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Tommy Lee Jones seeks $10M in 'No Country' lawsuit

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SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Tommy Lee Jones is suing the makers of "No Country for Old Men" for more than $10 million that the Oscar-winning actor claims he is owed for starring in the 2007 hit crime thriller.

  • WWE steps up push in Japan market Sun Sep 7, 3:48 AM ET

    TOKYO (AP) — Posing proudly for a snapshot with a glittery championship belt, Seigi Nishiyama is among some 600 other sports fans packing a Tokyo theater who can't get enough of World Wrestling Entertainment.

  • Democratic Convention was No. 1 on cable last week Thu Sep 4, 5:00 PM ET

    Rankings for the top 15 programs on cable networks as compiled by Nielsen Media Research for the week of Aug 25-31. Day and start time (EDT) are in parentheses:

  • In this July 26, 2008 file photo, Kiss bassist Gene Simmons is shown during a pre-race news conference for the IndyCar Series auto race, in Edmonton, Alberta. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, John Ulan, file)
    Kiss bassist Gene Simmons sued over IndyCar deal Wed Sep 3, 10:45 PM ET

    LOS ANGELES - A Los Angeles man claims in a lawsuit that Gene Simmons took him for a ride on a marketing deal with the Indy Racing League.

  • NBC stayed on top last week, with viewership down Wed Sep 3, 6:51 PM ET

    NEW YORK - What a difference the Olympics makes, especially when it's over.

  • Ben Stiller and Robert Downey Jr. in a scene from 'Tropic Thunder' in an image courtesy of DreamWorks Pictures. (Handout/Reuters)
    'Tropic Thunder' retains No. 1 spot at box office Tue Sep 2, 5:56 PM ET

    LOS ANGELES - "Tropic Thunder" defended its position at the top of the box office with $14.6 million in ticket sales over the long Labor Day weekend. Vin Diesel's sci-fi thriller, "Babylon A.D.," debuted in second place.

  • British museum buys Rolling Stones' lips artwork Tue Sep 2, 4:31 AM ET

    LONDON - Mick Jagger's pout is officially fit for a museum.

  • 'Potter' publisher looks to promote next big thing Mon Sep 1, 9:43 PM ET

    NEW YORK - On Sept. 9, the U.S. publisher of "Harry Potter" will premiere a highly ambitious series with a mystery ending for readers and a couple of puzzlers for the industry: How big is the market for a multimedia story — and can a phenomenon be conceived by a publisher rather than created by the public?

  • Lewis telethon raises record $65 million for MDA Mon Sep 1, 6:32 PM ET

    LAS VEGAS - Jerry Lewis raised a record $65 million for the Muscular Dystrophy Association in his annual Labor Day telethon, a benefit that also made a pitch for those inconvenienced by Hurricane Gustav.

  • Eva Wagner-Pasquier, left, and Katharina Wagner, right, pose after a meeting of the Richard Wagner Foundation council in Bayreuth, Germany, Monday, Sept. 1, 2008. The Bayreuth Festival board on Monday named the half-sisters to replace their father at the helm of the German festival dedicated to the music of composer Richard Wagner. (AP Photo/Eckehard Schulz)
    Half-sisters win fight to direct Bayreuth Festival Mon Sep 1, 3:18 PM ET

    BAYREUTH, Germany - The dramatic struggle played out backstage, pitting the great-grandchildren of composer Richard Wagner for control of the legendary festival dedicated to his music.

  • Billionaire Kirk Kerkorian is shown leaving the Royal Federal Building in Los Angeles, Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2008, after testifying in the Anthony Pellicano trial. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)
    Man removed from Hollywood wiretap jury Thu Aug 28, 4:13 PM ET

    LOS ANGELES - A juror was removed Thursday in the federal wiretapping trial of Hollywood private eye Anthony Pellicano and a high-profile attorney, forcing deliberations to restart a day after the panel got the case.

  • Actors, advertisers extend commercials contract Wed Aug 27, 7:38 PM ET

    LOS ANGELES - Two actors unions and the U.S. advertising industry said Monday they agreed to extend a contract covering commercials on TV, radio, the Internet and other new media by six months through March.

  • List of top 20 prime-time shows in Nielsen ratings Tue Aug 26, 7:07 PM ET

    Prime-time viewership numbers compiled by Nielsen Media Research for Aug. 18-24. Listings include the week's ranking, with viewership for the week and season-to-date rankings in parentheses. An "X" in parentheses denotes a one-time-only presentation.

  • NBC giddy at conclusion of successful Olympics Sun Aug 24, 8:18 PM ET

    NEW YORK - NBC says the Beijing Olympics proved so captivating that millions of Americans now need to catch up on some sleep.

  • Members of the rock-band The Doors Ray Manzarek, left, and Robby Krieger pose for photographers during a press conference in Mexico City, in this Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2007 file photo. The end is near for a bitter legal dispute between the three surviving members of The Doors now that the California Supreme Court has refused to take up their case on Aug. 13, 2008. Keyboardist Ray Manzarek and guitarist Robby Krieger are on the hook for more than $5 million after they were found by lower courts to have improperly invoked The Doors' name and images during a 2003 concert tour. After the high court declined to hear their appeal they'll have to pay up to drummer John Densmore, the parents of the deceased lead singer Jim Morrison and the parents of Morrison's deceased wife, Pamela Courson, who died in 1974. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo, FILE)
    Legal dispute among The Doors nears end Fri Aug 22, 5:52 AM ET

    SAN FRANCISCO - The end is near for a bitter legal dispute between the three surviving members of The Doors now that the California Supreme Court has refused to take up their case.

  • Billionaire investor Warren Buffett speaks during a news conference ahead of the screening of a movie called 'I.O.U.S.A.,' in Omaha, Neb., Thursday, Aug. 21, 2008. The documentary movie about debt focuses on the looming federal and personal debt crises facing the United States. Warren Buffett, chairman of Berkshire Hathaway investment company, Peter Peterson, chairman of the Blackstone Group, and Dave Walker, former U.S. comptroller general will participate in a panel following the screening. The film film will be shown in about 350 theaters nationwide.(AP Photo/Nati Harnik)
    Billionaires say US debts need attention Thu Aug 21, 11:22 PM ET

    OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Two billionaires used the screening of a documentary in theaters across the United States on Thursday to urge the country to come to grips with its staggering debt load.

  • In this May 27, 2008 file photo, Jerry Seinfeld attends the premiere of 'Sex and the City' at Radio City Music Hall in New York. The Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday, Aug. 21, 2008, that Seinfeld will be a key pitchman in a planned $300 million fall ad campaign for the software giant. (AP Photo/Evan Agostini, file)
    Seinfeld to be pitchman for Microsoft Thu Aug 21, 5:01 PM ET

    NEW YORK - Junior Mints, Yoo-hoo, Drake's Coffee Cakes, puffy shirts: These are all things Jerry Seinfeld has endorsed — at least in his alter ego on his classic sitcom. Now, add Microsoft software.

  • In this June 7, 2006 file photo, a model plays tennis with Nintendo Co.'s new family video-game console Wii by swinging its controller as a tennis racket during a press conference in Tokyo. Nintendo's hit Wii console with its wandlike remote controller has been targeted in patent infringement complaints by a U.S. technology company. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi, File)
    US company sues Nintendo in Wii wand patent suit Thu Aug 21, 2:52 AM ET

    TOKYO - Nintendo's hit Wii console with its wandlike remote controller has been targeted in patent infringement complaints by a U.S. technology company.

  • In this file photograph released by MGA Entertainment Feb. 10, 2006, are 'Feelin' Pretty' Bratz dolls to be shown at the American International Toy Fair in New York. Grown men argued over dolls for six hours Wednesday Aug. 20, 2008 as they wrapped up a federal trial pitting the maker of the pouty-lipped Bratz dolls against the house of Barbie — a lawsuit that could cost upstart MGA Entertainment Inc. up to $2 billion. (AP Photo/MGA Entertainment, FILE)
    House of Barbie seeks nearly $2B in Bratz fight Thu Aug 21, 1:52 AM ET

    RIVERSIDE, Calif. - Grown men argued over dolls for six hours as they wrapped up a federal trial pitting the maker of the pouty-lipped Bratz dolls against the house of Barbie — a lawsuit that could cost upstart MGA Entertainment Inc. up to $2 billion.

  • In this July 5, 2007 file photo, U.S. Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones, D-Ohio, speaks at a forum on renewing American manufacturing in Cleveland. Tubbs Jones, 58, suffered a brain hemorrhage and was in critical condition with limited brain function, a doctor said Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2008. (AP Photo/Mark Duncan, File)
    Media incorrectly reported congresswoman's death Wed Aug 20, 11:33 PM ET

    Several major news organizations, including The Associated Press, prematurely reported the death Wednesday of U.S. Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones of Ohio, who had suffered a brain hemorrhage while driving in suburban Cleveland.