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Flavor Flav to fight Vegas domestic abuse charges
Tweet Share on Facebook 2:28PM October 22, 2012 CommentLAS VEGAS (AP) — Flavor Flav intends to fight criminal charges and seek reconciliation with his longtime fiancee after an argument led to his arrest last week, the entertainer's lawyer said Monday.
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Krall reimagines vintage songs on new CD
Tweet Share on Facebook 2:03PM October 22, 2012 CommentNEW YORK (AP) — Diana Krall says she felt reinvigorated making her new CD "Glad Rag Doll," which gave her a chance to escape the comfort zone of Great American Songbook standards on which the singer-pianist has built her reputation.
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Barry Manilow to play Broadway in January
Tweet Share on Facebook 12:03PM October 22, 2012 CommentNEW YORK (AP) — Looks like Barry Manilow is making it again — on Broadway.
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'Pump Boys and Dinettes' revival to hit Broadway
Tweet Share on Facebook 11:40AM October 22, 2012 CommentNEW YORK (AP) — The honkey-tonk musical revue "Pump Boys and Dinettes" will make a pit stop on Broadway in the spring of 2013.
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Russell Means, Indian Activist, Actor, Dies at 72
Tweet Share on Facebook 11:27AM October 22, 2012 CommentSIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Russell Means never shunned attention. Whether leading Native Americans in railing against broken federal treaties, appearing in a Hollywood blockbuster or advocating a sovereign American Indian nation within U.S. borders, the activist who helped lead the 1973 uprising at Wounded Knee reveled in the spotlight.
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Nick Offerman talks new movie, love for wife
Tweet Share on Facebook 10:32AM October 22, 2012 CommentNEW YORK (AP) — If you like Ron Swanson on NBC's "Parks and Recreation," then you'll like Nick Offerman, the actor who plays him.
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Homeland Recap: New Car Smell, Old Carrie Revenge
Tweet Share on Facebook 10:15AM October 22, 2012 Comment
Claire Danes as Carrie Mathison and Damian Lewis as Nicholas "Nick" Brody in Homeland (Season 2, episode 4)
Nick Brody's true colors are revealed
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'Cloud Atlas' gang ponders hopes for next lives
Tweet Share on Facebook 9:58AM October 22, 2012 CommentBEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — Tom Hanks wants to be one of the Wright brothers in his next life. Halle Berry and Ben Whishaw would like to come back in feline form. Susan Sarandon wants to remain a woman, and she'd like a great set of singing pipes.
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National Geographic to auction famous photos, art
Tweet Share on Facebook 7:37AM October 22, 2012 CommentNEW YORK (AP) — National Geographic Society has chronicled scientific expeditions, explorations, archaeology, wildlife and world cultures for more than 100 years, amassing a collection of 11.5 million photos and original illustrations.
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Obama to take campaign to 'Tonight Show' Wednesday
Tweet Share on Facebook 7:32AM October 22, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama will be sitting down with Jay Leno on the set of "The Tonight Show" Wednesday, less than two weeks before Election Day.
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Pussy Riot Members Transferred to Prison Colonies
Tweet Share on Facebook 6:35AM October 22, 2012 Comment
Worldwide protests erupted in support of Pussy Riot after a Russian court imposed stiff sentences on band members earlier this year.
A lawyer for the two jailed Pussy Riot band members says they have been transferred to prison colonies hundreds of miles from Moscow.
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Debate moderating: a thankless job
Tweet Share on Facebook 4:44AM October 22, 2012 CommentNEW YORK (AP) — Beneath Bob Schieffer's Southern charm is the tough spine of someone used to dealing with politicians. The moderator of Monday's final presidential debate will need it, because it has been open season on the other journalists who have done that job this campaign.
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Penn Museum unwraps mystery of mummy conservation
Tweet Share on Facebook 3:54AM October 22, 2012 CommentPHILADELPHIA (AP) — The Penn Museum is unwrapping the mystery of mummy conservation, giving the public an unusual close-up of researchers' efforts to preserve relics from ancient Egypt.
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Bollywood movie mogul Yash Chopra dies at 80
Tweet Share on Facebook 1:38AM October 22, 2012 CommentMUMBAI, India (AP) — Bollywood movie mogul Yash Chopra, whose classic love tales made him the Indian film industry's "King of Romance," has died after contracting dengue fever. He was 80.
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You Betcha: Fargo Awaits TV Version of Hit Movie
Tweet Share on Facebook 9:13PM October 21, 2012 Comment
In this 1996 file publicity photo originally released by Gramercy Pictures, actress Frances McDormand, left, is shown in this scene from the movie "Fargo." When the movie debuted in 1996, many residents in the North Dakota city were not fans of the film’s dark humor, not to mention the heavy accents. Now, 16 years later, Fargo awaits the debut of a new cable television show by the same name. And many residents are less apprehensive about how their hometown will be portrayed this time around.
FARGO, N.D. (AP) — Ask folks in Fargo what they first thought about the 1996 movie that made their city famous, and some will tell you they were not fans.
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Singer Andy Williams remembered at Mo. tribute
Tweet Share on Facebook 8:05PM October 21, 2012 CommentBRANSON, Mo. (AP) — Entertainer Andy Williams was remembered Sunday for a smooth voice that could soothe the soul, an inviting smile and a warmth that became synonymous with Christmas as celebrities and fans alike gathered for a memorial tribute at his Moon River Theatre in the southwest Missouri town he adopted as his home.
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SF Opera: A whale, a swan and 2 lovers
Tweet Share on Facebook 6:50PM October 21, 2012 CommentSAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A whale, a swan, a pair of star-cross'd lovers: It made for an eclectic week at the San Francisco Opera.
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Box-office activity slows for 'Paranormal,' Perry
Tweet Share on Facebook 4:54PM October 21, 2012 CommentScary movie fans are still into "Paranormal Activity," though the horror franchise looks as though it's starting to run out of steam at the box office.
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Debate moderating: a thankless job
Tweet Share on Facebook 2:39PM October 21, 2012 CommentNEW YORK (AP) — Beneath Bob Schieffer's Southern charm is the tough spine of someone used to dealing with politicians. The moderator of Monday's final presidential debate will need it, because it has been open season on the other journalists who have done that job this campaign.
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Brooks excited by Country Hall of Fame induction
Tweet Share on Facebook 12:37PM October 21, 2012 CommentNASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Name just about any trophy, lifetime achievement award or honorific, and Garth Brooks can claim ownership.
