New York, NY (WFN) -- MTV is getting multi-cultural next year. The network plans to start three customized channels specifically tailored to Indian-Americans, Chinese-Americans and Korean-Americans.

NEW YORK -- You can't avoid Regis Philbin this holiday season. Besides filling in for Dick Clark on the "New Year's Rockin' Eve" telecast, Philbin will be co-hosting "The Apprentice" season finale episode tomorrow (Dec. 16).

LAS VEGAS -- Barry Manilow is joining Wayne Newton and Celine Dion in Las Vegas. The man who writes the songs the whole world sings has signed a deal for a long-term engagement at the Las Vegas to perform 24 weeks a year in 2005 and 2006.

LOS ANGELES -- Arnold Schwarzenegger is headed back to the big screen. The California governor will make a cameo in an upcoming comedy written and produced by friend Tom Arnold called "The Kid and I." The movie, which stars Joe Mantegna and Shannon Elizabeth, will hit theaters next year.

LOS ANGELES -- Although Robert DeNiro's character as the father-in-law to the character played by Ben Stiller is very intimidating in the upcoming comedy "Meet the Fockers," most people still wouldn't mind having DeNiro as their second pop. In a new Fandango poll, 47 percent of moviegoers want DeNiro as an in-law with 47 percent while 25 percent prefer Dustin Hoffman. Only 13 percent say they'd be lucky to have Barbara Streisand as an in-law.

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