NEW YORK (AP) – Top models Alessandra Ambrosio, Miranda Kerr and Doutzen Kroes will strut in the annual Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show to live musical performances by Kanye West and Maroon 5.The catwalk event, which also will include VS models Erin Heatherton, Candice Swanepoel, Lindsay Ellingson and Lily Aldridge, will be filmed on Nov. 9 for a televised special later in the month.The Nov.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Brad Pitt was unable to put the cat out of first place at the weekend box office.Walt Disney’s “The Lion King” reissue was No. 1 for the second-straight weekend with $22.1 million, according to studio estimates Sunday. That puts it just ahead of Pitt’s baseball drama “Moneyball,” a Sony Pictures release that opened at No. 2 with $20.6 million.Debuting closely behind at No.
LOS ANGELES (AP) – The studio that fired former “Two and a Half Men” star Charlie Sheen said Monday it has struck a deal with the actor to end their legal dispute.Warner Bros. Television released a statement saying that Sheen’s lawsuit against the studio and series executive producer Chuck Lorre has been settled “to the parties’ satisfaction.” The statement said terms of the settlement are confidential.Sheen had filed a $100 million lawsuit for wrongful termination against Warner after his firing last March.
MILAN (AP) – Milan designers are in denial.Or it could just be an act of collective will to dispel the growing economic gloom.Because when they look into their crystal ball for next summer, they see the tropics.
LONDON (AP) – Academy Award-winning actress Kate Winslet helped rescue Richard Branson’s elderly mother from a fire that destroyed his Caribbean home.The Virgin Group boss said in his blog that he wanted to offer “many thanks to Kate Winslet for helping to carry my 90 year (old) mum out of the main house to safety.” He joked that Winslet “was wondering when a director was going to shout ‘CUT!’In a separate statement Tuesday, Branson praised Winslet’s two children, 10-year-old Mia and 7-year-old Joe, who were also staying in the house when it caught fire.
NEW YORK (AP) – Like David Letterman, Ashton Kutcher isn’t afraid of a little fatwa humor.Kutcher taped an appearance for Letterman’s talk show Wednesday, and the actor came on stage wearing a helmet and a bulletproof vest printed with the phrase, “Not Dave.”Last week, a contributor to a jihadist website posted a threat of violence against Letterman because the comedian had made fun of al-Qaida leaders on a previous show.