ENTERTAINMENT NEWS

MUSIC/ LORETTA LYNN "FEELING GREAT": Billboard Magazine has said that Country music legend Loretta Lynn is "feeling great" and planning a trip to her home in the Bahamas over the holidays. The magazine attributed the news to her daughter Patsy Lynn Russell. Reports have circulated on the Web about Lynn's declining health after she canceled her 4 remaining shows this year because of the flu. Russell says Lynn will return to the U.S. in late January to resume touring. She is planning to head to Los Angeles at the end of January to receive her Lifetime Achievement Grammy from the Recording Academy. Other honorees at the January 30 ceremony include Michael Jackson, Leonard Cohen, Bobby Darin, Andre Previn, and Clark Terry. They will also be recognized during the Grammys on January 31.

THEATRE/ "LION KING" SETS UK RECORD: The London production of the award-winning Disney musical "The Lion King" becomes the 9th longest-running musical in West End history when it plays its 4,265th performance today at the Lyceum Theatre. The Broadway production of the musical, which was also directed and designed by Julie Taymor, is currently the 9th longest-running musical in Broadway history as well. The London mounting celebrated its 10th anniversary in October 2009. Since opening, the family-friendly musical has been seen by over 8 million people at London's Lyceum. Based on the animated feature film of the same name, "The Lion King" follows the adventures of the young lion cub Simba, as he struggles to accept the responsibilities of adulthood and his destined role of King.