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Madonna, Ritchie on London divorce docket Friday
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11.20.2008 : 1:41 pm
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LONDON -- A judge will likely grant Madonna and Guy Ritchie an initial divorce decree on Friday, according to the schedule for London's High Court.
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Hark! Colbert sings in new Christmas special
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11.20.2008 : 12:47 pm
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NEW YORK -- The permanently suit-clad Stephen Colbert has traded in his pinstripes for a cardigan sweater, red turtleneck and furry boots. Following the tradition of Andy Williams and Bing Crosby, Colbert hosts his own holiday special in "A Colbert Christmas: The Greatest Gift of All." The hour-long special airs Sunday at 10 p.m. EST on Comedy Central, and will on Tuesday be released as a DVD, complete with a Yule log of burning books.
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AP Top Entertainment News At 12:38 p.m. EST
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11.20.2008 : 12:38 pm
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`Monday Night Football' tops TV cable ratings
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11.20.2008 : 12:38 pm
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Rankings for the top 15 programs on cable networks as compiled by Nielsen Media Research for the week of Nov. 10-16. Day and start time (EST) are in parentheses:
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Hugh Jackman crowned People's `Sexiest Man Alive'
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11.20.2008 : 10:41 am
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NEW YORK -- Hugh Jackman says wife Deborra-Lee Furness teased him after finding out he'd been named People magazine's "Sexiest Man Alive." Recalling Furness' reaction, Jackman says: "God bless her, she said, `I could've told them that years ago! And then she said, `Obviously Brad (Pitt) wasn't available this year.' And I said, `That was a joke, right?'"
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Publicist: Winona Ryder hospitalized in UK
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11.20.2008 : 10:39 am
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LONDON -- Actress Winona Ryder was briefly hospitalized after falling ill on a flight to London's Heathrow Airport Wednesday, her publicist said.
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Publicist: Paris Hilton and Benji Madden split
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11.20.2008 : 10:36 am
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LOS ANGELES -- Paris Hilton and her boyfriend of nine months, Benji Madden, have broken up. Hilton publicist Alanna McCarthy said Wednesday that the two "remain very good friends." She wouldn't say more.
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Taco Bell lawyers get tough with rapper 50 Cent
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11.20.2008 : 10:30 am
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NEW YORK -- Rapper 50 Cent is facing a challenge to his street cred -- from Taco Bell. Lawyers for the fast-food chain are calling his federal lawsuit, filed in Manhattan, another attempt to "burnish his gangsta rapper persona by distorting beyond all recognition a bona fide, good faith offer."
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Ben Affleck tours refugee camps in eastern Congo
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11.20.2008 : 10:27 am
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GOMA, Congo -- Ben Affleck is talking to children and aid officials in refugee camps in war-torn eastern Congo in an effort to raise awareness of the conflict that has displaced nearly 300,000 people.
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'Dinner Impossible' does the improbable
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11.20.2008 : 9:36 am
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It may not be impossible, but it seemed improbable. After getting dumped from Food Network's "Dinner: Impossible" series in March following revelations that he'd exaggerated details of his resume, Robert Irvine is making a comeback on the same show.
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Lawyer: Michael Jackson to testify in London
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11.20.2008 : 9:26 am
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LONDON -- Michael Jackson has agreed to appear in person at a London court to respond to a Bahraini sheik's $7 million lawsuit, the singer's lawyer said Thursday.
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Matthiessen wins National Book Award fiction prize
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11.20.2008 : 8:32 am
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NEW YORK -- The economy hung like a cloud over the 59th annual National Book Awards. Barack Obama was the silver lining. "It's a good time to be alive," announced author, Obama fan and fiction committee chair Gail Godwin, as she gracefully pulled out an envelope Wednesday night-- in stated emulation of the president-elect -- and revealed that Peter Matthiessen had won for "Shadow Country," a thorough revision of a trilogy of novels released in the 1990s.
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European history, culture and art goes digital
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11.20.2008 : 8:31 am
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BRUSSELS, Belgium -- Attention all culture-craving couch potatoes: Cultural riches from over 2,000 years of European civilization are going digital. It's part of a new European Union online library project that is set to rival Google and aims to create a one-stop-shop to access history, art, literature, cinema and music from across the continent.
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Microsoft lets Zune music subscribers keep tunes
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11.20.2008 : 8:16 am
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REDMOND, Wash. -- Microsoft Corp. is giving an early holiday gift to people who pay for all-you-can-listen access to the Zune digital music store: 10 songs to keep each month, included in the $14.99 monthly subscription fee.
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Strike threat hangs over La Scala gala opening
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11.20.2008 : 7:26 am
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MILAN, Italy -- In dramatic costumes dripping with fake blood, La Scala workers took to the stage to vent their frustration after the last three performances of "The Merry Widow" were canceled by a strike.
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'Impressionism' sets a March 12 Broadway opening
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11.20.2008 : 7:14 am
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NEW YORK -- The opening date and Broadway theater have been set for the world premiere of "Impressionism," a play by Michael Jacobs starring Jeremy Irons and Joan Allen.
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John Malkovich to film documentary about migrants
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11.20.2008 : 7:13 am
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MEXICO CITY -- John Malkovich is so touched by the plight of migrant children who cross illegally into the United States that he plans to make a documentary about it.
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RI woman loses appeal in Nazi-era art lawsuit
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11.19.2008 : 9:01 pm
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A painting forcibly auctioned by Germany's Nazi government should remain with the estate of a late Jewish art dealer who lost it when his gallery was liquidated, a federal appeals court ruled Wednesday.
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Hark! Colbert sings in new Christmas special
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11.19.2008 : 4:54 pm
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NEW YORK -- The permanently suit-clad Stephen Colbert has traded in his pinstripes for a cardigan sweater, red turtleneck and furry boots. Following the tradition of Andy Williams and Bing Crosby, Colbert hosts his own holiday special in "A Colbert Christmas: The Greatest Gift of All." The hour-long special airs Sunday at 10 p.m. EST on Comedy Central, and will on Tuesday be released as a DVD, complete with a Yule log of burning books.
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Winona Ryder briefly hospitalized in UK
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11.19.2008 : 3:30 pm
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LONDON -- Winona Ryder was briefly hospitalized after falling ill on a flight to London's Heathrow Airport on Wednesday, her publicist said. Mara Buxbaum said the 37-year-old actress was taken to a west London hospital "as a precaution" and had been released.
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Beyonce coming a bit more 'Fierce'
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11.19.2008 : 3:30 pm
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NEW YORK -- With a new album and two movies on the horizon, it appears the Season of Beyonce has begun. Then again, one could argue that it's always Beyonce season.
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NY jury convicts opera-loving philanthropist
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11.19.2008 : 3:28 pm
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NEW YORK -- Opera-loving philanthropist Alberto Vilar was convicted on fraud charges Wednesday for swindling investors, including the mother of actress Phoebe Cates, out of millions of dollars.
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Comedy writer Irving Brecher dies at 94
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11.19.2008 : 3:25 pm
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LOS ANGELES -- Irving Brecher, who wrote vaudeville one-liners for Milton Berle and scripted Marx Brothers movies, the TV and radio hit "The Life of Riley" and the Oscar-nominated musical "Meet Me in St. Louis," has died. He was 94.
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Clive Barnes, theater, dance critic, dies at 81
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11.19.2008 : 3:05 pm
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NEW YORK -- Clive Barnes, longtime theater and dance critic for the New York Post, has died. Barnes died Wednesday of cancer at Mount Sinai Hospital, the Post announced. He was 81.
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Next deadline in actors dispute: awards season
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11.19.2008 : 2:47 pm
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LOS ANGELES -- The Screen Actors Guild and Hollywood studios plan to hold their first contract talks in four months on Thursday and will negotiate this time with the help of a federal mediator.
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Postage stamp planned for Bob Hope
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11.19.2008 : 2:39 pm
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WASHINGTON -- The post office is telling Bob Hope: thanks for the memories. The beloved entertainer will be honored on a U.S. postage stamp next spring.
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Van Der Beek back creekside in North Carolina
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11.19.2008 : 2:37 pm
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RALEIGH, N.C. -- James Van Der Beek is back creekside. Five years after his star-making turn as the center of "Dawson's Creek" came to an end, Van Der Beek is back on one of Wilmington's sound stages -- working with some of his former crew colleagues -- for a guest appearance on the CW's teen drama "One Tree Hill." The episode airs Monday night.
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Prostitute to wife of former NY gov.: `I'm sorry'
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11.19.2008 : 1:35 pm
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NEW YORK -- The prostitute at the center of the scandal that brought down former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer has apologized to his wife.
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Flat-footed journalist quits British dancing show
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11.19.2008 : 1:28 pm
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LONDON -- The public adored him, but the judges hated him. One called him a "dancing pig in Cuban heels." In the latest twist, retired British Broadcasting Corp. political correspondent John Sergeant announced Wednesday he is quitting television dance contest "Strictly Come Dancing" because he is afraid he might win.
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Lawyer: Michael Jackson may be too sick to travel
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11.19.2008 : 12:41 pm
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LONDON -- Michael Jackson might be too sick to travel to London to testify in a suit claiming he owes an Arab sheik $7 million, the pop star's attorney said Tuesday.
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`Diddy' to make guest appearance on `CSI: Miami'
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11.19.2008 : 12:36 pm
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NEW YORK -- Sean "Diddy" Combs is becoming a prosecutor -- at least on television. CBS says the rapper has agreed to a two-episode appearance on "CSI: Miami."
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Bruni-Sarkozy would welcome Michelle Obama advice
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11.19.2008 : 12:24 pm
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NEW YORK -- Carla Bruni-Sarkozy thinks she could learn a thing or two from Michelle Obama. In an interview on NBC's "Today" show, France's first lady said she'd rather take Michelle Obama's advice than the other way around.
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Suri Cruise tops Forbes.com list of `Hottest Tots'
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11.19.2008 : 12:10 pm
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NEW YORK -- Suri Cruise is the most popular kid on the playground. The 2-year-old daughter of Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes tops Forbes.com's second annual list of "Hollywood's 10 Hottest Tots."
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Romania undercover police recover stolen paintings
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11.19.2008 : 11:29 am
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BUCHAREST, Romania -- Art thieves who tried to sell a Florentine painting worth 2.5 million euros ($3.15 million) to undercover officers for 5,000 euros ($6,300) have been arrested by Romanian police, officials said Wednesday.
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Pilot in deadly crash warned jet was out of runway
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11.19.2008 : 10:40 am
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COLUMBIA, S.C. -- The pilot of a private jet warned air traffic controllers that his plane was "going off the end" of a runway before it crashed, killing him and three others and injuring celebrity DJ AM and former Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker.
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Hollywood ponders global warming
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11.19.2008 : 8:38 am
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LOS ANGELES -- Hollywood insiders and climate change experts agree that they can't shove messages about global warming down audiences' throats. They met at the Skirball Cultural Center on Tuesday to discuss how storytelling in film and TV can translate broad issues about climate change to everyday audiences.
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Marissa Jaret Winokur sets a return to 'Hairspray'
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11.19.2008 : 7:26 am
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NEW YORK -- First Harvey Fierstein. Now Marissa Jaret Winokur. Winokur will return to "Hairspray" Dec. 9-Jan. 4 for the final four weeks of its Broadway run at the Neil Simon Theatre. She will join Fierstein, her original co-star, in the long-running musical that opened in August 2002. He came back to the show earlier this month.
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Artist Barcelo unveils $23 million ceiling at UN
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11.19.2008 : 7:25 am
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GENEVA -- A $23 million ceiling painting featuring hundreds of dangling icicle shapes that has been criticized for its hefty price tag was unveiled Tuesday at the U.N. offices in Geneva.
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Disney to release 5 films on IMAX
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11.19.2008 : 7:21 am
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LOS ANGELES -- The Walt Disney Co. said Wednesday it agreed to deliver five movies via IMAX theaters beginning with the 3-D movie "A Christmas Carol," starring Jim Carrey, in November 2009.
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Disney's Cody Linley doesn't make 'Dancing' finals
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11.19.2008 : 6:27 am
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LOS ANGELES -- Cody Linley won't be graduating "Dancing with the Stars." The 18-year-old "Hannah Montana" actor and his professional partner, Julianne Hough, were eliminated Tuesday from ABC's popular dancing competition.
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2 brothers forever seek success in 'Road Show'
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11.19.2008 : 3:25 am
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NEW YORK -- Money showers the stage like confetti in "Road Show," the exhilarating Stephen Sondheim-John Weidman musical that finally has surfaced in New York after a long, arduous journey that included several different titles, directors and casts.
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Mexican mural sells for nearly $7M at NYC auction
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11.18.2008 : 9:18 pm
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NEW YORK -- A mural by Mexican artist Rufino Tamayo -- one of five exhibited in the United States still in private hands -- was sold Tuesday for nearly $7 million at an auction of Latin American art.
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'Suge' Knight faces Vegas drug, battery charges
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11.18.2008 : 7:43 pm
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LAS VEGAS -- Marion "Suge" Knight is facing criminal charges in Las Vegas, stemming from an incident in which police found the hip hop mogul allegedly beating his girlfriend just off a busy thoroughfare.
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Apollo gets 'Dreamgirls' revival in November 2009
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11.18.2008 : 5:45 pm
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NEW YORK -- A new national tour of "Dreamgirls" will kick off a year from now at Harlem's Apollo Theater, which is where the opening scene of the musical takes place.
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Mother sues author daughter over abuse claims
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11.18.2008 : 12:36 pm
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LONDON -- Another best-selling memoir, another battle over the line between truth and fiction. A British lawyer who wrote a popular book recounting a childhood of emotional and physical abuse is being sued for libel by her mother, who says the claims are fantasy.
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South African cartoonist makes light of Mandela
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11.18.2008 : 11:08 am
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JOHANNESBURG, South Africa -- Don't worry, Nelson Mandela can laugh at himself. At least that's the opinion of Jonathan Shapiro, South Africa's leading political cartoonist for 20 years, whose work has not shied away from ridiculing the foibles of the anti-apartheid icon.
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Report: McCready not proud of ties to Clemens
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11.18.2008 : 8:59 am
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NEW YORK -- Country singer Mindy McCready claims she broke off her relationship with Roger Clemens when the former baseball star wouldn't marry her, according to an interview to be broadcast Monday by the syndicated show "Inside Edition."
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Miley Cyrus the victim of Internet death hoax
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11.18.2008 : 8:57 am
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NEW YORK -- No need to grieve, tweens: Miley Cyrus is not dead. The "Hannah Montana" star, who is alive and well, was the victim of an Internet hoax over the weekend when someone hacked into her YouTube account and posted a video alleging she'd been killed by a drunken driver.
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Prescription drugs cited in Locklear DUI charge
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11.18.2008 : 8:54 am
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LOS ANGELES -- Prosecutors in Santa Barbara have charged Heather Locklear with misdemeanor driving under the influence, citing prescription drugs. The California Highway Patrol said the actress showed "obvious impairment" when an officer noticed her car parked on a highway and blocking a lane in Montecito in September, but that alcohol was ruled out. She was tested for drugs at a police station and released.
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Michael Jackson may be too ill to travel
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11.18.2008 : 8:54 am
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LONDON -- Michael Jackson may be too ill to travel to London to testify in a suit which claims he owes an Arab sheikh $7 million, the pop star's lawyer said Tuesday.
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Kidman: 'Australia' film fulfilled childhood dream
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11.18.2008 : 8:48 am
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SYDNEY, Australia -- It was hot and dusty during filming in one of the world's most remote locations. But Nicole Kidman says the prospect of a smooch with Hugh Jackman eased the troubles of working on the Outback romance, "Australia."
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