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BEIJING (AP) When the apocalypse comes, China will save the world. Or at least that's how Chinese audiences are interpreting "2012," Hollywood's latest blockbuster disaster movie. "It's about time the world sees us as a dominant ally," said Liu Xinliang, 27, a Beijing-based computer programmer who watched the movie twice. The movie, currently No. 1 in the U.S.

CHICAGO (AP) Oprah Winfrey was set to announce Friday that her powerhouse daytime television show, the foundation of a multibillion-dollar media empire with legions of fans, will end its run in 2011 after 25 seasons on the air.

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) An official says one of South Korea's top fashion models has been found dead at her home in Paris.

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) A top South Korean model who was a fixture at fashion week in Paris and London was found dead at her apartment in Paris, an official said Friday.

A week after abruptly quitting his longtime job as a CNN television news host and commentator, Lou Dobbs said on Thursday he is considering career options including possible runs for the White House or U.S. Senate.

NEW YORK (AP) Heidi Klum and her post-baby body led the parade at the annual Victoria's Secret fashion show, which returned to New York with some fresh faces after four years on the road.

NEW YORK (AP) The only art fair in the United States featuring works exclusively from Latin American artists is under way in New York and drawing artists, collectors and museum representatives from around the world to the PINTA art fair.

NEW ORLEANS (AP) Wearing a floor-length pastel striped evening gown, Sandra Bullock walked the red carpet in New Orleans Thursday for a special premiere of her latest film, "The Blind Side." Besides promoting the sports drama, which opens in theaters nationwide on Friday, the event also served as a fundraiser for a New Orleans high school flooded by Hurricane Katrina.

London, Nov 19 (ANI): The next time you arrive late for work, don't start giving excuses to your boss, for a new study has found that employers don't believe excuses for not being in on time.

London, November 19 (ANI): Twitterati may echo the word 'glitterati,' but it is the lower-income group people who are most hooked on to the social networking side, a new UK poll suggests.

NEW YORK (AP) Colum McCann's "Let the Great World Spin," a novel about daring, luck and mortality in 1970s New York, won the fiction prize Wednesday night at the 60th annual National Book Awards.

Steven, we love you. But you need to get sober, and we need to find a new singer.
That appears to be the consensus among Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler's bandmates, who are dropping loud hints that he is back on drugs.

A foam rocket launcher, children's book and Batman and Wolverine action figures are among the most dangerous toys on store shelves, according to a consumer watchdog group.

Animated 3-D movies will soon be made cheaper, faster and more vividly with a new generation of computer chips that can crunch huge amounts of data faster than ever, DreamWorks Animation SKG Inc Chief Executive Jeffrey Katzenberg said this week.

LOS ANGELES (AP) Two Web sites that sold songs by The Beatles for 25 cents apiece should remain shut down indefinitely, a federal judge ruled Wednesday.

Actor Katrina Kaif,whose latest film Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani has got her closer to Kareena Kapoor in the box office stakes.

London, November 18 (ANI): Tying the knot makes men feel happy to the worth of 18,000 pounds while women experience the joy worth only half the amount, an economist has calculated.

London, November 18 (ANI): One in six children in Britain confessed grabbing takeaways at meal times each day and many didn't realise the health risks involved with the salt-laden ready meals, according to a poll.

HONG KONG (AP) Looking for a new project after finishing a comedy, Zhang Yimou is considering adaptations of novels set against China's Cultural Revolution and the Japanese invasion in World War II, his assistant said Wednesday.

A German man wanted for trying to extort $100,000 from former supermodel Cindy Crawford over a photo of her daughter has surrendered to authorities, Bild newspaper reported on Tuesday.