PR Newswire Broadcast Minute for Thursday December 11, 2008

PR Newswire Broadcast Minute for Thursday December 11, 2008

Britney Spears' 'Circus' Bows at Number One

This week, Britney Spears secures her status as an iconic superstar with the release of her newest album, Circus. Additionally, Spears makes music history by becoming the first female ever to have five Number One album debuts. Her sixth studio album, Circus debuted at Number One in the U-S according to SoundScan, selling over half a million albums and also enters at Number One on the Digital Albums chart. This is the second biggest album debut of the year for a female artist.

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The 'Best and Worst' Celebrity Baby Names of 2008

Harlow Winter Kate Madden and Caleb James Bice are the best celebrity baby names of 2008, according to a poll taken on the popular website BabyNames-dot-com. Harlow is the daughter of actress Nicole Richie and singer Joel Madden, while Caleb is the son of American Idol runner-up Bo Bice and his wife Caroline. Among the worst? For girls, it was Jagger Joseph Blue Goldberg, daughter of actress Soleil Moon Frye and husband Jason Goldberg. For boys, Bronx Mowgli Wentz got the "Bronx Cheer" for worst boy's name. Bronx Wentz is the new son of singer Ashlee Simpson-Wentz and rocker-bassist Pete Wentz of the band Fall Out Boy.

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TV Land Celebrates the New Year with 'Lucy's New Year's Eve Countdown,' a Marathon of Viewers Favorite 'I Love Lucy' Episodes

TV Land viewers are ringing in 2009 with "Lucy's New Year's Eve Countdown" on December Thirty-first, a hilarious showcase of "I Love Lucy" episodes specially voted on by them. Throughout the month of December, TVLand-dot-com has been inviting viewers to vote for their all-time favorite madcap episodes of this series. Tune in on New Year's Eve day to see which episodes made the cut, from Lucy's "Vitameatavegamin" commercial to Lucy and Ethel's candy factory debacle to the legendary episode of Lucy crushing grapes. As an added bonus, visitors to the Web site can also watch classic episode clips, view a photo gallery of iconic pictures from the series and play an "I Love Lucy" trivia game.

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'Bad Santa' And 'Santa Clause' Are Top Naughty And Nice Santas in Blockbuster Survey

Saint Nick doesn't have to be saintly for America to love him, according to a survey conducted by Blockbuster. Movie lovers chose Tim Allen's portrayal in "The Santa Clause" as their favorite "nice" on-screen Santa. They chose Billy Bob Thornton's anti-Claus in "Bad Santa" as their favorite version of a less jolly old elf. The survey, conducted on blockbuster-dot-com last month, asked movie lovers to choose their favorite naughty and nice Santas portrayed on the big and small screens.

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