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Although Oprah's show is over, Oprah's Favorite Things remains. The media queen reveals her list in the December issue of O, The Oprah Magazine, reports People Style Watch.

Police in Bellevue, Wash., admitted Friday to coming to terms with the real possibility that a 2-year-old whose mother notified them of his disappearance last Sunday could die before they or the FBI can find him, The Associated Press reported.

Gold prices rode a roller-coaster this week, topping a peak midweek when the settled at $1,799.20 before plunging 2.2 percent over the next two days on fears Italy had lost control of its finances and was threatening the Eurozone's survival.

Gold prices edged up Friday as a bump in sentiment about the Eurozone crisis encouraged a move into stocks and the continent's single currency.

Private equity firms including KKR and TPG Capital are looking to potentially buy minority stakes of up to 20 percent in Yahoo Inc with an eye to eventually taking over the whole company, people with knowledge of the situation said.

F. Scott Frazier, who wrote The Numbers Station and Line of Sight, has sold his newest spec script to the British production company/financier Between the Eyes, TheWrap has learned.

Bradley Cooper isn't going Solo.The Hangover actor, who had been in talks to play the crime fighter Napoleon Solo in Warner Bros'. big-screen version of The Man From U.N.C.L.E., will not play the role, TheWrap has learned.

Gold prices fell Thursday, their third consecutive daily decline, as investors facing margin calls sold the yellow metal to raise cash.

Gold exploration company Rainy River said it has completed a preliminary assessment of its Rainy River project, which indicates that the gold project in northwest Ontario is viable.

AuRico Gold Inc., a large Canadian gold miner, said Thursday third-quarter profit surged 76 percent on increased metals' prices and higher output, particularly from three Mexican mines.

Gold prices recouped big early losses Thursday to start Comex floor trading about one percent down as the U.S. dollar fell against the euro on hopes a new Italian and Greek governments may pave the way for Europe to avert a recession.

Four months after Oprah Winfrey seized the reins to Discovery Communications' most glamorous asset, the Oprah Winfrey Network, Peter Liguori announced Wednesday that he is leaving his post as Discovery's COO at the end of the year.

Gold prices slipped modestly Wednesday as stock investors in Europe and the U.S. dumped their holdings and abandoned the euro in a global stampede to safety.

First Majestic Silver Corp.'s third-quarter profit rose as higher silver prices lifted revenue 88 percent, offsetting a decline in silver produced, the Vancouver-based mining company said Wednesday.

Gold and silver mining company stocks rose Wednesday, defying a global downdraft in equities and underscoring the traditional role precious metals have as a safe haven for investors.

Lady Gaga and Justin Bieber will be performing live at New York City's Times Square for Dick Clark?s New Year's Rockin? Eve with Ryan Seacrest 2012, The Times Square Alliance has confirmed.

Toronto's main stock index looked set to open lower on Wednesday, hurt by weaker commodity prices as doubts about Italy's ability to tackle its debt problems persisted even after Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi pledged to resign.

Silver Wheaton Corp.'s third-quarter profit doubled as the selling prices of gold and silver soared and sales volume jumped.

Gold prices slipped Wednesday as skyrocketing Italian government bond yields signaled the beginning of a possibly terminal phase in that nation's economy.

State governments would be able to collect online sales taxes under a bill due to be introduced in the Senate on Wednesday, said sources familiar with the bill.

Gold rose above $1,800 an ounce on Tuesday for the first time in over a month, fueled by worries that a teetering government in euro zone's third largest economy Italy would deepen the region's debt crisis.