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BUENOS AIRES - Canadian pop star Michael Buble married Argentine TV actress Luisana Lopilato in a civil ceremony on Thursday. The Grammy-winning singer of "Crazy Love" and his Argentine sweetheart posed for a mob of fans after tying the knot at a civil registry in downtown Buenos Aires. She wore a lilac chiffon dress with silver high heels and Buble wore a sharp gray suit as he leaned down for a smooch. Then Lopilato, 23, tossed a bouquet of purple orchids into the crowd as some fans

'Downton Abbey' writer Julian Fellowes is creating a TV show about the Titanic to mark the centenary anniversary of the ship's demise. The Oscar winner's six-part period drama, due to begin filming in Hungary this spring, will follow both fictional and historical characters onboard the doomed liner, which builders boasted was unsinkable.
Bosses behind the show insist viewers will be taken on "a heart-wrenching journey through Titanic's last hours". The show will air in the U.K.,

Security guards were called to the set of Good Morning America on Tuesday after Chris Brown allegedly suffered a meltdown and smashed a window in a furious rage. The pop star made an appearance on the TV show to promote his new music, and after performing he was interviewed by host Robin Roberts in New York's Times Square. The 'Kiss Kiss' hitmaker became increasingly annoyed by questions about his past legal troubles, including his 2009 assault on ex-girlfriend Rihanna.
He told

LOS ANGELES - "American Idol" is the darling of TV advertisers, dwarfing other TV shows by raking in an estimated $7.11 million every half hour last year for the Fox network, according to a Forbes.com survey. The singing contest topped Forbes.com's list of TV's biggest moneymakers in 2010, despite sliding ratings last year and generally lackluster talent. Far behind "Idol" was America's most-watched TV comedy "Two and A Half Men", with an estimated $2.89 million in advertising revenue

Rob Lowe is in talks to replace Charlie Sheen in 'Two And A Half Men.' Sheen was fired from the sitcom on Monday following a 10-day media blitz, during which he blasted show producers and show creator/writer Chuck Lorre for cancelling the remaining episodes of the current eighth season of the programme. And Lorre is already lining up the star's replacement following speculation TV veteran John Stamos would be the man for the job.
Sources report Lorre's team has been talking to

Charlie Sheen's lawyer has vowed to sue TV bosses after the embattled actor was fired from hit show 'Two And A Half Men' on Monday - insisting executives have no "basis to terminate" the star's contract. Warner Bros. chiefs decided to kick Sheen off the show following weeks of bizarre behaviour and public rants against producers and writer Chuck Lorre.
In the letter terminating the star's contract, Warner Bros' legal team points out all the clauses which have allegedly been

LAHORE - The International Cricket Council is not happy that a Pakistani television channel has employed banned cricketer Salman Butt as an expert for the coverage of the World Cup. The ICC said although it had no relationship with the channel, the decision to employ Butt was disappointing. "We are not satisfied with this appointment and we have written to the Tribunal chairman, Michael Beloff to enquire whether this could be viewed as a breach of the terms of his suspended sentence,"

ISLAMABAD - Pakistan's first web TV 'Maati', which will provide the country's youth a platform to share their views on social issues, and a research booklet based on the case studies of students experiencing sexual harassment in educational institutions were launched on Monday by an alliance of different NGOs in Islamabad. In the booklet 'Feeling Vulnerable in Houses of Learning', several moving stories of female students were documented from all over the Pakistan. A
ccording to

Charlie Sheen has given his first television interview since production on his top-rated sitcom "Two and a Half Men" was halted by its makers earlier this week for the remainder of the current season. Sheen will appear with ABC News' Andrea Canning, in a special one-hour edition of "20/20" on Tuesday, March 1 at 10pm est/7pm pst.
Sheen, 45, will discuss his recent controversial rants about "Two and a Half Men" co-creator Chuck Lorre that led broadcaster CBS and the show's maker

NAGPUR - Australia captain Ricky Ponting said it was his box and not his bat which damaged a World Cup dressing room television set. Ponting accepted an International Cricket Council reprimand after he reacted angrily to being run out in his team's 91-run win over Zimbabwe in Ahmedabad on Monday. But he insisted on Thursday that the incident had been blown wildly out of proportion. "Just to clarify, the television wasn't hit by me with my bat at all, it was hit by my box that I'd

NEW DELHI - Australia skipper Ricky Ponting was on Wednesday reprimanded by the International Cricket Council after he smashed a dressing room television set during a World Cup tie. The ICC said that Ponting had accepted the charge under the code of conduct which relates to "abuse of cricket equipment or clothing, ground equipment or fixtures and fittings during an international match".
Match referee Roshan Mahanama said: "Ricky knows that his action was in breach of the code,

KARACHI - Banned batsman Salman Butt said he was delighted to "renew his ties with cricket" after he made his debut as a television pundit for Pakistan's opening World Cup match against Kenya on Wednesday. Last week the sport's governing body (ICC) said it was unhappy Butt has been hired by a local channel and was checking whether he had breached the terms of his punishment after being found guilty of corruption.
However, Butt was glad to be involved in the sport again -- albeit

LAHORE - The ICC has objected to Salman Butt being employed as a pundit during the Cricket World Cup. Butt is set to work for Pakistan's Channel 5 during the competition. ICC chief executive Haroon Lorgat was quoted by BBC: "We are not satisfied with this appointment. The [ICC] board expressed disappointment at the decision."
The board has written to Michael Beloff QC, chair of the tribunal that banned Butt, to ask whether the player could be breaching the terms of his sentence.

'Two and a Half Men' star Charlie Sheen said in an interview on Monday that he is ready to return to work on the sitcom, after he took a break to deal with his drug problems. "We are on forced hiatus," the actor with a history of drug and alcohol abuse told on a TV show.
"They said, 'You get ready and we'll get ready.' And I got ready and went back and nobody's there. I don't know what to tell you ... I'm here and I'm ready. They're not. Bring it, you know?" the actor said in th

BIRMINGHAM - Former International Cricket Council president Ehsan Mani has branded the governing body "weak" for not doing more to prevent disgraced Pakistan batsman Salman Butt from taking up a World Cup media role. Although the ICC is powerless to prevent a private Pakistan TV channel from hiring Butt, who was banned for five years on fixing charges last week, Mani said they should have tried harder or voiced their disapproval.
Instead Butt, the Pakistan captain during their

LAHORE - After a three-week trial and one hour of deliberations, an upstate New York jury on Monday found Muzzammil Hassan guilty of second-degree murder for beheading his wife,
according to CNN.
In February 2009, Hassan, who founded a TV network aimed at countering Muslim stereotypes, went to a police station in the Buffalo, New York, suburb of Orchard Park and told officers his wife was dead, police said. Aasiya Hassan had been decapitated, with prosecutor Paul Bonanno,

LOS ANGELES - Television cameras will be allowed to film the involuntary manslaughter trial of Michael Jackson's doctor next month as long as they do not interfere with proceedings, a judge said on Monday.
Los Angeles Superior Court judge Michael Pastor also moved forward the date of Dr. Conrad Murray's trial by four days to March 24, when jury selection will begin. The trial is expected to last about six weeks, lawyers for both sides say. Murray has pleaded not guilty, and is