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For actor Roger Moore his word is his Bond (Reuters)
Reuters - After 60 years in the make-believe world of acting, Roger Moore admits to telling the occasional fib or little white lie now and again.
Sienna Miller wins damages from photo agency (AP)
AP - British actress Sienna Miller has won 53,000 pounds ($79,000) from a photo agency she was suing on grounds of harassment.
Madonna, Ritchie granted preliminary divorce (AP)
AP - After the wedding in a Scottish castle, the mansion on a green English estate and the drinks in their own pub, Madonna and Guy Ritchie's eight-year marriage ended Friday in a dreary London courtroom.
Holly Golightly continues to charm 50 years later (AP)
AP - The scene that made it excusable to wear a tiara to breakfast: Audrey Hepburn, gowned in Givenchy black with long gloves, fat pearls and oversized sunglasses. She peers through a Tiffany's window with Danish and coffee in hand.
The 10 movies you shouldn't watch online (AP)
AP - Movies are increasingly creeping online, as video sites like YouTube and Hulu are adding feature films to their extensive libraries.
Teen wins 'Twilight' car on 'Tyra Banks Show' (AP)
AP - Sometimes it pays to have your heart broken.
Bruce Willis wants cash back from Malaysia company (AP)
AP - A Malaysian technology conglomerate pledged Friday to repay $900,000 to Hollywood star Bruce Willis, but denied any wrongdoing after he took legal action to demand a refund of his investment.Latest Hollywood script deals (Reuters)
Reuters - Columbia Pictures has brought aboard the writing team of Tim and Tom Mullen to adapt Antony Moore's comedy novel "The Swap" for the big screen.Things get curious at "Button" screening (Reuters)
Reuters - One of the first major industry screenings of David Fincher's highly anticipated romance "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" was halted shortly into the film because of technical difficulties Thursday.
"Arrested Development" film gets closer (Reuters)
Reuters - The "Arrested Development" feature is moving closer to reality, with the producers of the critically acclaimed but short-lived Fox series reportedly closing deals for the project.
Reviews
Gladwell gives his take on achievement (AP)
AP - "Outliers: The Story of Success (Little, Brown and Company, $27.99), by Malcolm Gladwell: If the old saw is that you should always remember where you came from, Malcolm Gladwell has an addendum: Don't just remember it study it.Colbert unwraps early Christmas gift for viewers (Reuters)
Reuters - Nothing says you've arrived as a mainstream TV star more than having your very own Christmas special, which makes this a sort of coming-out party for faux news commentator Stephen Colbert.
"Twilight" a campy vampire romance with no bite (Reuters)
Reuters - "Twilight" already has such a buzz that you sense all we really need to do is stand back to let hordes of teenage girls rush into theaters to exalt in this romance between a human girl and a vampire boy.
Greed gets the best of those 'Dividing the Estate' (AP)
AP - Nothing concentrates the mind like money or lack of it. And money has provided the plot for more than a few plays, one good example being "Dividing the Estate," Horton Foote's hilariously perceptive take on what good old-fashioned greed does to one cash-strapped Texas family.
