Jazz singer Michael Buble's "Call Me Irresponsible" debuted at No. 2. Canadian rock group Rush's first studio album in five years, "Snakes Arrows" entered the album chart at No.
3. After two weeks on top, "The Best Damn Thing" by Avril Lavigne slid to No. 4.
Debuting at No. 5 was Tori Amos' "American Doll Posse." Miranda Lamber's second album, "Crazy Ex-Girlfriend" entered the chart at No.
6. In its 24th week, Daughtry's self-titled album remained in the top 10, falling from No. 5 to No.
7. Country singer Blake Shelton's "Pure BS" entered the chart at No. 8.
The "NOW 24" hits compilation tumbled from No. 4 to No. 9 while Carrie Underwood's "Some Hearts" dipped from No.
8 to No. 10 in its 77th week. Depp, long-time girlfriend to wed PLAN DE LA TOUR, France, May 9 (UPI) -- Actor Johnny Depp and long-time girlfriend Vanessa Paradis, spurred by their daughter's recent illness, said they decided to marry in France, where they live.
The couple's 7-year-old daughter, Lily-Rose, was hospitalized in London in March for nine days, suffering from E. coli poisoning, The Daily Mail said Wednesday. "They have talked about marriage on and off for a long time but the recent emotional roller-coaster they have had to endure seems to have spurred them into action," a source told the London newspaper.
The "Pirates Of The Caribbean" star and Paradis were at their daughter's bedside while in London, where Depp was filming "Sweeney Todd." He had refused to return to the set until the child was out of danger, which forced filming to shut down. Depp and Paradis are expected to marry during the summer in a chapel within the 50-acre grounds of their home in the village of Plan de la Tour, about an hour from St.
Tropez in the south of France. LOS ANGELES, May 9 (UPI) -- U.S.
country singer Billy Ray Cyrus' appearance on ABC's "Dancing with the Stars" ended on a sour note. Cyrus and Karina Smirnoff managed just a combined score of 38 for their foxtrot and mambo, prompting judge Bruno Tonioli to call his dancing "crap." Cyrus responded that Tonioli was "so rude," E!
News reported. "We tried really hard and worked really hard ..
. ," Cyrus said. "He called me a southern gentleman.
He needs to take a lesson on southern gentlemen." So with Cyrus dancing into the sunset, it leaves Ian Ziering, Joey Fatone, Laila Ali and Apolo Anton Ohno for next week's semifinals. LOS ANGELES, May 9 (UPI) -- About 40 percent of all U.
S. television shows aired during the 2005-06 season didn't employ a minority writer, a Writers Guild of America report said. "I wish we could say that we did not have to issue this damn depressing report," Patric Varrone, WGA West president, said during a news conference Tuesday.
Darnell Hunt, author of "2007 Hollywood Writers Report -- Whose Stories Are We Telling?" said minorities held only 9 percent of TV slots in 2005, down from 10 percent in 2004. The report found minorities accounted for 6 percent of film jobs during 2005, as in previous years.
The average earnings gap for white and minority screenwriters grew in 2005; white writers averaged $77,577 compared with $66,666 for minorities, said Hunt. The report found the number of women writers remained virtually unchanged in television and features, remaining at 27 percent in TV and nudging up 1 percent to 19 percent in films. Women nearly matched men in average TV earnings, at $94,123 -- just $267 less than what men earn.
In film, men earned an average of $90,000 while women's pay fell from $65,966 in 2004 to $50,000 in 2006. Copyright 2007 by United Press International
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