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Michael Jackson’s two eldest children will appear on stage Sunday night at the Grammys.

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Emmy award winning actor Rip Torn, who has had a recurring role in the NBC hit “30 Rock,” has been arrested after police found him intoxicated and armed inside a Connecticut bank at the weekend.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Kathryn Bigelow became the first woman to win the best director award from the Directors Guild of America on Saturday with her Iraq war thriller “The Hurt Locker,” a film gathering awards momentum ahead of the Oscars.

PARK CITY, Utah (Reuters) – “Winter’s Bone,” a stark tale of a young woman trying to keep her family together, and Afghanistan war documentary “Restrepo” won top awards at the Sundance Film Festival on Saturday,

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Michael Jackson won yet another posthumous honor on Saturday, joining six other musicians including Leonard Cohen and Loretta Lynn who received Grammy awards for lifetime achievement.

On January 27, 2010, as our attention was distracted by the news of horrors from Haiti to Iraq, the quiet passing of two giant Americans in a single day was barely noticed around the globe. J.D. Salinger (1919-2010) and Howard Zinn (1922-2010) passed away at the ages of 91 and 87, respectively.

Anne Hathaway was on hand for the Giorgio Armani Prive haute couture show this week. Check out the red carpet gallery.

NEW YORK (Billboard) – Detroit rapper Hayes takes inspiration for his mixtapes from — of all things — magazines.

NASHVILLE (Billboard) – After nearly a year of intense scrutiny, political posturing and consumer outcry, it’s time for the music business to come to grips with its new superpower: Live Nation Entertainment.

LOS ANGELES (Billboard) – It was the little show that could. Beginning its ride as a local dance show on Chicago’s WCIU-TV, “Soul Train” chugged its way to Los Angeles and into pop culture history. The syndicated franchise’s impact is chronicled in the 40th-anniversary tribute “Soul Train: The Hippest Trip in America.”