AP - LOS ANGELES (AP) — Katherine Heigl won't be chewing her manicure at this year's Emmy ceremony: She says she didn't seek a nomination because "Grey's Anatomy" failed to deliver the goods for an award-worthy performance.

AP - For a movie called "The Happening," not much happens.

AP - Alison Krauss and Robert Plant were nominated Wednesday night for top album, No. 1 song and best duo in the seventh annual Americana Honors and Awards.

Reuters - The Screen Actors Guild on Wednesday continued its campaign against a rival actors' union's tentative contract with Hollywood producers.

AFP - Two people have been charged with conspiracy to supply cocaine and ecstasy to the troubled British singer Amy Winehouse, police said Thursday.

Fashion Wire Daily - Sometimes Cruise, or Resort, collections have little to do with warm weather vacations in exotic locals during the cold winter months following the purchase of one's fall wardrobe – it's simply a retail signifier that new merchandise will be hitting the floor pre-spring.

Reuters - Meghan McCain, the daughter of Republican presidential candidate Senator John McCain, is writing a children's book about her father.

AP - Boy George is returning some good karma to New York City's sanitation workers: Two years after sweeping the city streets as part of community service, he has decided to perform a free concert for his former co-workers.

AP - The excessive leaks and bootlegging of Lil Wayne's new album haven't prevented it from being a hot seller: The rapper's "Tha Carter III" sold 423,000 copies in its first day of release, according to Billboard magazine, citing figures from Nielsen SoundScan.