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AP - The CEO of megascreen producer Imax Corp. said he was confident the movie business would remain “fairly recession-proof” and that his company would benefit this year from the release of the new “Star Trek” film and the latest “Harry Potter” epic.

AP - A prosecutor on Friday urged an appellate court to reject a motion by fugitive director Roman Polanski’s lawyer to disqualify the entire Los Angeles Superior Court bench from the notorious rape case.

E! Online - Britney Spears is looking to put a more definable amount of distance between herself and her past.

AFP - Norway will put Nobel literature laureate Knut Hamsun, who became an outcast and was charged with treason after World War II for his Nazi sympathies, on a commemorative coin, the central bank said Friday.

E! Online - Two things Simon Cowell hates: Overuse of the word please and humans dressed as iPods.

Reuters - Jeffrey Dean Morgan, of”Grey’s Anatomy” and “Weeds,” will star opposite Hilary Swank in the thriller “The Resident.”

E! Online - Don’t worry about Matilda. Heath Ledger’s little girl is going to be taken care of.

AP - According to Harry Connick Jr., winter in Canada counts as a fifth season. While filming the romantic comedy “New in Town” in Winnipeg last January, the actor’s face, beard and eyelashes froze in the subzero temperature.

AFP - British singer-songwriter John Martyn, who was known for his fusion of folk and blues guitar, has died aged 60, an announcement on his website said on Thursday.

E! Online - A terrifying moment on the Harry Potter soundstages Wednesday, as Daniel Radcliffe’s stuntman was hospitalized with serious back injuries following an onset mishap.