Mike Tyson arrested after LA airport scuffle
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Former heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson was arrested on Wednesday after brawling with a celebrity photographer at Los Angeles International Airport and injuring the man's head, police said.
The photographer, who was not immediately identified, also was arrested. He suffered a cut to his forehead and was taken to a hospital. It was not known if Tyson was hurt.
"There's a lot of different versions to the story," Los Angeles Airport Police Sergeant Jim Holcomb said. "That's all going to come out later. But in this particular case, both individuals are going to be pressing charges for battery."
Anchor Lou Dobbs says he's leaving CNN
Lou Dobbs, the most opinionated and divisive anchor at a cable network that bills itself as a straight-news oasis, resigned from CNN last night, saying he wants "to go beyond the role" of a television journalist in tackling the country's problems.
Saying he is acting at the urging of "some leaders in media, politics and business," Dobbs struck a populist tone, attempting to position himself as a political leader who would take on "the lack of true representation in Washington, D.C." He said that public debate was now defined by "partisanship and ideology" and that he would continue to speak out "in the most honest and direct language possible."
Liberal groups such as NDN and Media Matters had mounted a "Dump Dobbs" campaign, and Latino organizations challenged such Dobbs declarations as his 2006 statement that about a third of the U.S. prison population "is estimated to be illegal aliens"Âżwhich the anchor later acknowledged was way off. But his position at CNN seemed secure, even as the network touted itself as a down-the-middle alternative to right-leaning Fox News and left-leaning MSNBC.
UPDATE 1-Lou Dobbs announces last broadcast on CNN 
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LOS ANGELES, Nov 11 (Reuters) - CNN host Lou Dobbs, whoseoutspoken views on U.S. immigration have made him one of themost controversial figures on cable news, said on Wednesday heis leaving the 24-hour cable news network because he wants afreer platform to state his opinion.
Dobbs, who announced his decision near the start of hisnightly news and commentary show, did not say where he plans togo after finishing nearly 30 years at CNN, now a unit of TimeWarner Inc (TWX.N).
Tyler, onstage with Perry, says not leaving Aerosmith
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler joined Joe Perry on stage in New York to set the record straight about the future of the feuding rock group.
"New York, I want you to know I'm not leaving Aerosmith," Tyler told fans in a surprise appearance on Tuesday night at a concert by Perry's solo side project, music web site NME.com reported.
Tyler, 61 and Perry, his songwriting partner of 40 years, then launched into a version of "Walk This Way", one of Aerosmith's biggest hits, NME.com said.
Taylor Swift makes history at Country Music Awards
NASHVILLE (Reuters) - Teenage singing sensation Taylor Swift claimed a piece of music history on Wednesday when she became the youngest artist ever to win the coveted title of Entertainer of the Year at the Country Music Awards.
Swift, 19, also claimed awards for Female Vocalist of the Year, Music Video of the Year for her song "Love Story" and Album of the Year with "Fearless."
"I'll never forget this moment because at this moment everything that I ever wanted has just happened to me," a tearful Swift said when accepting her award.
'Sesame Street's' 40th anniversary; Yinka Shonibare's talk at the Hirshhorn
Art Meet the Artist: Yinka Shonibare
If you've been to the Hirshhorn's "Strange Bodies" exhibition, then you've probably seen the work of Nigerian-born artist Yinka Shonibare, whose mind-bending piece "The Age of Enlightenment -- Antoine Lavoisier" features a headless man in 18th-century garb made from African textiles. The artist has many more such curious works in his arsenal, and the National Museum of African Art is hosting a mid-career survey of his work. In conjunction with that show, Shonibare will be paying a visit to the Hirshhorn to discuss his series of headless works, the large-scale splatterlike installation "Black Gold I" and more from his career so far.
7 p.m. Thursday. Hirshhorn Museum, Independence Avenue at Seventh Street SW. 202-633-1000 or http://hirshhorn.si.edu. Free.
'Twilight' among People's Choice Awards nominees
LOS ANGELES — Nominees for the People's Choice Awards are out, and the people choose vampires.
"Twilight" and "True Blood" were among the top nominees announced Tuesday. Fans cast more than 18 million votes online to select the nominee slate and will also choose the winners in 35 categories.
"Twilight" is up for favorite movie, franchise and on-screen team for its trio of stars: Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson and Taylor Lautner. Stewart and Pattinson were also nominated individually for favorite movie actress and actor, and Lautner is up for breakout movie actor.
Semifinal slate sealed on 'Dancing With the Stars'
LOS ANGELES — He shed tears on the show and once fought for his spot with a dance-off, but Aaron Carter has performed his last dance on "Dancing With the Stars."
The 21-year-old singer and his professional partner, Karina Smirnoff, were eliminated from the hit ABC show Tuesday.
Carter cried early in the competition after harsh remarks from the judges. Last week, he beat out former football star Michael Irvin in a dance-off to keep his spot on the show. He came into Tuesday's episode tied for last place with fellow dancer Donny Osmond, but viewer votes failed to keep the younger entertainer afloat.
`Twilight' among People's Choice Awards nominees
LOS ANGELES — Nominees for the People's Choice Awards are out, and the people choose vampires.
"Twilight" and "True Blood" were among the top nominees announced Tuesday. Fans cast more than 18 million votes online to select the nominee slate and will also choose the winners in 35 categories.
"Twilight" is up for favorite movie, franchise and on-screen team for its trio of stars: Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson and Taylor Lautner. Stewart and Pattinson were also nominated individually for favorite movie actress and actor, and Lautner is up for breakout movie actor.
'Mad Men': Sterling, Cooper, Draper and Pryce
Those who have complained that “Mad Men” leans too hard on soap opera gauziness finally got their dose of white-knuckled logistics with the finale of Season 3. “Shut the Door. Have a Seat” was a tight balance of emotionally pungent drama and company coup d’etat. From Ossining to Madison Avenue, alliances were strengthened, broken or realigned. It wasn’t always a pretty sight, but for every bedroom face-off, we got zesty moments such as Joan at her most deliciously officious, ransacking manila folders and teasing Roger.
P.S. Until next season, I’ll be at the last seat at the end of the bar, nursing a martini, nibbling on a shrimp cocktail, maybe sketching an idea or two on a cocktail napkin. The comments section is forever open, just like some old dive in Greenwich Village with twinkling lights and bohemian poets in the corner, plotting the next unforeseen revolution. Belle Jolie kisses to you all.I'll see you soon.
