AP - At least one person on the Oscars red carpet won't have to worry about what to wear: Mother Dolores Hart.

AP - Sweden's Crown Princess Victoria gave birth to her first child early Thursday, a baby girl who will be groomed to one day become the country's queen.

AP - Simon Cowell is playing it coy about rumors that Fergie, Britney Spears and Janet Jackson are being considered for "The X Factor."

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omg! - Current and former aides to Sarah Palin lashed out Wednesday at HBO's "Game Change," describing the upcoming film's depictions of her on the 2008 campaign trail as "sick" and inaccurate.

omg! - Feb. 26: Singer Fats Domino is 84. Guitarist Paul Cotton of Poco is 69. Actor-director Bill Duke is 69. Singer Mitch Ryder is 67. Keyboardist Jonathan Cain of Journey is 62. Singer Michael Bolton is 59. Actor Greg Germann ("Ally McBeal") is 54. Actress Jennifer Grant is 46. Bassist Tim Commerford (Audioslave, Rage Against the Machine) is 44. Singer Erykah Badu is 41. R&B singer Rico Wade of Society of Soul is 40. Singer Kyle Norman of Jagged Edge is 37. Drummer Chris Culos of O.A.R. is 33. Singer Corinne Bailey Rae is 33. ...

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AP - Current and former aides to Sarah Palin lashed out Wednesday at HBO's "Game Change," describing the upcoming film's depictions of her on the 2008 campaign trail as "sick" and inaccurate.

AP - Aretha Franklin says Cissy Houston raised her daughter Whitney Houston well — and that an interview where Franklin said parents need to make sure children "leave home prepared" was taken out of context.

AP - Associated Press movie writers David Germain and Christy Lemire are boringly in lockstep on their picks for this season's top Academy Awards categories, depriving them of their usual snide debate over who's going to win.

AP - At least one person on the Oscars red carpet won't have to worry about what to wear: Mother Dolores Hart.

AP - At least one person on the Oscars red carpet won't have to worry about what to wear: Mother Dolores Hart.

AP - Lawyers have told Britain's High Court that singer Charlotte Church has settled her claims against the publisher of the News of the World over alleged phone hacking.

Reuters - U.S. cable group Liberty Global is considering a bid for Dutch cable firm Ziggo, estimated to be worth 8 billion euros ($10.6 billion) and which is planning a stock listing, Dutch daily De Telegraaf reported on Thursday without citing sources.

Reuters - Sotheby's will offer the only privately owned version of Edvard Munch's haunting work "The Scream" at an auction in New York on May 2 where it expects to fetch over $80 million, the highest pre-sale value the auctioneer has ever put on a work of art.

Reuters - British comedian Frank Carson, best known for the oft-repeated catchphrases "It's the way I tell 'em" and "It's a cracker" as well as his irreverent style of humor, has died aged 85.