DETROIT - Eminem's comeback year of 2009 was expected to include the release of two new albums.

DINWIDDIE, Va. - The driver of a Miley Cyrus tour bus was killed Friday when the bus overturned, but the 16-year-old "Hannah Montana" star wasn't on board, Virginia State Police said.

LOS ANGELES (AFP) - A Los Angeles judge on Friday dismissed a lawsuit against Miley Cyrus which accused the teen icon of discriminating against Asians after she was photographed making "slant eyes."

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Oprah Winfrey said on Friday that she will end her popular TV show in 2011 because it "feels right in her bones" after 25 years, and urged viewers not to believe rumors of why she's quitting.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Back in early 1995 when Sheryl Crow won Grammy gold for her debut album, her bank account was hardly glistening.

NEW YORK (Billboard) - Sting's "If on a Winter's Night..." may feature holiday-inspired songs, but don't call it a Christmas album. "The whole season is much broader than that," he says. "Winter is about inspiration and imagination."

NEW YORK (AFP) - Actor and heartthrob Jude Law hurled oranges at an unwanted audience peeking on his exercise routine on his New York balcony, the New York Post reported Friday.

NEW YORK - Heidi Klum and her post-baby body led the parade at the annual Victoria's Secret fashion show, which returned to New York with some fresh faces after four years on the road.

Oprah Winfrey has racked up memorable moments during her long television reign. Some were moving, some embarrassing — to her or others — and a handful became pop-culture landmarks. Here are highlights through the years:

CHICAGO - Fans who will be in the audience at "The Oprah Winfrey Show" say they're excited to hear the media mogul talk about her plans for the future.

LONDON (Reuters) - Scottish singer Susan Boyle, one of the biggest stars of the Internet age, seeks to turn global celebrity into record sales next week with the release of her debut album "I Dreamed a Dream."

ROME (Reuters) - An art collector has found a tooth, thumb and finger of the renowned Italian scientist Galileo Galilei who died in the 17th century, Florence's History of Science museum said on Friday.

LONDON (AFP) - Glamour model Katie Price warned she may quit I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here! on Friday after she was nominated by viewers to take part in another gruesome trial.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - At what may be the height of her early career, teen sensation Taylor Swift finds herself facing the downside of stardom -- naysayers.

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Uma Thurman soon will be making time with Rob Pattinson.

NEW ORLEANS - Wearing a floor-length pastel striped evening gown, Sandra Bullock walked the red carpet in New Orleans Thursday for a special premiere of her latest film, "The Blind Side."

LOS ANGELES - Eddie Cibrian is suing Life & Style Weekly for defamation over a recent story claiming he was cheating on girlfriend LeAnn Rimes.

It still has a long way to go. But the arrival of Heather Locklear on Melrose Place on Tuesday lifted the struggling revival to its best performance in total viewers (1.57 million), women 18-34 (1.6 rating/5 share) and women 18-49 (1.1/ 3) in six weeks. Compared to one week earlier, Melrose Place increased by 23 percent in total viewers and as much as 38 percent among adults 18-34 (1.1/ 3).

NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) - Audrey Hepburn once declared her look was "attainable" and an upcoming auction of some of the fashionable film star's wardrobe will make that possible.

Traditionally, The Emmy Awards airs one day before the official start of the TV season. But The 62nd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards will be telecast on NBC on Sunday, August 29 due to the network's Sunday night football franchise.

LOS ANGELES (AFP) - R&B singer Chris Brown was praised by a Los Angeles judge on Thursday for making "extremely favorable" progress following his sentence for assaulting ex-girlfriend Rihanna.

STOCKHOLM (AFP) - Former South African president Nelson Mandela and his wife Graca Machel have been voted Decade Child Rights Heroes by 7.1 million children, the World's Children's Prize foundation said Friday.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - U.S. Senator John Kerry's elder daughter, Alexandra, who made a red-carpet splash at the Cannes film festival five years ago in a see-through dress, was arrested in Hollywood on Thursday on suspicion of drunken driving.