"DANCING WITH THE STARS"
     LOS ANGELES (AP) - Brooke Burke is the one to beat on "Dancing
with the Stars." She and her partner got a round of perfect 10s
from the judges last night. Head judge Len Goodman even said her
freestyle was the best he's ever seen. Former NFL player Warren
Sapp won praise for being entertaining, if not perfect on the dance
floor. Sapp was tied with one-time 'N Sync member Lance Bass on the
judges' scorecard last night. But Burke is in the lead, just as she
has been most of the season. Tonight, the new winner gets the
mirror ball trophy.
 
 BOX OFFICE
     LOS ANGELES (AP) - "Twilight" is a very bright spot at the box
office. It opens at number-one with a whopping 69 and a half
million dollars for its first weekend. That makes it the
fourth-highest opening of the year. "Quantum of Solace" is pushed
to second with a weekend take of a little more than 26 and a half
million. That helped it cross the $100 million dollar mark.
"Bolt" is nipping at James Bond's heels. It opens in third. But
there's less than $500,000 between them. "Madagascar: Escape 2
Africa" and "Role Models" are in fourth and fifth. Here's the
rest of the weekend's top-ten: "Changeling," "High School
Musical 3: Senior Year," "The Boy in the Striped Pajamas,"
"Zack and Miri Make a Porno" and "The Secret Life of Bees."
 
 WRITERS ACCUSE PRODUCERS OF NOT PAYING
     LOS ANGELES (AP) - The Screen Actors Guild says studios want to
cut the residual fees actors receive when their work appears in
reruns by shifting reruns to the Internet. On the Internet fees are
a minimum of about $23 per actor, compared with more than $700 for
TV reruns. The Writers Guild of America filed an arbitration claim
last week. It's accusing the studios of not even paying the lower
fee. The studios say the fees apply only to work done after
February 13th of this year.
 
 SAG PRESIDENT - IF THERE'S A STRIKE, IT COULD HURT AWARDS SEASON
     LOS ANGELES (AP) - While the Screen Actors Guild plans to ask
members for a strike authorization their president says he wants
studios to feel some pain. SAG president Alan Rosenberg says if
"God forbid" actors go on strike it should be "at a time when it
has the most impact." He's talking about awards season. The
writers strike all but killed the Golden Globes earlier this year
and Rosenberg says the guild wants "to use whatever leverage" it
can muster. But the producers group says it "simply cannot put the
future of the industry at stake, even if it means that awards shows
are disrupted in some way."

    
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