KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) - U.S. pop singer Gwen Stefani will not wear revealing costumes during her concert in Malaysia, the show's organizer said Thursday, after protests from Muslim students about her sexy outfits and steamy acts.
Maxis Communications Bhd. said it "respects the values and conventions of this country" and pledged that Stefani would follow the local code of ethics for foreign artists, which bans the unnecessary baring of skin.
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SAN DIEGO (AP) - "Superbad" is the tale of three goofy teen guys who scheme to buy booze and get girls, making dirty jokes all the while. For Judd Apatow, the writer-director behind "Knocked Up" and "The 40-Year-Old Virgin," it was love at first read.
But for years, he couldn't get the movie made. He got the script (by "Knocked Up" star Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg) in 2000, before he had any real success. His 1999 TV series "Freaks and Geeks" was cancelled by NBC before the first season was up, and his followup, "Undeclared," met a similar fate on Fox.
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BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) - Lane Garrison, who pleaded guilty to vehicular manslaughter and drunken driving in a crash that killed a teenage passenger, was ordered Thursday to undergo a 90-day evaluation to help a judge decide his sentence.
The former "Prison Break" actor will undergo a "diagnostic" by parole officers and psychologists in a prison before returning for an Oct. 31 appearance before Superior Court Judge Elden S. Fox.
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