LA County Museum of Art gets Oceanic collection
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The Los Angeles County Museum of Art has acquired an encyclopedic collection of sculptures and artifacts from Polynesia, Melanesia and other Oceanic cultures, museum officials said Wednesday. The 46-piece collection of...
A husband explores 'Life in a Marital Institution'
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James Braly's one-man show, "Life in a Marital Institution," seems on the surface to be about his marriage and his wife, Susan _ although it's really all about him. Braly seems to know that, though, which makes his...
On the Net: YouTube videos play with reality
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Can you trust a YouTube video? No, of course you can't believe everything you see on YouTube. But sometimes seemingly cheap, hand-held videos have an apparent authenticity that's convincing. Lately, a number of clever...
`Clone Wars' orbits Hollywood for Aug. 10 premiere
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George Lucas is revisiting familiar space in the heart of Hollywood to unveil his new "Star Wars" adventure. The animated tale "Star Wars: The Clone Wars" will have its world premiere at the Egyptian Theatre along...
Spike Lee set to film Stew's 'Passing Strange'
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Spike Lee will film "Passing Strange," Stew's rock musical journey of self-discovery, during performances next week at Broadway's Belasco Theatre, it was announced Wednesday. The movie, budgeted at about $2 million,...
Hospital: `Impossible' to see inside Jolie's room
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The hospital where Angelina Jolie will give birth says it has covered the windows of her room with a special material to prevent paparazzi from taking pictures of the actress and her partner, Brad Pitt. The Lenval...
Memoir says Madonna's true love is herself
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A memoir by Madonna's brother says the singer really does love her husband, director Guy Ritchie, but, apparently, not as much as she loves her career and herself. "I hope that it is Kabbalah's lesson that she is not...
Christie Brinkley's NY divorce trial on hold
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Christy Brinkley's Long Island divorce trial has been put on hold _ and the model says she's praying for a settlement. Lawyers declined to comment on the record Wednesday. However, Brinkley was asked while leaving the...
Jamie Lynn Spears poses with baby for mag cover
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Weeks after giving birth to daughter Maddie Briann, Jamie Lynn Spears is showing off the newborn, sharing memories of a "perfect" delivery and longing to be a Southern soccer mom. Spears and fiance Casey Aldridge...
Report: CBS News' Logan talks about her baby drama
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Lara Logan, the chief foreign affairs correspondent for CBS News, tells The Washington Post she is pregnant, and the father is a married federal contractor whom she met while stationed in Iraq. Logan's relationship...
Milwaukee museum unveils woolly mammoth skeleton
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A 14,500-year-old woolly mammoth skeleton dug up in 1994 has been unveiled at the Milwaukee Public Museum, giving locals a glimpse of perhaps the most intact specimen discovered in North America. Few paleontological...
Celebrity foreclosures show extent of housing woes
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Tabloid magazines like to reassure us that celebrities are just like us _ they go grocery shopping, take their dogs for a stroll around the neighborhood, even pump their own gas. These days, that can also hold true...
Matthew McConaughey, girlfriend welcome baby boy
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Matthew McConaughey's longtime model girlfriend, Camila Alves, has given birth to the couple's first child, a 7-pound, 4-ounce boy. Alves, 24, gave birth Monday night in California and named the child Levi,...
Nielsen: TV viewing up overall, but not last week
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You wouldn't necessarily know it from last week, but Nielsen Media Research says TV viewership is on the rise. The company said Tuesday that the average American watched 127 1/4 hours of television in May, or the...
Kidman birth adds to Nashville's image as oasis
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Nicole Kidman has described Nashville as a quiet escape, a nice place to raise a garden or grab coffee without photographers in tow. So it really shouldn't be a surprise that it's also where she and husband Keith Urban...
TV One to offer extensive Obama coverage
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TV One, the cable network aimed at African-American viewers, will cover Barack Obama's nominating convention but is ignoring John McCain's. The network is telecasting live, prime-time coverage of the Democratic...
Nat's back as a Peach Pit of a guy on `90210'
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Joe E. Tata is cooking again in the role of Peach Pit diner owner Nat for the new incarnation of "Beverly Hills 90210." Tata, who was part of the original series that aired from 1990 to 2000 on Fox, said Tuesday he was...
Leonard Cohen returns to Montreux stage
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Leonard Cohen returned to the Montreux Jazz Festival on Tuesday for his first concert here in 23 years. Cohen, who played favorite old songs "Suzanne" and the much-covered "Hallelujah," as well as the lesser-known "The...
Report: CBS News' Logan talks about her baby drama
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Lara Logan, the chief foreign affairs correspondent for CBS News, tells The Washington Post she is pregnant, and the father is a married federal contractor whom she met while stationed in Iraq. Logan's relationship...
Top 20 prime-time shows in Nielsen ratings
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Prime-time viewership numbers compiled by Nielsen Media Research for June 30-July 6. Listings include the week's ranking, with viewership for the week and season-to-date rankings in parentheses. An "X" in parentheses...
LA prosecutors charge Nate Dogg with stalking
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Prosecutors have filed felony charges against Nate Dogg, who authorities suspect threatened and stalked his wife. The rapper, whose real name is Nathaniel Dwayne Hale, was charged Monday. He was arrested last month by...
Steve-O says sobriety won't stop stunts
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Sobriety won't change some things about Steve-O _ the daredevil prankster says he could still perform many of the radical stunts that made him famous. "I can do what I've done in the past," the 34-year-old said after...
NY psychiatrist: Brinkley, Cook need therapy
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Christie Brinkley should get custody of her two youngest children _ but she and her narcissistic husband both need therapy, a court-appointed psychiatrist said Tuesday at their divorce trial. Dr. Stephen Herman,...
Fertile country: Babies linked to Colo. festival
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The effects of an annual music festival in Grand Junction, Colo., may appear months after the last act plays _ nine months, to be precise. A health official says her agency sees far more pregnant women in the weeks...
Drew Barrymore and Justin Long end relationship
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Justin Long and Drew Barrymore have ended their romance, the actor's publicist said Tuesday. "I just wanted to confirm that, yes, they did break up," Carrie Gordon told The Associated Press in a phone interview, adding...
McConaughey, girlfriend welcome baby boy
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Matthew McConaughey's longtime model girlfriend, Camila Alves, has given birth to the couple's first child, a 7-pound, 4-ounce boy. Alves, 24, gave birth Monday night in California, McConaughey's publicist, Alan...
Original Village People policeman in hospital
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Former Village People lead singer Victor Willis is recovering from vocal cord surgery and has postponed his tour. Willis, the band's original policeman, is resting in a San Diego hospital after surgery Monday to remove...
Conductor James Levine to have kidney removed
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James Levine will have a kidney removed in surgery this week, causing the conductor to miss the remainder of the Boston Symphony Orchestra's Tanglewood season. The 65-year-old music director of both the BSO and the...
Britney Spears to film footage for Madonna tour
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Madonna has recruited Britney Spears for a virtual appearance on her upcoming tour. "There is footage being shot of Britney some time this week in conjunction with Madonna's upcoming (Sticky & Sweet) tour,"...
Scalpers ask $1,500 for free Bon Jovi concert
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Bon Jovi's concert in Central Park this Saturday is free. But that isn't stopping some scalpers from selling tickets for as much as $1,500 a pair _ despite a warning they cannot be resold. New York City has distributed...
Bon Jovi helps bring down a house in Detroit
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Jon Bon Jovi is giving some people who are living on a prayer something a bit more substantial. The Grammy winner was in a neighborhood on Detroit's East Side Monday to announce the building of five new homes as part...
Ringo Starr celebrates 68th in Chicago
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Ringo Starr celebrated his 68th birthday in Chicago giving out messages of peace and love, along with dessert. Fans surrounded the former Beatles drummer Monday as he waited for the clock to strike noon the Hard Rock...
Meet the 'Big Brother 10' cast
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"Big Brother 10" is returning to its roots. The claustrophobic CBS reality show is sealing 13 actual strangers _ no ex lovers, secret twin partners or long-lost siblings this time _ inside a makeshift house on a Studio...
'Survivor' producer sued by ex-partner for $70M
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The producer of the hit reality series "Survivor" and "The Apprentice" has been sued in Los Angeles by his former business partner. Conrad Riggs filed the lawsuit against Mark Burnett on Monday. Riggs claims he is owed...
Kidman, Urban pick Sunday Rose for newborn girl
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As with most new parents, Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban might have difficulty telling what day it is. No matter. From here on out, they'll have a little Sunday every day. The Oscar-winning actress and her country-star...
'Big Brother 10' contestants
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A look at the 13 "Big Brother 10" contestants: > Michelle Costa, 28 Hometown: Cumberland, R.I. Occupation: Real estate agent Most Unique Item Packed: Crossword puzzles Audition Process: Costa said this was her...
GAME REVIEW: 'Space Invaders,' 'Arkanoid' return
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!!-- pobj:NY332-0707081215 -->In 2028, when 3D holodecks are in every strip mall and we'll be able to have games downloaded directly into our brains, we'll look back wistfully on the hits of 2008. Wasn't "Grand Theft...
Video-game news: Best of 2008, so far
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!!-- pobj:NY312-0703081231 -->Real news from the virtual world: _BEST OF 2008 (SO FAR): E3, the video-game industry's big trade show, is next week, and you'll be hearing a lot about all the new software coming between...
Stadium speech by Obama sends networks scrambling
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Barack Obama's plan to accept the Democratic presidential nomination at a Denver outdoor stadium instead of the arena in which his party's convention will be held sent the television networks scrambling Monday. Only...
Christie Brinkley recalls breakup `nightmare'
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Christie Brinkley had everything she wanted: a family and an old Hamptons farmhouse brimming with children's music and art and beloved pets. But Brinkley testified at her divorce trial Monday that her lifelong dream of...
Steve-O says he's back in 'looney bin'
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Steve-O is back in rehab. The "Jackass" daredevil writes in his blog that after 115 days of sobriety, he is "back in the looney bin." Steve-O, whose real names is Stephen Glover, told fans that he's still struggling...
Bon Jovi helps bring down a house in Detroit
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Jon Bon Jovi is giving some people who are living on a prayer something a bit more substantial. The Grammy winner was in a neighborhood on Detroit's East Side Monday to announce the building of five new homes as part...
Smith rules holiday with $62M `Hancock' debut
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Will Smith owned the Fourth of July again at the box office. His superhero tale "Hancock" pulled in $62.6 million to join past Smith hits that opened as the No. 1 movie over the holiday weekend. The top 20 movies at...
Soprano Joan Sutherland hospitalized after fall
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Opera legend Joan Sutherland is recovering well after breaking both legs during a fall at her Swiss home, her agent said Monday. "She had an accident while doing the gardening, and somehow managed to break both her...
Benny and Bjorn: no ABBA reunion
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Despite the astonishing success of the stage musical "Mamma Mia!," ABBA has ruled out any reunion tour. Songwriters Bjorn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson of the Swedish pop quartet told Britain's Sunday Telegraph that ABBA...
Nicole Kidman gives birth to baby girl
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A spokesman for Keith Urban says Nicole Kidman gave birth to a baby girl Monday morning in Nashville. Paul Freundlich says Sunday Rose Kidman Urban weighed a little over 6 pounds. He says Urban was by his wife's side,...
La Scala Philharmonic to make China debut Sept. 12
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La Scala's Philharmonic orchestra will make its debut in China during a seven-concert, six-city Asian tour in September. The Philharmonic will perform in Shanghai on September 12th and in Beijing on September 13th. ...
TV's 'The Bachelor' weds in California
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"The Bachelor" is a bachelor no more. Andrew Firestone, star of the ABC-TV reality show, married Serbian model and actress Ivana Bozilovic Saturday, Firestone's publicist Alisha Mahon told The Associated Press. "We're...
Supermodel raises awareness for pediatric cancer
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Supermodel Cindy Crawford has been making appearances this weekend in Madison, Wis., to raise awareness of pediatric cancer. Crawford's younger brother, Jeff, was a patient at University of Wisconsin Children's...
White Stripes' White pens poem about Detroit
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Singer-guitarist Jack White has penned a poem expressing his strong feelings for Detroit to clear up any misconceptions about how the White Stripes frontman feels about his hometown. White said he was frustrated by a...