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Radiohead releases album a day early

NEW YORK

Radiohead’s new album, “The King of Limbs,” has arrived a day early.

The band made the album available Friday for download from its website. Radiohead announced the album release Monday, saying it would be out Saturday.

Unlike the band’s 2007 pay-what-you-want album, “In Rainbows,” this one has a price.

Fans can pre-order an MP3 download for $9 or a higher-quality WAV version for $14. For approximately $50, there’s also an extensive vinyl edition with deluxe packaging.

‘Unknown’ actress did her own stunts

BERLIN

Diane Kruger resisted the temptation to call in a stuntwoman for a challenging action scene in the thriller “Unknown.”

Kruger stars alongside Liam Neeson in the movie, which screened out of competition Friday at the Berlin film festival.

She plays Gina, a taxi driver and illegal immigrant who saves Neeson’s character from drowning after her cab skids off a bridge into a river.

Kruger says she “would have been very happy to let a very capable stunt lady take over from me.”

But she says her character is “a pretty tough chick really — and I felt like it was important that the audience believed that it was me.”

The actress says the experience introduced her to “a whole different layer of acting.”

Jackson has earned $310M since death

LOS ANGELES

Court documents show Michael Jackson’s estate has earned more than $310 million since the singer’s death but is still dealing with a series of lawsuits and financial disputes.

According to a filing in the singer’s probate case, Jackson died with more than $400 million in debt.

The filing reported the income, and more than $159 million in spending, for the period between Jackson’s death in June 2009 and December 2010.

The estate’s filing states it is negotiating settlements for several lawsuits, including disputes over Jackson’s “Thriller” album.

Estate administrators have restructured much of Jackson’s debt and negotiated deals for video games, new albums and a movie using rehearsal footage from Jackson’s last concert.

CBS News veteran Friedman leaving

NEW YORK

Veteran news executive Paul Friedman is leaving CBS News as part of the division’s management shake-up.

The 66-year-old Friedman is the division’s executive vice president and was the top deputy to CBS News President Sean McManus. CBS announced earlier this month that McManus, who also served as CBS Sports president, was going back to sports full time as the division’s chairman.

Jeff Fager, who is “60 Minutes” executive producer, was named CBS News chairman and hired David Rhodes from Bloomberg as his new right-hand man. Fager announced management changes in an internal memo to staff Friday.

Fager also said that Barbara Fedida, the news division’s top talent recruiter, also would be leaving.