News exec: Dinner crashers shopping interview
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A television executive says the couple who crashed President Barack Obama's first state dinner is offering to talk to broadcast networks about it for a payment of hundreds of thousands of dollars. The executive, who...
Swiss ready Polanski's chalet for house arrest
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Security experts on Saturday started preparing Roman Polanski's Alpine chalet for the movie director's house arrest while Swiss authorities consider whether to extradite him to the United States. A Hummer bearing the...
Taiwan honors local film at Chinese Oscars
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Taiwanese social drama "No Puedo Vivir Sin Ti" won Chinese cinema's top honor on Saturday _ a rare victory for an industry that has been overshadowed by big-budget blockbusters from rival mainland China. While this...
A list of winners at Taiwan's Golden Horse Awards
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A list of winners in the major categories at Taiwan's Golden Horse Awards, announced Saturday night in Banciao: Best feature film: "No Puedo Vivir Sin Ti" Best director: Leon Dai, "No Puedo Vivir Sin Ti" Best leading...
'Pulp Fiction' writer taken off jail furlough
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"Pulp Fiction" co-screenwriter Roger Avary has been removed from a prison work furlough program and locked up, authorities say. Avary was sentenced in September to a year in jail and five years probation for causing a...
Guests for the Sunday TV news shows
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Guest lineup for the Sunday TV news shows: ___ ABC's "This Week" _ Sens. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., and Sen. Bernie Sanders, independent from Vermont. ___ CBS' "Face the Nation" _ Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich.; former House...
Iconic Ansel Adams print going up for NYC auction
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An early print of an iconic Ansel Adams photograph is going up for auction in New York City for an estimated $350,000 to $450,000. The Dec. 8 sale of 1948's "Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico" is at Swann Auction...
Katey Sagal: Happy as the mom on 'Sons of Anarchy'
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Season two of the FX drama "Sons of Anarchy" is primed to end with bloody payback. It's likely to be pretty. The Sons, a fierce and fiercely close-knit motorcycle club, are set to wreak havoc on enemy forces that have...
R&B star Chris Brown to be interviewed on '20/20'
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ABC says Chris Brown will appear on its "20/20" newsmagazine Dec. 11. In what's billed as an in-depth interview, the singer will discuss his assault of ex-girlfriend and recording superstar Rihanna in February. He is...
Arabian Horse Foundation begins Swayze scholarship
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The Arabian Horse Foundation has established a scholarship in honor of the late actor Patrick Swayze and his wife. Swayze and wife Lisa Neimi owned Arabian horses and competed in shows for several years. The foundation...
Lawsuit filed over Buckley family trust fund
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Six children of the sister of the late conservative columnist William F. Buckley are accusing their father of stealing money from a trust fund their mother set up using some of the Buckley family fortune. The children...
Al Alberts, founding member of The Four Aces, dies
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Al Alberts, a founding member of the singing group, The Four Aces, and a longtime TV talent show host in Philadelphia, has died. He was 87. Chris Alberts says his father died Friday at home in Arcadia, Fla. He says the...
Swiss: Polanski in jail until at least Monday
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Roman Polanski will remain in a jail outside Zurich for at least three more days until he meets the security conditions of his bail, a Swiss official said Friday. Polanski wouldn't be placed under house arrest in...
'Avatar' video game to expand film's alien world
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James Cameron was thinking beyond the big screen when he created the alien world of Pandora. The "Titanic" director worked in tandem with video game developer Ubisoft Montreal on the game based on his upcoming sci-fi...
Guests for the Sunday TV news shows
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Guest lineup for the Sunday TV news shows: ___ ABC's "This Week" _ Sens. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., and Sen. Bernie Sanders, independent from Vermont. ___ CBS' "Face the Nation" _ Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich.; former House...
Katey Sagal: Happy as the mom on 'Sons of Anarchy'
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Season two of the FX drama "Sons of Anarchy" is primed to end with bloody payback. It's likely to be pretty. The Sons, a fierce and fiercely close-knit motorcycle club, are set to wreak havoc on enemy forces that have...
Air Force captain wins new car on 'Jay Leno Show'
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An audience member at "The Jay Leno Show" is especially grateful this Thanksgiving. He won a new car. Air Force Capt. Tung Ngo (TUNG' noh) was in the audience filled with men and women of the U.S. military when Leno...
Pinetop Perkins' 80-year career still going
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Noisy crowds in smoky bars don't bother 96-year-old bluesman Pinetop Perkins. It's all part of his job. Most nights, after he snuffs out his menthol cigarette, Perkins slides onto the piano bench in some club and eases...
For tenor from Malta, a star-making role?
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There's something about the honeyed sweetness of Joseph Calleja's voice that seems to evoke memories of a golden age, as if this young tenor carried within his vocal cords a secret passed down from bygone generations. ...
Some Calleja performances
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Some opportunities to hear tenor Joseph Calleja: _Recordings: Calleja has released two solo albums, Tenor Arias (2004) and The Golden Voice (2005), both on Decca Classics, and is heard on complete recordings of...
For tenor from Malta, a star-making role?
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There's something about the honeyed sweetness of Joseph Calleja's voice that seems to evoke memories of a golden age, as if this young tenor carried within his vocal cords a secret passed down from bygone generations. ...
Polanski prepares for luxury Alpine house arrest
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After two months in a Swiss jail, Roman Polanski prepared Thursday for the splendid captivity of his $1.6 million chalet in one of world's most luxurious winter resorts. Polanski will have views of snowcapped Alpine...
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY BEST-SELLERS
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HARDCOVER FICTION 1. "I, Alex Cross" by James Patterson (Little Brown) 2. "Under the Dome" by Stephen King (Scribner) 3. "The Lost Symbol" by Dan Brown (Doubleday) 4. "Ford County: Stories" by John Grisham...
USA TODAY BEST-SELLERS
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HARDCOVER FICTION 1. "I, Alex Cross" by James Patterson (Little Brown) 2. "Under the Dome" by Stephen King (Scribner) 3. "The Lost Symbol" by Dan Brown (Doubleday) 4. "Ford County: Stories" by John Grisham...
WALL STREET JOURNAL BEST-SELLERS
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HARDCOVER FICTION 1. "I, Alex Cross" by James Patterson (Little Brown) 2. "Under the Dome" by Stephen King (Scribner) 3. "The Lost Symbol" by Dan Brown (Doubleday) 4. "Ford County: Stories" by John Grisham...
'Superior Donuts' to fold up shop on Broadway
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The comedy-drama "Superior Donuts" is closing up shop on Broadway. Producer Jeffrey Richards says the show will fold Jan. 3 after a three-month run. The play stars Michael McKean as the owner of a rundown Chicago...
Project promotes talking, not shopping, on Friday
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A national oral history project is trying to start a new tradition for Black Friday. Instead of hunting for bargains, StoryCorps suggests families sit down together and talk about their lives on a National Day of...
Tommy Hilfiger's estate in Conn. sells for $20M
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Fashion designer Tommy Hilfiger's luxury estate in Connecticut has sold for $20 million, about $8 million below its original asking price. Sotheby's International Realty says the 20,000-square-foot Greenwich mansion is...
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Commission says Roman Catholic Church in Dublin covered up decades of priests' sexual abuse. ...
Art-house films top contenders at Chinese Oscars
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An Australia-based director's romance, a Taiwanese family drama and the story of a Chinese peasant guarding a cow are the unlikely trio of top contenders at the Chinese-language equivalent of the Oscars to be announced...
A list of nominees at Taiwan's Golden Horse Awards
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A list of nominees in the top categories at Taiwan's Golden Horse Awards, which will be announced this Saturday in Taipei: Best feature film: "No Pudeo Vivir Sin Ti," "Cow," "Crazy Racer," "Face," "Like a Dream" Best...
Vicki Kennedy describes husband's cancer battle
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The widow of Sen. Edward M. Kennedy told Oprah Winfrey in an interview broadcast Wednesday that even as her husband knew he was dying of brain cancer he had been "in training" to make sure he had enough strength to...
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Donny Osmond's 'Stars' partner goes to Broadway
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Donny Osmond may have been the celebrity winner on ABC's "Dancing With the Stars," but his professional dancing partner already has her next gig lined up _ Broadway. Kym Johnson will make her Broadway debut Friday in...
Lambert says he got carried away, but not sorry
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Adam Lambert admits he got carried away with his sexually charged American Music Awards performance, but he's offering no apology. The glam rocker from "American Idol" said on "The Early Show" that his performance...
In recession, `Up in the Air' touches down on time
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"Up in the Air" has undergone the rarest of flights: It was delayed for a long time and its course was altered, yet it has arrived right on time. "Up in the Air" might be the timeliest movie of the year. Hard times and...
Nude photo of Polanski, Tate to be auctioned in NY
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A nude photo of filmmaker Roman Polanski and Sharon Tate taken just months before her death will be sold at auction next month. The black and white photo by British photographer David Bailey will be sold by Christie's...
Top 15 cable programs for Nov. 16-22
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Rankings for the top 15 programs on cable networks as compiled by the Nielsen Co. for the week of Nov. 16-22. Day and start time (EST) are in parentheses: 1. NFL Football: Baltimore vs. Cleveland (Monday, 8:30 p.m.),...
Haydn expert HC Robbins Landon dies at 83
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H.C. Robbins Landon, a musicologist noted for his pioneering research on Franz Joseph Haydn and for writing popular works on Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, has died at age 83. Records at the town hall in Rabastens in...
19.2 million people watch Donny Osmond win
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An estimated 19.2 million people watched Donny Osmond win "Dancing With the Stars" _ the smallest audience for the show's finale since the first season. This was the ninth edition of the contest, one of television's...
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Swiss minister sees 'no reason' to appeal Polanski's bail. ...
Greece to restore birthplace of classical theater
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Greek authorities say they will partially restore the ruined marble theater under the Acropolis, where the works of Euripides and other classical playwrights were first performed about 2,500 years ago. The Culture...
Hong Kong director takes on Mulan with real actors
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More than a decade after Disney made a blockbuster animated film out of a folk tale about a young woman in ancient China who takes her father's place on the battlefield, a Hong Kong director is taking on the story of...
Sting offers a 'spooky, ghostly' seasonal album
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Sting and his wife Trudie keep with tradition on Christmas Eve: They go to a local church, sing along to carols, then head back home to their English estate to open presents with their family. It's a cheery scene one...
Disney names new head of worldwide channels
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Walt Disney Co. has named Carolina Lightcap as president of Disney Channels Worldwide. She replaces Rich Ross, who was promoted to serve as the company's movie studios chairman in October. Lightcap joined Disney in...
Julie Andrews to sing in London, first in decades
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Julie Andrews is to perform in London, 30 years after her last appearance on the British stage. Concert promoters AEG Europe said Wednesday the star of such musicals as "Mary Poppins" and "The Sound of Music" will...
Students get schooled on hip-hop at Minn. college
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DJ Freddy Fresh slaps a vinyl record on the turntable, cues it up and tells a student, "Remember, the top of the note was there, right? Grab it." The student places his hand on the disc. Freddy Fresh sets the tonearm...
Book outlines intertwined history of cotton, race
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Gene Dattel grew up in the segregated South and was one of the few Mississippians enrolled at Yale University in 1962 when his home state became ensnared in a bloody confrontation over integration. More than 1,200...
Bruni-Sarkozy says 'yes' to Woody film proposal
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Woody Allen has successfully courted France's first lady, Carla Bruni-Sarkozy. The former supermodel and wife of President Nicolas Sarkozy says she's agreed to be in the famed director's next film, but doesn't know...
Berlusconi is named `Rockstar of the Year'
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He's Italian premier, media mogul and one of the country's richest men. Now Silvio Berlusconi can add "Rockstar of the Year" to his caps. The Italian edition of Rolling Stone magazine said it named Berlusconi for a...