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Jerry Lewis MDA Telethon raises $58.9 million
LAS VEGAS, Despite the struggling economy, officials with the Jerry Lewis MDA Telethon say contributions and pledges from this year's Labor Day event totaled $58.9 million. The amount was down from nearly $60.5 million last year and a record $65 million in 2008. But Lewis says he's heartened by Americans' ability to help others in need even when they're struggling financially.
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Jerry Hall's art collection on auction block
LONDON, Model Jerry Hall plans to auction some of her art collection next month, including a famous portrait by Lucian Freud that shows her nude when she was eight months pregnant, Sotheby's said Monday. The auction will also include works by Andy Warhol, Damien Hirst, David Bailey and other prominent artists collected by Hall, ex-wife of Rolling Stones frontman Mick Jagger
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Tony Blair cancels London appearance over protests
LONDON, Tony Blair on Monday canceled a planned public appearance in London to promote his new memoir over concerns about potential disruption from protesters. The former British prime minister said he didn't 'want the public to be inconvenienced by the inevitable hassle caused by protesters,' during his appearance on Wednesday at Waterstone's bookstore in central London.
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Ex-ELO cellist killed in collision with hay bale
LONDON, Police in southwestern England say a former member of the Electric Light Orchestra was killed in a freak collision with a huge hay bale that rolled down a steep hill. The victim was identified on Monday as 62-year-old Mike Edwards, who played cello in the British rock band between 1972 and 1975.
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Brazilian superstar Ivete Sangalo plays NY arena
NEW YORK, The most Earth-shattering event in Brazil this weekend took place in New York, where singer Ivete Sangalo played a sold out show at Madison Square Garden. Too bad, few Americans even noticed.
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Master chefs offer different contest at US Open
NEW YORK, There has been intense competition going on at the U.S. Open, and it has nothing to do with aces or foot faults. Instead, five of Bravo TV's 'Top Chef Masters' have been working to create the best food of the tournament - something more elegant than hot dogs, pretzels and burgers.
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| Sat, Sep 04, 2010 |
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Comedian Robert Schimmel dies after car accident
PHOENIX, Standup comic Robert Schimmel, a frequent guest on Howard Stern's radio show, has died after suffering serious injuries in a car accident. He was 60. Schimmel's spokesman, Howard Bragman, said Schimmel died Friday evening in a Phoenix hospital.
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Irreverent Cuban movie promises zombie revolution
HAVANA, What would you do if your entire city was taken over by flesh-eating zombies and communist leaders insisted it was nothing but a plot by U.S-backed dissidents to destabilize the government? ...
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Bristol Palin tells Leno 'Dancing' choice was easy
BURBANK, Calif., Bristol Palin said she didn't think twice before waltzing into 'Dancing with the Stars,' though she's barely danced in her life. In an appearance Friday on NBC's 'Tonight Show with Jay Leno,' the 19-year-old daughter of former Alaska Gov.
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Appeals court rules for Eminem in royalty lawsuit
SAN FRANCISCO, A federal appeals court has found Eminem's former production company is entitled to more money from downloads of the rapper's songs and ringtones. A federal jury last year had ruled against F.B.T. Productions LLC in its lawsuit against Universal Music Group seeking a greater share of revenue from downloads made between 2003 and 2008.
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Fox: Kara DioGuardi departs 'American Idol'
LOS ANGELES, Kara DioGuardi is officially out at 'American Idol.' After months of speculation, Fox announced Friday that the songwriter who joined the Fox singing competition's judging panel during its eighth season in 2009 was stepping down from her role as a judge. DioGuardi's exit follows the departures of judges Simon Cowell and Ellen DeGeneres.
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Vanity Fair reporter admits error in Palin article
KANSAS CITY, Mo., A writer for Vanity Fair has acknowledged a case of mistaken identity in an unflattering article about Sarah Palin in the magazine's October issue. Reporter Michael Joseph Gross describes Palin's youngest son, Trig, being pushed in a stroller by his older sister, Piper, before a rally in May in the Kansas City suburb of Independence.
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Calif. judge: rapper 40 Glocc must heed gang ban
COLTON, Calif., A judge has ruled that a rapper known as 40 Glocc who touted his gang member status in songs and videos is subject to a 2008 gang injunction barring him from an apartment complex in his hometown of Colton.
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Woo awarded Golden Lion for lifetime achievement
VENICE, Italy, John Woo built his reputation with stylish Hong Kong action thrillers, then moved to Hollywood where he directed such big-budget blockbusters as 'Mission Impossible II.' The director is now preparing for a third phase of his career.
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Lennon still helping me, Yoko Ono says
LONDON, Yoko Ono says John Lennon is still helping her in her endeavours as an artist and peace activist as she pays tribute to her late husband before what would have been his 70th birthday. Ono visited Lennon's childhood home and school in northern England's Liverpool on Friday.
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German court rules against YouTube over copyright
BERLIN, A German court ruled Friday that Google Inc.'s subsidiary YouTube LLC must pay compensation after users uploaded several videos of performances by singer Sarah Brightman in violation of copyright laws.
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Ne-Yo says T.I. makes a lot of poor decisions
LOS ANGELES, Ne-Yo says T.I. has had many chances - and it's time he gets his act together. Ne-Yo told the Associated Press the fellow performer makes a lot of poor decisions when it comes to the people that he surrounds himself with.
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Brendan Fraser to co-star in 'Elling' on Broadway
NEW YORK, Brendan Fraser and Denis O'Hare will star in the comedy 'Elling.' Producers announced Thursday the casting for 'Elling,' which will arrive on Broadway in November. It will begin performances at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre on Nov. 2 and open Nov. 21.
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Oprah's Book Club back, pick coming in September
CHICAGO, The first week of the final season of 'The Oprah Winfrey Show' will include a selection for Oprah's Book Club. A Harpo spokeswoman said Thursday that Winfrey will announce her 64th and latest pick during a live episode airing on Sept. 17.
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'Gone with the Wind' child actress dies at 76
FORT BRAGG, Calif., Cammie King Conlon, the former child actress who portrayed the doomed daughter of Rhett Butler and Scarlett O'Hara in 'Gone With the Wind,' has died at the age of 76. She died of lung cancer Wednesday morning at her Fort Bragg home on California's north coast, said friend Bruce Lewis. Her son, Matthew Ned Conlon, was by her side.
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Add hip-hop to 'Rock Band' thanks to Snoop Dogg
NEW YORK, Rap and rock will collide once again - this time in a video game. Fans of the hit game 'Rock Band' will get a chance to jam to some hip-hop, thanks to Snoop Dogg. He's the first rap artist to be featured in the video game, which already has songs from top artists like Jimi Hendrix, The Who, AC/DC and Green Day.
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French 'Spider-Man' in Sydney court over climb
SYDNEY, A French skyscraper climber nicknamed 'Spider-Man' pleaded not guilty Friday to charges related to his bare-handed climb up a 57-story building in downtown Sydney. Alain Robert, known for climbing some of the world's tallest and best-known buildings without ropes or other equipment, was arrested Monday at the top of the Lumiere building.
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| Thu, Sep 02, 2010 |
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Funk band War tells PepsiCo they're not friends
NEW YORK, Members of the original funk band War say they can't be friends with PepsiCo. They're suing the soft drink maker for more than $10 million, saying it did not negotiate with them to use their song 'Why Can't We Be Friends?' in a new commercial.
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TV stars Olson, McElhenney welcome baby boy
LOS ANGELES, Kaitlin Olson and Rob McElhenney (MAK'-uh-lay-nee) of 'It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia' hit a home run with their new baby boy. A spokeswoman for the couple says Olson gave birth to Alex Lee McElhenney at home in the Los Angeles area Wednesday. He weighed in at 8 pounds, 7 ounces - and forced his parents to miss a Philadelphia Phillies victory.
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Philly's mean streets featured in 'Wreck Chasers'
PHILADELPHIA, The mean streets of the City of Brotherly Love are once again coming to television. 'Wreck Chasers,' a reality show about the city's notoriously aggressive tow truck drivers, is shooting and is slated to premiere in late October on TLC.
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Axl Rose tries Dublin's patience, sends crowd home
DUBLIN, Axl Rose, it seems, needs a little more patience - and a much louder alarm clock. The 48-year-old singer of U.S. hard-rock band Guns N' Roses irritated thousands of his Dublin fans at...
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Author Hawking says God not needed for creation
LONDON, Did creation need a creator? British physicist and mathematician Stephen Hawking says no, arguing in his new book that there need not be a God behind the creation of the universe. The concept is explored in 'The Grand Design,' excerpts of which were printed in the British newspaper The Times on Thursday.
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Bob Dylan's 'Brazil Series' on display in Denmark
COPENHAGEN, Denmark, Denmark's National Gallery is displaying 40 acrylic paintings by Bob Dylan that have never before been shown to the public. Curator Kasper Monrad said the paintings in Dylan's 'Brazil Series' were specifically made for the Danish exhibition, which opens Friday.
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Film based on Japanese novel debuts in Venice
VENICE, Italy, Vietnamese-French director Tran Anh Hung crossed cultural and linguistic borders to direct his latest film, 'Norwegian Wood,' based on the cult coming-of-age Japanese novel. The Oscar-nominated director, who has taken home prizes from both Cannes and Venice, filmed the love story with an entirely Japanese cast.
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Rapper T.I., wife arrested on drug charges
LOS ANGELES, Rapper T.I. and wife Tameka Cottle were arrested late Wednesday night on drug charges after police smelled alleged marijuana coming from their car, authorities said. The arrests for possession of a controlled substance came on Sunset Boulevard in West Hollywood during a traffic stop, Los Angeles sheriff's deputy Mark Pope told The Associated Press.
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