AP – Lawyers in the Anna Nicole Smith drug conspiracy trial began questioning prospective jurors Monday, asking some 60 people their attitudes about prescription drug use and whether a separate case against Michael Jackson’s doctor would affect their views.
AP – What should a photographer shoot when he’s entrusted with the very last roll of Kodachrome?
AP – Don’t expect to see photos of Hilarie Burton and her baby on magazine covers.
AP – Mitch Miller, the goateed orchestra leader who asked Americans to “Sing Along With Mitch” on television and records, has died at age 99.
AP – They weren’t even alive when he was president, but 18-year-old Jonas brother Nick Jonas and 21-year-old “American Idol” champ Jordin Sparks are big Ronald Reagan fans.
Reuters – Robert Carlock noticed an immediate impact when “30 Rock” won its first comedy series Emmy in 2007.
Reuters – Lady Gaga is known for her skimpy outfits and sexually-charged performances, but she says she fears having sex with a partner could deplete her artistic energy.
AP – Ruba Nadda’s “Cairo Time” is a film seeking poetry and not quite finding it.
AP – Lindsay Lohan has been released from jail, but she’s not exactly a free woman.
AP – When rapper K’Naan was recording songs peppered with tales about warfare, poverty and despair in his native Somalia, there were people who told him he should consider abandoning his socially conscious frame of mind for material that wasn’t so somber.
AFP – Troubled actress Lindsay Lohan was released from a Los Angeles jail early Monday after serving 13 days for violating probation on a 2007 conviction for driving under the influence, officials said.
AFP – Lawyers for Liberian ex-president Charles Taylor want to delay supermodel Naomi Campbell’s testimony, set for Thursday, about a “blood diamond” he allegedly gave her, court papers showed.
AP – Actor Charlie Sheen is due in court Monday and expected to plead guilty to a charge stemming from a Christmas Day dispute with his wife.
AP – The defense in the war crimes trial of former Liberian President Charles Taylor is seeking to postpone testimony this week by supermodel Naomi Campbell, a motion released Monday shows.
AP – You’re never too young to write a memoir.
AFP – Snooker stars including seven-times world champion Stephen Hendry gathered Monday for the funeral of Alex ‘Hurricane’ Higgins, who died last month.
Reuters – Actress Lindsay Lohan was released from jail under the cover of darkness early Monday after serving 13 days of a 90-day sentence and whisked straight into a rehabilitation program.
AP – These ivories have history.
AP – Los Lobos, “Tin Can Trust” (Shout! Factory)
Reuters – An unemployed antiques dealer, who had a taste for the high life and drove a Ferrari, was jailed for eight years on Monday for handling a stolen copy of a rare first collection of Shakespeare’s plays.
AP – “Inception” is still kicking at the box office.
AFP – Olympic rings will trump wedding rings next July when Prince Albert II of Monaco will bring forward his nuptials to accommodate the International Olympic Committee, his palace said Monday.
AP – Call her Mrs. Beatz. Alicia Keys has married producer Swizz Beatz (Swiss Beats), with whom she is expecting her first child.
AP – Here come the new judges on “American Idol,” maybe.
AP – Country singer Jimmy Wayne can finally put his feet up.