Reports from Los Angeles say that Toronto-born actor Corey Haim, known best for his role in the 1987 hit "The Lost Boys" has died.

He was 38 year old.

Police say Haim died early today of an accidental overdose. The teen idol was found unresponsive at an Oakwood apartment, near Burbank.

Kathryn Bigelow has made history -- she's the first woman to win the Oscar for best director.

It's for "The Hurt Locker." But, she says she hopes she's the first of many.

She refuses to taunt or bad-mouth her ex-husband, James Cameron, over her win as director and for best picture. Bigelow says Cameron is an extraordinary filmmaker.

Here's the list of winners at the 82nd annual Academy Awards:

_ Motion Picture: ``The Hurt Locker.''
_ Actor: Jeff Bridges, ``Crazy Heart.''
_ Actress: Sandra Bullock, ``The Blind Side.''
_ Supporting Actor: Christoph Waltz, ``Inglourious Basterds.''
_ Supporting Actress: Mo'Nique, ``Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire.''
_ Director: Kathryn Bigelow, ``The Hurt Locker.''
_ Foreign Film: ``El Secreto de Sus Ojos,'' Argentina.
_ Adapted Screenplay: Geoffrey Fletcher, ``Precious: Based on the Novel `Push' by Sapphire.''
_ Original Screenplay: Mark Boal, ``The Hurt Locker.''
_ Animated Feature Film: ``Up.''
_ Art Direction: ``Avatar.''
_ Cinematography: ``Avatar.''
_ Sound Mixing: ``The Hurt Locker.''
_ Sound Editing: ``The Hurt Locker.''
_ Original Score: ``Up,'' Michael Giacchino.
_ Original Song: ``The Weary Kind (Theme From Crazy Heart)'' from ``Crazy Heart,'' Ryan Bingham and T Bone Burnett.
_ Costume: ``The Young Victoria.''
_ Documentary Feature: ``The Cove.''
_ Documentary (short subject): ``Music by Prudence.''
_ Film Editing: ``The Hurt Locker.''
_ Makeup: ``Star Trek.''
_ Animated Short Film: ``Logorama.''
_ Live Action Short Film: ``The New Tenants.''
_ Visual Effects: ``Avatar.''

The Academy of Country Music Awards will take place at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, on Sunday, April 18th on CBS.

Reba McEntire will host the event for the 12th time.

Entertainer of the Year

Kenny Chesney
Toby Keith
Brad Paisley
George Strait
Taylor Swift
Carrie Underwood
Keith Urban
Zac Brown Band


Top Male Vocalist of the Year

Kenny Chesney
Brad Paisley
Darius Rucker
George Strait
Keith Urban


Top Female Vocalist of the Year

Miranda Lambert
Reba McEntire
Taylor Swift
Carrie Underwood
Lee Ann Womack


Top Vocal Group of the Year

Lady Antebellum
Little Big Town
Randy Rogers Band
Rascal Flatts
Zac Brown Band


Top Vocal Duo of the Year

Brooks & Dunn
Joey + Rory
Montgomery Gentry
Steel Magnolia
Sugarland

TOP NEW SOLO VOCALIST of the Year
Luke Bryan
Jamey Johnson
Chris Young


TOP NEW VOCAL DUO of the Year

Bomshel
Joey + Rory
Steel Magnolia


TOP NEW VOCAL GROUP of the Year

Eli Young Band
Gloriana
The Lost Trailers


ALBUM OF THE YEAR

American Saturday Night – Brad Paisley
Lady Antebellum – Lady Antebellum
Play On – Carrie Underwood
Revolution – Miranda Lambert
The Foundation – Zac Brown Band


SINGLE Record of the Year

Need You Now – Lady Antebellum
People Are Crazy – Billy Currington
Red Light – David Nail (MCA Nashville)
Toes – Zac Brown Band
White Liar – Miranda Lambert


Song of the Year

Cowboy Casanova – Carrie Underwood
Need You Now – Lady Antebellum
People Are Crazy – Billy Currington
White Liar – Miranda Lambert
You Belong With Me – Taylor Swift


Video of the Year

Boots On – Randy Houser
Need You Now – Lady Antebellum
Welcome To The Future – Brad Paisley
White Liar – Miranda Lambert
You Belong With Me – Taylor Swift

Here is a complete list of 82nd Annual Academy Award nominations announced today:

1. Best Picture: "Avatar," "The Blind Side," "District 9," "An Education," "The Hurt Locker," "Inglourious Basterds," "Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire," "A Serious Man," "Up," "Up in the Air."

2. Actor: Jeff Bridges, "Crazy Heart"; George Clooney, "Up in the Air"; Colin Firth, "A Single Man''; Morgan Freeman, "Invictus"; Jeremy Renner, "The Hurt Locker."

3. Actress: Sandra Bullock, "The Blind Side"; Helen Mirren, "The Last Station"; Carey Mulligan, "An Education"; Gabourey Sidibe, "Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire"; Meryl Streep, "Julie & Julia."

4. Supporting Actor: Matt Damon, "Invictus"'; Woody Harrelson, "The Messenger"; Christopher Plummer, "The Last Station"; Stanley Tucci, "The Lovely Bones"; Christoph Waltz, "Inglourious Basterds"

5. Supporting Actress: Penelope Cruz, "Nine"; Vera Farmiga, "Up in the Air"; Maggie Gyllenhaal, "Crazy Heart"'; Anna Kendrick, "Up in the Air"; Mo'Nique, "Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire."

6. Directing: James Cameron, "Avatar"; Kathryn Bigelow, "The Hurt Locker"; Quentin Tarantino, "Inglourious Basterds"; Lee Daniels, "Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire"; Jason Reitman, "Up in the Air."

7. Foreign Language Film: "Ajami," Israel; "El Secreto de Sus Ojos," Argentina; "The Milk of Sorrow," Peru; "Un Prophete," France; "The White Ribbon," Germany.

8. Adapted Screenplay: Neill Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell, "District 9"; Nick Hornby, "An Education"; Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci, Tony Roche, "In the Loop"; Geoffrey Fletcher, "Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire"; Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner, "Up in the Air."

9. Original Screenplay: Mark Boal, "The Hurt Locker"; Quentin Tarantino, "Inglourious Basterds"; Alessandro Camon and Oren Moverman, "The Messenger"; Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, "A Serious Man"; Bob Peterson, Pete Docter, Tom McCarthy, "Up."

10. Animated Feature Film: "Coraline"; "Fantastic Mr. Fox"; "The Princess and the Frog"; "The Secret of Kells"; "Up."

11. Art Direction: "Avatar," "The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus," "Nine," "Sherlock Holmes," "The Young Victoria."

12. Cinematography: "Avatar," "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince," "The Hurt Locker," "Inglourious Basterds," "The White Ribbon."

13. Sound Mixing: "Avatar," "The Hurt Locker," "Inglourious Basterds," "Star Trek," "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen."

14. Sound Editing: "Avatar," "The Hurt Locker,"' "Inglourious Basterds," "Star Trek," "Up."

15. Original Score: "Avatar,"' James Horner; "Fantastic Mr. Fox," Alexandre Desplat; "The Hurt Locker," Marco Beltrami and Buck Sanders; "Sherlock Holmes," Hans Zimmer; "Up," Michael Giacchino.

16. Original Song: "Almost There'' from "The Princess and the Frog,'' Randy Newman; "Down in New Orleans'' from "The Princess and the Frog,'' Randy Newman; "Loin de Paname'' from "Paris 36,'' Reinhardt Wagner and Frank Thomas; "Take It All'' from "Nine,'' Maury Yeston; "The Weary Kind (Theme from Crazy Heart)'' from "Crazy Heart,'' Ryan Bingham and T Bone Burnett.

17. Costume: "Bright Star,'' "Coco Before Chanel,'' "The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus,'' "Nine,'' "The Young Victoria.''

18. Documentary Feature: "Burma VJ,'' "The Cove,'' "Food, Inc.'' "The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers,'' "Which Way Home.''

19. Documentary (short subject): "China's Unnatural Disaster: The Tears of Sichuan Province,'' "The Last Campaign of Governor Booth Gardner,'' "The Last Truck: Closing of a GM Plant,'' "Music by Prudence,'' "Rabbit a la Berlin.''

20. Film Editing: "Avatar,'' "District 9,'' "The Hurt Locker,'' "Inglourious Basterds,'' "Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire.''

21. Makeup: "Il Divo,'' "Star Trek,'' "The Young Victoria.''

22. Animated Short Film: "French Roast,'' "Granny O'Grimm's Sleeping Beauty,'' "The Lady and the Reaper (La Dama y la Muerte),'' "Logorama,'' "A Matter of Loaf and Death.''

23. Live Action Short Film: "The Door,'' "Instead of Abracadabra,'' "Kavi,'' "Miracle Fish,'' "The New Tenants.''

24. Visual Effects: "Avatar,'' "District 9,'' "Star Trek.''

The Academy Awards will take place on Sunday, March 7th. This year's hosts will be Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin.

Here's the list of winners in selected major categories at last night's 52nd Annual Grammy Awards:

Record of the Year: "Use Somebody" - Kings of Leon
Album of the Year: "Fearless" - Taylor Swift
Song of the Year: "Single Ladies (Put A Ring On it)" Beyonce Knowles
New Artist: Zac Brown Band
Pop Vocal Album: "The E.N.D." - The Black Eyed Peas
Female Pop Vocal Performance: "Halo" - Beyonce Knowles
Male Pop Vocal Performance: "Make It Mine" - Jason Mraz
Rock Album: "21st Century Breakdown" - Green Day
Rock Song: "Use Somebody" - Kings of Leon
R&B Album: "BLACKsummers'night" - Maxwell
R&B Song: "Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)" - Beyonce Knowles
Rap Album: "Relapse" - Eminem
Rap Song: "Run This Town" - Jay-Z, Rihanna and Kanye West
Best Rap/Sung Collaboration: "Run This Town" - Jay-Z, Rihanna and Kanye West
Country Album: "Fearless" - Taylor Swift
Female Country Vocal Performance: "White Horse" - Taylor Swift
Male Country Vocal Performance: "Sweet Thing" - Keith Urban,
Latin Pop Album: "Sin Frenos" - La Quinta Estacion
Contemporary Jazz Album: "75" - Joe Zawinul & The Zawinul Syndicate
Classical Album: "Mahler: Symphony No. 8; Adagio from Symphony No. 10"
Traditional Gospel Album: "Oh Happy Day" - various artists
Dance Recording: "Poker Face" - Lady Gaga
Electronic Dance Album: "The Fame" - Lady Gaga
Alternative Music Album: "Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix" - Phoenix
Spoken Word Album: "Always Looking Up" - Michael J. Fox
Comedy Album: "A Colbert Christmas: The Greatest Gift of All!" - Stephen Colbert

NBC has announced a $45-million US deal with Conan O'Brien for his exit from "The Tonight Show."

The network says O'Brien will get more than $33 million and the rest will go to his staff in severance.

His final show will be tomorrow. Jay Leno will return to "The Tonight Show" on March 1st.

Here's the list of winners for the 67th annual Golden Globe Awards, announced Sunday in Beverly Hills, California:

MOTION PICTURES:
-Picture, Drama: "Avatar"
-Picture, Musical or Comedy: "The Hangover"
-Actor, Drama: Jeff Bridges, "Crazy Heart"
-Actress, Drama: Sandra Bullock, "The Blind Side"
-Director: James Cameron, "Avatar"
-Actor, Musical or Comedy: Robert Downey Jr., "Sherlock Holmes"
-Actress, Musical or Comedy: Meryl Streep, "Julie & Julia"
-Supporting Actor: Christoph Waltz, "Inglourious Basterds"
-Supporting Actress: Mo'Nique, "Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire"
-Foreign Language: "The White Ribbon"
-Animated Film: "Up!"
-Screenplay: Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner, "Up in the Air"
-Original Score: Michael Giacchino, "Up!"
-Original Song: "The Weary Kind" (theme from "Crazy Heart"), (written by Ryan Bingham, T Bone Burnett).

TELEVISION:
-Series, Drama: "Mad Men" AMC
-Actor, Drama: Michael C. Hall, "Dexter"
-Actress, Drama: Julianna Margulies, "The Good Wife"
-Series, Musical or Comedy: "Glee," Fox.
-Actor, Musical or Comedy: Alec Baldwin, "30 Rock"
-Actress, Musical or Comedy: Toni Collette, "United States of Tara"
-Miniseries or Movie: "Grey Gardens," HBO.
-Actor, Miniseries or Movie: Kevin Bacon, "Taking Chance"
-Actress, Miniseries or Movie: Drew Barrymore, "Grey Gardens"
-Supporting Actor, Series, Miniseries or Movie: John Lithgow, "Dexter"
-Supporting Actress, Series, Miniseries or Movie: Chloe Sevigny, "Big Love"

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Garth Brooks is in New York City to announce a new charitable partnership between the Professional Bull Riders organization and Brooks' charity -- Teammates for Kids Foundation.

Some top bull riders will be there at Madison Square Garden to watch the announcement.

More big numbers for Taylor Swift. A company that keeps track of downloads, Nielsen SoundScan, says Swift has become the top-selling digital artist in music history. She's sold more than 24.3 million digital tracks.

The Lemmy movie will make its world premiere at the South By Southwest festival.

A documentary about Lemmy Kilmister of Motorhead has been in the works for three years. It features appearances by Metallica, Dave Grohl, Ozzy Osbourne and Billy Bob Thornton.

The film will premiere at South By Southwest in Austin, Texas, the weekend of March 12.

When asked about the film, Kilmister said, "Amazing! See Lemmy breathe in and breathe out! See him move his fingers independently! All singing and dancing! Give generously!"

You can see the movie trailer at LemmyMovie-dot-com.

Elvis Presley fans are marking the 75th anniversary of his birth today.

Lisa Marie and Priscilla Presley are hosting a public birthday party in Memphis, across the street from Graceland. The cake features blue for ``Blue Suede Shoes'' and white glitter to represent diamonds for the 75th.

Other events are being held over the weekend. Presley died in 1977 at the age of 42.

- Favorite Movie: "Twilight"
- Favorite On-Screen Team: "The Twilight Saga"
- Favorite Franchise: "The Twilight Saga"
- Favorite Breakout Movie Actor: Taylor Lautner
- Favorite Movie Actress: Sandra Bullock
- Favorite Comedy Movie: "The Proposal"
- Favorite Independent Movie: "Inglourious Basterds"
- Favorite Action Star: Hugh Jackman
- Favorite Comedic Star: Jim Carrey
- Favorite Breakout Movie Actress: Miley Cyrus
- Favorite Movie Actor: Johnny Depp
- Favorite Family Movie: "Up"
- Favorite TV Drama Actor: Hugh Laurie
- Favorite TV Drama: "House"
- Favorite TV Comedy: "The Big Bang Theory"
- Favorite TV Drama Actress: Katherine Heigl
- Favorite TV Comedy Actor: Steve Carell
- Favorite TV Comedy Actress: Alyson Hannigan
- Favorite TV Obsession: "True Blood"
- Favorite Talk Show: "The Ellen DeGeneres Show"
- Favorite Sci-Fi/Fantasy TV Show: "Supernatural"
- Favorite Competition Show: "American Idol"
- Favorite Animal Show: "Dog Whisperer"
- Favorite New TV Drama: "The Vampire Diaries"
- Favorite New TV Comedy: "Glee"
- Favorite Female Artist: Taylor Swift
- Favorite Country Artist: Carrie Underwood
- Favorite Male Artist: Keith Urban
- Favorite Breakout Music Artist: Lady Gaga
- Favorite Hip-Hop Artist: Eminem
- Favorite Rock Band: Paramore
- Favorite Music Collaboration: "Run This Town," Jay-Z featuring Rihanna and Kanye West
- Favorite R&B Artist: Mariah Carey
- Favorite Pop Artist: Lady Gaga
- Favorite Web Celeb: Ashton Kutcher

Brad Paisley is going to turn his back on acting.

On his Twitter page, Paisley says last night he watched an episode of his wife's show, "According to Jim," on which he had a guest role.

He says after watching that, he thinks he'll stick to music.

If you're wondering if Taylor Swift might be dating the werewolf from "Twilight," apparently the answer is -- not anymore.

US Magazine quotes a source close to Swift as saying the relationship with Taylor Lautner wasn't really developing into anything, and wasn't going to, so they decided they were better as friends. According to a source, there was apparently no real chemistry between the two.

Both US and People report the two Taylors decided sometime after her 20th birthday party on December 13th to end it.

Carrie Underwood and Keith Urban will help kick off awards season.

They'll be at the People's Choice Awards next Wednesday night. The night will begin with what's described as an all-star musical number with host Queen Latifah and surprise guests.

Producer Mark Burnett is not revealing if Underwood or Urban will be in that all-star musical number.

The People's Choice Awards are in Los Angeles and will air on CBS.

More than 273,000 people want John Mellencamp to quit smoking, but that's still not enough.

Mellencamp's son, Speck, started a Facebook page earlier this month to get his dad to kick the habit.

The rocker agreed that he'd quit smoking if one million people signed up. His wife, Elaine, is quoted on his website as saying Mellencamp started cutting back on cigarettes after 100,000 people signed up.

Former "American Idol" finalist Constantine Maroulis has been named Broadway.com's Star of the Year.

Maroulis stars in the Broadway musical "Rock of Ages," and beat out Hugh Jackman, Angela Lansbury, Will Farrell and Daniel Craig for the honour.

Now that mailboxes are cleared of hoilday greetings, it's time for the Oscar ballots to arrive.

The ballots were mailed yesterday from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to its members; a grand total of 5,777.

For the first round of voting, each of the academy's 15 branches are responsible for nominating those in their field -- actors nominate actors, sound engineers nominate sound engineers, etc.

Completed ballots must arrive at office of the academy's accountants on January 23, 2010. Nominations will be announced February 2 and the Academy Awards will be presented March 7.

Charlie Sheen's wife has told Aspen, Colorado, police that Sheen pinned her down on a bed, put a knife to her throat and threatened to kill her after she said she wanted a divorce, according to an arrest warrant affidavit.

Meanwhile, the affidavit says the actor denied threatening her with a knife. Sheen was arrested Christmas Day on suspicion of menacing, second-degree assault, and criminal mischief. He's free on $8500 bond, and has a court date set for February 8th.