Prince to play Super Bowl

Funk rock veteran Prince will perform during the halftime show at the Super Bowl on Feb. 4. The slot during the most-watched television show in the United States has come under scrutiny since Janet Jackson's breast-baring "wardrobe malfunction" in 2004 led to sharply higher fines for broadcast indecency. This year, the Rolling Stones were bleeped a few times during their three-song set, much to their annoyance. It's unlikely Prince will have problems with censors from the network and the National Football League. He has become a Jehovah's Witness and disavowed the kinkier tunes that make up a hefty chunk of his catalog.

Mel Gibson's bloody epic "Apocalypto" debuted as the No. 1 weekend movie, proving the filmmaker still can deliver a winner despite his recent personal problems. "Apocalypto," set in the Mayan civilization and told in an obscure Mayan language, opened with $14.2 million, according to estimates yesterday. The romantic chick flick "The Holiday" debuted at No. 2 with $13.5 million. The animated hit "Happy Feet" and the James Bond adventure "Casino Royale " slipped to Nos. 3 and 4, respectively. The thriller "Blood Diamond," starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Jennifer Connelly, and Djimon Hounsou, opened at No. 5 with $8.5 million.

Grammy-winning pop singer Mariah Carey (inset) is trying to block porn star-turned-politician Mary Carey from trademarking her similar-sounding stage name, saying fans could get the two performers confused. The adult film actress, whose real name is Mary Cook, said on Friday that she would not be intimidated by the international superstar and will press forward with her trademark application.

Composer John Williams earned four Grammy nominations, not five as organizers originally announced this week, a spokeswoman for awards said over the weekend. The former Boston Pops maestro, who has 18 Grammys dating back to 1976, will compete against himself in two categories: score soundtrack album and instrumental composition, for the films "Munich" and "Memoirs of a Geisha." He appears to have been confused with conductor John McLaughlin Williams, a nominee in a classical category.

Hollywood star Kate Winslet finds the glamorization of ultra-thin "size zero" models and actresses "unbelievably disturbing" and says she keeps magazines featuring such women away from her 6-year-old daughter, Mia. "It's so disturbing because young girls are impressionable from 11 up to 19 or 20 even. Women are very impressionable at those ages," Winslet told BBC television's "Sunday AM" program. "They're trying to figure out who they are, and they want to be loved, and what I resent is that there is an image of perfection that is getting thinner and thinner, and it's truly upsetting to me."

FROM WIRE REPORTS