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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Prosecutors urged a California appeals court to reject director Roman Polanski’s request to be sentenced without returning to the United States, in the latest salvo in a decades-old legal battle over his sex crime against a 13-year-old girl.

Jay Leno expects Conan O’Brien will return to late-night television as a head-to-head competitor against NBC’s “The Tonight Show.”

LOS ANGELES (Billboard) – Canadian pop idol Justin Bieber debuted at No. 1 on the U.S. pop album chart Wednesday, becoming the youngest solo male artist to achieve this feat since Stevie Wonder in 1963.

LONDON (Reuters) – U.S. glam pop star Lady Gaga is in pole position to return to the top of the UK album charts, with midweek sales of “The Fame” putting her ahead of last weekend’s No. 1, Boyzone’s “Brother.”

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Madonna has initiated her 13-year-old daughter Lourdes into life as a Material Girl, with the pair collaborating on a fashion line for juniors to be launched in July.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Astronaut Buzz Aldrin survived to waltz another day on television’s “Dancing With the Stars” contest on Tuesday, as “90210″ actress Shannen Doherty became the first celebrity to be voted off this season.

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Horror writer Stephen King is turning his pen to a new arena — baseball.

SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia’s most expensive painting, a Sidney Nolan “Ned Kelly” work, was given away on Wednesday only days after setting the nation’s art record.

Jaime Escalante, the math teacher portrayed in “Stand and Deliver,” died Tuesday after a battle with cancer, according to Sony Films.

With his marriage to Sandra Bullock in crisis and his family’s future on the line, Jesse James is seeking professional help, his rep tells PEOPLE exclusively.