AP - Leaders of Hollywood's second-largest actors union approved a new contract with studios that grants actors more money for Internet work — an issue that sparked a crippling writers strike this year.

AP - Leaders of Hollywood's second-largest actors union approved a new contract with studios that grants actors more money for Internet work — an issue that sparked a crippling writers strike this year.

Reuters - The top U.S. TV networks have moved closer to booking the bulk of their prime-time advertising deals for the 2008-09 season, with NBC first to wrap up $1.9 billion in broadcast deals, a source familiar with the matter said on Thursday.

AP - Ashanti was one of music's hottest stars, with two multiplatinum albums and a Grammy under her belt, until her third disc, 2004's "Concrete Rose," landed like a brick on the music charts.