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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A magazine cover photo of Angelina Jolie breast-feeding one of her newborn twins may have turned the superstar actress into a role model for new mothers.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Angelina Jolie, an advocate for adoption, was determined never to get pregnant until Brad Pitt came along and changed her mind, the actress said in a magazine interview.

MADRID (AFP) - Doctors believe Spanish golf legend Severiano Ballesteros suffered an epileptic fit before being admitted four days ago to a Madrid hospital, where he has now left the intensive care unit, the facility said Friday.

MIAMI (AFP) - Helio Castroneves was given permission to race at an Indy-Car event later this month in Australia by a US judge Friday even though the Brazilian faces federal tax evasion charges, the Miami Herald reported.

PASADENA, Calif. - Cloris Leachman has been chosen as grand marshal for next year's Rose Parade.

PASADENA, Calif. - Cloris Leachman has been chosen as grand marshal for next year's Rose Parade.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Viacom Inc and CBS Corp warned that quickly deteriorating advertising sales would slash their profits, signaling that the financial crisis is hitting the media industry harder than previously thought.

MIAMI - A Miami judge has agreed to modify bail conditions on tax charges so Helio Castroneves can race later this month in Australia.

NEW YORK - Eileen Herlie, a stage and TV actress who appeared on "All My Children" for more than three decades as the motherly Myrtle Fargate, has died at 90.

NEW YORK (Hollywood Reporter) - The Barack Obama presidential campaign will pay NBC and CBS almost $1 million each for the campaign's half-hour ad buy in primetime on October 29, according to documents made available by the respective networks.

PASADENA, Calif. - Cloris Leachman has been chosen as grand marshal for next year's Rose Parade.

LOS ANGELES - A celebrity photographer wants to make "paparazzo" a four-letter word during his upcoming civil trial against Keanu Reeves.

NEW YORK - Angelina Jolie, an advocate of adoption, credits partner Brad Pitt with her decision to have biological children.

LOS ANGELES - A woman accused of stalking John Cusack accepted a plea deal Friday that will allow her to avoid state prison.

NEW YORK - Eileen Herlie, a stage and TV actress who appeared on "All My Children" for more than three decades as the motherly Myrtle Fargate, has died at 90.

NEW YORK (Billboard) - At the Austin City Limits (ACL) Music Festival in Texas at the end of September, sandwiched between a stage and a small recycling center stood a white dome decorated with colorful cloud patterns. Inside the air-conditioned structure, visitors could get customized T-shirts, temporary tattoos and a mixtape of songs by artists performing at the festival.

NEW YORK (Billboard) - Connie Talbot's first release, "Over the Rainbow," has already gone gold in the United Kingdom (100,000 copies) and platinum in Korea (15,000 copies) and has logged more than 46 million hits on YouTube. Not bad for a 7-year-old.

LOS ANGELES (Billboard) - About two months before the release of his band's third studio album, "When the World Comes Down," All-American Rejects singer/bassist Tyson Ritter is spending most of his free time drinking beer and engaging in kite-flying wars on the beaches of Northern Florida.

LOS ANGELES (Billboard) - Old school can still command attention -- just ask Tina Turner, who recently launched a sold-out world tour at age 68. Hoping to sashay its way into that zeitgeist is futuristic '70s rock-soul-funk trio Labelle.

ARTIST: KENNY CHESNEY

ALBUM: LUCKY OLD SUN

NEW YORK (Billboard) - Kenny Chesney does his heroes George Strait and Jimmy Buffett proud on his latest set, which has a free-and-easy feel befitting its island inspiration.

Christie Brinkley's ex talks about why he cheated with a teenager.

New Jersey's own Jon Bon Jovi will join Senator Barack Obama for a fundraising event in Philadelphia on Friday evening.

Former System of a Down members come together for new project

'City of Ember,' 'The Express' and 'Quarantine' in theaters this weekend

Jeremy Piven, Ludacris, Thandie Newton and Gerard Butler star in the new Guy Ritchie wild ride "RocknRolla."

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - National Amusements Inc, a privately held company controlled by Sumner Redstone, will sell more than 20 percent of its stake in Viacom Inc and CBS Inc to pay down debt to comply with its credit agreement covenants.

NEW YORK (Hollywood Reporter) - NBC Universal lost money on the Beijing Olympics, executives of parent company General Electric said Friday.

NEW YORK (Hollywood Reporter) - The Barack Obama presidential campaign will pay NBC and CBS almost $1 million each for the campaign's half-hour ad buy in primetime on October 29, according to documents made available by the respective networks.

DEAR ABBY: I have been a poll worker for years. I would appreciate it if you would print this important advice to voters:

DEAR ABBY: I am writing regarding the letter from "Sniffled Out in Indiana" (July 18), who complained about the noises her co-worker made throughout the day.

DEAR ABBY: My daughter, "Christie," just started her freshman year in college. She's a little overwhelmed and trying to adjust. She is smart, focused and mature.

10/10/2008 - DEAR MARGO: I am a 23-year-old woman who is dating a 47-year-old man.

10/09/2008 - DEAR MARGO: Three years ago I started a condoned affair with another man.

10/03/2008 - DEAR MARGO: My husband and I have been married for a year and together for four.

TROY, N.Y. - Who is running for president? In an upstate New York county, hundreds of voters have been sent absentee ballots in which they could vote for "Barack Osama."

MIDDLETOWN, Del. - When 72-year-old Gladys Dressner first saw two snakes last in her new apartment last month, she froze. Days later, when an eight-inch snake crawled across her bed, she screamed. Finally, after stepping on a baby black rat snake, she moved.

WEST HARTFORD, Conn. - West Hartford police said they charged a 51-year-old woman with assault, reckless endangerment and tampering with evidence after she allegedly served a marijuana-tainted ginger cake to her real estate agent.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Ever wonder what happens after you yank the chain on the old commode? Rhode Island is offering tours of several wastewater treatment facilities during what its dubbed the first annual "Rhode Island Water Infrastructure Month."

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia - A couple in rural Cambodia has terminated their 18-year marriage with a divorce settlement that entailed sawing in two the wooden house they once shared, villagers said Friday. The husband, 42-year-old Moeun Sarim, has taken away with him all the bits and pieces of his half a house, said his 35-year-old wife, Vat Navy.

LONDON - A publicist for Meat Loaf says the 57-year-old rocker was hospitalized in London for three days following an awards ceremony earlier this week.

NEW YORK - Eileen Herlie, a stage and TV actress who appeared on "All My Children" for more than three decades as the motherly Myrtle Fargate, has died at 90. Herlie died Wednesday of pneumonia, said Julie Hanan Carruthers, the ABC soap opera's executive producer.

LOS ANGELES - A woman accused of stalking John Cusack accepted a plea deal Friday that will allow her to avoid state prison. Emily Leatherman pleaded no contest to a felony count of stalking Cusack. A judge immediately sentenced her to five years' probation and mandatory psychiatric counseling.

10/10/2008 - DEAR MARGO: I am a 23-year-old woman who is dating a 47-year-old man.

NEW YORK - Angelina Jolie, an advocate of adoption, credits partner Brad Pitt with her decision to have biological children. In an interview with W magazine, Jolie says: "One of the life-changing things that he did, one of many, is that I was absolutely never going to get pregnant. I never felt that it was the right thing to do."