AP - There's no bloody glove this time, no smoking gun, no faded music icon showing up in court wearing a wig that made it look like he plugged his finger into an electrical socket.

TV News: Comedy combo of 'Men,' 'Bang' soar in ratings -- One day after hefty promotion during the Super Bowl, the CBS comedy combo of "Two and a Half Men" and "The Big Bang Theory" soared, with the latter hitting another series high. Also on the upswing Monday was ABC's reality veteran "The Bachelor," which hit a season high for the fifth straight week.

TV News: CBS keeps reality TV host through May 2011 -- Jeff Probst will remain host and exec producer of "Survivor" through May 2011.

Eye on the Oscars: The Director: Helmers find ways to make Oscar-worthy projects -- Oscar-type movies don't come easy, especially in today's risk-averse climate. Just ask the filmmakers behind this year's contenders. From the lowest budget productions to James Cameron's costly, ambitious blockbuster "Avatar," it's a surprise the movies were ever made in the first place.

Eye on the Oscars: The Director: Director leads team through the minefield -- Ask Kathryn Bigelow about the obstacles facing the production of "The Hurt Locker," and she cuts right to logistics. "The biggest challenge was getting all the material we needed on an extremely tight budget: To shoot the script with multiple locations and intricate choreography, it took a million feet of film," says the director.

Eye on the Oscars: The Director: Director went to great lengths to find perfect cast -- For Quentin Tarantino, getting his Nazi-bashing epic "Inglourious Basterds" set up and financed wasn't the problem. "The movie was ridiculously easy to get going," he admits sheepishly. The make-or-break challenge was casting.

Eye on the Oscars: The Director: Director took seven years to nurture film -- "Up in the Air" is only Jason Reitman's third feature, but the film's deft handling of complex themes and conflicting emotions belies his age.

Eye on the Oscars: The Director: 'Precious' director found courage to restart filming -- You might think a blistering drama about an obese, sexually abused HIV-positive black teenager would have trouble finding financial backers. But you'd be wrong.

Eye on the Oscars: The Director: Helmer pushes technology for his vision -- Calling James Cameron ambitious is an understatement. Try maniacally motivated to boldly go where no filmmaker has gone before.

Music News: Company dips $17 million for fiscal quarter -- Warner Music Group posted a net loss of $17 million (down 11 cents per share) for the fiscal quarter ending Dec. 31, the company announced Tuesday.

Film News: Investment fund in talks with Sony, Lionsgate -- Investment fund Pacificor is in talks with Sony and Lionsgate for the rights to the "Terminator" franchise.

Film Reviews: Life and obsessions of cult manga artist Shin'ichi Abe fuel Yoshifumi Tsubota's dissatisfying pic.

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Norah Jones, Wale, Flaming Lips, the xx also announced in gradual MySpace reveal.By James Montgomery Weezer's Rivers Cuomo Photo: Chris Weeks/ WireImage Jay-Z, Weezer, and the Flaming Lips are among the first batch of artists confirmed for the 2010 Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival, to be held June 10-13 in — as always — Manchester, Tennessee. Artists are being announced in a series of rolling reveals that will continue thro
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Rapper will undergo surgery before serving his prison term; sentencing pushed back to March 2.By Jayson Rodriguez Lil Wayne (file) Photo: Andy Kropa/ Getty Images NEW YORK — Lil Wayne's sentencing has been delayed until March 2 due to dental surgery, his attorney announced in a Manhattan courtroom Tuesday (February 9). The rapper was scheduled to be formally sentenced by a judge and begin serving his one-year term stemming from a
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Michael Jackson's father suspects his son was murdered and that Dr. Conrad Murray is "just a fall guy" in a conspiracy.

It was an emotional scene after the Super Bowl: Kendra Wilkinson in tears as she rushed out of the stadium holding her baby son.

After winning top honors at the Screen Actors Guild Awards and Golden Globes, Sandra Bullock received her first Oscar nomination this year for "The Blind Side." But she's already convinced she's not bringing the little man home.