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Foxy Brown pleads not guilty to NY court violation
NEW YORK, Rapper Foxy Brown has pleaded not guilty to charges of violating a court order stemming from a 2007 confrontation with her neighbor in New York City. Brown, whose real name is Inga Marchand, entered the plead Friday to a charge of criminal contempt. She could face up to one year in jail.
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Multiple love blooms in films at Venice festival
VENICE, Italy, It's not clear who's more daring, the German threesome or the French foursome. In any case, multiple love is in the air at the Venice Film Festival. Tom Tykwer presented his new film 'Three (Drei)' here Friday, the story of a married couple who fall in love with the same man.
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Yoko Ono installation seeks healing amid violence
BERLIN, At the center of Yoko Ono's new installation is a perfectly round bullet hole shot through a large pane of glass that John Lennon's widow says challenges viewers to confront 'incredible violence and abuse' in the world today.
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MTV hoping to move on from West debacle at VMAs
LOS ANGELES, Don't expect a duet between Kanye West and Taylor Swift at the MTV Video Music Awards. Jesse Ignjatovic, the executive producer of Sunday's show, flatly declared there's no chance of the pair reuniting in song a year after West interrupted Swift's acceptance speech for best female video to proclaim that Beyonce should have won the prize instead.
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Artists protest looming cuts to UK culture budget
LONDON, Some of Britain's best-known artists are opposing planned government cuts that could slash arts funding by 25 percent. More than 100 artists including David Hockney, Damien Hirst, Anish Kapoor, Antony Gormley and Tracey Emin say they fear deep cuts could hobble the country's creative economy.
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Study tracks concerns about 3-D TV sets
NEW YORK, A study about consumer attitudes toward 3-D television found many who were less interested in the technology after they actually experienced it. Still, 52 percent of consumers who tried out 3-D televisions said it was a better experience than they had expected, according to a study conducted by The Nielsen Co. for the Cable and Telecommunications Association for Marketing.
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Wynton Marsalis-led NY jazz band to travel to Cuba
NEW YORK, New York City's Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra is traveling to Cuba next month for a series of concerts in Havana with bandleader Wynton Marsalis. The trip will be the first for the jazz band. The ensemble will perform several concerts from Oct. 5 to 9.
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Rascal Flatts' Rooney, wife welcome daughter
NASHVILLE, Tenn., Rascal Flatts guitarist Joe Don Rooney and wife Tiffany Fallon have a new baby. Fallon gave birth to a healthy girl named Raquel Blue early Tuesday morning. A statement from Rascal Flatts' publicist says mother and daughter are doing well. Rooney says he and his wife 'feel blessed and are ready for the sleepless nights ahead.'
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Jimmy Johnson becomes `Survivor' celebrity
MIAMI, Jimmy Johnson has become a 'Survivor' celebrity, even though he has yet to appear on the show. Johnson says he knew the CBS reality series was popular, but lately he's surprised to find himself talking more about his experience on 'Survivor: Nicaragua' than about football.
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'Runway' stars, Siriano kick off NY Fashion Week
NEW YORK, New York Fashion Week brought its cutting-edge style uptown on Thursday, opening its spring-collection previews in a new location at Lincoln Center. Gone are the tents at Bryant Park where hundreds of designers had launched runways since 1993. Instead, an estimated 100,000 buyers, editors, stylists and celebrities will visit the new home of Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week.
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Representatives say Glenn Beck to donate fee
ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Representatives say Glenn Beck will donate his speaking fee from his upcoming appearance with Sarah Palin in Anchorage. Christopher Balfe, president of Beck's media company, says the fee from Saturday's event at the Dena'ina Civic and Convention Center will go to the Special Operations Warrior Foundation.
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Former LFO member Rich Cronin dies at 36
NEW YORK, Rich Cronin, whose band LFO sang the breezy summer hit 'Summer Girls' that name-checked Abercrombie and Fitch, has died after struggling with health setbacks including leukemia and a stroke. He was 36. Cronin - who co-wrote 'Summer Girls,' LFO's biggest hit - died in a Boston hospital Wednesday, former bandmate Brad Fischetti said.
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Olivia de Havilland honored by French president
PARIS, Oscar-winning actress Olivia de Havilland, whose memorable performance in 'Gone With The Wind' still touches hearts 70 years later, was awarded the Legion of Honor on Thursday by the president of France. At 94, de Havilland looked radiant as Nicolas Sarkozy pinned her with the insignia of the chevalier, or knight, of the Legion of Honor at a ceremony at the presidential palace.
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Bowersox finds out her files were checked in Ohio
COLUMBUS, Ohio, 'American Idol' runner-up Crystal Bowersox has learned that personal information on her was improperly checked in her home state of Ohio. The Columbus Dispatch reported Thursday that the State Highway Patrol discovered in May that more than a half-dozen people with access to confidential records looked to see what the state had on Bowersox.
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Sotheby's to sell rare Audubon 'Birds of America'
LONDON, A British auction house is selling a work of natural history billed as the world's most expensive book, alongside a rare first edition of Shakespeare's plays. One of only 100 or so remaining...
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A whole different Playboy channel _ for the blind
HOUSTON, Suzi Hanks reads Playboy magazine for the articles. And the jokes. And the letters and cartoons. And yes, for the pictures. Each week, for an hour, Hanks snuggles close to a microphone in a tiny soundproof closet, reading - and describing in great detail - portions of the latest Playboy issue for the blind.
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Eminem set to open MTV Video Music Awards
LOS ANGELES, Eminem is not afraid to open the MTV Video Music Awards. MTV general manager Stephen Friedman said Wednesday that the rapper, who's nominated for eight trophies and continues to sit...
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Venice: Tsui revives Chinese hero Detective Dee
VENICE, Italy, Hong Kong's action film master Tsui Hark returns to the big screen with 'Detective Dee and the Mystery of Phantom Flame', a new cloak-and-dagger martial arts blockbuster set in the Tang dynasty.
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Colbert, VP Biden fete troops with hot dogs, beer
NEW YORK, A hot dog vending cart was wheeled back and forth. Cocktail waitresses hurried past with trays full of beer. Vice President Joe Biden led New York Yankees great Yogi Berra by the arm. Such was the bizarre, red-white-and-blue circus backstage at comedian Stephen Colbert's celebration of U.S. troops' return from Iraq.
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CNN names Piers Morgan as Larry King's replacement
NEW YORK, British tabloid veteran Piers Morgan, hired by CNN to start as Larry King's replacement as a prime-time interviewer in January, promised that he 'came here to win.' CNN nailed down the final piece of its prime-time makeover on Wednesday, after months where it was clear the 'America's Got Talent' panelist was its top choice.
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Va. philanthropist, billionaire John Kluge dies
, John Kluge, once listed as the wealthiest man in America, who built an investment in a radio station into a broadcasting empire that was the forerunner to Fox Television, has died. He was 95. The University of Virginia said Wednesday that Kluge (pronounced KLOOG-ee) died Tuesday at his home near Charlottesville, Va.
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Pratt to Montag: Sorry for my outrageous behavior
NEW YORK, Former 'The Hills' star Spencer Pratt is apologizing to his estranged wife, Heidi Montag, for acting out in their breakup. The two starred on the MTV reality soap, which ended in July. They separated last May after one year of marriage.
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Americana Awards celebrate legacy of Wanda Jackson
NASHVILLE, Tenn., Wanda Jackson had no idea the influence she would have on future rock 'n' roll women when she carved a sharp, distinctive line across the heartwood of the new genre back in the 1950s and '60s.
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Hong Kong model arrested after Nevada desert event
RENO, Nev., Authorities in Nevada say a Hong Kong fashion model is facing a felony drug charge following her arrest at the Burning Man festival, along with misdemeanor vehicle charges after crashing a rented motor home into Reno's 'Biggest Little City in the World' arch.
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Lawsuit over Beyonce music video filming dismissed
LOS ANGELES, A Los Angeles man who sued Beyonce Knowles claiming a music video shoot 'shattered' his privacy has dismissed the case. A Los Angeles Superior Court judge dismissed Philip Markowitz's suit against the Grammy-winning singer on Friday. Court filings show Markowitz sought a dismissal of the case roughly three months after it was filed.
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Paley Center says new TV awards show set for 2012
LOS ANGELES, The Emmys aren't the only big TV-honors game anymore. The Paley Center for Media announced plans Wednesday for an awards telecast that will debut in spring 2012 in New York. It was developed with the help of TV, advertising and new-media executives.
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Guerra, Sanz lead Latin Grammy nominations
LOS ANGELES, The Latin Grammy nominations spread the love between established artists and newcomers, nominating songwriters Juan Luis Guerra and Alejandro Sanz in four categories each. The nominations...
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Hack attack hits home for AP writer
LOS ANGELES, The Twitterverse is full of far more mysterious forces than indecipherable trending topics and Lady Gaga. There are people out there with dark, dastardly intents, as I learned when my account was hacked.
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Military bans sale of violent video game
WASHINGTON, Military bases across the U.S. have banned the sale of a new video game that lets a player pretend to be a Taliban fighter and 'shoot' U.S. troops. 'Medal of Honor' by Electronic Arts, a major game developer based in Redwood City, Ca., hits stores Oct. 12.
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Amy Winehouse sings again on Quincy Jones album
LOS ANGELES, Amy Winehouse is making music again. Quincy Jones says the five-time Grammy winner's first new track in years will appear on his forthcoming album, 'Q: Soul Bossa Nostra.' Winehouse has been known more for her personal problems than her music in recent years, and hasn't issued any new tunes since her critically acclaimed 2006 breakthrough CD, 'Back to Black.'
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