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NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. rapper Lil Wayne pleaded guilty on Thursday to attempted criminal possession of a weapon in a July 2007 incident and will serve a year in prison, New York City prosecutors said.

NASSAU (Reuters) - A Bahamian lawmaker who caused a judge to order the retrial of two people accused of trying to extort $25 million from actor John Travolta was just repeating a "rumor" when he prematurely announced an acquittal verdict, his lawyer said on Thursday.

BERLIN (Hollywood Reporter) - Finnish Christmas film "Niko & The Way to the Stars," Ireland's "The Secret of Kells" and "Mia and the Migoo" from French director Jacques-Remy Girerd are the nominees for best animated feature film for the 2009 European Film Awards.

NEW YORK (Billboard) - British R&B singer Jay Sean's single "Down" returned to the top of the Billboard Hot 100 on Thursday, just a week after Britney Spears' No. 1 debut bumped him to runner-up status.

LONDON (Hollywood Reporter) - Freckle-faced, prairie-voiced and fiercely independent, Hilary Swank's depiction of aviator Amelia Earhart in Mira Nair's biographical film "Amelia" is of a high order. It ranks with recent portrayals of Ray Charles by Jamie Foxx and Truman Capote by Philip Seymour Hoffman and could be similarly awards-bound.

An examination and interpretation of how Rembrandt van Rijn created his 1642 masterpiece "The Night Watch" that also investigates a murder conspiracy that is said to be depicted in the painting.

Earhart's early aviation triumphs and meteoric rise to fame and fortune were propelled along by her tempestuous partnership and eventual marriage to publisher George Putnam.

A grieving couple retreat to 'Eden', their isolated cabin in the woods, where they hope to repair their broken hearts and troubled marriage. But nature takes its course and things go from bad to worse.