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Barry Manilow has landed on the top of the charts with a just-released album for the first time in 29 years. Manilow's ''The Greatest Songs of the Fifties,'' debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart, followed by Mary J. Blige's ''The Breakthrough'' and Andrea Bocelli's ''Amore.'' The album, 13 standards such as ''Are You Lonesome Tonight?'' and ''Unchained Melody,'' has sold more than 156,000 copies in the U.S. since it arrived Jan. 31.
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A Los Angeles judge on Thursday sentenced Tom Sizemore to three years' probation after the actor tearfully admitted he used methamphetamine last month. Sizemore, 44, could have faced 16 months in prison after violating his probation stemming from a conviction for methamphetamine possession. The judge's sentence included a 90-day stay at a drug treatment program. Sizemore also must submit to weekly drug tests the entire probationary term, said a court spokesman.
Today's Birthdays:
Actor Robert Wagner is 76.
Singer Roberta Flack is 67.
Country singer Lionel Cartwright is 46.
Actress Laura Dern is 39.