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Court: Anna Nicole Smith gets none of oil fortune (AP)

FILE - In this Aug. 24, 2007 file photo, Anna Nicole Smith leaves the U.S. Supreme Court  in Washington. A federal appeals court says Anna Nicole Smith's estate will receive none of the more than $300 million that she claimed her late billionaire husband had promised her. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals is the latest stop in the 15-year legal battle over the $1.6 billion estate that oil magnate J. Howard Marshall left after his 1995 death at age 90. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta,File)AP - A federal appeals court says Anna Nicole Smith's estate will receive none of the more than $300 million that she claimed her late billionaire husband had promised her.


Final book in 'Fablehaven' series due out Tuesday (AP)

In this image released by Shadow Mountain Press, Brandon Mull, author of the 'Fablehaven' series is shown. (AP Photo/Shadow Mountain Press)AP - As he toiled away in the basement of his home, Brandon Mull quickly ditched the mundane for a world teeming with zombies, trolls, imps and centaurs.


Oprah, schoolgirls to testify at defamation trial (AP)

FILE - In this Nov. 1, 2009 file photo, Oprah Winfrey arrives at the  premiere of the film 'Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire,' at AFI Fest 2009 in Los Angeles. Winfrey must defend a defamation suit over remarks she made about a headmistress at her girls school in South Africa after a sex-abuse scandal erupted at the school, a U.S. judge ruled. The case is now set for trial on March 29, 2010 in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, File)AP - Oprah Winfrey and several schoolgirls allegedly abused at her academy in South Africa are expected to testify in a trial over a defamation lawsuit brought by the school's former headmistress, whose performance Winfrey criticized.


Ellen presents $30K to Miss. lesbian in prom flap (AP)

In this photo released by Warner Bros, talk show host Ellen DeGeneres sits down with Constance McMillen, left, an 18-year old student from Fulton, Miss, whose prom was canceled after she asked to bring a same-sex date. This episode of 'The Ellen DeGeneres Show' airs on Friday, March 19, 2010.  (AP Photo/Warner Bros., Michael Rozman)AP - A lesbian high school student embroiled in a legal flap over her school's prom policy has received a $30,000 scholarship on "The Ellen DeGeneres Show."


Do famous and tweet-happy care about following? (AP)

FILE - In this April 23, 2007 file photo, Chicago Sun-Times film critic Roger Ebert poses at home in his office, in Chicago.  Ebert, who lost his voice as a result of cancer, tweets regularly to 112,201 followers.  (AP Photo/Chicago Sun-Times, Dom Najolia, File) ** CHICAGO LOCALS OUT, MAGS OUT, ONE TIME USE ONLY FOR ONLINE **AP - Twitter is so many things to so many people: infomercial, backyard fence, brain dump. The funny, famous, famous for the wrong reasons or simply very useful have thousands of followers, but who do THEY follow?


Volunteer day promoted to honor Mister Rogers (AP)

A figure of the late Fred Rogers, host of the PBS children's television program 'Mister Rogers Neighborhood', is positioned on the bench near one of the actual sweaters and shoes Rogers used in his television program after a photo shoot at the Heinz History Center before it is placed on exhibit at the museum in Pittsburgh,  Friday, March 19, 2010. Rogers, who died in 2003, was a Pittsburgh area native. Now, Rogers' friends want to honor his legacy with a national day of volunteering on his birthday. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)AP - Mister Rogers cared deeply about his neighbors and his neighborhood, both in the Neighborhood of Make-Believe and in real life.


FCC kicks off cable-broadcaster review (Reuters)
Reuters - The U.S. Federal Communications Commission launched a review into how broadcasters and cable companies negotiate retransmission deals following a recent spat between Walt Disney Co's ABC Network and Cablevision Systems Corp.
Neil Young documentary captures raw energy of live show (Reuters)
Reuters - Following up on 2006's "Neil Young: Heart of Gold" with the second film in an anticipated concert trilogy, Jonathan Demme returns with "Neil Young Trunk Show: Scenes from a Concert," an appreciably more visceral and spontaneous documentary.
Court rules against Anna Nicole Smith in estate (Reuters)

U.S. rock singer Patti Smith is seen at a book signing event in Melbourne October 10, 2008. REUTERS/Mick TsikasReuters - A federal appeals court on Friday ruled against late model Anna Nicole Smith, leaving her heirs none of the $300 million she sought from the estate of her Texas oil baron husband.


McLachlan to release first album in seven years (Reuters)
Reuters - Lilith Fair founder and singer-songwriter Sarah McLachlan has announced that she will release her first album in seven years, "The Laws of Illusion," on June 15.
50-year-old ballet gets street-smart treatment (Reuters)
Reuters - A piece of the past is beautifully revived in "NY Export: Opus Jazz," a note-perfect adaptation of Jerome Robbins' 1958 "ballet in sneakers" that updates the street-cool vibe of a piece reminiscent of his "West Side Story."
Court: Anna Nicole Smith gets none of oil fortune (AP)

FILE - In this Aug. 24, 2007 file photo, Anna Nicole Smith leaves the U.S. Supreme Court  in Washington. A federal appeals court says Anna Nicole Smith's estate will receive none of the more than $300 million that she claimed her late billionaire husband had promised her. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals is the latest stop in the 15-year legal battle over the $1.6 billion estate that oil magnate J. Howard Marshall left after his 1995 death at age 90. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta,File)AP - A federal appeals court says Anna Nicole Smith's estate will receive none of the more than $300 million that she claimed her late billionaire husband had promised her.


Ben Stiller Turns Down the Volume at the "Greenberg" Premiere (Fashion Wire Daily)

FWD101 Christine Taylor and Ben Stiller arrive at the Film premiere of Fashion Wire Daily - You might not even recognize Ben Stiller at the moment, for the usually bulked-up, over-the-top comedic actor has transformed himself into a low-key guy for his latest film, the dry comedy "Greenberg."


Final book in 'Fablehaven' series due out Tuesday (AP)

In this image released by Shadow Mountain Press, Brandon Mull, author of the 'Fablehaven' series is shown. (AP Photo/Shadow Mountain Press)AP - As he toiled away in the basement of his home, Brandon Mull quickly ditched the mundane for a world teeming with zombies, trolls, imps and centaurs.


Fashion's latest fixation: 3D (The Newsroom)

A model wears an outfit by designers Burberry Prorsum for their Autumn/Winter 2010 collection at London Fashion Week,  in London, Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2010. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)The Newsroom - Burberry has become the premiere brand to break through fashion week's fourth wall this season by staging the world's first-ever global 3D fashion show. (To note, the British fashion brand wasn't the only one to engage with the technology conceived more than half-a-century ago: Los Angeles tailored menswear label Native Son's New York Fashion Week presentation included a multi-dimensional video that required 3D glasses for viewing.)


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