Cowell: 'X Factor' wants 2 female judges, 2 hosts (AP)
AP - Simon Cowell is playing it coy about rumors that Fergie, Britney Spears and Janet Jackson are being considered for "The X Factor."
Singer Jason Crabb gets 8 Dove Awards nominations (AP)

Kirk Franklin performs at the 43rd NAACP Image Awards on Friday, Feb. 17, 2012, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)AP - Singer Jason Crabb grabbed eight nominations for the Dove Awards, leading the way for the gospel and Christian music show that will be held in Atlanta for the second year in a row.
Palin aides lash out at HBO's 'Game Change' (AP)
AP - Current and former aides to Sarah Palin lashed out Wednesday at HBO's "Game Change," describing the upcoming film's depictions of her on the 2008 campaign trail as "sick" and inaccurate.
Franklin says Houston's mother raised her well (omg!)
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Palin aides lash out at HBO's 'Game Change' (omg!)
omg! - Current and former aides to Sarah Palin lashed out Wednesday at HBO's "Game Change," describing the upcoming film's depictions of her on the 2008 campaign trail as "sick" and inaccurate.
Celeb birthdays for the week of Feb. 26-March 3 (omg!)
omg! - Feb. 26: Singer Fats Domino is 84. Guitarist Paul Cotton of Poco is 69. Actor-director Bill Duke is 69. Singer Mitch Ryder is 67. Keyboardist Jonathan Cain of Journey is 62. Singer Michael Bolton is 59. Actor Greg Germann ("Ally McBeal") is 54. Actress Jennifer Grant is 46. Bassist Tim Commerford (Audioslave, Rage Against the Machine) is 44. Singer Erykah Badu is 41. R&B singer Rico Wade of Society of Soul is 40. Singer Kyle Norman of Jagged Edge is 37. Drummer Chris Culos of O.A.R. is 33. Singer Corinne Bailey Rae is 33. ...
Sweden's crown princess gives birth to baby girl (omg!)
omg! - Sweden's Prince Daniel says his wife, Crown Princess Victoria, has given birth to their first child, a baby girl.
Billy Baldwin Returns to 'Gossip Girl' (omg!)
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Billy Baldwin Returns to 'Gossip Girl'In the next episode of Gossip Girl, Billy Baldwin returns as William van der Woodsen to help settle a family crisis, and we have photos from the set!
AP critics pick 'The Artist' for top Oscar wins (omg!)
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Why Glee's Grant Gustin Hopes Sebastian Is the Heir to the Sue Sylvester Throne (omg!)
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Franklin says Houston's mother raised her well (AP)
AP - Aretha Franklin says Cissy Houston raised her daughter Whitney Houston well — and that an interview where Franklin said parents need to make sure children "leave home prepared" was taken out of context.
AP critics pick 'The Artist' for top Oscar wins (AP)
AP - Associated Press movie writers David Germain and Christy Lemire are boringly in lockstep on their picks for this season's top Academy Awards categories, depriving them of their usual snide debate over who's going to win.
Man's childhood comic collection fetches $3.5M (AP)

This Feb. 13, 2012 handout photo provided by Heritage Auction , shows the CGC-Certified 6.5 copy of Detective Comics #27 from the Billy Wright Collection at Heritage Auctions in Dallas,Texas. On Wednesday, the collection is expected to bring more than $2 million when Heritage Auctions offers the comics at auction in New York City. (AP Photo/Courtesy of Heritage Auctions)AP - Billy Wright plunked down dime after dime for comic books while growing up in the late 1930s and early 1940s, caring for the collection he started around the age of 9 until his death more than half a century later. On Wednesday, most of that collection sold for a whopping $3.5 million.
Rebuffed by mainstream, Black turns humor inward (AP)
AP - Down a quiet country road in rural Connecticut, in a home with a stone wall out front and glittery pinecones on the coffee table, lives Michael Ian Black.
Jennifer Aniston puts name in star on Walk of Fame (Reuters)
Reuters - Actress Jennifer Aniston was honored with a star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame on Wednesday, the first of the "Friends" actors to receive the emblem of celebrity that she described as "surreal."