Bad Boy Records' Notorious: Music From And Inspired By The Original Motion Picture has made a remarkable chart entry, arriving on the Billboard 200 at #4, with sales of 43,000 – the week's top debut.

After wowing fans during her successful sold-out European tour, MBK/J Records' global superstar Alicia Keys is just days away from bringing that same excitement on the North American leg of her As I Am Tour presented by Lexus.

Denzel Washington was left doubled up in pain on the set of his directorial debut in 2002 because he couldn't cope with the stress. The Oscar winner realized he was in over his head during the first week of shooting Antwone Fisher - and had to call for medical help.

Denzel Washington decided to try his hand at directing because he fears his career as an actor is coming to an end. The Oscar winner stars in and directs new movie The Great Debaters, his second stint behind the camera after 2002's Antwone Fisher.

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Oprah Winfrey and other producers behind the Denzel Washington and Forest Whitaker film ''The Great Debaters'' will receive an award from the Producers Guild of America for illuminating provocative social issues.

Antwone Fisher star Derek Luke is set to be a dad - his actress wife Sophia Luke is pregnant with their first child. The actor, 32, and Sophia are expecting a baby in early March, his representative Samantha Hill tells People magazine. The couple wed in 1998.

The Broadcasting Film Critics Association (BFCA) announced today that it will honor George Clooney by presenting him with its Freedom Award on the live telecast of 11th annual Critics' Choice Awards set to air on The WB Monday, January 9, 2006 (8:00-10:00 p.m. ET) from the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium. The BFCA presents its Freedom Award to individuals "for illuminating our shared values of freedom, tolerance and democracy."