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Today's Entertainment - Reuters Celebrity/Gossip News Headlines - Yahoo! News: Norman Rockwell painting fetches $2.8 million at Chicago auction Police identify three dead in bizarre Wyoming murder-suicide Carrie Underwood to star in new "Sound of Music" broadcast "Family Guy" MacFarlane adds his voice to 'Simpsons' gig Kim Kardashian brings out fans, Islamists and police in Bahrain

Norman Rockwell painting fetches $2.8 million at Chicago auction  Saturday, Dec 01, 2012 05:37 PM PST CHICAGO (Reuters) - Norman Rockwell's World War Two painting "Willie Gillis Food Package from Home" fetched $2.8 million from a private buyer at an auction in Chicago on Saturday, the auction house said. The winning bid for the iconic artwork was less than the up to $5 million estimated ahead of the auction, said Emily Betts Susanin, director of marketing and communications for Susanin's Auctions in Chicago. But it was "great news" nonetheless, she said, adding that no other painting had ever fetched more at a Chicago auction. ... Full Story	Top
Police identify three dead in bizarre Wyoming murder-suicide  Saturday, Dec 01, 2012 05:34 PM PST (Reuters) - A Wyoming college professor slain by bow and arrow in his classroom died at the hands of his son, who also killed the woman who shared his father's home before stabbing himself to death, police said on Saturday, a day after the double murder and suicide. Police also said the father, Jim Krumm, 56, who taught computer science at Casper College, managed to stagger to his feet despite being "mortally wounded" from the arrow shot to his head, and grappled with his son, allowing his students to flee the classroom unharmed. ... Full Story	Top
Carrie Underwood to star in new "Sound of Music" broadcast  Saturday, Dec 01, 2012 03:13 PM PST LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Country singer Carrie Underwood will perform "My Favorite Things" and other tunes from the musical "The Sound of Music" when she portrays Maria von Trapp in a live broadcast of the perennial favorite, NBC television said on Friday. In a production to be aired late next year, the five-time Grammy winner will star as the rebellious would-be nun who married Austrian Naval commander Georg von Trapp and fled the Nazis with him and his children. NBC did not say where the musical would be staged. ... Full Story	Top
"Family Guy" MacFarlane adds his voice to 'Simpsons' gig  Saturday, Dec 01, 2012 03:12 PM PST LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Seth MacFarlane may already have three hit animated television shows, one hit raunchy comedy movie and the coveted Oscars hosting job for next year, but the comedian is adding another notch on his resume: guest voicing on "The Simpsons." "Family Guy" creator MacFarlane will appear in the season premiere of the 25th season of "The Simpsons" in 2013, Fox Television, home to both shows, said on Friday. ... Full Story	Top
Kim Kardashian brings out fans, Islamists and police in Bahrain  Saturday, Dec 01, 2012 12:41 PM PST MANAMA (Reuters) - Television celebrity Kim Kardashian brought out screaming fans, angry Muslim hardliners and police throwing stun grenades on Saturday when she visited Bahrain to launch a milkshake franchise, witnesses said. About 100 Sunni Salafists demonstrated with banners outside The Walk Bahrain, an upmarket mall in the capital Manama, after some MPs tried to block the visit over what they called her "bad reputation", according to a local newspaper. ... Full Story	Top

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