| Fri, Jul 30, 2010 |
| 09:22 PM |
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Snooki of 'Jersey Shore' arrested in NJ beach town
SEASIDE HEIGHTS, N.J., 'Jersey Shore' cast member Nicole 'Snooki' Polizzi has been arrested in the New Jersey beach town where the MTV show is based. Seaside Heights Police Chief Thomas Boyd says Polizzi was arrested at around 3:25 p.m. Friday and charged with disorderly conduct after other beachgoers reported she was bothering them.
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| 07:46 PM |
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Heidi Montag files for divorce from Spencer Pratt
LOS ANGELES, Fifteen months after saying 'I do,' reality TV stars Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt are headed for divorce. The 23-year-old starlet and plastic surgery devotee filed for divorce Friday in Santa Monica, Calif., citing irreconcilable differences. Representatives for Montag and Pratt did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
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Gibson's ex-girlfriend urges him `tell the truth'
LOS ANGELES, Mel Gibson's ex-girlfriend says she's the victim of a 'smear campaign' and never tried to extort money from the Oscar-winning star. In a video interview posted Friday on RadarOnline.com, Oksana Grigorieva says she's been 'victimized all over again' by speaking out about her troubles with Gibson.
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| 03:36 PM |
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NBC to air live episode of Tina Fey's `30 Rock'
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif., NBC says '30 Rock' is going live this fall. The network said Friday a live episode of the comedy will air Oct. 14 and will be performed twice so that both East and West Coast viewers get to see it that way.
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| 03:24 PM |
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Paul Lee appointed head of ABC Entertainment
NEW YORK, ABC says that Paul Lee will take over as president of the ABC Entertainment Group, following the resignation of Stephen McPherson. Lee, who was president of the ABC Family cable channel, will oversee both ABC studios and the ABC network programming.
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| 01:39 PM |
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Andy Griffith's new role: pitching health care law
WASHINGTON, Actor Andy Griffith has a new role: pitching President Barack Obama's health care law to seniors in a cable television ad paid for by Medicare. The TV star - whose role as sheriff...
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| 01:38 PM |
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Branagh: Shakespeare's superheroes are like `Thor'
SAN DIEGO, Kenneth Branagh is directing 'Thor' for Marvel Studios, and some think it's a stretch for him to take on a superhero movie. He's more Shakespearean, having adapted several of the Bard's films for the big screen. But the 49-year-old actor-director says Shakespeare's characters aren't unlike today's superheroes.
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| 09:58 AM |
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Sandra Bullock wants out of Gulf restoration video
NEW ORLEANS, A spokeswoman for Sandra Bullock says the actress wants her parts of a video promoting Gulf Coast restoration removed until she learns whether oil companies influenced it. The statement Thursday came after the website DeSmogBlog called the campaign an industry push to get support for drilling and taxpayer money to repair wetland damage caused by the BP oil spill.
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| 05:48 AM |
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YouTube boosts upload limit to 15 minutes
NEW YORK, In case 10 minutes isn't enough to show off your guitar solo skills or Lady Gaga impersonation, YouTube has raised the limit it places on video uploads to 15 minutes. The video website, owned by Google Inc., said in a blog post Thursday that the longer upload time was the single-most requested feature that its users have been asking for.
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| 02:06 AM |
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Family feud could silence beloved singer Fairouz
BEIRUT, Across four decades, Fairouz's songs of freedom, justice and love transfixed Arab audiences, moved millions to tears and gave hope to the Lebanese during the darkest days of their 15-year civil war.
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| 12:48 AM |
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Jill Biden plays to type in 'Army Wives' episode
WASHINGTON, It isn't much of a stretch for Jill Biden when she takes an acting turn in an episode of Lifetime network's 'Army Wives.' The second lady, playing herself, visits the show's Fort Marshall to hear about the challenges facing military families and offer them words of encouragement.
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| Thu, Jul 29, 2010 |
| 09:19 PM |
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Brother of famed Brooklyn Dodgers pitcher dies
LOS ANGELES, John R. Branca, brother of famed Brooklyn Dodgers pitcher Ralph Branca and father of prominent entertainment lawyer John Branca, who is co-executor of Michael Jackson's estate, has died, his family said Thursday.
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| 07:15 PM |
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Mark Wahlberg gets star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
LOS ANGELES, Rapper-turned-underwear model-turned-Oscar-nominated actor Mark Wahlberg has been enshrined in the Hollywood Walk of Fame. The 39-year-old actor was presented with a star Thursday on Hollywood Boulevard's famed sidewalk monument.
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| 02:35 PM |
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Gabourey Sidibe keeps the magic going in TV series
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif., Gabourey Sidibe (GA'-buh-ray SIH'-dee-bay) is pinching herself over her unexpected life, which includes an Oscar nomination and a new TV series. At a meeting Thursday of the Television Critics Association in Beverly Hills, Sidibe described herself as a 'middle-of-the-lane, very normal' person who'd planned to be a receptionist.
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| 01:08 PM |
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Timberlake's William Rast to launch at Target
NEW YORK, William Rast, the fashion line by Justin Timberlake and his childhood friend Trace Ayala, has a new partner: Target. The retailer announced Thursday that a William Rast collection, including denim, outerwear and sportswear for men and women, would launch in December and be available for a month.
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| 01:07 PM |
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DC sniper claims conspirators in Shatner interview
RICHMOND, Va., Convicted DC sniper Lee Boyd Malvo tells actor William Shatner on a cable TV special that he and his partner tried to recruit fellow shooters for their 2002 spree and that his accomplice killed one man for backing out, according to the program set for airing Thursday.
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| 10:34 AM |
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Amazon CEO hopes new Kindles stoke sales
SEATTLE, Jeff Bezos isn't just confident you'll want a Kindle e-book reader. The CEO of Amazon.com is bracing for a future in which you'll also want ones for your kid heading to college, your spouse in a book club and perhaps even Grandpa.
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| 09:46 AM |
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Lisa Kudrow prescribes laughter in Web series
NEW YORK, Former 'Friends' star Lisa Kudrow is making herself laugh. She's reading tweets written by her character, Fiona Wallice, on the online show 'Web Therapy,' which recently completed its third season. Each segment runs about 3 minutes to 16 minutes.
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| 08:04 AM |
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Bright Eyes plans concert to fight immigration law
OMAHA, Neb., Bright Eyes, Cursive and other Nebraska music acts will perform at a concert to raise money to fight a law that would ban the hiring of or renting to illegal immigrants in the Nebraska city of Fremont. The Concert for Equality on Saturday in Omaha's Benson neighborhood will include two simultaneous shows - one outside and the other indoors at the Waiting Room.
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| 06:43 AM |
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In iPhone, adult industry sees pocket porn market
NEW YORK, It's a maxim of technology: Invent the newest gadget and the porn industry will find a way to cash in. So when Apple Inc. launched the iPhone 4 and its FaceTime videoconference feature, it didn't take long for adult-entertainment companies to develop video-sex chat services and start hiring workers through Craigslist.
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| Wed, Jul 28, 2010 |
| 08:59 PM |
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No charges filed in probe of other Jackson doctors
LOS ANGELES, State investigators probing the death of Michael Jackson have decided not to file charges against seven doctors who treated him, authorities said Wednesday. The doctors were part of an investigation by state Attorney General Jerry Brown's Bureau of Narcotic Enforcement, spokeswoman Christine Gasparac said.
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| 07:08 PM |
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Kanye West performs for Facebook, joins Twitter
NEW YORK, With the release of a new album approaching, Kanye (KAHN'-yay) West is making sure he's up to date with the social networking sites. He joined Twitter on Wednesday, one day after going to the offices of Facebook, in Palo Alto, Calif., to preview some of his new material.
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| 06:57 PM |
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Hollywood Foreign Press gives away $1.5 million
LOS ANGELES, The Hollywood Foreign Press Association is giving away money. The group behind the Golden Globe Awards presented $1.5 million in grants to nonprofit film organizations at a star-studded luncheon Wednesday at the Four Seasons Hotel.
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Frank Sinatra musical `Come Fly Away' to close
NEW YORK, The Frank Sinatra jukebox musical 'Come Fly Away' will close on Broadway. The show will end its run at the Marquis Theatre on Sept. 5, producers announced Wednesday. The production was conceived, choreographed and directed by Twyla Tharp, who won a Drama Desk award for choreography.
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CBS daytime show aims to be 'The Talk' of the town
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif., Sara Gilbert, producer and co-host of the new CBS daytime show 'The Talk,' said she will share her life as a lesbian partner and mom on the air when it seems right. But Leah Remini, among the six co-hosts, said she has no plans to make her religion, Scientology, part of the show.
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Real-life drama: Susan Lucci working on memoir
NEW YORK, It's a breakthrough for Susan Lucci. No, not a second Emmy. She has a book deal. It Books said Wednesday that the longtime star of 'All My Children' has a memoir coming out next year. Her book is currently untitled. It will cover her role as Erica Kane on the daytime soap and her years as a stage performer.
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| 03:12 PM |
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National Archives reveals newly donated FDR papers
WASHINGTON, A handwritten letter from fascist Italian dictator Benito Mussolini congratulating President Franklin D. Roosevelt on his inauguration, and a note from a woman who had a brief affair with Roosevelt were shown to the public for the first time Wednesday at the National Archives.
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CBS pits youth against age on next `Survivor'
LOS ANGELES, 'Survivor' is going to exploit the generation gap. CBS says the upcoming edition of the CBS reality show 'Survivor: Nicaragua' will divide contestants into two tribes, young vs. old - with 'old' defined as starting at 40 for the so-called Espada Tribe.
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Brinkley puts NY house on market at $15.75 million
SAG HARBOR, N.Y., You, too, can live like Christie Brinkley. All you need is $15.75 million. The supermodel has put one of her properties on New York's Long Island up for sale. It's a five-bedroom house on 4 1/2 acres in Sag Harbor on the island's eastern end.
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What's Jay-Z's state of mind over spoof?
LONDON, An online parody of a Jay-Z hit that swaps New York's metropolis for a modest Welsh port town has won hundreds of thousands of fans, the director of the spoof said Wednesday. The video...
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