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By jiminy! Victoria has holiday spirit galore. If you're looking for some musical ways to get festive, here are just a few of the many concerts happening this week. We'll spotlight more Christmas events as the big day approaches

Producer-rapper Swizz Beatz says he wants to release a series of singles - or "memorable moments" - instead of a follow-up album to 2007's One Man Band Man.

For all his zeitgeist-tapping chart-conquering as leader of the Black Eyed Peas, Will.i.am's solo career has been curiously lacking in commercial success. Songs About Girls, his third solo record released in 2007, just cracked the U.S.

Batman's ride is up for sale - just the thing for cruising on those Dark Knights. The original Batmobile from the 1960s TV series will be auctioned on Jan. 19 at the Barrett-Jackson auction house in Scottsdale, Arizona.

If Beau Mirchoff were to claim that shooting Poker Night was torture, he'd only be telling part of the truth.

CNN has named former NBC Universal chief Jeff Zucker as its new top executive. Zucker is replacing Jim Walton, who announced he was leaving this past summer.

Roger Waters, Beyonce, Jay-Z also on list

The Sun-dance Film Festival has an apparent record lineup of female directors competing for its top honour this January. Half the entries - eight of the 16 films - announced this week in the festival's U.S.

Captain James T. Kirk will be on hand when the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise is officially retired. A publicist for William Shatner tells the Daily Press that the actor will attend the ship's inactivation ceremony Saturday at Naval Station Norfolk.

The Hunger Games novelist Suzanne Collins has a new book coming out. Scholastic Inc. says the multimillion-selling author has a picture book scheduled for next fall.