E! Online – Perhaps that poor showing in the box office didn’t signify the Jonas Brothers were done after all.

AP – Virginia Madsen is not afraid of the dark. In fact, she craves it.

AFP – US pop star Madonna on Monday filed papers with a Malawian court to adopt a second child while rights activists branded her a bully and accused her of using her influence to hasten the process.

Reuters – A Malawi court is expected to rule on Friday whether U.S. pop singer Madonna can adopt a second infant from the country, a move a prominent local human rights activist said would amount to child trafficking.

Reuters – You can’t deny Bill O’Reilly’s success. On Tuesday, the fiery host of Fox News Channel’s “The O’Reilly Factor” will mark his 100th consecutive month as the No. 1-rated cable news show.

AP – A French musicians guild says Oscar-winning film composer Maurice Jarre has died at the age of 84.

AP – A Malawian judge held a closed-door hearing Monday on Madonna’s application to adopt a second child from this southern African nation but delayed ruling on the matter until Friday, a court official said.

Reuters – Oscar-winning French composer Maurice Jarre, who wrote the music for films including “Doctor Zhivago” and “Lawrence of Arabia,” has died in Los Angeles at the age of 84, media in France reported on Monday.

Reuters – Fox is developing a dating-competition series that casts “average-looking” people.

Reuters – At the Carmike Encore Park Cinemas megaplex in Elkhart, Ind., box office receipts are way up this year. But the returns at the candy counter aren’t so sweet.

Reuters – Kathy Bates has joined Sandra Bullock in “The Blind Side,” a football comedy-drama based on the best-selling novel by Michael Lewis.

AP – Love sometimes get second chances, but failed TV series rarely do. “Cupid” has become one of those rare exceptions.

E! Online – Who won Monsters vs. Aliens? One day, the answer may be the 3-D film.

AP – Movie beasts from old-time Hollywood got a makeover as heroes and conquered the weekend box office.

Reuters – Pop singer Madonna arrived in Malawi on Sunday ahead of a court examination this week of her bid to adopt a second Malawian child, a girl called Mercy James, officials said.