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Witherspoon: First lady is DC's top fashionista
Wednesday, March 10, 2010 10:58 PM PST
Actress Reese Witherspoon says her "Legally Blonde" character Elle Woods has been ousted as the most stylish woman to come to the nation's capital by first lady Michelle Obama. Speaking Wednesday at
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'Big Mike' draws tears, cheers on 'American Idol'
Wednesday, March 10, 2010 10:57 PM PST
Michael "Big Mike" Lynche made Kara DioGuardi cry and turned the rest of the "American Idol" judges giddy with a moving performance of "This Woman's Work." Lynche, a mountain of a guy who lives up t
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Census campaign targets tech-savvy Hispanic youth
Wednesday, March 10, 2010 10:42 PM PST
Groups pushing for robust Hispanic participation in the 2010 census announced a new campaign Thursday that aims to reach the hard-to-count demographic through its smart-phone-toting youngsters. The
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Corey Haim prolonged tragic Hollywood tradition
Wednesday, March 10, 2010 7:56 PM PST
Corey Haim's story is sadly familiar in Hollywood: A teen talent who discovered drugs as he tasted his first success and whose personal problems increased as his star-power faded. Haim died Wednesda
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Israeli novel, Russian poem collection win prizes
Wednesday, March 10, 2010 7:32 PM PST
An Israeli novel and a collection of Russian poetry have won prizes for best English-language translation. Gail Hareven's novel "The Confessions of Noa Weber" won the Best Translated Book Award for
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'The Scottsboro Boys' examines racial injustice
Wednesday, March 10, 2010 6:29 PM PST
Let's get right to the point. "The Scottsboro Boys" is a staggeringly inventive piece of musical theater. Its intentions are serious, its execution pretty much pitch perfect, and its entertainment v
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Underwood flying high as "Play On Tour" starts
Wednesday, March 10, 2010 2:42 PM PST
After selling more than a million tickets to her last concert tour, Carrie Underwood is aiming higher this time. Really high. She plans to fly over the audience, for starters. "We're kind of going
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Review: Pattinson still brooding in `Remember Me'
Wednesday, March 10, 2010 2:36 PM PST
In "Remember Me," Robert Pattinson has temporarily stepped away from "Twilight," apparently in search of his "Five Easy Pieces" or "Rebel Without a Cause." When Pattinson's character _ a wayward, re
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'Lost Boys' actor Corey Haim dead in Calif. at 38
Wednesday, March 10, 2010 2:00 PM PST
Corey Haim, a 1980s teen heartthrob whose career was blighted by drug abuse, has died. He was 38. Haim died early Wednesday at Providence St. Joseph Medical Center in Burbank, Los Angeles County cor
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Dostoyevsky set for Lincoln Center Festival 2010
Wednesday, March 10, 2010 1:51 PM PST
A 12-hour adaptation of a Dostoyevsky novel will be among the highlights of Lincoln Center Festival 2010, running for 45 performances this summer. Festival director Nigel Redden said Wednesday the a
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Charlie Sheen due back on `Two and a Half Men'
Wednesday, March 10, 2010 12:02 PM PST
A spokesman for Charlie Sheen says the actor will soon be back at "Two and a Half Men" after undergoing rehab that temporarily halted production of CBS' top-rated sitcom. Publicist Stan Rosenfield s
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Review: `Final Fantasy XIII' falls flat
Wednesday, March 10, 2010 10:43 AM PST
During the 1990s, the Square brand was synonymous with the role-playing video game. A generation of gamers got hooked on the challenging quests, quirky characters and sweeping story lines of Square RP
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`Anna Nicole' opera to premiere next February
Wednesday, March 10, 2010 10:39 AM PST
The world premiere of Mark-Anthony Turnage's "Anna Nicole" will be presented by the Royal Opera next Feb. 17, starring Dutch soprano Eva-Maria Westbroek as the late model and Playboy playmate. Coven
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Author reveals the unwritten rules of baseball
Wednesday, March 10, 2010 9:41 AM PST
"The Baseball Codes: Beanballs, Sign Stealing, and Bench-Clearing Brawls: The Unwritten Rules of America's Pastime" (Pantheon Books, 304 pages, $25), by Jason Turbow with Michael Duca: Major League Ba
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Seinfeld set as guest co-host Thursday on `Live!'
Wednesday, March 10, 2010 9:07 AM PST
You don't see much of Jerry Seinfeld on his own new NBC show, "The Marriage Ref," which he lets someone else host. But the 55-year-old comedian and former red-hot sitcom star will be on view for a f
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Animal activists target Calif. sushi restaurant
Wednesday, March 10, 2010 7:09 AM PST
Federal agents are investigating a high-end Santa Monica, Calif., sushi restaurant, following a video sting orchestrated by the producers of the Oscar-winning documentary "The Cove." U.S. attorney's
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Jennifer Hudson to perform 'One Shining Moment'
Wednesday, March 10, 2010 6:08 AM PST
Jennifer Hudson will have her "One Shining Moment." The Grammy and Oscar winner will perform the song that plays each year at the end of the CBS broadcast of the NCAA men's basketball championship g
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Review: `Green Zone' is a failure of intelligence
Wednesday, March 10, 2010 6:04 AM PST
All the war-zone authenticity in the Arab world cannot salvage the silly Hollywood plot at the heart of "Green Zone," Matt Damon and Paul Greengrass' first collaboration outside the Jason Bourne realm
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Letterman: Case against producer handled properly
Wednesday, March 10, 2010 5:52 AM PST
From the start, David Letterman made sure the story of a $2 million shakedown attempt over his sex life was one he narrated himself. It was the comic, not prosecutors, who broke the news of the case
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Critics mixed on Lloyd Webber's 'Love Never Dies'
Wednesday, March 10, 2010 5:37 AM PST
It got an opening-night standing ovation, but Andrew Lloyd Webber's latest musical extravaganza has received a mixed reception from London critics. Some said Wednesday that "Love Never Dies" _ a seq
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